2026 Nikhil Padmanabhan: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	106	1305	1236	682	635	236	91786

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Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Nikhil Padmanabhan is a researcher affiliated with Yale University in the United States, specializing primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly contributions encompass a range of study areas, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Infectious Diseases, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Epidemiology.

Their research spans several significant scientific topics such as Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Cosmology and Gravitation Theories; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research; SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing; Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena; and Respiratory viral infections research.

Padmanabhan's recent papers include:

"The High Latitude Spectroscopic Survey on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope" (2022), published in The Astrophysical Journal
"Baryon acoustic oscillation theory and modelling systematics for the DESI 2024 results" (2024), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Optimal 1D Ly α forest power spectrum estimation - II. KODIAQ, SQUAD, and XQ-100" (2021), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"First detection of the BAO signal from early DESI data" (2023), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Optimal 1D Ly α forest power spectrum estimation - I. DESI-lite spectra" (2020), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Padmanabhan's frequent coauthors include:

George B. Sigal
Daniel Romero
Xinyi Chen
Anu Mathew
S. P. Ahlen

Their work appears most often in the following publication venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Physical Review D
Scientific Reports

In 2013, Nikhil Padmanabhan was recognized as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

6145
Citations
Stellar Masses and Star Formation Histories for 10^5 Galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D.M. White;Stephane Charlot

3459
Citations
The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

3189
Citations
The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

3091
Citations
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

3023
Citations
SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

3013
Citations
The Fifth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

2986
Citations
The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample

Shadab Alam;Metin Ata;Stephen Bailey;Florian Beutler

2985
Citations
Stellar masses and star formation histories for 105 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D. M. White;Stéphane Charlot;Stéphane Charlot

2696
Citations
SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

2519
Citations
The clustering of galaxies in the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey: Baryon acoustic oscillations in the data release 9 spectroscopic galaxy sample

Lauren Anderson;Élric Aubourg;Stephen Bailey;Florian Beutler

2461
Citations
The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An

2189
Citations
The eleventh and twelfth data releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: final data from SDSS-III

Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

2123
Citations
The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: I. Stellar Number Density Distribution

Mario Juric;Zeljko Ivezic;Alyson Brooks;Robert H. Lupton

1910
Citations
THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

Kyle S. Dawson;David J. Schlegel;Christopher P. Ahn;Scott F. Anderson

1851
Citations
Cosmological constraints from the SDSS luminous red galaxies

Max Tegmark;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Michael A. Strauss;David H. Weinberg

1830
Citations
The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An;Scott F. Anderson

1700
Citations
The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Friedrich Anders

1681
Citations
The ninth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First spectroscopic data from the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Scott F. Anderson

1669
Citations
The Ninth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto

1472
Citations