Pedro G. Ferreira

23.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
185 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Pedro G. Ferreira is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro G. Ferreira has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 104 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 19 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Pedro G. Ferreira's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (155 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (72 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (64 papers). Pedro G. Ferreira is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (155 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (72 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (64 papers). Pedro G. Ferreira collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Pedro G. Ferreira's co-authors include Constantinos Skordis, Timothy Clifton, Antonio Padilla, Michael Joyce, Máximo Bañados, David Alonso, Tessa Baker, David J. E. Marsh, Macarena Lagos and Johannes Noller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Pedro G. Ferreira

178 papers receiving 11.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Modified gravity and cosmology

2012 2.7k citations Timothy Clifton, Pedro G. Ferreira et al. Physics Reports profile →
Cosmology with a primordial scaling field

1998 599 citations Pedro G. Ferreira et al. profile →
Strong Constraints on Cosmological Gravity from GW170817 and GRB 170817A

2017 513 citations Tessa Baker, Emilio Bellini et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
A search for ultralight axions using precision cosmological data

2015 306 citations Pedro G. Ferreira et al. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology profile →
Scant evidence for thawing quintessence

2024 72 citations William J. Wolf, Carlos García-García et al. Physical review. D profile →
Matching current observational constraints with nonminimally coupled dark energy

2025 45 citations William J. Wolf, Pedro G. Ferreira et al. Physical review. D profile →
Robustness of dark energy phenomenology across different parameterizations

2025 39 citations William J. Wolf, Carlos García-García et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pedro G. Ferreira United Kingdom	48	10.8k	7.8k	987	819	431	185	11.3k
Bharat Ratra United States	45	12.1k 1.1×	8.3k 1.1×	962 1.0×	929 1.1×	282 0.7×	127	12.4k
A. Clocchiatti United States	24	12.3k 1.1×	8.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	690 0.8×	352 0.8×	54	12.6k
R. Chris Smith United States	18	11.9k 1.1×	8.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	689 0.8×	356 0.8×	33	12.2k
P. Challis United States	26	12.7k 1.2×	8.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	693 0.8×	359 0.8×	46	13.1k
J. Spyromilio Germany	27	13.0k 1.2×	8.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	697 0.9×	634 1.5×	111	13.6k
Ron Gilliland United States	4	11.2k 1.0×	7.7k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	688 0.8×	349 0.8×	4	11.5k
P. Garnavich United States	34	14.2k 1.3×	8.5k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	714 0.9×	435 1.0×	176	14.6k
B. Schmidt Australia	32	14.5k 1.3×	8.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	728 0.9×	430 1.0×	96	14.9k
B. Leibundgut Germany	32	16.6k 1.5×	10.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	868 1.1×	475 1.1×	129	17.0k
Antonio Riotto Switzerland	69	14.0k 1.3×	12.9k 1.7×	929 0.9×	972 1.2×	506 1.2×	292	16.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Pedro G. Ferreira

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Pedro G. Ferreira's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Pedro G. Ferreira with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Pedro G. Ferreira more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Pedro G. Ferreira

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Pedro G. Ferreira. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Pedro G. Ferreira. The network helps show where Pedro G. Ferreira may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pedro G. Ferreira

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pedro G. Ferreira. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pedro G. Ferreira based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Pedro G. Ferreira. Pedro G. Ferreira is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Wolf, William J., Pedro G. Ferreira, & Carlos García-García. (2026). Cosmological constraints on Galileon dark energy with broken shift symmetry. Physical review. D. 113(2). 1 indexed citations

Ferreira, Pedro G., William J. Wolf, & James Read. (2025). The Spectre of Underdetermination in Modern Cosmology. 3(1). 1 indexed citations

Bartlett, Deaglan J., et al.. (2025). SYREN-NEW: Precise formulae for the linear and nonlinear matter power spectra with massive neutrinos and dynamical dark energy. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 698. A1–A1. 4 indexed citations

Bartlett, Deaglan J., Gabriel Kronberger, Harry Desmond, et al.. (2024). A precise symbolic emulator of the linear matter power spectrum. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 686. A209–A209. 8 indexed citations

Aurrekoetxea, Josu C., et al.. (2024). Effect of Wave Dark Matter on Equal Mass Black Hole Mergers. Physical Review Letters. 132(21). 211401–211401. 30 indexed citations

Hadzhiyska, Boryana, et al.. (2023). Analytical marginalization over photometric redshift uncertainties in cosmic shear analyses. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(4). 5037–5048. 11 indexed citations

Vicente, Rodrigo, Katy Clough, Thomas Helfer, et al.. (2023). Relativistic drag forces on black holes from scalar dark matter clouds of all sizes. Physical review. D. 108(12). 30 indexed citations

Aurrekoetxea, Josu C., et al.. (2023). Black hole merger simulations in wave dark matter environments. Physical review. D. 107(2). 37 indexed citations

Massone, Carlos German, et al.. (2023). Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Sardine (Sardinella brasiliensis): Biomonitoring and Potential Human Health Effects. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 2036–2036. 4 indexed citations

10.

Ferreira, Pedro G., et al.. (2021). Dynamical friction from scalar dark matter in the relativistic regime. Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London). 55 indexed citations

11.

Baker, Tessa, Emilio Bellini, Pedro G. Ferreira, et al.. (2017). Strong Constraints on Cosmological Gravity from GW170817 and GRB 170817A. Physical Review Letters. 119(25). 251301–251301. 513 indexed citations breakdown →

12.

Santos, Mário G., Philip Bull, David Alonso, et al.. (2015). UCL Discovery (University College London). 93 indexed citations

13.

Camera, S., Mário G. Santos, Pedro G. Ferreira, & L. Ferramacho. (2013). Cosmology on ultralarge scales with mapping of the intensity of 21 cm emission from neutral hydrogen: Limits on primordial non-Gaussianity. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

14.

Clifton, Timothy, Pedro G. Ferreira, Antonio Padilla, & Constantinos Skordis. (2012). Modified gravity and cosmology. Physics Reports. 513(1-3). 1–189. 2674 indexed citations breakdown →

15.

Ferreira, Pedro G. & Constantinos Skordis. (2010). Linear growth rate of structure in parametrized post-Friedmannian universes. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. 81(10). 30 indexed citations

16.

Stompor, R., Shaul Hanany, J. Borrill, et al.. (2003). The MAXIMA experiment: latest results and consistency tests. Comptes Rendus Physique. 4(8). 841–852.

17.

Balbi, A., J. Borrill, Emory F. Bunn, et al.. (2002). Frequentist estimation of cosmological parameters from the MAXIMA-1 cosmic microwave background anisotropy data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 334(1). 11–19. 20 indexed citations

18.

Santos, Mário G., A. Balbi, J. Borrill, et al.. (2001). An estimate of the Cosmological Bispectrum from the MAXIMA-1 CMB map. arXiv (Cornell University). 4 indexed citations

19.

Banday, A. J., P. G. Castro, Pedro G. Ferreira, & K. M. Górski. (2001). The Trispectrum of the 4 Year COBE DMR Data. Sussex Research Online (University of Sussex). 26 indexed citations

20.

Magueijo, João, Pedro G. Ferreira, & K. M. Górski. (1998). Evidence for non-Gaussianity in the CMB. CERN Bulletin. 37. 395.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact