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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 117 907 856 87 82 561 55835

Roger L. Davies publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Roger L. Davies between 1962 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Roger L. Davies published across 64 years, from 1962 to 2025, averaging 9.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2001. 2 of the 584 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1962 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2001. 1962: 1 publication 1963: 0 publications 1964: 0 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 0 publications 1967: 0 publications 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 1 publication 1971: 0 publications 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 3 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 1 publication 1983: 3 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 2 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 14 publications 1988: 9 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 5 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 13 publications 1997: 13 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 16 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 38 publications 2002: 24 publications 2003: 18 publications 2004: 27 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 33 publications 2007: 23 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 31 publications 2011: 37 publications 2012: 35 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 1 publication
1962 2025

584 publications in total across all disciplines

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Roger L. Davies: publications per year, 1962 to 2025
Year Publications
1962 1
1963 0
1964 0
1965 0
1966 0
1967 0
1968 0
1969 0
1970 1
1971 0
1972 0
1973 0
1974 1
1975 3
1976 0
1977 0
1978 0
1979 1
1980 0
1981 2
1982 1
1983 3
1984 1
1985 2
1986 6
1987 14
1988 9
1989 4
1990 5
1991 2
1992 1
1993 5
1994 2
1995 2
1996 13
1997 13
1998 6
1999 16
2000 16
2001 38
2002 24
2003 18
2004 27
2005 15
2006 33
2007 23
2008 20
2009 22
2010 31
2011 37
2012 35
2013 21
2014 21
2015 11
2016 6
2017 23
2018 7
2019 9
2020 17
2021 11
2022 3
2023 0
2024 1
2025 1
Total 584
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Roger L. Davies 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 Roger L. Davies 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, 543–562 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: 561 publications — 64th percentile

64% 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 87 561
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
1,243–1,262 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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Roger L. Davies 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 Roger L. Davies 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, 116–117 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: 117 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 67 117
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
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Roger L. Davies is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes in research within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans 63 publications in this main field, with significant focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's research mainly covers topics related to Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies; Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; Scientific Research and Discoveries; and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

Roger L. Davies has contributed to multiple papers, including the following notable publications:

  • The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra (2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series)
  • The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data (2022, Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences))
  • The SAMI Galaxy Survey: the third and final data release (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • The SAMI Galaxy Survey: The Internal Orbital Structure and Mass Distribution of Passive Galaxies from Triaxial Orbit-superposition Schwarzschild Models (2022, The Astrophysical Journal)
  • The SAMI Galaxy Survey: stellar population and structural trends across the Fundamental Plane (2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Roger L. Davies include:

  • Matthew Colless
  • S. M. Croom
  • M. S. Owers
  • Joss Bland-Hawthorn
  • Julia J. Bryant

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

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

Roger L. Davies was recognized as a Member of the Academia Europaea in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. I: a new distance estimator

    Alan Dressler;Donald Lynden-Bell;David Burstein;Roger L. Davies

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe

    Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti

  • The SAURON project - IV. The mass-to-light ratio, the virial mass estimator and the Fundamental Plane of elliptical and lenticular galaxies

    M Cappellari;R Bacon;M Bureau;MC Damen

  • The ATLAS3D project – I. A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria

    Michele Cappellari;Eric Emsellem;Eric Emsellem;Eric Emsellem;Davor Krajnović;Richard M. Mcdermid

  • The ATLAS3D project – XX. Mass–size and mass–σ distributions of early-type galaxies: bulge fraction drives kinematics, mass-to-light ratio, molecular gas fraction and stellar initial mass function

    Michele Cappellari;Richard M. McDermid;Katherine Alatalo;Leo Blitz

  • Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. V - Galaxy streaming toward the new supergalactic center

    D. Lynden-Bell;S. M. Faber;David Burstein;Roger L. Davies

  • The Gemini–North Multi‐Object Spectrograph: Performance in Imaging, Long‐Slit, and Multi‐Object Spectroscopic Modes

    I. M. Hook;Inger Jørgensen;J. R. Allington‐Smith;R. L. Davies

  • The SAURON project—V. Integral-field emission-line kinematics of 48 elliptical and lenticular galaxies

    Eric Emsellem;Michele Cappellari;Reynier F. Peletier;Reynier F. Peletier;Richard M. McDermid

  • The SAURON project – IX. A kinematic classification for early‐type galaxies

    Eric Emsellem;Michele Cappellari;Michele Cappellari;Davor Krajnović;Glenn Van De Ven;Glenn Van De Ven

  • Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series

    P. Serra;Raffaella Morganti;Thomas Oosterloo;K. Alatalo

  • The ATLAS3D project – III. A census of the stellar angular momentum within the effective radius of early‐type galaxies: unveiling the distribution of fast and slow rotators

    Eric Emsellem;Eric Emsellem;Michele Cappellari;Davor Krajnović;Katherine Alatalo

  • The SAURON project – I. The panoramic integral-field spectrograph

    Roland Bacon;Yannick Copin;G. Monnet;Bryan W. Miller

  • The SAURON project. II. Sample and early results

    P.T. de Zeeuw;M. Bureau;E. Emsellem;R. Bacon

  • The SAURON project -- X. The orbital anisotropy of elliptical and lenticular galaxies: revisiting the (V/sigma,epsilon) diagram with integral-field stellar kinematics

    M. Cappellari;E. Emsellem;R. Bacon;M. Bureau

  • Systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function in early-type galaxies

    Michele Cappellari;Richard M. McDermid;Katherine Alatalo;Leo Blitz

  • The kinematic properties of faint elliptical galaxies.

    R. L. Davies;G. Efstathiou;S. M. Fall;G. Illingworth

  • The ATLAS3D project XV: benchmark for early-type galaxies scaling relations from 260 dynamical models: mass-to-light ratio, dark matter, fundamental plane and mass plane

    Michele Cappellari;Nicholas Scott;Nicholas Scott;Katherine Alatalo;Leo Blitz

  • The SAURON project — II. Sample and early results

    P. Tim de Zeeuw;M. Bureau;Eric Emsellem;R. Bacon

  • Spectroscopy and Photometry of Elliptical Galaxies. VI. Sample Selection and Data Summary: Erratum

    S. M. Faber;Gary Wegner;David Burstein;Roger L. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Cappellari
Michele Cappellari University of Oxford
Richard M. McDermid
Richard M. McDermid Macquarie University
Harald Kuntschner
Harald Kuntschner European Southern Observatory
Martin Bureau
Martin Bureau University of Oxford
Marc Sarzi
Marc Sarzi Armagh Observatory
Raffaella Morganti
Raffaella Morganti Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
Tom Oosterloo
Tom Oosterloo Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
Reynier Peletier
Reynier Peletier University of Groningen
P. T. de Zeeuw
P. T. de Zeeuw Leiden University
Sadegh Khochfar
Sadegh Khochfar University of Edinburgh

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