Peter S. Shawhan Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Peter S. Shawhan's h-index is 148 (333 i10-index, 152,164+ total citations across 579+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Peter S. Shawhan is affiliated with University of Maryland.
Peter S. Shawhan is a researcher affiliated with University of Maryland, specializing in gravitational waves, astrophysics, gravity. Their work has been cited 152,164 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Peter S. Shawhan's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 579 indexed publications. Of these, 17 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 148
- i10-Index
- 333
- Total Citations
- 152,164
- Citing Countries
- 73
As of October 2026.
Peter S. Shawhan has an h-index of 148 and 152,164 total citations across 579 publications, with research cited by institutions in 73 countries.
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Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger
201622,603
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About Peter S. Shawhan's research
Peter S. Shawhan is a researcher in gravitational waves, astrophysics and gravity at University of Maryland. Their work has been cited 152,164 times across 579 publications (h-index 148), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger” (2016), has accumulated 22,603 citations. Other influential works include “GW170817: observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral” (2017) with 12,695 citations and “Advanced LIGO” (2015) with 6,274 citations.
Citations of Peter S. Shawhan's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.











