Adam Riess: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Adam Riess's h-index is 135 (322 i10-index, 147,594+ total citations across 870+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Adam Riess is affiliated with Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University.
Adam Riess is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, specializing in Cosmology. Their work has been cited 147,594 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Adam Riess's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 870 indexed publications. Of these, 1 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 135
- i10-Index
- 322
- Total Citations
- 147,594
- Citing Countries
- 42
As of July 2026.
Adam Riess has an h-index of 135 and 147,594 total citations across 870 publications, with research cited by institutions in 42 countries.
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Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant
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The researcher provided pivotal observational evidence for an accelerating universe and the cosmological constant, fundamentally reshaping modern cosmological models.
The researcher contributed to the astronomical community by co-authoring a seminal data release paper that established a widely cited foundation for large-scale sky survey analysis.
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About Adam Riess's research
Adam Riess is a researcher in Cosmology at Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University. Their work has been cited 147,594 times across 870 publications (h-index 135), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Observational evidence from supernovae for an accelerating universe and a cosmological constant” (1998), has accumulated 29,977 citations. Other influential work includes “The seventh data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey” (2009) with 6,907 citations.
Citations of Adam Riess's research come primarily from United States, United Kingdom and France, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
