Peter S. Shawhan: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Peter S. Shawhan's h-index is 145 (321 i10-index, 152,164+ total citations across 574+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Peter S. Shawhan is affiliated with Professor of Physics, University of Maryland.
Peter S. Shawhan is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Physics, 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 France.
Peter S. Shawhan's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 574 indexed publications. Of these, 2 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 145
- i10-Index
- 321
- Total Citations
- 152,164
- Citing Countries
- 33
As of July 2026.
Peter S. Shawhan has an h-index of 145 and 152,164 total citations across 574 publications, with research cited by institutions in 33 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 Professor of Physics, University of Maryland. Their work has been cited 152,164 times across 574 publications (h-index 145), 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 France, United States 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.











