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Peter Schneider

Peter Schneider

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
98
Citations
40833
World Ranking
1746
National Ranking
150

Peter Schneider 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 Peter Schneider sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 515 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Schneider 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 Peter Schneider sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Schneider is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research output spans 117 publications in this broad field, with a focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mathematical Physics, Instrumentation, Applied Mathematics, and Geometry and Topology.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Statistical and numerical algorithms
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Advanced Algebra and Geometry
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter Schneider are:

  • KiDS-1000 cosmology: Cosmic shear constraints and comparison between two point statistics, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • KiDS+VIKING-450 and DES-Y1 combined: Mitigating baryon feedback uncertainty with COSEBIs, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Additional papers include publications in diverse venues such as Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh), Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology), and the Wiardi Beckman Foundation. These reflect contributions to various collaborative research projects.

Peter Schneider frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, including:

  • H. Hildebrandt (21 joint publications)
  • Catherine Heymans (19 joint publications)
  • Angus H. Wright (19 joint publications)
  • Konrad Kuijken (18 joint publications)
  • Marika Asgari (16 joint publications)

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (27 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (21 publications)
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) (3 publications)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (3 publications)
  • The Astrophysical Journal (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Weak Gravitational Lensing

    Matthias Bartelmann;Peter Schneider

  • Gravitational Lenses

    Emilio E. Falco;J. Ehlers;P. Schneider;Peter Schneider

  • Euclid Definition Study Report

    R. Laureijs;J. Amiaux;S. Arduini;J.-L. Auguères

  • KiDS-450: cosmological parameter constraints from tomographic weak gravitational lensing

    H. Hildebrandt;Massimo Viola;Catherine Heymans;S. Joudaki

  • Why your model parameter confidences might be too optimistic - unbiased estimation of the inverse covariance matrix

    J. Hartlap;P. Simon;P. Schneider

  • Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro

    Georges Meylan;Philippe Jetzer;Pierre North;Peter Schneider

  • Evidence for substructure in lens galaxies

    Shude Mao;Peter Schneider

  • KiDS-1000 Cosmology: Multi-probe weak gravitational lensing and spectroscopic galaxy clustering constraints

    Catherine Heymans;Catherine Heymans;Tilman Tröster;Marika Asgari;Chris Blake

  • Evidence for the accelerated expansion of the Universe from weak lensing tomography with COSMOS

    Tim Schrabback;Jan Hartlap;Benjamin Joachimi;Martin Kilbinger

  • Detection of (dark) matter concentrations via weak gravitational lensing

    Peter Schneider

  • The Kilo-Degree Survey

    J. T. A. de Jong;K. Kuijken;D. Applegate;K. Begeman

  • A NEW MEASURE FOR COSMIC SHEAR

    Peter Schneider;Ludovic Van Waerbeke;Bhuvnesh Jain;Guido Kruse

  • Gravitational lensing analysis of the Kilo-Degree Survey

    Konrad Kuijken;Catherine Heymans;Hendrik Hildebrandt;Reiko Nakajima

  • Evidence of the accelerated expansion of the Universe from weak lensing tomography with COSMOS

    T. Schrabback;T. Schrabback;J. Hartlap;B. Joachimi;M. Kilbinger;M. Kilbinger

  • Ray-tracing through the Millennium Simulation: Born corrections and lens-lens coupling in cosmic shear and galaxy-galaxy lensing

    S. Hilbert;J. Hartlap;S. D. M. White;P. Schneider

  • GaBoDS: The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey; IV. Methods for the Image reduction of multi-chip Cameras

    T. Erben;M. Schirmer;J. P. Dietrich;O. Cordes

  • KiDS+VIKING-450: Cosmic shear tomography with optical+infrared data

    H. Hildebrandt;F. Köhlinger;J. L. van den Busch;B. Joachimi

  • How accurately can we measure weak gravitational shear

    T. Erben;L. Van Waerbeke;E. Bertin;Y. Mellier

  • GaBoDS: The Garching-Bonn Deep Survey. IV. Methods for the image reduction of multi-chip cameras demonstrated on data from the ESO Wide-Field Imager

    T. Erben;M. Schirmer;J. P. Dietrich;O. Cordes

  • KiDS-1000 Cosmology : Cosmic shear constraints and comparison between two point statistics

    Marika Asgari;Chieh-An Lin;Benjamin Joachimi;Benjamin Giblin

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Heymans
Catherine Heymans University of Edinburgh
Henk Hoekstra
Henk Hoekstra Leiden University
Konrad Kuijken
Konrad Kuijken Leiden University
J. H. M. M. Schmitt
J. H. M. M. Schmitt Universität Hamburg
Lance Miller
Lance Miller University of Oxford
Richard Massey
Richard Massey Durham University
Roberto P. Saglia
Roberto P. Saglia Max Planck Society
Simona Mei
Simona Mei Université Paris Cité
Marco Lombardi
Marco Lombardi University of Milan
Knud Jahnke
Knud Jahnke Max Planck Society

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