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Paulo C. C. Freire

Paulo C. C. Freire

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
95
Citations
39900
World Ranking
1915
National Ranking
168

Paulo C. C. Freire 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 Paulo C. C. Freire sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 385 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paulo C. C. Freire 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 Paulo C. C. Freire sits on this spectrum.

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paulo C. C. Freire is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's research covers a range of main topics including:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena

Freire has published frequently in key scientific journals and venues, which include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paulo C. C. Freire highlight contributions to pulsar research and gamma-ray astrophysics. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Strong-Field Gravity Tests with the Double Pulsar," 2021, Physical Review X
  • "The Third Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-Ray Pulsars," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Eight new millisecond pulsars from the first MeerKAT globular cluster census," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Pulsar timing for the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope," 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • "Discovery of a Gamma-Ray Black Widow Pulsar by GPU-accelerated Einstein@Home," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Freire frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • M. Krämer
  • S. M. Ransom
  • D. J. Champion
  • V. Venkatraman Krishnan
  • A. Ridolfi

Best Publications

  • A massive pulsar in a compact relativistic binary

    John Antoniadis;Paulo C. C. Freire;Norbert Wex;Thomas M. Tauris

  • Testing general relativity with present and future astrophysical observations

    Emanuele Berti;Emanuele Berti;Enrico Barausse;Vitor Cardoso;Vitor Cardoso;Leonardo Gualtieri

  • Masses, Radii, and the Equation of State of Neutron Stars

    Feryal Özel;Paulo Freire

  • Masses, Radii, and Equation of State of Neutron Stars

    Feryal Ozel;Paulo Freire

  • Tests of General Relativity from Timing the Double Pulsar

    M. Kramer;I. H. Stairs;R. N. Manchester;M. A. McLaughlin;M. A. McLaughlin

  • A double-pulsar system: A rare laboratory for relativistic gravity and plasma physics

    A. G. Lyne;M. Burgay;M. Kramer;A. Possenti

  • A radio pulsar spinning at 716 Hz.

    Jason W. T. Hessels;Scott M. Ransom;Ingrid H. Stairs;Paulo C. C. Freire

  • A repeating fast radio burst

    L. G. Spitler;P. Scholz;J. W. T. Hessels;J. W. T. Hessels;S. Bogdanov

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

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

  • The International Pulsar Timing Array project: using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector

    G. Hobbs;A. Archibald;Z. Arzoumanian;D. Backer

  • Swings between rotation and accretion power in a binary millisecond pulsar

    A. Papitto;C. Ferrigno;E. Bozzo;N. Rea

  • Fast Radio Burst Discovered in the Arecibo Pulsar ALFA Survey

    L. G. Spitler;J. M. Cordes;J. W. T. Hessels;D. R. Lorimer

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

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

  • Formation of Double Neutron Star Systems

    T. M. Tauris;T. M. Tauris;M. Kramer;P. C. C. Freire;N. Wex

  • Fast Radio Burst Discovered in the Arecibo Pulsar ALFA Survey

    L. G. Spitler;J. M. Cordes;J. W. T. Hessels;J. W. T. Hessels;D. R. Lorimer

  • The relativistic pulsar-white dwarf binary PSR J1738+0333 - II. The most stringent test of scalar-tensor gravity

    Paulo C. C. Freire;Norbert Wex;Gilles Esposito-Farèse;Joris P. W. Verbiest

  • A strong magnetic field around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy

    R. P. Eatough;H. Falcke;H. Falcke;H. Falcke;R. Karuppusamy;K. J. Lee

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

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

  • Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves

    P. B. Demorest;R. D. Ferdman;M. E. Gonzalez;David J. Nice

  • Twenty-one millisecond pulsars in Terzan 5 using the Green Bank Telescope.

    Scott M. Ransom;Scott M. Ransom;Jason W. T. Hessels;Ingrid H. Stairs;Paulo C. C. Freire

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Fernando Camilo
Fernando Camilo South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Scott M. Ransom
Scott M. Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin West Virginia University
Ingrid H. Stairs
Ingrid H. Stairs University of British Columbia
Jason W. T. Hessels
Jason W. T. Hessels University of Amsterdam
Duncan R. Lorimer
Duncan R. Lorimer West Virginia University
Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
Andrew Lyne
Andrew Lyne University of Manchester
Andrea Possenti
Andrea Possenti National Institute for Astrophysics

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