2026 Paul S. Ray: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	89	2296	2186	1153	1077	499	32337

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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

1906
Citations
THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

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

930
Citations
The Radius of PSR J0740+6620 from NICER and XMM-Newton Data

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

889
Citations
Fermi/Large Area Telescope bright gamma-ray source list

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

758
Citations
The First Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

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

681
Citations
The NANOGrav 11-year Data Set: High-precision Timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

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

609
Citations
A NICER View of PSR J0030+0451: Millisecond Pulsar Parameter Estimation

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

506
Citations
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

502
Citations
The NANOGrav Eleven-year Data Set: High-precision timing of 45 Millisecond Pulsars

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

496
Citations
SPACECRAFT NAVIGATION USING X-RAY PULSARS

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

483
Citations
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

481
Citations
Gamma-Ray Flares from the Crab Nebula

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

470
Citations
Detection of 16 Gamma-Ray Pulsars Through Blind Frequency Searches Using the Fermi LAT

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

455
Citations
Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula

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

423
Citations
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

384
Citations
Modulated High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from the Microquasar Cygnus X-3

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

379
Citations
Precise Gamma-Ray Timing and Radio Observations of 17 Fermi Gamma-Ray Pulsars

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

339
Citations
The NANOGrav 12.5 yr Data Set: Search for an Isotropic Stochastic Gravitational-wave Background

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

263
Citations
Refined Mass and Geometric Measurements of the High-Mass PSR J0740+6620

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

80
Citations
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

9
Citations