2026 S. G. Djorgovski: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	121	784	741	424	395	1151	53172

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Research.com Recognitions

2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1988 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

S. G. Djorgovski is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States and specializes in Physics and Astronomy. They have authored and co-authored a substantial body of work spanning multiple subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Computational Mechanics.

Their recent research contributions include the following papers:

Candidate Electromagnetic Counterpart to the Binary Black Hole Merger Gravitational-Wave Event S190521g, 2020, published in Physical Review Letters
A fast radio burst source at a complex magnetized site in a barred galaxy, 2022, published in Nature
A Light in the Dark: Searching for Electromagnetic Counterparts to Black Hole-Black Hole Mergers in LIGO/Virgo O3 with the Zwicky Transient Facility, 2023, published in The Astrophysical Journal
Multiple chemodynamic stellar populations of the Ursa Minor dwarf spheroidal galaxy, 2020, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Deep Modeling of Quasar Variability, 2020, published in The Astrophysical Journal

The main topics addressed in their research are:

Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with S. G. Djorgovski include:

M. J. Graham
Daniel Stern
A. Mahabal
Dominique Sluse
A. J. Drake

Their publications appear regularly in key venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nature
Astronomy and Astrophysics

S. G. Djorgovski has received recognition through awards such as:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2014
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1988

Best Publications

Fundamental Properties of Elliptical Galaxies

S. Djorgovski;Marc Davis

2168
Citations
The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

N. M. Law;S. R. Kulkarni;R. G. Dekany;E. O. Ofek

1754
Citations
BEAMING IN GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: EVIDENCE FOR A STANDARD ENERGY RESERVOIR

D. A. Frail;S. R. Kulkarni;R. Sari;S. G. Djorgovski

1628
Citations
The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results

Nicholas M. Law;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Richard G. Dekany;Eran O. Ofek

1414
Citations
FIRST RESULTS FROM THE CATALINA REAL-TIME TRANSIENT SURVEY

A. J. Drake;S. G. Djorgovski;A. Mahabal;E. Beshore

1296
Citations
LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

Paul A. Abell;Julius Allison;Scott F. Anderson

1210
Citations
Spectral constraints on the redshift of the optical counterpart to the γ-ray burst of 8 May 1997

M. R. Metzger;S. G. Djorgovski;S. R. Kulkarni;C. C. Steidel

1167
Citations
The Observed Offset Distribution of Gamma-Ray Bursts from Their Host Galaxies: A Robust Clue to the Nature of the Progenitors* **

J. S. Bloom;S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski

870
Citations
The unusual afterglow of the γ-ray burst of 26 March 1998 as evidence for a supernova connection

J. S. Bloom;S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski;A. C. Eichelberger

694
Citations
The afterglow, redshift and extreme energetics of the γ-ray burst of 23 January 1999

[No Value] Kulkarni;SG Djorgovski;SC Odewahn;JS Bloom

690
Citations
Identification of a host galaxy at redshift z = 3.42 for the γ-ray burst of 14 December 1997

S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski;A. N. Ramaprakash;A. N. Ramaprakash;R. Goodrich

660
Citations
The unusual afterglow of GRB 980326: evidence for the gamma-ray burst/supernova connection

J. S. Bloom;S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski;A. C. Eichelberger

633
Citations
The afterglow, the redshift, and the extreme energetics of the gamma-ray burst 990123

S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski;S. C. Odewahn;J. S. Bloom

602
Citations
A Correlation between the Radio and Optical Morphologies of Distant 3 CR Radio Galaxies

Patrick J. McCarthy;Wil van Breugel;Hyron Spinrad;S. Djorgovski

582
Citations
Surface photometry and the structure of elliptical galaxies

John Kormendy;S. Djorgovski

560
Citations
Catalogue of Galactic globular-cluster surface-brightness profiles

S. C. Trager;Ivan R. King;S. Djorgovski

554
Citations
Structure and dynamics of globular clusters

S. G. Djorgovski;Georges Meylan

534
Citations
The Catalina Surveys Periodic Variable Star Catalog

A. J. Drake;M. J. Graham;S. G. Djorgovski;M. Catelan

524
Citations
ERRATUM - A THIRD UPDATE OF THE STATUS OF THE 3CR SOURCES - FURTHER NEW REDSHIFTS AND NEW IDENTIFICATIONS OF DISTANT GALAXIES

H. Spinrad;S. Djorgovski;J. Marr;L. Aguilar

517
Citations
HST color-magnitude diagrams of 74 galactic globular clusters in the HST F439W and F555W bands ⋆

G. Piotto;I. R. King;S. G. Djorgovski;C. Sosin

507
Citations