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E. L. Wright ranks first, out of 5,963 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 E. L. Wright United States · #13 worldwide 9.3k citations · 228 works
  2. 2 Edward J. Wollack United States · #83 worldwide 7.2k citations · 212 works
  3. 3 M. Halpern Canada · #96 worldwide 7k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 David N. Spergel United States · #104 worldwide 7.9k citations · 198 works
  5. 5 C. L. Bennett United States · #177 worldwide 7.4k citations · 119 works
  6. 6 Licia Verde Spain · #231 worldwide 8.2k citations · 118 works
  7. 7 S. S. Meyer United States · #269 worldwide 7.4k citations · 110 works
  8. 8 S. Henrot–Versillé France · #300 worldwide 7.5k citations · 239 works
  9. 9 Saul A. Teukolsky United States · #446 worldwide 8.4k citations · 102 works
  10. 10 S. W. Hawking United Kingdom · #774 worldwide 4.5k citations · 101 works
  11. 11 Lyman A. Page United States · #931 worldwide 6.7k citations · 91 works
  12. 12 G. Fischer United States · #971 worldwide 3.7k citations · 140 works
  13. 13 Eiichiro Komatsu Germany · #1,113 worldwide 6.6k citations · 88 works
  14. 14 Carlos S. Frenk United Kingdom · #1,207 worldwide 4.8k citations · 197 works
  15. 15 James E. Gunn United States · #1,219 worldwide 3.8k citations · 135 works
  16. 16 Andrei Linde United States · #1,273 worldwide 4.2k citations · 114 works
  17. 17 Volker Springel Germany · #1,320 worldwide 5.2k citations · 188 works
  18. 18 A. Kogut United States · #1,477 worldwide 6.3k citations · 81 works
  19. 19 M. Razzano France · #1,524 worldwide 3.1k citations · 96 works
  20. 20 John C. Mather United States · #1,528 worldwide 2.1k citations · 101 works
  21. 21 R. D. Blandford United States · #1,587 worldwide 4.8k citations · 204 works
  22. 22 G. Hinshaw United States · #1,678 worldwide 7.1k citations · 78 works
  23. 23 David H. Weinberg United States · #1,688 worldwide 4.7k citations · 151 works
  24. 24 P. F. Michelson United States · #1,715 worldwide 2.7k citations · 119 works
  25. 25 M. Dobbs Canada · #1,901 worldwide 4.2k citations · 164 works
  26. 26 Thomas Quinn United States · #2,035 worldwide 2.6k citations · 115 works
  27. 27 Simon D. M. White Germany · #2,111 worldwide 3.6k citations · 148 works
  28. 28 Tsunefumi Mizuno Japan · #2,281 worldwide 2.3k citations · 125 works
  29. 29 R. S. McMillan United States · #2,313 worldwide 1.6k citations · 87 works
  30. 30 J. A. Peacock United Kingdom · #2,314 worldwide 3.2k citations · 136 works
  31. 31 Shaun Cole United Kingdom · #2,322 worldwide 2.2k citations · 99 works
  32. 32 E. Hivon France · #2,357 worldwide 3.4k citations · 81 works
  33. 33 K. M. Górski Poland · #2,405 worldwide 3.5k citations · 96 works
  34. 34 J.-F. Cardoso France · #2,499 worldwide 2.8k citations · 85 works
  35. 35 D. L. Tucker United States · #2,668 worldwide 2.1k citations · 118 works
  36. 36 E. Bertin France · #2,701 worldwide 3.3k citations · 184 works
  37. 37 S. E. Woosley United States · #2,741 worldwide 2.7k citations · 166 works
  38. 38 Peter Eisenhardt United States · #2,753 worldwide 2.2k citations · 107 works
  39. 39 D. Thomas United Kingdom · #2,758 worldwide 3.1k citations · 194 works
  40. 40 Martin Cohen United States · #2,762 worldwide 2k citations · 92 works
  41. 41 A. Challinor United Kingdom · #2,880 worldwide 3.2k citations · 73 works
  42. 42 B. D. Wandelt France · #2,969 worldwide 3.2k citations · 129 works
  43. 43 K. Bechtol United States · #3,070 worldwide 2.4k citations · 81 works
  44. 44 S. A. Stanford United States · #3,185 worldwide 2.2k citations · 101 works
  45. 45 Thibault Damour France · #3,194 worldwide 3.2k citations · 111 works
  46. 46 F. Gianotti France · #3,236 worldwide 4.2k citations · 255 works
  47. 47 D. Herranz Spain · #3,373 worldwide 2.2k citations · 97 works
  48. 48 Keith A. Olive United States · #3,416 worldwide 4.3k citations · 197 works
  49. 49 M. Frailis France · #3,513 worldwide 2.8k citations · 128 works
  50. 50 F. Hoyle United Kingdom · #3,528 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  51. 51 J. Aumont France · #3,586 worldwide 2.3k citations · 83 works
