2026 Xiaohui Fan: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	155	240	229	141	135	948	134496

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Physics

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229

141

135

948

134496

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
2003 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Xiaohui Fan is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their primary research domain lies within Physics and Astronomy, with a focus that extends deeply into Astronomy and Astrophysics, where they have contributed to 412 publications. Additional subfields of study include Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Building and Construction.

Their scholarly output engages several main topics across astrophysical research, including:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Xiaohui Fan has contributed to a wide array of scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

"The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data," 2022, Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
"Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument," 2022, The Astronomical Journal
"Hydrogen reionization ends by z = 5.3: Lyman-α optical depth measured by the XQR-30 sample," 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Quasars and the Intergalactic Medium at Cosmic Dawn," 2023, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their frequent co-authors include:

Jinyi Yang
Feige Wang
Eduardo Bañados
Fabian Walter
Roberto Decarli

Publication venues that Xiaohui Fan commonly contributes to include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Astronomy and Astrophysics

The scientist has received recognitions including Fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 2008 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2003.

Best Publications

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary

Donald G. York;J. Adelman;John E. Anderson;Scott F. Anderson

12112
Citations
The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

6145
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

3515
Citations
The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

3189
Citations
The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

3091
Citations
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

3023
Citations
SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;David H. Weinberg;Eric Agol;Hiroaki Aihara

2519
Citations
The Eighth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Data from SDSS-III

Hiroaki Aihara;Carlos Allende Prieto;Deokkeun An

2189
Citations
Improved Cosmological Constraints from New, Old, and Combined Supernova Data Sets

M. Kowalski;D. Rubin;D. Rubin;G. Aldering;R. J. Agostinho

2013
Citations
THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

Kyle S. Dawson;David J. Schlegel;Christopher P. Ahn;Scott F. Anderson

1851
Citations
Constraining the Evolution of the Ionizing Background and the Epoch of Reionization with z~6 Quasars II: A Sample of 19 Quasars

Xiaohui Fan;Michael A. Strauss;Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker;Richard L. White

1726
Citations
The Tenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-III Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Friedrich Anders

1681
Citations
The ninth data release of the sloan digital sky survey: First spectroscopic data from the sdss-iii baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey

Christopher P. Ahn;Rachael Alexandroff;Carlos Allende Prieto;Scott F. Anderson

1669
Citations
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasar Catalog V. Seventh Data Release

Donald P. Schneider;Gordon T. Richards;Patrick B. Hall;Michael A. Strauss

1610
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies and the Distant Universe

Michael R. Blanton;Matthew A. Bershady;Bela Abolfathi;Franco D. Albareti;Franco D. Albareti

1542
Citations
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

1501
Citations
Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys.

Arjun Dey;David J. Schlegel;Dustin Lang;Robert Blum

1409
Citations
SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS AND MULTIWAVELENGTH SELECTION OF TYPE 1 QUASARS

Gordon T. Richards;Gordon T. Richards;Mark Lacy;Lisa J. Storrie-Lombardi;Patrick B. Hall

1277
Citations
An 800-million-solar-mass black hole in a significantly neutral Universe at a redshift of 7.5

Eduardo Bañados;Bram P. Venemans;Chiara Mazzucchelli;Emanuele P. Farina

1080
Citations
LSST Science Book, Version 2.0

Paul A. Abell;Houston Nasa;Julius Allison

1
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