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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 104 1431 1355 751 699 476 44561

Wendy L. Freedman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wendy L. Freedman between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wendy L. Freedman published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 11.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 1999. 26 of the 508 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 1999. 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 6 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 8 publications 1993: 11 publications 1994: 15 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 16 publications 1997: 18 publications 1998: 26 publications 1999: 32 publications 2000: 17 publications 2001: 13 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 16 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 14 publications
1983 2025

508 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wendy L. Freedman: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 2
1984 3
1985 6
1986 3
1987 1
1988 6
1989 3
1990 6
1991 5
1992 8
1993 11
1994 15
1995 9
1996 16
1997 18
1998 26
1999 32
2000 17
2001 13
2002 16
2003 7
2004 9
2005 6
2006 9
2007 5
2008 7
2009 22
2010 9
2011 13
2012 15
2013 14
2014 8
2015 11
2016 12
2017 14
2018 25
2019 17
2020 19
2021 16
2022 14
2023 14
2024 12
2025 14
Total 508
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Wendy L. Freedman 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 Wendy L. Freedman 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, 463–482 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: 476 publications — 52nd percentile

52% 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
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
463–482 131 476
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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Wendy L. Freedman 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 Wendy L. Freedman 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, 104–105 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: 104 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103 104
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society
  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions in observational cosmology, including the determination of the Hubble constant
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Klopsteg Memorial Award, American Association of Physics Teachers
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Wendy L. Freedman is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The subfields associated with their work include Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Freedman has been published regularly in the following venues:

  • The Astrophysical Journal (29 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (29 publications)
  • The Astronomical Journal (7 publications)
  • Astroparticle Physics (4 publications)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (1 publication)

Recent papers include:

  • "Cosmology intertwined: A review of the particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology associated with the cosmological tensions and anomalies", 2022, Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna)
  • "Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined II: The hubble constant tension", 2021, Astroparticle Physics
  • "Cosmology intertwined III: fσ8 and S8", 2021, Astroparticle Physics
  • "Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined IV: The age of the universe and its curvature", 2021, Astroparticle Physics
  • "Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined I: Perspectives for the next decade", 2021, Astroparticle Physics

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Barry F. Madore
  • Kayla A. Owens
  • In Sung Jang
  • Abigail J. Lee
  • M. M. Phillips

Awards and honors received by Wendy L. Freedman include:

  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, American Astronomical Society (2016)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2011), with a citation for fundamental contributions in observational cosmology, including the determination of the Hubble constant
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)
  • Klopsteg Memorial Award, American Association of Physics Teachers (2005)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000)

Best Publications

  • Final Results from the Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure the Hubble Constant

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Barry F. Madore;Brad K. Gibson;Laura Ferrarese

  • The Tip of the Red Giant Branch as a Distance Indicator for Resolved Galaxies

    Myung Gyoon Lee;Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore

  • The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVIII. Combining the Constraints on the Hubble Constant

    Jeremy R Mould;John P Huchra;Wendy L Freedman;Robert C Kennicutt Jr

  • Report of the Dark Energy Task Force

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

  • The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale. XXVIII. Combining the Constraints on the Hubble Constant

    Jeremy R. Mould;John P. Huchra;Wendy L. Freedman;Robert C. Kennicutt

  • The Hubble Space Telescope Extragalactic Distance Scale Key Project. 1: The discovery of Cepheids and a new distance to M81

    Wendy L. Freedman;Shaun M. Hughes;Barry F. Madore;Jeremy R. Mould

  • Distance to the Virgo cluster galaxy M100 from Hubble Space Telescope observations of Cepheids

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Jeremy R. Mould;Robert Hill

  • The Cepheid Distance Scale

    Barry F. Madore;Wendy L. Freedman

  • The Hubble Constant

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore

  • The Carnegie Supernova Project: First Photometry Data Release of Low-Redshift Type Ia Supernovae

    Carlos Contreras;Mario Hamuy;M. M. Phillips;Gaston Folatelli

  • Carnegie Hubble Program: A Mid-Infrared Calibration of the Hubble Constant

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Victoria Scowcroft;Chris Burns

  • The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program. VIII. An Independent Determination of the Hubble Constant Based on the Tip of the Red Giant Branch

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore;Dylan Hatt;Taylor J. Hoyt

  • Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor Parallaxes of Galactic Cepheid Variable Stars: Period-Luminosity Relations

    G. Fritz Benedict;Barbara E. McArthur;Michael W. Feast;Thomas G. Barnes;Thomas G. Barnes

  • Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined II: The hubble constant tension

    Eleonora Di Valentino;Luis A. Anchordoqui;Özgür Akarsu;Yacine Ali-Haimoud

  • The HST Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale XIII. The Metallicity Dependence of the Cepheid Distance Scale

    R. Kennicutt;P. Stetson;A. Saha;D. Kelson

  • Type Iax Supernovae: A new class of stellar explosion

    Ryan J. Foley;Peter J. Challis;Ryan Chornock;Mohan Ganeshalingam

  • An empirical test for the metallicity sensitivity of the Cepheid period-luminosity relation

    Wendy L. Freedman;Barry F. Madore

  • New Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relations for the Large Magellanic Cloud: 92 Near-Infrared Light Curves

    S. E. Persson;Barry F. Madore;Barry F. Madore;W. Krzemiński;Wendy L. Freedman

  • New Cepheid distances to nearby galaxies based on BVRI CCD photometry. II, The Local Group galaxy M33

    Wendy L. Freedman;Christine D. Wilson;Barry F. Madore

  • Report of the Dark Energy Task Force

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry F. Madore
Barry F. Madore Carnegie Institution for Science
S. E. Persson
S. E. Persson Carnegie Institution for Science
Maximilian Stritzinger
Maximilian Stritzinger Aarhus University
Peter B. Stetson
Peter B. Stetson University of Victoria
Laura Ferrarese
Laura Ferrarese National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Mark M. Phillips
Mark M. Phillips Carnegie Institution for Science
Nidia Morrell
Nidia Morrell Carnegie Learning
Jeremy Mould
Jeremy Mould Swinburne University of Technology
Mario Hamuy
Mario Hamuy University of Chile
Shoko Sakai
Shoko Sakai University of California, Los Angeles

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