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2296
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Paul S. Ray publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul S. Ray sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 499 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Paul S. Ray D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul S. Ray sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul S. Ray is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on fields within Physics and Astronomy, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Paul S. Ray has published extensively in a variety of venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Zaven Arzoumanian
  • S. M. Ransom
  • E. C. Ferrara
  • H. Thankful Cromartie
  • M. A. McLaughlin

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Paul S. Ray include:

  • The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Evidence for a Gravitational-wave Background (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The NANOGrav 15 yr Data Set: Search for Signals from New Physics (2023), published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The NANOGrav 11-year data set: High-precision timing of 45 millisecond pulsars (2024), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The NANOGrav 11 Year Data Set: Pulsar-timing constraints on the Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background (2024), published in OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The International Pulsar Timing Array second data release: Search for an isotropic gravitational wave background (2021), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Best Publications

  • FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE FIRST SOURCE CATALOG

    A.A. Abdo;A.A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

  • THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;L. Baldini

  • The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER and XMM-Newton Data

    M. C. Miller;F. K. Lamb;A. J. Dittmann;S. Bogdanov

  • Fermi/Large Area Telescope bright gamma-ray source list

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • The First Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: High-precision Timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Adam Brazier;Sarah Burke-Spolaor;Sydney Chamberlin

  • A NICER View of PSR J0030+0451: Millisecond Pulsar Parameter Estimation

    Thomas E. Riley;Anna L. Watts;Slavko Bogdanov;Paul S. Ray

  • PSR J0030+0451 Mass and Radius from NICER Data and Implications for the Properties of Neutron Star Matter

    M. C. Miller;F. K. Lamb;A. J. Dittmann;S. Bogdanov

  • The NANOGrav Eleven-year Data Set: High-precision timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Adam Brazier;Sarah Burke-Spolaor;Sydney Chamberlin

  • SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION USING X-RAY PULSARS

    Suneel I. Sheikh;Darryll J. Pines;Paul S. Ray;Kent S. Wood

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: Pulsar-timing Constraints On The Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Z. Arzoumanian;P. T. Baker;A. Brazier;S. Burke-Spolaor

  • Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula

    A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

  • Detection of 16 Gamma-Ray Pulsars Through Blind Frequency Searches Using the Fermi LAT

    A.A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;B. Anderson

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: Pulsar-timing Constraints On The Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Z. Arzoumanian;P. T. Baker;A. Brazier;S. Burke-Spolaor

  • Modulated High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Microquasar Cygnus X-3

    A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;Magnus Axelsson

  • Precise Gamma-Ray Timing and Radio Observations of 17 Fermi Gamma-Ray Pulsars

    P. S. Ray;M. Kerr;D. Parent;A. A. Abdo

  • The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for an Isotropic Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

    Zaven Arzoumanian;Paul T. Baker;Harsha Blumer;Bence Bécsy

  • Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-Mass PSR J0740+6620

    Emmanuel Fonseca;H. Thankful Cromartie;Timothy T. Pennucci;Paul S. Ray

  • A NICER View of the Massive Pulsar PSR J0740+6620 Informed by Radio Timing and XMM-Newton Spectroscopy: Nested Samples for Millisecond Pulsar Parameter Estimation

    Thomas E. Riley;Anna L. Watts;Paul S. Ray;Slavko Bogdanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott M. Ransom
Scott M. Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Fernando Camilo
Fernando Camilo South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Alice K. Harding
Alice K. Harding Langley Research Center
Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin West Virginia University
C. C. Cheung
C. C. Cheung United States Naval Research Laboratory
Peter F. Michelson
Peter F. Michelson Stanford University
Diego F. Torres
Diego F. Torres Institute of Space Sciences
Roger W. Romani
Roger W. Romani Stanford University
Jason W. T. Hessels
Jason W. T. Hessels University of Amsterdam

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