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Wayne Hu 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 Wayne Hu sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 286 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wayne Hu 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 Wayne Hu 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: 112 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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

  • 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

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

    Wayne Hu;Ignacy Sawicki

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

    Wayne Hu;Rennan Barkana;Andrei Gruzinov

  • Power Spectra for Cold Dark Matter and its Variants

    Daniel J. Eisenstein;Wayne Hu;Wayne Hu

  • Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies

    Wayne Hu;Scott Dodelson

  • Small scale cosmological perturbations: An Analytic approach

    Wayne Hsing-Ching Hu;Naoshi Sugiyama

  • CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition

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

  • Report of the Dark Energy Task Force

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

  • Mass reconstruction with cmb polarization

    Wayne Hu;Takemi Okamoto

  • Large scale structure of f(R) gravity

    Yong-Seon Song;Wayne Hu;Ignacy Sawicki

  • Sample Variance Considerations for Cluster Surveys

    Wayne Hu;Andrey V. Kravtsov

  • Cosmic microwave background lensing reconstruction on the full sky

    Takemi Okamoto;Wayne Hu

  • The physics of microwave background anisotropies

    Wayne Hu;Naoshi Sugiyama;Joseph Silk

  • Weighing Neutrinos with Galaxy Surveys

    Wayne Hu;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Max Tegmark

  • Weak lensing of the CMB: A harmonic approach

    Wayne Hu

  • Structure Formation with Generalized Dark Matter

    Wayne Hu;Wayne Hu

  • CMB anisotropies: Total angular momentum method

    Wayne Hu;Martin J. White

  • A CMB polarization primer

    Wayne Hu;Martin J. White

  • Power Spectrum Tomography with Weak Lensing

    Wayne Hu

  • Report of the Dark Energy Task Force

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Eisenstein
Daniel J. Eisenstein Harvard University
Dragan Huterer
Dragan Huterer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Scott Dodelson
Scott Dodelson Carnegie Mellon University
Yin Li
Yin Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joseph Silk
Joseph Silk Johns Hopkins University
John E. Carlstrom
John E. Carlstrom University of Chicago
Douglas Scott
Douglas Scott University of British Columbia
Masahiro Takada
Masahiro Takada Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Hiranya V. Peiris
Hiranya V. Peiris University College London

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