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Richard D Field publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard D Field between 1970 and 2023, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard D Field published across 54 years, from 1970 to 2023, averaging 23.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 240 publications in 2016. 204 of the 1,262 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
50 100 150 200
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1970 to 2023. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 240. Peak 240 publications in 2016. 1970: 2 publications 1971: 2 publications 1972: 6 publications 1973: 4 publications 1974: 3 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 3 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 1 publication 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 1 publication 1989: 1 publication 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 2 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 38 publications 2012: 81 publications 2013: 70 publications 2014: 65 publications 2015: 75 publications 2016: 240 publications 2017: 82 publications 2018: 118 publications 2019: 76 publications 2020: 31 publications 2021: 41 publications 2022: 1 publication 2023: 203 publications
1970 2023

1,262 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard D Field: publications per year, 1970 to 2023
Year Publications
1970 2
1971 2
1972 6
1973 4
1974 3
1975 2
1976 2
1977 2
1978 3
1979 2
1980 1
1981 2
1982 0
1983 3
1984 2
1985 0
1986 2
1987 1
1988 1
1989 1
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 2
1994 0
1995 0
1996 3
1997 3
1998 2
1999 2
2000 3
2001 2
2002 3
2003 2
2004 4
2005 9
2006 13
2007 13
2008 5
2009 13
2010 21
2011 38
2012 81
2013 70
2014 65
2015 75
2016 240
2017 82
2018 118
2019 76
2020 31
2021 41
2022 1
2023 203
Total 1,262
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Richard D Field publications per year - data summary

  • Richard D Field, a Physics scholar from University of Florida, has 1,262 publications recorded across 54 years, from 1970 to 2023.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1970 and the most recent to 2023.
  • The most productive year is 2016, with 240 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1980, 1987, 1988, 1989 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 7 of the 54 years in the span carry no publications at all (1982, 1985, 1990, 1991 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 23.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 26.9 per year counting only the 47 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2019-2023) hold 352 publications, 28% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1970-1987: 39 publications (2.2 per year); 1988-2005: 37 publications (2.1 per year); 2006-2023: 1,186 publications (65.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Richard D Field 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 Richard D Field sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 1,223–1,242 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,230 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16 1,230
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Richard D Field publication distribution in Physics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,678 Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 70 ranges running from 103–122 to 1,469+ publications.
  • Richard D Field, a Physics scholar from University of Florida, records 1,230 publications - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Physics scientists score the same or lower than Richard D Field, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 463–482 publications range, and Richard D Field ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 323–342 publications, holding 162 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 49% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 443–462 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Richard D Field 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 Richard D Field sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 166–167 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 167 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11 167
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Richard D Field D-index placement in Physics in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,678 Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 59 ranges running from 70–71 to 185+ D-Index.
  • Richard D Field, a Physics scholar from University of Florida, records 167 D-Index - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Physics scientists score the same or lower than Richard D Field, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 96–97 D-Index range, and Richard D Field ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 80–81 D-Index, holding 167 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 55% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 98–99 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2011 - ASM Fellow "For applied research of superalloys, intermetallic compounds, and beryllium alloys, dislocation and deformation analysis, and characterization of deformation mechanisms in uranium alloys through excellence in crystallography and electron microscopy."
  • 1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the application of the Quantum Chromodynamic theory of quarks and gluons to hadron hadron collisions and the concept of parton fragmentation

Overview

Richard D Field is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Physics and Astronomy. Within these broad fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's main topics of study include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics. These topics highlight an interdisciplinary approach bridging geophysical processes, chemical environmental interactions, and space science phenomena.

Richard D Field has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). Some of their recent papers include:

  • Data for EMSL Project 51552 from December 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), 2023
  • Data for EMSL Project 51552 from December 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), 2023
  • Data for EMSL Project 51552 from December 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), 2023
  • Data for EMSL Project 51552 from December 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), 2023
  • Data for EMSL Project 51552 from December 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), 2023

Collaboration plays a notable role in their scientific output. Frequent coauthors include Sarah Leichty, Karolina Heyduk, Marija Veličković, Mary Lipton, and Nikola Tolić. These partnerships reflect a network of research collaboration extending across various related scientific domains.

Richard D Field has received several recognitions during their career. They were named an ASM Fellow in 2011 for work related to the applied research of superalloys, intermetallic compounds, and beryllium alloys, including the analysis of deformation mechanisms in uranium alloys using crystallography and electron microscopy. In 1987, they became a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation acknowledging contributions to the application of Quantum Chromodynamic theory of quarks and gluons to hadron-hadron collisions and the concept of parton fragmentation.

Best Publications

  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Evidence for the 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A.M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties

    Vardan Khachatryan;Robin Erbacher;Camilo Andres Carrillo Montoya;Chang-Seong Moon

  • Event generator tunes obtained from underlying event and multiparton scattering measurements

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;E. Asilar

  • Precise determination of the mass of the Higgs boson and tests of compatibility of its couplings with the standard model predictions using proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Charged particle multiplicities in pp interactions at sqrt(s) = 0.9, 2.36, and 7 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;O. Abdinov

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at the LHC

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Measurement of the J/ψ meson and b-hadron production cross sections in pp̄ collisions at √s = 1960 GeV

    D. Acosta;J. Adelman;T. Affolder;T. Akimoto

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in pPb collisions at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Jet energy scale and resolution in the CMS experiment in pp collisions at 8 TeV

    Khachatryan;AM Sirunyan;A Tumasyan;W Adam

  • Search for leptonic decays of W' bosons in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance

    G. L. Bayatian;S. Chatrchyan;G. Hmayakyan;A. M. Sirunyan

  • Quark Elastic Scattering as a Source of High Transverse Momentum Mesons

    R. D. Field;R. P. Feynman

  • Combined results of searches for the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Measurements of inclusive W and Z cross sections in pp collisions at \sqrt {s} = 7 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Measurement of the properties of a Higgs boson in the four-lepton final state

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Search for physics beyond the standard model in dilepton mass spectra in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

Frequent Co-Authors

Arie Bodek
Arie Bodek University of Rochester
John Perry Cumalat
John Perry Cumalat University of Colorado Boulder
Jovan Milosevic
Jovan Milosevic University of Belgrade
Jay Hauser
Jay Hauser University of California, Los Angeles

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