2026 Richard E. Griffiths: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	89	2331	2220	1170	1093	473	26599

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Overview

Richard E. Griffiths is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States and specializes in research across multiple scientific domains, with a focus on physics, astronomy, and environmental science. Their work includes contributions to both theoretical and applied aspects of these fields.

The scientist has published extensively in areas such as galaxies, astronomical instrumentation, and environmental biodiversity. Their research spans several subfields, including astronomy and astrophysics, ecology, instrumentation, atomic and molecular physics, optics, and literary theory.

Their main research topics include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Historical and Literary Analyses

Griffiths has contributed to numerous scientific papers published in several well-known academic venues. Frequent publications are found in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Classiques GARNIER
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Among recent papers featuring their work are:

Hamilton's Object - a clumpy galaxy straddling the gravitational caustic of a galaxy cluster: constraints on dark matter clumping, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Much ado about no offset - characterizing the anomalous multiple-image configuration and the model-driven displacement between light and mass in the multiplane strong lens Abell 3827, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Generalized model-independent characterization of strong gravitational lenses VIII. Automated multiband feature detection to constrain local lens properties, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Restoring the seagrass Zostera muelleri with transplants: small cores are as effective as larger plots, 2022, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
The COSMOS-Web deep galaxy group catalog up to z = 3.7, 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

Jenny Wagner
Joyce Lin
Alex Diana
Eleni Matechou
Jim E. Griffin

Best Publications

The X-Ray Observatory Suzaku

Kazuhisa Mitsuda;Mark Bautz;Hajime Inoue;Richard L. Kelley

1254
Citations
COSMOS : Hubble Space Telescope Observations

N. Scoville;A. Benson;A. W. Blain;D. Calzetti

672
Citations
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Disk and Jet of HH 30

Christopher J. Burrows;Christopher J. Burrows;Karl R. Stapelfeldt;Alan M. Watson;John E. Krist

646
Citations
COSMOS: Hubble Space Telescope Observations

N. Scoville;N. Scoville;R. G. Abraham;H. Aussel;J. E. Barnes

640
Citations
THE PERFORMANCE AND CALIBRATION OF WFPC2 ON THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

Jon A. Holtzman;J. Jeff Hester;Stefano Casertano;John T. Trauger

628
Citations
The Chandra COSMOS Survey. I. Overview and Point Source Catalog

Martin Elvis;Francesca Civano;Cristian Vignali;Simonetta Puccetti

564
Citations
XMM-Newton observation of the lockman hole. I. The X-ray data

G. Hasinger;B. Altieri;M. Arnaud;X. Barcons

550
Citations
THE CHANDRA COSMOS LEGACY SURVEY: OVERVIEW AND POINT SOURCE CATALOG

F. Civano;F. Civano;S. Marchesi;S. Marchesi;S. Marchesi;A. Comastri;M. C. Urry

497
Citations
XMM-Newton observation of the Lockman Hole; I. The X-ray Data

G. Hasinger;B. Altieri;M. Arnaud;X. Barcons

497
Citations
The Chandra Deep Field North Survey. V. 1 Ms Source Catalogs

W. N. Brandt;D. M. Alexander;A. E. Hornschemeier;G. P. Garmire

479
Citations
The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field. The point-like X-ray source catalogue

N. Cappelluti;M. Brusa;G. Hasinger;A. Comastri

453
Citations
The XMM-Newton Wide-Field Survey in the COSMOS Field. I. Survey Description

G. Hasinger;N. Cappelluti;H. Brunner;Marcella Brusa

424
Citations
The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field: VI. Statistical properties of clusters of galaxies

A. Finoguenov;L. Guzzo;G. Hasinger;N. Z. Scoville

415
Citations
The morphologies of distant galaxies. II. Classifications from the Hubble Space Telescope medium deep survey

Roberto G. Abraham;Sidney van den Bergh;Karl Glazebrook;Richard S. Ellis

396
Citations
Ongoing and co-evolving star formation in zCOSMOS galaxies hosting Active Galactic Nuclei

J. D. Silverman;F. Lamareille;C. Maier;S. Lilly

373
Citations
The XMM-Newton Wide-Field Survey in the COSMOS Field: Statistical Properties of Clusters of Galaxies

A. Finoguenov;L. Guzzo;G. Hasinger;N. Z. Scoville

365
Citations
WFPC2 studies of the Crab nebula. I. HST and ROSAT imaging of the synchrotron nebula

J. Jeff Hester;Paul A. Scowen;Ravi Sankrit;Christopher J. Burrows

359
Citations
The morphological identification of the rapidly evolving population of faint galaxies

Karl Glazebrook;Richard S. Ellis;Basilio X. Santiago;Richard Griffiths

346
Citations
The XMM-Newton wide-field survey in the COSMOS field - The point-like X-ray source catalogue

N. Cappelluti;M. Brusa;G. Hasinger;A. Comastri

343
Citations
The Chandra Deep Field North Survey. VI. The Nature of the Optically Faint X-Ray Source Population

D. M. Alexander;W. N. Brandt;A. E. Hornschemeier;G. P. Garmire

294
Citations