2026 Paulo C. C. Freire: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	95	1915	1820	168	161	385	39900

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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

3379
Citations
Testing general relativity with present and future astrophysical observations

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

1366
Citations
Masses, Radii, and the Equation of State of Neutron Stars

Feryal Özel;Paulo Freire

1337
Citations
Masses, Radii, and Equation of State of Neutron Stars

Feryal Ozel;Paulo Freire

1218
Citations
Tests of General Relativity from Timing the Double Pulsar

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

1101
Citations
A double-pulsar system: A rare laboratory for relativistic gravity and plasma physics

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

1076
Citations
A radio pulsar spinning at 716 Hz.

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

1042
Citations
A repeating fast radio burst

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

932
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 International Pulsar Timing Array project: using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector

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

819
Citations
Swings between rotation and accretion power in a binary millisecond pulsar

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

707
Citations
Fast Radio Burst Discovered in the Arecibo Pulsar ALFA Survey

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

703
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
Formation of Double Neutron Star Systems

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

574
Citations
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

574
Citations
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

568
Citations
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

465
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
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

389
Citations
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

378
Citations