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Ryan J. Foley 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 Ryan J. Foley sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,004 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ryan J. Foley 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 Ryan J. Foley sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 159 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Ryan J. Foley is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Physics and Astronomy, with a significant emphasis on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Instrumentation.

The scientist's published work spans multiple topics related to astrophysics and cosmic phenomena. Key areas of research include:

  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysical phenomena and observations
  • Astrophysics and cosmic phenomena
  • Pulsars and gravitational waves research
  • Astronomy and astrophysical research
  • Galaxies: formation, evolution, phenomena

Their publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • The Pantheon+ Analysis: Cosmological Constraints, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Pantheon+ Analysis: The Full Data Set and Light-curve Release, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Dark Energy Survey: Cosmology Results with ∼1500 New High-redshift Type Ia Supernovae Using the Full 5 yr Data Set, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Final Moments. I. Precursor Emission, Envelope Inflation, and Enhanced Mass Loss Preceding the Luminous Type II Supernova 2020tlf, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • SALT3: An Improved Type Ia Supernova Model for Measuring Cosmic Distances, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • A. Rest
  • D. O. Jones
  • C. D. Kilpatrick
  • D. A. Coulter
  • M. R. Siebert

The scientist has published extensively in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Ryan J. Foley was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2015.

Best Publications

  • The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample

    D. M. Scolnic;D. O. Jones;A. Rest;A. Rest;Y. C. Pan

  • A 2.4% DETERMINATION OF THE LOCAL VALUE OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT*

    Adam G. Riess;Adam G. Riess;Lucas M. Macri;Samantha L. Hoffmann;Dan Scolnic;Dan Scolnic

  • New Hubble Space Telescope Discoveries of Type Ia Supernovae at z ≥ 1: Narrowing Constraints on the Early Behavior of Dark Energy*

    Adam G. Riess;Adam G. Riess;Louis Gregory Strolger;Stefano Casertano;Henry C. Ferguson

  • Improved cosmological constraints from a joint analysis of the SDSS-II and SNLS supernova samples

    M. Betoule;R. Kessler;J. Guy;J. Guy;J. Mosher

  • The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed Type Ia Supernovae from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from The Combined Pantheon Sample

    D. M. Scolnic;D. O. Jones;A. Rest;Y. C. Pan

  • Observational Constraints on the Nature of the Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey

    W. M. Wood-Vasey;G. Miknaitis;C. W. Stubbs;S. Jha

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Observational Constraints on the Nature of Dark Energy: First Cosmological Results from the ESSENCE Supernova Survey

    W. M. Wood-Vasey;G. Miknaitis;C. W. Stubbs;Saurabh Jha;Saurabh Jha

  • First-year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II (SDSS-II) Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters

    Richard Kessler;Andrew Becker;David Cinabro;Jake Vanderplas

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/Virgo GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-infrared Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • Nearby Supernova Rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search. II. The Observed Luminosity Functions and Fractions of Supernovae in a Complete Sample

    Weidong Li;Jesse Leaman;Jesse Leaman;Ryan Chornock;Ryan Chornock;Alexei V. Filippenko

  • The Dark Energy Survey: more than dark energy - an overview

    T. Abbott;F. B. Abdalla;J. Aleksić

  • The Electromagnetic Counterpart of the Binary Neutron Star Merger LIGO/VIRGO GW170817. II. UV, Optical, and Near-IR Light Curves and Comparison to Kilonova Models

    P. S. Cowperthwaite;E. Berger;V. A. Villar;B. D. Metzger

  • A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2

    N. R. Tanvir;D. B. Fox;A. J. Levan;E. Berger

  • Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source

    D. A. Coulter;R. J. Foley;C. D. Kilpatrick;M. R. Drout

  • Scrutinizing Exotic Cosmological Models Using ESSENCE Supernova Data Combined with Other Cosmological Probes

    T. M. Davis;E. Mortsell;J. Sollerman;A. C. Becker

  • SN 2006gy: Discovery of the most luminous supernova ever recorded, powered by the death of an extremely massive star like Eta Carinae

    Nathan Smith;Weidong Li;Ryan J. Foley;J. Craig Wheeler

  • Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

    M. R. Drout;A. L. Piro;B. J. Shappee;C. D. Kilpatrick

  • Scrutinizing Exotic Cosmological Models Using ESSENCE Supernova Data Combined with Other Cosmological Probes

    Tamara Davis;Edvard Mörtsell;Jesper Sollerman;Jesper Sollerman;A. C. Becker

  • First-Year Sloan Digital Sky Survey-II Supernova Results: Hubble Diagram and Cosmological Parameters

    Richard Kessler;Andrew C. Becker;David Cinabro;Jake Vanderplas

Frequent Co-Authors

Saurabh Jha
Saurabh Jha Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Adam G. Riess
Adam G. Riess Johns Hopkins University
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Robert P. Kirshner
Robert P. Kirshner Harvard University
Christopher W. Stubbs
Christopher W. Stubbs Harvard University
Alexei V. Filippenko
Alexei V. Filippenko University of California, Berkeley
Ryan Chornock
Ryan Chornock Northwestern University
Peter Nugent
Peter Nugent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark Sullivan
Mark Sullivan University of Southampton
K. C. Chambers
K. C. Chambers University of Hawaii at Manoa

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