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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	93	2000	1897	1030	960	266	55350

Overview

Zheng Zheng is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and specializes in Physics and Astronomy. Their body of work includes 167 publications primarily focused on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Global and Planetary Change, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their research spans a range of main topics, including:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Zheng has contributed to numerous significant papers such as:

"Completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Cosmological implications from two decades of spectroscopic surveys at the Apache Point Observatory" (2021) published in Physical Review D
"H i-MaNGA: tracing the physics of the neutral and ionized ISM with the second data release" (2021) published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"The DESI one-per cent survey: exploring the halo occupation distribution of luminous red galaxies and quasi-stellar objects with AbacusSummit" (2024) published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"The DESI One-Percent survey: exploring the Halo Occupation Distribution of Emission Line Galaxies with AbacusSummit simulations" (2023) published in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
"Performance of the Quasar Spectral Templates for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument" (2023) published in The Astronomical Journal

Their frequent collaborators include:

Di Li (14 co-authored works)
Chao-Wei Tsai (10 co-authored works)
Axel de la Macorra (8 co-authored works)
Subo Dong (8 co-authored works)
A-Li Luo (8 co-authored works)

Most of Zheng's research has appeared in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 22 publications
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society with 12 publications
The Astrophysical Journal with 7 publications
The Astronomical Journal with 4 publications
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics with 3 publications

Best Publications

Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro

5180
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 eleventh and twelfth data releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: final data from SDSS-III

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

2123
Citations
THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III

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

1851
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
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 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

1472
Citations
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

1413
Citations
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

1314
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

1303
Citations
The Luminosity and Color Dependence of the Galaxy Correlation Function

I. Zehavi;Z. Zheng;D. H. Weinberg;J. A. Frieman

1111
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;Carlos Allende Prieto;Friedrich Anders;Friedrich Anders

1110
Citations
The Luminosity and Color Dependence of the Galaxy Correlation Function

Idit Zehavi;Zheng Zheng;David H. Weinberg;Joshua A. Frieman;Joshua A. Frieman

959
Citations
Completed SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological implications from two decades of spectroscopic surveys at the Apache Point Observatory

Shadab Alam;Marie Aubert;Santiago Avila;Christophe Balland

958
Citations
Theoretical Models of the Halo Occupation Distribution: Separating Central and Satellite Galaxies

Zheng Zheng;Zheng Zheng;Andreas A. Berlind;David H. Weinberg;Andrew J. Benson

939
Citations
The Thirteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey MApping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida

905
Citations
Galaxy Clustering in the Completed SDSS Redshift Survey: The Dependence on Color and Luminosity

Idit Zehavi;Zheng Zheng;David H. Weinberg;Michael R. Blanton

881
Citations
The SDSS-IV extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: Overview and Early Data

Kyle S. Dawson;Jean-Paul Kneib;Will J. Percival;Shadab Alam

736
Citations
Galaxy evolution from halo occupation distribution modeling of deep2 and sdss galaxy clustering

Zheng Zheng;Alison L. Coil;Idit Zehavi

729
Citations