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Richard L. White

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
108
Citations
58232
World Ranking
1236
National Ranking
652

Richard L. White 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 L. White sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 429 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard L. White 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 L. White sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard L. White is affiliated with the Space Telescope Science Institute in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields primarily focused on physics and astronomy as well as medicine, with a specialization in subfields such as astronomy and astrophysics, oncology, instrumentation, cancer research, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics covered by Richard L. White include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; galaxies formation, evolution, and related phenomena; astronomy and astrophysical research; astrophysics and star formation studies; cutaneous melanoma detection and management; breast cancer treatment studies; and breast lesions and carcinomas.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard L. White are:

  • Bradley C. Whitmore
  • Rupali Chandar
  • Janice Lee
  • Leonardo Úbeda
  • David A. Thilker

Richard L. White has published extensively in several key venues. These include:

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

Recent papers authored by or closely associated with this scientist include:

  • "The PHANGS-HST Survey: Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby Galaxies with the Hubble Space Telescope," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • "Utility of the Hospital Frailty Risk Score Derived From Administrative Data and the Association With Stroke Outcomes," 2021, Stroke
  • "PHANGS-JWST First Results: Massive Young Star Clusters and New Insights from JWST Observations of NGC 1365," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "Bright, relatively isolated star clusters in PHANGS-HST galaxies: Aperture corrections, quantitative morphologies, and comparison with synthetic stellar population models," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Society of Surgical Oncology Consensus Statement: Assessing the Evidence for and Utility of Gene Expression Profiling of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma," 2024, Annals of Surgical Oncology

Best Publications

  • The FIRST Survey: Faint Images of the Radio Sky at twenty centimeters

    Robert H. Becker;Richard L. White;David J. Helfand

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

    Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

  • A Catalog of 1.4 GHz Radio Sources from the FIRST Survey

    Richard L. White;Robert H. Becker;David J. Helfand;Michael D. Gregg

  • Constraining the Evolution of the Ionizing Background and the Epoch of Reionization with z~6 Quasars II: A Sample of 19 Quasars

    Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker;Richard L. White

  • The Pan-STARRS1 Surveys

    K. C. Chambers;E. A. Magnier;N. Metcalfe;H. A. Flewelling

  • Evidence for reionization at z ∼ 6: Detection of a gunn-peterson trough in a z = 6.28 quasar

    Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker;Xiaohui Fan;Richard L. White;Michael Abram Strauss

  • A Survey of z>5.8 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Discovery of Three New Quasars and the Spatial Density of Luminous Quasars at z~6

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Robert H. Lupton;Michael A. Strauss

  • A Survey of z > 5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. II. Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at z > 6

    Xiaohui Fan;Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Donald P. Schneider;Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker

  • Evidence for Reionization at z ~ 6: Detection of a Gunn-Peterson Trough in a z=6.28 Quasar

    Robert H. Becker;Xiaohui Fan;Richard L. White;Michael A. Strauss

  • A Survey of z > 5.8 quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey I: Discovery of three new quasars and the spatial density of luminous quasars at z ~ 6

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Robert H. Lupton;Michael Abram Strauss

  • A Survey of z>5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey II: Discovery of Three Additional Quasars at z>6

    Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Donald P. Schneider;Robert H. Becker

  • Evolution of the ionizing background and the epoch of reionization from the spectra of z ∼ 6 quasars

    Xiaohui Fan;Vijay K. Narayanan;Michael A. Strauss;Richard L. White

  • Optical and Radio Properties of Extragalactic Sources Observed by the FIRST and SDSS Surveys

    Z. Ivezic;K. Menou;M. Strauss;G. R. Knapp

  • Optical and Radio Properties of Extragalactic Sources Observed by the FIRST Survey and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Željko Ivezić;Kristen Menou;Gillian R. Knapp;Michael A. Strauss

  • High-redshift quasars found in sloan digital sky survey commissioning data. IV. Luminosity function from the fall equatorial stripe sample

    Xiaohui Fan;Michael Abram Strauss;Donald P. Schneider;James E. Gunn

  • High-Redshift Quasars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data IV: Luminosity Function from the Fall Equatorial Stripe Sampl

    X. Fan;M. A. Strauss;D. P. Schneider;J. E. Gunn

  • A New Catalog of 53,522 4.85 GHz Sources

    Robert H. Becker;Richard L. White;Alan L. Edwards

  • The Second-Generation Guide Star Catalog: Description and Properties

    Barry M. Lasker;Mario G. Lattanzi;Brian J. McLean;Beatrice Bucciarelli

  • A Survey of z > 5.7 Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. IV. Discovery of Seven Additional Quasars* **

    Xiaohui Fan;Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Gordon T. Richards;Gordon T. Richards;Joseph F. Hennawi

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Becker
Robert H. Becker University of California, Davis
David J. Helfand
David J. Helfand Columbia University
Gordon T. Richards
Gordon T. Richards Drexel University
Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss University of Oklahoma
Mark Lacy
Mark Lacy National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Donald G. York
Donald G. York University of Chicago
Xiaohui Fan
Xiaohui Fan University of Arizona
Patrick B. Hall
Patrick B. Hall York University

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