2026 Wayne Hu: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	112	1096	1034	582	540	286	48035

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Physics

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582

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286

48035

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Wayne Hu is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States, where they focus on research primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography, Instrumentation, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main research topics that Wayne Hu addresses in their publications cover a broad range of areas such as Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, and Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology.

Wayne Hu has contributed extensively to multiple publication venues, most notably:

Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D.
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Circular Economy and Sustainability
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

The scientist has coauthored works with several researchers frequently, including:

Mengxiang Lin
José María Ezquiaga
Keisuke Inomata
Evan McDonough
David Zegeye

Recent impactful papers authored or coauthored by Wayne Hu include:

"Can late dark energy transitions raise the Hubble constant?" (2020), published in Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D.
"Phase effects from strong gravitational lensing of gravitational waves" (2021), published in Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D.
"Amplification of primordial perturbations from the rise or fall of the inflaton" (2022), published in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.
"Testing H₀ in acoustic dark energy models with Planck and ACT polarization data" (2020), published in Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D.
"Primordial black holes arise when the inflaton falls" (2021), published in Physical Review. D/Physical Review. D.

Throughout their career, Wayne Hu has received several recognitions, including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014, and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1997.

Best Publications

Baryonic features in the matter transfer function

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Wayne Hu;Wayne Hu

2575
Citations
Models of f(R) Cosmic Acceleration that Evade Solar-System Tests

Wayne Hu;Ignacy Sawicki

1994
Citations
Fuzzy cold dark matter: the wave properties of ultralight particles.

Wayne Hu;Rennan Barkana;Andrei Gruzinov

1765
Citations
Power Spectra for Cold Dark Matter and its Variants

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Wayne Hu;Wayne Hu

1336
Citations
Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies

Wayne Hu;Scott Dodelson

1142
Citations
Small scale cosmological perturbations: An Analytic approach

Wayne Hsing-Ching Hu;Naoshi Sugiyama

1119
Citations
CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition

Kevork N. Abazajian;Peter Adshead;Zeeshan Ahmed;Steven W. Allen

841
Citations
Report of the Dark Energy Task Force

Andreas Albrecht;Gary Bernstein;Robert Cahn;Wendy L. Freedman

830
Citations
Mass reconstruction with cmb polarization

Wayne Hu;Takemi Okamoto

770
Citations
Large scale structure of f(R) gravity

Yong-Seon Song;Wayne Hu;Ignacy Sawicki

643
Citations
Sample Variance Considerations for Cluster Surveys

Wayne Hu;Andrey V. Kravtsov

642
Citations
Cosmic microwave background lensing reconstruction on the full sky

Takemi Okamoto;Wayne Hu

617
Citations
The physics of microwave background anisotropies

Wayne Hu;Naoshi Sugiyama;Joseph Silk

590
Citations
Weighing Neutrinos with Galaxy Surveys

Wayne Hu;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Max Tegmark

577
Citations
Weak lensing of the CMB: A harmonic approach

Wayne Hu

574
Citations
Structure Formation with Generalized Dark Matter

Wayne Hu;Wayne Hu

571
Citations
CMB anisotropies: Total angular momentum method

Wayne Hu;Martin J. White

569
Citations
A CMB polarization primer

Wayne Hu;Martin J. White

555
Citations
Power Spectrum Tomography with Weak Lensing

Wayne Hu

549
Citations
Report of the Dark Energy Task Force

Andreas Albrecht;Wayne Hu;Marc Kamionkowski;Wendy L. Freedman

182
Citations