  52. 52 F. Finelli⋆ Italy · #3,658 worldwide 2.8k citations · 144 works
  53. 53 G. Efstathiou United Kingdom · #3,690 worldwide 3.3k citations · 106 works
  54. 54 D. Scott Canada · #3,725 worldwide 4.6k citations · 272 works
  55. 55 Ian S. McLean United States · #3,775 worldwide 1.7k citations · 139 works
  56. 56 Shinji Tsujikawa Japan · #3,841 worldwide 2.4k citations · 84 works
  57. 57 Geoffrey W. Marcy United States · #3,935 worldwide 2.5k citations · 113 works
  58. 58 Max Tegmark United States · #3,937 worldwide 2.5k citations · 110 works
  59. 59 J. A. Rubiño-Martín Spain · #4,054 worldwide 1.9k citations · 92 works
  60. 60 S. Funk France · #4,060 worldwide 2.3k citations · 119 works
  61. 61 Brian D. Fields United States · #4,083 worldwide 2.4k citations · 77 works
  62. 62 S. Mitra India · #4,128 worldwide 2.4k citations · 96 works
  63. 63 Andrew R. Liddle United Kingdom · #4,177 worldwide 2.4k citations · 106 works
  64. 64 M. Fukugita Japan · #4,304 worldwide 3.4k citations · 125 works
  65. 65 J. Ballet France · #4,310 worldwide 1.6k citations · 96 works
  66. 66 L. Girardi Italy · #4,321 worldwide 2.2k citations · 98 works
  67. 67 S. Galeotta France · #4,346 worldwide 2.3k citations · 106 works
  68. 68 A. Lasenby United Kingdom · #4,360 worldwide 3.3k citations · 167 works
  69. 69 N. Omodei Italy · #4,500 worldwide 1.9k citations · 120 works
  70. 70 F.–X. Désert France · #4,520 worldwide 1.9k citations · 84 works
  71. 71 M. Douspis France · #4,570 worldwide 2.5k citations · 101 works
  72. 72 Guinevere Kauffmann Germany · #4,593 worldwide 1.9k citations · 83 works
  73. 73 Robert H. Lupton United States · #4,603 worldwide 2.3k citations · 80 works
  74. 74 Gustavo Bruzual France · #4,618 worldwide 2.1k citations · 66 works
  75. 75 A. W. Blain United States · #4,650 worldwide 2.5k citations · 119 works
  76. 76 O. Lahav United Kingdom · #4,677 worldwide 3.3k citations · 148 works
  77. 77 Jon A. Holtzman United States · #4,736 worldwide 2.2k citations · 92 works
  78. 78 S. Guiriec United States · #4,743 worldwide 2k citations · 70 works
  79. 79 R. B. Barreiro Spain · #4,783 worldwide 2.3k citations · 94 works
  80. 80 I. A. Grenier France · #4,819 worldwide 2k citations · 95 works
  81. 81 Jeff A. Valenti United States · #4,824 worldwide 1.3k citations · 100 works
  82. 82 Ramesh Narayan United States · #4,870 worldwide 2.5k citations · 140 works
  83. 83 P. L. Nolan United States · #4,912 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  84. 84 R. G. Bower United Kingdom · #4,918 worldwide 2.2k citations · 105 works
  85. 85 A. Gruppuso Italy · #4,921 worldwide 2.2k citations · 84 works
  86. 86 B. A. Peterson Australia · #4,981 worldwide 1.9k citations · 140 works
  87. 87 S. R. Hildebrandt United States · #4,999 worldwide 2.1k citations · 76 works
  88. 88 F. Longo Italy · #5,006 worldwide 4k citations · 267 works
  89. 89 E. N. Parker United States · #5,016 worldwide 1.7k citations · 144 works
  90. 90 B. P. Crill United States · #5,048 worldwide 2.3k citations · 81 works
  91. 91 C. D. Dermer United States · #5,076 worldwide 2.2k citations · 137 works
  92. 92 K. Ganga United States · #5,100 worldwide 2.1k citations · 106 works
  93. 93 H. Takahashi Japan · #5,255 worldwide 2.1k citations · 175 works
  94. 94 A. Hornstrup France · #5,371 worldwide 1.8k citations · 122 works
  95. 95 F. R. Bouchet France · #5,374 worldwide 2.6k citations · 116 works
  96. 96 Dominic J. Benford United States · #5,464 worldwide 1.7k citations · 127 works
  97. 97 W. N. Johnson United States · #5,558 worldwide 1.6k citations · 102 works
  98. 98 S. Ciprini Italy · #5,761 worldwide 2.1k citations · 123 works
  99. 99 David Leisawitz United States · #5,824 worldwide 1.4k citations · 84 works
  100. 100 P. J. E. Peebles United States · #5,849 worldwide 1.5k citations · 100 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Astronomy and Astrophysics, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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