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Wendy L. Freedman

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
104
Citations
44561
World Ranking
1431
National Ranking
751

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.

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103 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.

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.

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70 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.

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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