2026 Scott Tremaine: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	116	933	880	495	459	328	79823

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Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
1994 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1992 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1990 - Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada
1982 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Scott Tremaine is affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Their recent scholarly output includes papers published in recognized journals such as the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and The Astronomical Journal. Notable publications from 2023 include The origin and fate of the Gaia phase-space snail and The Hamiltonian for von Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai oscillations, both appearing in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Earlier work includes Resonant capture in quadruple stellar systems (2020) and the 2020 article Peas in a Pod? Radius Correlations in Kepler Multiplanet Systems published in The Astronomical Journal.

Their frequent co-authors are:

Howard Burton
Neige Frankel
Jo Bovy
David W. Hogg
Amir Siraj

Published works have appeared frequently in these venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
The Astronomical Journal
American Journal of Physics

Tremaine has contributed to a variety of main topics, including:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Subfields in which Tremaine has published include:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Molecular Biology
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

In addition to journal articles, Tremaine has authored a book titled Astrophysical Wonders, published in 2020 by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks.

The scientist has received several awards and honors over the years:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2002)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society (1997)
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1994)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1992)
Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics, Royal Society of Canada (1990)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1982)

Best Publications

Galactic Dynamics: Second Edition

James Binney;Scott Tremaine

7349
Citations
The Demography of Massive Dark Objects in Galaxy Centres

John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

6343
Citations
The Demography of massive dark objects in galaxy centers

John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine;Scott Tremaine;Douglas Richstone;Ralf Bender

5135
Citations
A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion

Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower;Alan Dressler

4490
Citations
THE SLOPE OF THE BLACK HOLE MASS VERSUS VELOCITY DISPERSION CORRELATION

Scott Tremaine;Karl Gebhardt;Ralf Bender;Gary Bower

3234
Citations
The M-σ and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges, and Determinations of Their Intrinsic Scatter

Kayhan Gültekin;Douglas D.O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod Lauer

2463
Citations
The M-sigma and M-L Relations in Galactic Bulges and Determinations of their Intrinsic Scatter

Kayhan Gultekin;Douglas O. Richstone;Karl Gebhardt;Tod R. Lauer

2214
Citations
Disk-Satellite Interactions

Peter Goldreich;Scott Tremaine

1894
Citations
Ultralight scalars as cosmological dark matter

Lam Hui;Jeremiah P. Ostriker;Scott Tremaine;Edward Witten

1560
Citations
Shrinking binary and planetary orbits by Kozai cycles with tidal friction

Daniel Fabrycky;Scott Tremaine;Scott Tremaine

1259
Citations
Dynamical Role of Light Neutral Leptons in Cosmology

Scott Tremaine;James E. Gunn

1243
Citations
The centers of early-type galaxies with HST. IV. Central parameter relations

S. M. Faber;Scott Tremaine;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Yong Ik Byun

1131
Citations
Observational constraints on growth of massive black holes

Qingjuan Yu;Scott Tremaine

1071
Citations
The excitation of density waves at the Lindblad and corotation resonances by an external potential.

Peter M. Goldreich;Scott Tremaine

1024
Citations
The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST.I.An Observational Survey

Tod R. Lauer;Edward A. Ajhar;Yong Ik Byun;Alan Dressler

847
Citations
Black Hole Mass Estimates from Reverberation Mapping and from Spatially Resolved Kinematics

Karl Gebhardt;Karl Gebhardt;John Kormendy;Luis C. Ho;Ralf Bender

634
Citations
Ejection of Hypervelocity Stars by the (Binary) Black Hole in the Galactic Center

Qingjuan Yu;Scott Tremaine

608
Citations
The formation of the nuclei of galaxies. I. M31.

S. D. Tremaine;J. P. Ostriker;L. Spitzer

560
Citations
Rates of tidal disruption of stars by massive central black holes

John Magorrian;John Magorrian;Scott Tremaine

542
Citations
Dynamical Origin of Extrasolar Planet Eccentricity Distribution

Mario Jurić;Mario Jurić;Scott Tremaine;Scott Tremaine

534
Citations