2026 Simon D. M. White: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	200	288	272	8	8	926	248315
Physics	204	40	39	3	3	919	260164

Simon D. M. White 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 Simon D. M. White sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 919 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Simon D. M. White 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 Simon D. M. White sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 204 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

2026 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Germany Leader Award
2010 - Max Born Medal and Prize, German Physical Society, Institute of Physics
2009 - Member of Academia Europaea
2007 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2005 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Simon D. M. White is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on physics and astronomy, with significant contributions in the subfields of astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, nuclear and high energy physics, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as statistical and nonlinear physics.

The research topics covered by Simon D. M. White include:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent publication venues including:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters
Astronomy and Astrophysics
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Simon D. M. White include:

The many lives of active galactic nuclei: Cooling flows, black holes and the luminosities and colours of galaxies (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
Universal structure of dark matter haloes over a mass range of 20 orders of magnitude (2020, Nature)
Galaxies-intergalactic medium interaction calculation I: galaxy formation as a function of large-scale environment (2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University))
Chemodynamics of barred galaxies in cosmological simulations: On the Milky Way's quiescent merger history and in-situ bulge (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
The MillenniumTNG Project: the hydrodynamical full physics simulation and a first look at its galaxy clusters (2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simon D. M. White include:

Volker Springel
Carlos S. Frenk
Sownak Bose
Rüdiger Pakmor
César Hernández-Aguayo

Simon D. M. White has been recognized with several awards and honors including:

Max Born Medal and Prize, German Physical Society, Institute of Physics (2010)
Member of Academia Europaea (2009)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society (2005)
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1997)
Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

Planck 2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters

P. A. R. Ade;N. Aghanim;C. Armitage-Caplan

16453
Citations
A Universal Density Profile from Hierarchical Clustering

Julio F. Navarro;Carlos S. Frenk;Simon D. M. White

10609
Citations
The Structure of cold dark matter halos

Julio F. Navarro;Carlos S. Frenk;Simon D.M. White

8578
Citations
The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

6145
Citations
Simulations of the formation, evolution and clustering of galaxies and quasars

Volker Springel;Simon D. M. White;Adrian Jenkins;Carlos S. Frenk

5988
Citations
Core condensation in heavy halos: a two-stage theory for galaxy formation and clustering

Simon D. M. White;M.J. Rees

5124
Citations
Planck 2018 results. VI. Cosmological parameters

N. Aghanim;Y. Akrami;Y. Akrami;Y. Akrami;M. Ashdown

4963
Citations
The evolution of large-scale structure in a universe dominated by cold dark matter

Marc Davis;George Efstathiou;Carlos S. Frenk;Simon D.M. White

4664
Citations
The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei

Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Christy Tremonti;Jarle Brinchmann

4288
Citations
The many lives of active galactic nuclei: cooling flows, black holes and the luminosities and colours of galaxies

Darren J. Croton;Volker Springel;Simon D. M. White;G. De Lucia

4088
Citations
The Origin of the Mass-Metallicity Relation: Insights from 53,000 Star-forming Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Christy A. Tremonti;Christy A. Tremonti;Timothy M. Heckman;Guinevere Kauffmann;Jarle Brinchmann

4029
Citations
LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;George Heald

3669
Citations
The EAGLE project: Simulating the evolution and assembly of galaxies and their environments

Joop Schaye;Robert A. Crain;Richard G. Bower;Michelle Furlong

3574
Citations
The physical properties of star-forming galaxies in the low-redshift universe

J. Brinchmann;S. Charlot;S. Charlot;S. D. M. White;C. Tremonti;C. Tremonti

3543
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

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

3515
Citations
The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

3091
Citations
Galaxy formation through hierarchical clustering

Simon D. M. White;Carlos S. Frenk

3087
Citations
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

3023
Citations
Stellar masses and star formation histories for 105 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Guinevere Kauffmann;Timothy M. Heckman;Simon D. M. White;Stéphane Charlot;Stéphane Charlot

2696
Citations
The large-scale structure of the Universe

Volker Springel;Carlos S. Frenk;Simon D. M. White

1075
Citations