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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 92 2094 1989 1071 1000 252 34279

Tom Abel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tom Abel between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tom Abel published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 9.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2008. 20 of the 288 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2008. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 4 publications 1998: 7 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 3 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 10 publications
1996 2025

288 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tom Abel: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 4
1998 7
1999 6
2000 12
2001 7
2002 14
2003 11
2004 12
2005 7
2006 18
2007 13
2008 23
2009 10
2010 13
2011 15
2012 15
2013 12
2014 9
2015 6
2016 8
2017 5
2018 5
2019 3
2020 3
2021 11
2022 9
2023 9
2024 10
2025 10
Total 288
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Tom Abel 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 Tom Abel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 243–262 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 252 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112 252
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Tom Abel 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 Tom Abel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 92–93 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137 92
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Overview

Tom Abel is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Artificial Intelligence.

Their scientific work covers various main topics including:

  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Tom Abel has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Physical Review D
  • Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Among the recent papers associated with their research are:

  • "Nearest neighbour distributions: New statistical measures for cosmological clustering," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Cosmological cross-correlations and nearest neighbour distributions," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "The AGORA High-resolution Galaxy Simulations Comparison Project. III. Cosmological Zoom-in Simulation of a Milky Way-mass Halo," 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Modelling nearest neighbour distributions of biased tracers using hybrid effective field theory," 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Beyond the 3rd moment: a practical study of using lensing convergence CDFs for cosmology with DES Y3," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research career, with frequent co-authors including Arka Banerjee, S. Roca-Fàbrega, Ji-hoon Kim, Kentaro Nagamine, and Alessandro Lupi, reflecting a network of partnerships within the astrophysics community.

Best Publications

  • The formation of the first star in the Universe.

    Tom Abel;Tom Abel;Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman

  • A Multi-Code Analysis Toolkit for Astrophysical Simulation Data

    Matthew J. Turk;Britton D. Smith;Jeffrey S. Oishi;Stephen Skory

  • yt: A Multi-code Analysis Toolkit for Astrophysical Simulation Data

    Matthew J. Turk;Britton D. Smith;Jeffrey S. Oishi;Stephen Skory

  • How small were the first cosmological objects

    Max Tegmark;Joseph Silk;Martin J. Rees;Alain Blanchard

  • Enzo: An Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code for Astrophysics

    Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman;Brian W. O'Shea

  • ENZO: AN ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT CODE FOR ASTROPHYSICS

    Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman;Brian W. O'Shea;Tom Abel

  • Modeling primordial gas in numerical cosmology

    Tom Abel;Peter Anninos;Yu Zhang;Michael L. Norman

  • The Formation and Fragmentation of Primordial Molecular Clouds

    Tom Abel;Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman

  • Modelling Primordial Gas in Numerical Cosmology

    T. Abel;P. Anninos;Y. Zhang;M. L. Norman

  • Simulations of Early Structure Formation: Primordial Gas Clouds

    Naoki Yoshida;Tom Abel;Lars Hernquist;Naoshi Sugiyama

  • Formation of Primordial Stars in a LCDM Universe

    Naoki Yoshida;Kazuyuki Omukai;Lars Hernquist;Tom Abel

  • Multi-scale initial conditions for cosmological simulations

    Oliver Hahn;Tom Abel;Tom Abel

  • Formation of Primordial Stars in a ΛCDM Universe

    Naoki Yoshida;Kazuyuki Omukai;Lars Hernquist;Tom Abel

  • Two distinct ancient components in the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy: First Results from DART

    Eline Tolstoy;M.J. Irwin;A. Helmi;G. Battaglia

  • The Birth of a Galaxy: Primordial Metal Enrichment and Stellar Populations

    John H. Wise;Matthew J. Turk;Michael L. Norman;Tom Abel;Tom Abel

  • The Radiative Feedback of the First Cosmological Objects

    Zoltán Haiman;Tom Abel;Tom Abel;Martin J. Rees

  • Simulations of Pregalactic Structure Formation with Radiative Feedback

    Marie E. Machacek;Greg L. Bryan;Tom Abel

  • Outflow Feedback Regulated Massive Star Formation in Parsec-Scale Cluster-Forming Clumps

    Peng Wang;Zhi-Yun Li;Tom Abel;Fumitaka Nakamura;Fumitaka Nakamura

  • Radiation Hydrodynamical Evolution of Primordial H II Regions

    Daniel Whalen;Tom Abel;Michael L. Norman

  • Enzo: An Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code for Astrophysics

    Greg L. Bryan;Michael L. Norman;Brian W. O'Shea;Tom Abel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Norman
Michael L. Norman University of California, San Diego
Greg L. Bryan
Greg L. Bryan Columbia University
Amina Helmi
Amina Helmi University of Groningen
Eline Tolstoy
Eline Tolstoy University of Groningen
Lars Hernquist
Lars Hernquist Harvard University
Pascale Jablonka
Pascale Jablonka École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Alexander Heger
Alexander Heger Monash University
Nickolay Y. Gnedin
Nickolay Y. Gnedin Fermilab
Nobuo Arimoto
Nobuo Arimoto Seoul National University
Risa H. Wechsler
Risa H. Wechsler Stanford University

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