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D-Index
92
Citations
34279
World Ranking
2094
National Ranking
1071

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.

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103 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.

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.

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 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.

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
Nobuo Arimoto
Nobuo Arimoto Seoul National University
Risa H. Wechsler
Risa H. Wechsler Stanford University

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