2026 Piero Madau: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	122	746	707	411	384	419	72359

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

122

746

707

411

384

419

72359

Piero Madau 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 Piero Madau sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 419 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Piero Madau 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 Piero Madau sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Piero Madau is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to astrophysics and cosmic phenomena. These include:

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

Piero Madau has contributed to a number of publication venues, with a significant presence in the following journals and repositories:

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

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Madau are:

"Evolutionary roads leading to low effective spins, high black hole masses, and O1/O2 rates for LIGO/Virgo binary black holes," 2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
"New constraints on warm dark matter from the Lyman-α forest power spectrum," 2023, Physical Review D
"Modeling cosmic reionization," 2022, Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics
"Global torques and stochasticity as the drivers of massive black hole pairing in the young Universe," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Cosmic Reionization in the JWST Era: Back to AGNs?", 2024, The Astrophysical Journal

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Co-authors with whom Madau has worked extensively include:

Lucio Mayer
Pedro R. Capelo
Bruno Villasenor
Brant Robertson
Sijing Shen

Best Publications

Cosmic Star-Formation History

Piero Madau;Mark Dickinson

4144
Citations
HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXIES IN THE HUBBLE DEEP FIELD : COLOUR SELECTION AND STAR FORMATION HISTORY TO Z 4

Piero Madau;Henry C. Ferguson;Mark E. Dickinson;Mauro Giavalisco

2993
Citations
CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey - The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products and Mosaics

Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

2725
Citations
The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial Results From Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging

M. Giavalisco

2421
Citations
Radiative Transfer in a Clumpy Universe: II. The Utraviolet Extragalactic Background

Francesco Haardt;Piero Madau

2368
Citations
CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey

Norman A. Grogin;Dale D. Kocevski;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson

2272
Citations
The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial results from optical and near-infrared imaging

M. Giavalisco;H. C. Ferguson;H. C. Ferguson;A. M. Koekemoer;M. Dickinson;M. Dickinson

2130
Citations
Radiative Transfer in a Clumpy Universe. II. The Ultraviolet Extragalactic Background

Francesco Haardt;Piero Madau

2051
Citations
The Star formation history of field galaxies

Piero Madau;Lucia Pozzetti;Mark Dickinson;Mark Dickinson

1873
Citations
Candels: The cosmic assembly near-infrared deep extragalactic legacy survey - The hubble space telescope observations, imaging data products, and mosaics

Anton M. Koekemoer;S. M. Faber;Henry C. Ferguson;Norman A. Grogin

1709
Citations
Radiative transfer in a clumpy universe: The colors of high-redshift galaxies

Piero Madau

1584
Citations
Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from supernova-driven outflows

Fabio Governato;Chris Brook;Lucio Mayer;Alyson Brooks

1181
Citations
Massive Black Holes as Population III Remnants

Piero Madau;Martin J. Rees

1151
Citations
Clumps and streams in the local dark matter distribution

J. Diemand;M. Kuhlen;P. Madau;M. Zemp

1097
Citations
The Assembly and Merging History of Supermassive Black Holes in Hierarchical Models of Galaxy Formation

Marta Volonteri;Francesco Haardt;Piero Madau

1069
Citations
Radiative Transfer in a Clumpy Universe. IV. New Synthesis Models of the Cosmic UV/X-Ray Background

Francesco Haardt;Piero Madau

990
Citations
A NEW NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH TO GALAXY MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

Jennifer M. Lotz;Joel Primack;Piero Madau

929
Citations
21-cm Tomography of the Intergalactic Medium at High Redshift

Piero Madau;Avery Meiksin;Martin J. Rees

921
Citations
21 CENTIMETER TOMOGRAPHY OF THE INTERGALACTIC MEDIUM AT HIGH REDSHIFT

Piero Madau;Avery Meiksin;Martin J. Rees

915
Citations
A New Non-Parametric Approach to Galaxy Morphological Classification

Jennifer M. Lotz;Joel Primack;Piero Madau

914
Citations