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103
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39050
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1497
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788

Renyue Cen 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 Renyue Cen sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 409 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Renyue Cen 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 Renyue Cen sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Renyue Cen is a researcher affiliated with Princeton University in the United States, specializing in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their body of work encompasses 135 publications with a strong emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics, totaling 96 entries, alongside contributions in Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research covers a broad range of topics in astrophysics, including galaxies formation and evolution, astronomical research methods, star formation studies, and phenomena related to gamma-ray bursts and supernovae. Other areas of focus include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, cosmic phenomena, and radio astronomy observations and technology.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Notable co-authors collaborating on multiple papers with Renyue Cen include Kentaro Nagamine, Anton M. Koekemoer, Luis C. Ho, Yuri Oku, and Xi Kang, each contributing to several joint studies.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Renyue Cen are:

  • "AMBER: A Semi-numerical Abundance Matching Box for the Epoch of Reionization," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Inspiraling streams of enriched gas observed around a massive galaxy 11 billion years ago," 2023, Science
  • "Infalling gas in a Lyman-alpha blob," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "Osaka Feedback Model. II. Modeling Supernova Feedback Based on High-resolution Simulations," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • Paper by Charles L. Steinhardt, 2020, Portsmouth Research Portal (University of Portsmouth)

Best Publications

  • Where Are the Baryons

    Renyue Cen;Jeremiah P. Ostriker

  • Cosmological parameter analysis including SDSS Lyα forest and galaxy bias: Constraints on the primordial spectrum of fluctuations, neutrino mass, and dark energy

    Uroš Seljak;Alexey Makarov;Patrick McDonald;Scott F. Anderson

  • Enzo: An Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code for Astrophysics

    Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman;Brian W. O'Shea

  • Baryons in the warm-hot intergalactic medium

    Romeel Davé;Renyue Cen;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Greg L. Bryan

  • ENZO: AN ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT CODE FOR ASTROPHYSICS

    Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman;Brian W. O'Shea;Tom Abel

  • 21cmfast: a fast, seminumerical simulation of the high‐redshift 21‐cm signal

    Andrei Mesinger;Steven Furlanetto;Renyue Cen

  • Gravitational collapse of small scale structure as the origin of the Lyman alpha forest

    Renyue Cen;Jordi Miralda-Escudé;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Michael Rauch

  • 21cmFAST: A Fast, Semi-Numerical Simulation of the High-Redshift 21-cm Signal

    Andrei Mesinger;Steven Furlanetto;Renyue Cen

  • The Santa Barbara cluster comparison project: A comparison of cosmological hydrodynamics solutions

    C. S. Frenk;S. D. M. White;P. Bode;J. R. Bond

  • A Hydrodynamic Approach to Cosmology: Methodology

    Renyue Cen

  • The Lyα Forest from Gravitational Collapse in the Cold Dark Matter + Λ Model

    Jordi Miralda-Escudé;Renyue Cen;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Michael Rauch

  • The Opacity of the Lyα Forest and Implications for Ωb and the Ionizing Background

    Michael Rauch;Jordi Miralda-Escudé;Wallace L. W. Sargent;Tom A. Barlow

  • The Opacity of the Lyman Alpha Forest and Implications for Omega_{baryon} and the Ionizing Background

    M. Rauch;J. Miralda-Escude;W. L. W. Sargent;T. A. Barlow

  • The Protogalactic Origin for Cosmic Magnetic Fields

    Russell M. Kulsrud;Renyue Cen;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Dongsu Ryu

  • The Lyman Alpha Forest from Gravitational Collapse in the CDM+Lambda Model

    Jordi Miralda-Escude;Renyue Cen;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Michael Rauch

  • Galaxy formation and physical bias

    Renyue Cen;Jeremiah P. Ostriker

  • The Lyman-alpha Forest Power Spectrum from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Patrick McDonald;Uros Seljak;Scott Burles;David J. Schlegel

  • The Linear Theory Power Spectrum from the Lyman-alpha Forest in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    P. McDonald;U. Seljak;R. Cen;D. Shih

  • The linear theory power spectrum from the Lyα forest in the sloan digital sky survey

    Patrick McDonald;Patrick McDonald;Uroš Seljak;Renyue Cen;David Shih

  • The Observed Probability Distribution Function, Power Spectrum, and Correlation Function of the Transmitted Flux in the Lyman-alpha Forest

    Patrick McDonald;Jordi Miralda-Escude;Michael Rauch;Wallace L. W. Sargent

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah P. Ostriker Columbia University
Jordi Miralda-Escudé
Jordi Miralda-Escudé University of Barcelona
Neta A. Bahcall
Neta A. Bahcall Princeton University
Zheng Zheng
Zheng Zheng University of Utah
Greg L. Bryan
Greg L. Bryan Columbia University
Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss University of Oklahoma
Dongsu Ryu
Dongsu Ryu Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Zoltan Haiman
Zoltan Haiman Columbia University
Masataka Fukugita
Masataka Fukugita University of Tokyo
David H. Weinberg
David H. Weinberg The Ohio State University

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