2026 Philip Best: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	115	998	941	95	89	465	44267

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Overview

Philip Best is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work spans 235 publications within this broad area, including significant involvement in nuclear and high energy physics, instrumentation, computational mechanics, and oceanography as subfields.

The main topics explored in their research include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Philip Best has published in a variety of academic venues, with recurrent appearances in:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)

Some of the recent papers by Philip Best include:

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey, 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey: I. Survey description and preliminary data release, 2024, University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology)
The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Coherent radio emission from a quiescent red dwarf indicative of star-planet interaction, 2020, Nature Astronomy
The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their frequent collaborators include:

H. J. A. Röttgering
R. Kondapally
M. J. Hardcastle
I. Prandoni
K. J. Duncan

Best Publications

LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;George Heald

3669
Citations
The Coevolution of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes: Insights from Surveys of the Contemporary Universe

Timothy M. Heckman;Philip N. Best

1227
Citations
The Co-Evolution of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes: Insights from Surveys of the Contemporary Universe

Timothy Heckman;Philip Best

1200
Citations
The host galaxies of radio-loud AGN: mass dependencies, gas cooling and AGN feedback

P. N. Best;G. Kauffmann;T. M. Heckman;J. Brinchmann

1025
Citations
The host galaxies of radio-loud active galactic nuclei: mass dependences, gas cooling and active galactic nuclei feedback

P. N. Best;G. Kauffmann;T. M. Heckman;J. Brinchmann

844
Citations
On the fundamental dichotomy in the local radio-AGN population: accretion, evolution and host galaxy properties

Philip Best;T. M. Heckman

758
Citations
The SCUBA HAlf Degree Extragalactic Survey (SHADES) -- II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

K. Coppin;E.L. Chapin;A.M.J. Mortier;S.E. Scott

619
Citations
The SCUBA Half-Degree Extragalactic Survey – II. Submillimetre maps, catalogue and number counts

K. Coppin;E. L. Chapin;E. L. Chapin;A. M. J. Mortier;S. E. Scott

568
Citations
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey - II. First data release

T. W. Shimwell;T. W. Shimwell;C. Tasse;C. Tasse;M. J. Hardcastle;A. P. Mechev

502
Citations
How special are Brightest Group and Cluster Galaxies

Anja Von Der Linden;Philip N. Best;Guinevere Kauffmann;Simon D. M. White

497
Citations
On the prevalence of radio‐loud active galactic nuclei in brightest cluster galaxies: implications for AGN heating of cooling flows

P. N. Best;A. von der Linden;G. Kauffmann;T. M. Heckman

490
Citations
Predicting dust extinction from the stellar mass of a galaxy

Timothy Garn;Philip N. Best

468
Citations
A large Hα survey at z = 2.23, 1.47, 0.84 and 0.40: the 11 Gyr evolution of star-forming galaxies from HiZELS

David Sobral;Ian Smail;Philip N. Best;James E. Geach

447
Citations
The role of black holes in galaxy formation and evolution

A. Cattaneo;S. M. Faber;J. Binney;A. Dekel

445
Citations
A sample of radio-loud active galactic nuclei in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Philip Best;G Kauffmann;T M Heckman;Z Ivezic

437
Citations
On the prevalence of radio-loud AGN in brightest cluster galaxies: implications for AGN heating of cooling flows

P. N. Best;G. Kauffmann;T. M. Heckman;C. R. Kaiser

436
Citations
The evolution of the star formation activity in galaxies and its dependence on environment

B. M. Poggianti;A. von der Linden;G. De Lucia;V. Desai

433
Citations
AGN-controlled cooling in elliptical galaxies

Philip Best;C R Kaiser;T M Heckman;G Kauffmann

408
Citations
A deep ALMA image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field

James Dunlop;Ross McLure;A. D. Biggs;J. E. Geach

401
Citations
The evolution of the star formation activity in galaxies and its dependence on environment

Bianca M. Poggianti;Anja von der Linden;Gabriella De Lucia;Vandana Desai

386
Citations