2026 Paul J. Steinhardt: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	108	1232	1166	648	602	418	77247

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Research.com Recognitions

2010 - Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society
1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1994 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1986 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his important contributions to cosmology and to the theoretical understanding of quasicrystals
1983 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Paul J. Steinhardt is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Quasicrystal Structures and Properties
Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Photonic Crystals and Applications
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul J. Steinhardt include:

"Assessing observational constraints on dark energy" (2024), published in Physics Letters B
"Supersmoothing through slow contraction" (2020), published in Physics Letters B
"Wave propagation and band tails of two-dimensional disordered systems in the thermodynamic limit" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Accidental synthesis of a previously unknown quasicrystal in the first atomic bomb test" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Dark energy, extra dimensions, and the Swampland" (2020), published in Journal of High Energy Physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steinhardt include Howard Burton, Salvatore Torquato, Luca Bindi, Anna Ijjas, and Paul D. Asimow.

Steinhardt has published numerous works in respected venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physics Letters B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

In addition to papers, Steinhardt has authored books published by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks, including "Indiana Steinhardt & the Quest for Quasicrystals" and "Inflated Expectations: A Cosmological Tale," both released in 2020. Another book titled "Failed Globalisation: Inequality, Money, And The Renaissance Of The State" was published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in the same year.

Throughout their career, Paul J. Steinhardt has received several awards and honors such as the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society in 2010, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1998, and fellowship distinctions from institutions including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the American Physical Society, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Best Publications

Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking

Andreas Albrecht;Paul J. Steinhardt

6736
Citations
Cosmological imprint of an energy component with general equation of state

R. R. Caldwell;Rahul Dave;Paul J. Steinhardt

4620
Citations
Bond-orientational order in liquids and glasses

Paul J. Steinhardt;David R. Nelson;Marco Ronchetti

3831
Citations
Quintessence, cosmic coincidence, and the cosmological constant

Ivaylo Zlatev;Limin Wang;Paul J. Steinhardt;Paul J. Steinhardt

3309
Citations
Spontaneous Creation of Almost Scale - Free Density Perturbations in an Inflationary Universe

James M. Bardeen;Paul Joseph Steinhardt;Michael S. Turner

3104
Citations
Quasicrystals: a new class of ordered structures

Dov Levine;Paul Joseph Steinhardt

2559
Citations
Observational Evidence for Self-Interacting Cold Dark Matter

David N. Spergel;Paul Joseph Steinhardt

2469
Citations
Dynamical solution to the problem of a small cosmological constant and late-time cosmic acceleration

C. Armendariz-Picon;Viatcheslav F. Mukhanov;Paul J. Steinhardt

2393
Citations
Essentials of k essence

C. Armendariz-Picon;Viatcheslav F. Mukhanov;Paul J. Steinhardt

2205
Citations
Cosmological tracking solutions

Paul Joseph Steinhardt;Paul Joseph Steinhardt;Limin Wang;Limin Wang;Ivaylo Zlatev

2026
Citations
Ekpyrotic universe: Colliding branes and the origin of the hot big bang

Justin Khoury;Burt A. Ovrut;Paul J. Steinhardt;Neil Turok

1873
Citations
The Cosmic Triangle : Revealing the State of the Universe

Neta Bahcall;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Saul Perlmutter;Paul Joseph Steinhardt

1749
Citations
Extended inflationary cosmology

Daile La;Paul Joseph Steinhardt

1275
Citations
Cluster Abundance Constraints on Quintessence Models

Limin Wang;Paul J. Steinhardt

1154
Citations
Cluster Abundance Constraints for Cosmological Models with a Time-varying, Spatially Inhomogeneous Energy Component with Negative Pressure

Limin Wang;Paul J. Steinhardt

1120
Citations
The observational case for a low-density Universe with a non-zero cosmological constant

J. P. Ostriker;Paul Joseph Steinhardt

1067
Citations
Cosmic Evolution in a Cyclic Universe

Paul Joseph Steinhardt;Neil Turok

1003
Citations
Quasicrystals. I. Definition and structure

Dov Levine;Paul J. Steinhardt

978
Citations
A cyclic model of the universe

Paul J. Steinhardt;Neil Turok

787
Citations
From big crunch to big bang

Justin Khoury;Burt A. Ovrut;Nathan Seiberg;Paul J. Steinhardt

764
Citations