2026 Stephen W. Hawking: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	116	925	88	260	148437

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

116

925

260

148437

Stephen W. Hawking 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 Stephen W. Hawking sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 260 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen W. Hawking 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 Stephen W. Hawking sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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

2015 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2013 - Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics For his discovery of Hawking radiation from black holes, and his deep contributions to quantum gravity and quantum aspects of the early universe.
2009 - Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States
2003 - Oskar Klein Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
1999 - Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society
1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1988 - Wolf Prize in Physics for their brilliant development of the theory of general relativity, in which they have shown the necessity for cosmological singularities and have elucidated the physics of black holes. In this work they have greatly enlarged our understanding of the origin and possible fate of the Universe.
1987 - Dirac Medal, Institute of Physics
1978 - Albert Einstein Award, Institute for Advanced Study
1976 - Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London for his distinguished contributions to the application of general relativity to astrophysics, especially to the behaviour of highly condensed matter
1976 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics
1975 - Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society

Overview

Stephen W. Hawking was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focused on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with specific contributions to several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Artificial Intelligence, Oceanography, and Geography, Planning and Development.

The scientist's work spanned multiple main topics, notably:

Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Computational Physics and Python Applications
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
History and Developments in Astronomy
Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies

Among the recent papers published by Stephen W. Hawking were:

"Particle Creation by Black Holes," 2021, published in Resonance
"Index," 2023, Cambridge University Press eBooks
"Pápa kiváltságos mezőváros írásbelisége a 18-19. Században," 2024, Comitatus Önkormányzati Szemle
"Marczali (Morgenstern) Henrik pápai évei (1867-1870)," 2025, PER ASPERA AD ASTRA

Their frequent co-authors included:

George Ellis (12 publications)
Spenta R. Wadia (1 publication)
R. Blakeslee Gilpin (1 publication)
Richard Wollheim (1 publication)
David M. Kreps (1 publication)

Common venues for publication involved:

Resonance
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Comitatus Önkormányzati Szemle
PER ASPERA AD ASTRA

Stephen W. Hawking also contributed books published by Cambridge University Press and Groupe Flammarion. Notable titles include:

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (2023), with 816 citations
Une brève histoire du temps. Du Big Bang aux trous noirs (2020), with 7 citations

The scientist received several awards throughout their career, including:

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, 2015
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, 2013, for the discovery of Hawking radiation from black holes and contributions to quantum gravity and the early universe
Presidential Medal of Freedom, United States, 2009
Oskar Klein Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2003
Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society, 1999
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1992
Wolf Prize in Physics, 1988, for development of the theory of general relativity related to cosmological singularities and black holes
Dirac Medal, Institute of Physics, 1987
Albert Einstein Award, Institute for Advanced Study, 1978
Hughes Medal, Royal Society of London, 1976, for contributions to applying general relativity in astrophysics
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society and American Institute of Physics, 1976
Eddington Medal, Royal Astronomical Society, 1975

Best Publications

Particle Creation by Black Holes

S. W. Hawking;S. W. Hawking

15864
Citations
The large scale structure of space-time

Stephen William Hawking;George Francis Rayner Ellis

15485
Citations
The Large Scale Structure of Space‐Time

S. W. Hawking;G. F. R. Ellis;R. K. Sachs

11173
Citations
The Illustrated A Brief History of Time

Stephen W. Hawking

7170
Citations
Black hole explosions

S. W. Hawking

5283
Citations
The four laws of black hole mechanics

James M. Bardeen;B. Carter;S.W. Hawking

4582
Citations
Wave Function of the Universe

J. B. Hartle;S. W. Hawking

4466
Citations
Action Integrals and Partition Functions in Quantum Gravity

G.W. Gibbons;S.W. Hawking

4133
Citations
Cosmological Event Horizons, Thermodynamics, and Particle Creation

G. W. Gibbons;S. W. Hawking

3740
Citations
Thermodynamics of black holes in anti-de Sitter space

S. W. Hawking;Don N. Page

3428
Citations
Breakdown of Predictability in Gravitational Collapse

Stephen William Hawking

3115
Citations
General Relativity; an Einstein Centenary Survey

Stephen W. Hawking;W. Israel

2775
Citations
The Development of Irregularities in a Single Bubble Inflationary Universe

S.W. Hawking

2681
Citations
The Singularities of gravitational collapse and cosmology

Stephen William Hawking;Roger Penrose

2626
Citations
Gravitationally collapsed objects of very low mass

Stephen Hawking

2010
Citations
Black Holes in the Early Universe

Bernard J. Carr;S.W. Hawking

1974
Citations
Black Holes and Thermodynamics

S. W. Hawking;S. W. Hawking

1964
Citations
Zeta function regularization of path integrals in curved spacetime

S. W. Hawking

1797
Citations
Black holes in general relativity

S. W. Hawking

1775
Citations
The Nature of Space and Time

Stephen W. Hawking;Roger Penrose

1677
Citations