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Stefano Profumo 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 Stefano Profumo sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 306 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefano Profumo 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 Stefano Profumo sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For incisive contributions to the development of astroparticle physics In particular, for work addressing many aspects of dark matter theory and detection, including direct and indirect detection, as well as collider searches

Overview

Stefano Profumo is primarily affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research spans a significant breadth within Physics and Astronomy, with a total of 275 publications contributing to this field.

Their work focuses extensively on subfields including:

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • General Health Professions

Key topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Profumo has contributed to a variety of recent research papers, including:

  • Updated constraints on asteroid-mass primordial black holes as dark matter, 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Direct Detection of Hawking Radiation from Asteroid-Mass Primordial Black Holes, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Cosmic-ray Antinuclei as Messengers of New Physics: Status and Outlook for the New Decade, 2020, DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Closing in on singlet scalar dark matter: LUX, invisible Higgs decays and gamma-ray lines, 2022, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Exploring the MeV Sky with a Combined Coded Mask and Compton Telescope: The Galactic Explorer with a Coded Aperture Mask Compton Telescope (GECCO), 2022, Padua Research Archive (University of Padua)

Publication venues frequently featuring their work include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Profumo collaborates regularly with several researchers, among whom are:

  • Nolan Smyth
  • Logan Morrison
  • Benjamin V. Lehmann
  • M. Grant Roberts
  • T. Jeltema

In addition to journal articles, Stefano Profumo has authored books published by Advanced textbooks in physics, including two editions titled Advanced Physics Problems and Solutions expected in 2025.

Recognition for their work includes being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2020, cited specifically for contributions to astroparticle physics, particularly in the areas of dark matter theory and detection encompassing direct, indirect, and collider search methods.

Best Publications

  • Oxford University Press : Review of Particle Physics, 2020-2021

    P A Zyla;P Richardson;O Zenin;A Bettini

  • Measurement of the Cosmic Ray e+ + e- spectrum from 20 GeV to 1 TeV with the Fermi Large Area Telescope.

    A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;M. Axelsson

  • The waning of the WIMP? A review of models, searches, and constraints

    Giorgio Arcadi;Maíra Dutra;Pradipta Ghosh;Manfred Lindner

  • Constraining Dark Matter Models from a Combined Analysis of Milky Way Satellites with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;A. Albert;W. B. Atwood

  • Fermi LAT observations of cosmic-ray electrons from 7 GeV to 1 TeV

    Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;W. B. Atwood;Luca Baldini

  • Dark matter and collider phenomenology of universal extra dimensions

    Dan Hooper;Stefano Profumo;Stefano Profumo

  • Singlet Higgs phenomenology and the electroweak phase transition

    Stefano Profumo;Stefano Profumo;Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf;Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf;Gabe Shaughnessy

  • US Cosmic Visions: New Ideas in Dark Matter 2017: Community Report

    Yonit Hochberg;Yonit Hochberg;Anthony Villano;Andrei Afanasev;Andrew Geraci

  • Observations of Milky Way Dwarf Spheroidal galaxies with the Fermi-LAT detector and constraints on Dark Matter models

    A.A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello

  • On possible interpretations of the high energy electron–positron spectrum measured by the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    D. Grasso;S. Profumo;A. W. Strong;L. Baldini

  • OBSERVATIONS OF MILKY WAY DWARF SPHEROIDAL GALAXIES WITH THE FERMI-LARGE AREA TELESCOPE DETECTOR AND CONSTRAINTS ON DARK MATTER MODELS

    Aous A. Abdo;Aous A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;William B. Atwood

  • Direct, indirect and collider detection of neutralino dark matter in SUSY models with non-universal Higgs masses

    Howard Baer;Azar Mustafayev;Stefano Profumo;Alexander Belyaev

  • What mass are the smallest protohalos

    Stefano Profumo;Kris Sigurdson;Marc Kamionkowski

  • Multi-frequency analysis of neutralino dark matter annihilations in the Coma cluster

    Sergio Colafrancesco;Sergio Colafrancesco;S. Profumo;P. Ullio

  • Constraints on dark matter annihilation in clusters of galaxies with the Fermi large area telescope

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;L. Baldini

  • Explaining dark matter and B decay anomalies with an L μ - L τ model

    Wolfgang Altmannshofer;Stefania Gori;Stefano Profumo;Farinaldo S. Queiroz

  • Dissecting cosmic-ray electron-positron data with Occam’s razor: the role of known pulsars

    Stefano Profumo

  • Singlet-catalyzed electroweak phase transitions and precision Higgs boson studies

    Stefano Profumo;Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf;Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf;Carroll L. Wainwright;Peter Winslow

  • Fitting the gamma-ray spectrum from dark matter with DMFIT: GLAST and the galactic center region

    Tesla E Jeltema;Stefano Profumo

  • The dark Z′ portal: direct, indirect and collider searches

    Alexandre Alves;Stefano Profumo;Farinaldo S. Queiroz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf
Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf University of Massachusetts Amherst
Howard Baer
Howard Baer University of Oklahoma
C. C. Cheung
C. C. Cheung United States Naval Research Laboratory
Igor V. Moskalenko
Igor V. Moskalenko Stanford University
Diego F. Torres
Diego F. Torres Institute of Space Sciences
Julie McEnery
Julie McEnery Goddard Space Flight Center
Olaf Reimer
Olaf Reimer University of Innsbruck
A. Morselli
A. Morselli National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Dan Hooper
Dan Hooper Fermilab
Jun Kataoka
Jun Kataoka Waseda University

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