2026 William E. Harris: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	81	2906	2759	72	71	362	28846

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Overview

William E. Harris is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and specializes in physics and astronomy, with a particular focus on astronomy and astrophysics. Their research encompasses various subfields including instrumentation, atomic and molecular physics and optics, statistics and probability, and aspects of global and planetary change.

The main topics covered in Harris's work include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; galaxies focusing on formation, evolution, and phenomena; astronomy and astrophysical research; astrophysics and star formation studies; adaptive optics and wavefront sensing; color science and applications; and advanced statistical methods and models.

Harris has contributed extensively to academic literature with a total of 109 publications in physics and astronomy. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

The Astrophysical Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Notable recent papers authored by Harris are:

"The PIPER Survey. I. An Initial Look at the Intergalactic Globular Cluster Population in the Perseus Cluster," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
"Clearing the Hurdle: The Mass of Globular Cluster Systems as a Function of Host Galaxy Mass," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
"Implementing primordial binaries in simulations of star cluster formation with a hybrid MHD and direct N-body method," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Structural parameters for globular clusters in M31 and generalizations for the fundamental plane," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
"A 2dF spectroscopic study of globular clusters in NGC 5128: probing the formation history of the nearest giant elliptical," 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

The scientist has frequent collaboration ties with several co-authors, including Marta Reina-Campos, Joshua S. Speagle, Gwendolyn M. Eadie, Aaron J. Romanowsky, and G. L. H. Harris.

Best Publications

A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way

William E. Harris

7754
Citations
GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEMS IN GALAXIES BEYOND THE LOCAL GROUP

William E. Harris

784
Citations
The remnants of galaxy formation from a panoramic survey of the region around M31

Alan W. McConnachie;Michael J. Irwin;Rodrigo A. Ibata;John Dubinski

707
Citations
A Critical Review of Selected Techniques for Measuring Extragalactic Distances

George H. Jacoby;David Branch;Robin Ciardullo;Roger L. Davies

624
Citations
CCD photometry of the globular cluster M92

Peter B. Stetson;William E. Harris

525
Citations
Globular clusters in galaxies beyond the local group. I - New cluster systems in selected northern ellipticals

W. E. Harris;S. van den Bergh

517
Citations
Photospheric radius expansion X-ray bursts as standard candles

E. Kuulkers;E. Kuulkers;P. R. den Hartog;P. R. den Hartog;J. J. M. in 't Zand;F. W. M. Verbunt

506
Citations
Supergiant Molecular Clouds and the Formation of Globular Cluster Systems

William E. Harris;Ralph E. Pudritz

408
Citations
A Catalog of Globular Cluster Systems: What Determines the Size of a Galaxy's Globular Cluster Population?

William E. Harris;Gretchen L. H. Harris;Matthew Alessi

337
Citations
The Distance to NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)

Gretchen L. H. Harris;Marina Rejkuba;William E. Harris

301
Citations
A CCD color-magnitude study of 47 Tucanae.

J. E. Hesser;W. E. Harris;D. A. Vandenberg;J. W. B. Allwright

301
Citations
The Halo Stars in NGC 5128. II. An Outer Halo Field and a New Metallicity Distribution

William E. Harris;William E. Harris;Gretchen L. H. Harris;Gretchen L. H. Harris

294
Citations
A New Catalog of Globular Clusters in the Milky Way

William E. Harris

292
Citations
The Halo Stars in NGC 5128. III: An Inner-Halo Field and the Metallicity Distribution

W.E.Harris;G.L.H.Harris

285
Citations
From Supermassive Black Holes to Dwarf Elliptical Nuclei: A Mass Continuum

Elizabeth H. Wehner;William E. Harris

262
Citations
Globular Cluster Systems in Brightest Cluster Galaxies: Bimodal Metallicity Distributions and the Nature of the High-Luminosity Clusters

William E. Harris;Bradley C. Whitmore;Diane Karakla;Waldemar Okoń

245
Citations
Photometry and the Metallicity Distribution of the Outer Halo of M31

Patrick R. Durrell;Patrick R. Durrell;William E. Harris;William E. Harris;Christopher J. Pritchet

231
Citations
Structural Parameters for Globular Clusters in M31 and Generalizations for the Fundamental Plane

Pauline Barmby;Dean E. McLaughlin;William E. Harris;Gretchen L. H. Harris

227
Citations
Globular Clusters in Galaxies

William E. Harris;René Racine

218
Citations
Globular Cluster Systems

William E. Harris

160
Citations