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Puragra Guhathakurta 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 Puragra Guhathakurta sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 598 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Puragra Guhathakurta 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 Puragra Guhathakurta sits on this spectrum.

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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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Puragra Guhathakurta is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with a substantial number of publications in the subfields of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, General Health Professions, Computational Mechanics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

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

Guhathakurta has contributed extensively to several scientific journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astronomical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • Nature

Their publication record includes a variety of recent papers such as:

  • "A fast radio burst source at a complex magnetized site in a barred galaxy," 2022, Nature
  • "Updated constraints on asteroid-mass primordial black holes as dark matter," 2020, Physical Review D
  • "Fast, Slow, Early, Late: Quenching Massive Galaxies at z ∼ 0.8," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "A Noninteracting Galactic Black Hole Candidate in a Binary System with a Main-sequence Star," 2023, The Astronomical Journal
  • "The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XIV. The Discovery of Low-mass Galaxies and a New Galaxy Catalog in the Core of the Virgo Cluster," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Throughout their career, Guhathakurta has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Karoline M. Gilbert
  • Benjamin F. Williams
  • Daniel R. Weisz
  • Julianne J. Dalcanton
  • Evan N. Kirby

In recognition of their contributions, Guhathakurta was awarded the Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1997.

Best Publications

  • Star Formation in AEGIS Field Galaxies since z = 1.1: The Dominance of Gradually Declining Star Formation, and the Main Sequence of Star-forming Galaxies

    K. G. Noeske;B. J. Weiner;S. M. Faber;Casey J. Papovich

  • Galaxy Luminosity Functions to z~1: DEEP2 vs. COMBO-17 and Implications for Red Galaxy Formation

    S. M. Faber;C. N. A. Willmer;C. Wolf;D. C. Koo

  • Galaxy luminosity functions to z∼ 1 from DEEP2 and COMBO-17: Implications for red galaxy formation

    S. M. Faber;C. N. A. Willmer;C. Wolf;D. C. Koo

  • Extragalactic background light inferred from AEGIS galaxy-SED-type fractions

    A. Domínguez;A. Domínguez;J. R. Primack;D. J. Rosario;F. Prada

  • The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: Design, Observations, Data Reduction, and Redshifts

    Jeffrey A. Newman;Michael C. Cooper;Marc Davis;S. M. Faber

  • The Universal Stellar Mass-Stellar Metallicity Relation for Dwarf Galaxies

    Evan N. Kirby;Judith G. Cohen;Puragra Guhathakurta;Lucy Cheng

  • The All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey(AEGIS) Data Sets

    M. Davis;P. Guhathakurta;N. P. Konidaris;J. A. Newman

  • LAMOST Experiment for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (LEGUE) — The survey’s science plan

    Li Cai Deng;Heidi Jo Newberg;Chao Liu;Jeffrey L. Carlin

  • The DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Galaxy Luminosity Function to z ~ 1

    C. N. A. Willmer;S. M. Faber;D. C. Koo;B. J. Weiner

  • Science objectives and early results of the DEEP2 Redshift Survey

    Marc Davis;Sandra M. Faber;Jeffrey Newman;Andrew C. Phillips

  • Uncovering Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Milky Way's Ultra-Faint Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite Galaxies

    Evan N. Kirby;Joshua D. Simon;Marla Geha;Puragra Guhathakurta

  • The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury

    J. J. Dalcanton;B. F. Williams;D. Lang;T. R. Lauer

  • The Evolution of Galaxy Mergers and Morphology at z<1.2 in the Extended Groth Strip

    Jennifer M. Lotz;M. Davis;S. M. Faber;P. Guhathakurta

  • The Deep Evolutionary Exploratory Probe 2 Galaxy Redshift Survey: The Galaxy Luminosity Function to z ~ 1*

    C. N. A. Willmer;S. M. Faber;D. C. Koo;B. J. Weiner;B. J. Weiner

  • LAMOST Experiment for Galactic Understanding and Exploration (LEGUE) The survey science plan

    Licai Deng;Heidi Jo Newberg;Chao Liu;Jeffrey L. Carlin

  • Uncovering Extremely Metal-Poor Stars in the Milky Way’s Ultrafaint Dwarf Spheroidal Satellite Galaxies*

    Evan N. Kirby;Joshua D. Simon;Marla Geha;Puragra Guhathakurta

  • THE QUENCHING OF THE ULTRA-FAINT DWARF GALAXIES IN THE REIONIZATION ERA ∗

    Thomas M. Brown;Jason Tumlinson;Marla Geha;Joshua D. Simon

  • Interstellar matter in early-type galaxies. I - IRAS flux densities

    Gillian R. Knapp;Puragra Guhathakurta;Dong-Woo Kim;Michael A. Jura

  • A Lack of Planets in 47 Tucanae from a Hubble Space Telescope Search

    Ronald L. Gilliland;T. M. Brown;P. Guhathakurta;A. Sarajedini

  • Multi-element Abundance Measurements from Medium-resolution Spectra. III. Metallicity Distributions of Milky Way Dwarf Satellite Galaxies

    Evan N. Kirby;Gustavo A. Lanfranchi;Joshua D. Simon;Judith G. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael C. Cooper
Michael C. Cooper University of California, Irvine
David C. Koo
David C. Koo University of California, Santa Cruz
Jeffrey A. Newman
Jeffrey A. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Alison L. Coil
Alison L. Coil University of California, San Diego
Sandra M. Faber
Sandra M. Faber University of California, Santa Cruz
Benjamin J. Weiner
Benjamin J. Weiner University of Arizona
Joshua D. Simon
Joshua D. Simon Carnegie Institution for Science
Anil C. Seth
Anil C. Seth University of Utah
Patrick Côté
Patrick Côté National Research Council Canada
Laura Ferrarese
Laura Ferrarese National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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