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Scott Burles

Scott Burles

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
93
Citations
74270
World Ranking
1997
National Ranking
1028

Scott Burles 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 Scott Burles sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 177 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Scott Burles 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 Scott Burles sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Scott Burles is affiliated with MIT in the United States and focuses their research primarily on materials science and physics and astronomy. Their work intersects several subfields, including materials chemistry, nuclear and high energy physics, biomedical engineering, and radiation.

The main topics of Burles's research include:

  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Nuclear materials and properties
  • Superconducting materials and applications
  • Nuclear physics and applications

Burles has published papers in notable scientific venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • Nuclear Fusion
  • Fusion Engineering and Design

Among the recent papers co-authored or associated with Scott Burles are:

  • Operating a full tungsten actively cooled tokamak: overview of WEST first phase of operation, 2021, Nuclear Fusion
  • Design and preliminary analyses of the new Water Cooled Lithium Lead TBM for ITER, 2020, Fusion Engineering and Design
  • WEST full tungsten operation with an ITER grade divertor, 2024, Nuclear Fusion

Burles frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • T. Batal
  • B. Cantone
  • J. Bucalossi
  • J. Achard
  • O. Agullo

Best Publications

  • The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

    D. G. York

  • Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

    Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian

  • Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro

  • Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

    C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

  • Composite Quasar Spectra From the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Daniel E. Vanden Berk

  • THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER SPECTRUM OF GALAXIES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

    Max Tegmark;Michael R. Blanton;Michael A. Strauss;Fiona Hoyle

  • The 3D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS

    M Tegmark;M Blanton;M Strauss;F Hoyle

  • Composite Quasar Spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

    Daniel E. Vanden Berk;Gordon T. Richards;Amanda Bauer;Michael A. Strauss

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample

    D. J. Eisenstein;J. Annis;J. E. Gunn;A. S. Szalay

  • Cosmological parameter analysis including SDSS Lyα forest and galaxy bias: Constraints on the primordial spectrum of fluctuations, neutrino mass, and dark energy

    Uroš Seljak;Alexey Makarov;Patrick McDonald;Scott F. Anderson

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Luminous Red Galaxy Sample

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;James Annis;James E. Gunn;Alexander S. Szalay

  • Spectroscopic Target Selection in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: The Quasar Sample

    Gordon T. Richards;Xiaohui Fan;Heidi Jo Newberg;Michael A. Strauss

  • The Multi-object, Fiber-fed Spectrographs for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

    Stephen A. Smee;James E. Gunn;Alan Uomoto;Natalie Roe

  • The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

    M. R. Blanton

  • The Luminosity Function of Galaxies in SDSS Commissioning Data

    Michael R. Blanton;Julianne Dalcanton;Daniel Eisenstein;Jon Loveday

  • Galaxy clustering in early sloan digital sky survey redshift data

    Idit Zehavi;Idit Zehavi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton;Joshua A. Frieman;Joshua A. Frieman;David H. Weinberg

  • Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Predictions for Precision Cosmology

    Scott Burles;Scott Burles;Kenneth M. Nollett;Kenneth M. Nollett;Michael S. Turner;Michael S. Turner

  • Spectral classification and redshift measurement for the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey

    Adam S. Bolton;David J. Schlegel;Éric Aubourg;Stephen Bailey

  • The Extremely Metal-poor, Neutron Capture-rich Star CS 22892-052: A Comprehensive Abundance Analysis

    Christopher Sneden;John J. Cowan;John J. Cowan;James E. Lawler;Inese I. Ivans;Inese I. Ivans

  • The Sloan Lens ACS Survey. III. The Structure and Formation of Early-Type Galaxies and Their Evolution since z ≈ 1

    Leon V. E. Koopmans;Tommaso Treu;Adam S. Bolton;Adam S. Bolton;Scott Burles

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Lupton
Robert H. Lupton Princeton University
Tommaso Treu
Tommaso Treu University of California, Los Angeles
Leonidas A. Moustakas
Leonidas A. Moustakas California Institute of Technology
Donald P. Schneider
Donald P. Schneider Pennsylvania State University
David J. Schlegel
David J. Schlegel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Joshua A. Frieman
Joshua A. Frieman University of Chicago
Mariangela Bernardi
Mariangela Bernardi University of Pennsylvania
Daniel J. Eisenstein
Daniel J. Eisenstein Harvard University
Donald G. York
Donald G. York University of Chicago
Ravi K. Sheth
Ravi K. Sheth University of Pennsylvania

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