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Robert H. Becker

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
94
Citations
43577
World Ranking
1962
National Ranking
1015

Robert H. Becker 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 Robert H. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 330 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert H. Becker 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 Robert H. Becker sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 94 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Robert H. Becker is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and physics, with a primary focus on imaging and radiation sciences.

The scientist has contributed to fields such as Medicine and Physics and Astronomy. Their work covers several subfields including:

  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Radiation
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Main topics addressed in Becker's research include:

  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Becker include:

  • Christian Ritzer
  • V. Commichau
  • Jan Debus
  • L. Djambazov
  • Afroditi Eleftheriou

Becker's recent publications reflect a focus on medical imaging technology and biological mechanisms related to disease. Notable papers include:

  • Initial Characterization of the SAFIR Prototype PET-MR Scanner, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences
  • Regulation of autophagy, lipid metabolism, and neurodegenerative pathology by heparan sulfate proteoglycans, 2023, Frontiers in Genetics
  • SAFIR-I: Design and Performance of a High-Rate Preclinical PET Insert for MRI, 2021, Sensors
  • The heterogeneity of LDH isoenzyme patterns of human uterine sarcomas and cultured sarcoma cell lines., 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Climate change impact of virtual urology meetings, 2021, European Urology

Becker's work is published in a variety of scientific venues, including:

  • Frontiers in Genetics
  • IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences
  • Sensors
  • UNC Libraries
  • European Urology

Best Publications

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The Einstein /HEAO 2/ X-ray Observatory

    R. Giacconi;G. Branduardi;U. Briel;A. Epstein

  • 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

  • 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

  • A New Catalog of 30,239 1.4 GHz Sources

    Richard L. White;Robert H. Becker

  • Unusual broad absorption line quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Patrick B. Hall;Patrick B. Hall;Scott F. Anderson;Michael A. Strauss;Donald G. York

  • Binary Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Evidence for Excess Clustering on Small Scales

    Joseph F. Hennawi;Michael A. Strauss;Masamune Oguri;Naohisa Inada

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard L. White
Richard L. White Space Telescope Science Institute
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
Mark Lacy
Mark Lacy National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Masamune Oguri
Masamune Oguri Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Michael A. Strauss
Michael A. Strauss University of Oklahoma
Donald G. York
Donald G. York University of Chicago
Patrick B. Hall
Patrick B. Hall York University
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago

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