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Roger Penrose 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 Penrose sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 265 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roger Penrose 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 Penrose sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Nobel Prize for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity
  • 2019 - Pomeranchuk Prize, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • 2001 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1994 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 1989 - Dirac Medal, Institute of Physics
  • 1988 - Wolf Prize in Physics for their brilliant development of the theory of general relativity, in which they have shown the necessity for cosmological singularities and have elucidated the physics of black holes. In this work they have greatly enlarged our understanding of the origin and possible fate of the Universe.
  • 1975 - Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society
  • 1972 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1971 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics

Overview

Roger Penrose is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions across several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Mathematical Physics.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics such as Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics, and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques.

Frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The European Physical Journal C
  • ACS Central Science
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The European Physical Journal Plus

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Roger Penrose include:

  • "Electronic Energy Migration in Microtubules," 2023, ACS Central Science
  • "Apparent evidence for Hawking points in the CMB Sky," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Quantum state reduction, and Newtonian twistor theory," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "The LARES 2 satellite, general relativity and fundamental physics," 2023, The European Physical Journal C
  • "First results of the LARES 2 space experiment to test the general theory of relativity," 2023, The European Physical Journal Plus

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Howard Burton
  • Ignazio Ciufolini
  • Antonio Paolozzi
  • E. C. Pavlis
  • John Ries

Roger Penrose has published books with the following publishers:

  • Princeton University Press: including "Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe" (2024)
  • Open Agenda Publishing eBooks: "The Cyclic Universe" (2020)

Awards received by Roger Penrose include:

  • Nobel Prize (2020) for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity
  • Pomeranchuk Prize, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (2019)
  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2001)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1998)
  • Polish Academy of Science (1994)
  • Dirac Medal, Institute of Physics (1989)
  • Wolf Prize in Physics (1988) for work on general relativity and black holes
  • Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society (1975)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1972)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics (1971)

Best Publications

  • The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics

    Roger Penrose

  • An Approach to Gravitational Radiation by a Method of Spin Coefficients

    Ezra Newman;Roger Penrose

  • Gravitational collapse and space-time singularities

    Roger Penrose

  • Spinors and space-time

    Roger Penrose;Wolfgang Rindler

  • The Singularities of gravitational collapse and cosmology

    Stephen William Hawking;Roger Penrose

  • On Gravity's Role in Quantum State Reduction

    Roger Penrose;Roger Penrose

  • Gravitational collapse: The role of general relativity

    Roger Penrose

  • The Nature of Space and Time

    Stephen W. Hawking;Roger Penrose

  • Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness

    Roger Penrose

  • Towards Quantum Superpositions of a Mirror

    William Marshall;William Marshall;Christoph Simon;Roger Penrose;Roger Penrose;Dik Bouwmeester;Dik Bouwmeester

  • Spinors and Space–Time: Subject and author index

    Roger Penrose;Wolfgang Rindler

  • Orchestrated reduction of quantum coherence in brain microtubules: a model for consciousness

    Stuart Hameroff;Roger Penrose

  • The Road to Reality

    Roger Penrose

  • Conscious Events as Orchestrated Space-Time Selections

    Stuart R. Hameroff;Roger Penrose

  • Nonlinear gravitons and curved twistor theory

    Roger Penrose

  • Note on the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs Group

    E. T. Newman;R. Penrose

  • Asymptotic properties of fields and space-times

    Roger Penrose

  • A spinor approach to general relativity

    Roger Penrose

  • Techniques of Differential Topology in Relativity

    Roger Penrose

  • Spinors and Space-Time: Volume 2, Spinor and Twistor Methods in Space-Time Geometry

    R. Penrose;W. Rindler

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen W. Hawking
Stephen W. Hawking University of Cambridge
Richard A. Matzner
Richard A. Matzner The University of Texas at Austin
John C Ries
John C Ries The University of Texas at Austin
Ezra T. Newman
Ezra T. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Alain Connes
Alain Connes Collège de France
George F. R. Ellis
George F. R. Ellis University of Cape Town
Matilde Marcolli
Matilde Marcolli California Institute of Technology
E. C. Pavlis
E. C. Pavlis University of Maryland, Baltimore
Gary W. Gibbons
Gary W. Gibbons University of Cambridge
Kip S. Thorne
Kip S. Thorne California Institute of Technology

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