2026 Alessandro Morbidelli: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	120	820	777	28	26	574	47797

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Overview

Alessandro Morbidelli is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France, with research focused primarily within the domain of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly activity spans 262 publications in this field, particularly emphasizing Astronomy and Astrophysics with 255 contributions.

The scientist's work covers several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Molecular Biology. The main research topics are Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Planetary Science and Exploration, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, as well as Space Exploration and Technology.

Alessandro Morbidelli has published extensively in a selection of venues, with notable frequency in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Icarus
Nature Astronomy
Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Morbidelli illustrate the scientist's contributions to planetary system formation, meteorite analysis, and solar system dynamics. Key recent works include:

The Non-carbonaceous-Carbonaceous Meteorite Dichotomy, 2020, Space Science Reviews
Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Contemporary formation of early Solar System planetesimals at two distinct radial locations, 2021, Nature Astronomy
Terrestrial planet formation from lost inner solar system material, 2021, Science Advances
Cold Jupiters and improved masses in 38 Kepler and K2 small planet systems from 3661 HARPS-N radial velocities, 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as David Nesvorný, Seth A. Jacobson, Konstantin Batygin, Rogerio Deienno, and W. F. Bottke, indicating interdisciplinary and international research ties across planetary sciences and astrophysics.

Best Publications

Origin of the cataclysmic Late Heavy Bombardment period of the terrestrial planets

R. Gomes;H. F. Levison;H. F. Levison;K. Tsiganis;A. Morbidelli

1955
Citations
Origin of the orbital architecture of the giant planets of the Solar System.

K. Tsiganis;R. Gomes;R. Gomes;A. Morbidelli;H. F. Levison;H. F. Levison

1638
Citations
A low mass for Mars from Jupiter's early gas―driven migration

Kevin J. Walsh;Alessandro Morbidelli;Sean N. Raymond;Sean N. Raymond;David P. O'Brien

1178
Citations
Chaotic capture of Jupiter's Trojan asteroids in the early Solar System.

A. Morbidelli;H. F. Levison;K. Tsiganis;R. Gomes

1037
Citations
Source regions and timescales for the delivery of water to the Earth

A. Morbidelli;J. Chambers;J. I. Lunine;J. M. Petit

967
Citations
Debiased Orbital and Absolute Magnitude Distribution of the Near-Earth Objects

William F. Bottke;Alessandro Morbidelli;Robert Jedicke;Jean-Marc Petit

870
Citations
On the width and shape of gaps in protoplanetary disks

A. Crida;A. Morbidelli;F. Masset;F. Masset

644
Citations
The fossilized size distribution of the main asteroid belt

William F. Bottke;Daniel D. Durda;David Nesvorný;Robert Jedicke

614
Citations
Asteroids Were Born Big

Alessandro Morbidelli;William F. Bottke;David Nesvorný;Harold F. Levison

525
Citations
Building Terrestrial Planets

A. Morbidelli;J.I. Lunine;D. P. O'Brien;Sean N. Raymond

522
Citations
Origin of the structure of the Kuiper belt during a dynamical instability in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune

Harold F. Levison;Alessandro Morbidelli;Christa VanLaerhoven;Rodney Gomes

518
Citations
Dynamical Lifetimes of Objects Injected into Asteroid Belt Resonances

Brett J. Gladman;Fabbio Migliorini;Alessandro Morbidelli;Vincenzo Zappalà

512
Citations
Linking the collisional history of the main asteroid belt to its dynamical excitation and depletion

William F. Bottke;Daniel D. Durda;David Nesvorný;Robert Jedicke

502
Citations
Terrestrial planet formation with strong dynamical friction

David P. O'Brien;Alessandro Morbidelli;Harold F. Levison

463
Citations
Separating gas-giant and ice-giant planets by halting pebble accretion

Michiel Lambrechts;Anders Johansen;Alessandro Morbidelli

432
Citations
Building the terrestrial planets: Constrained accretion in the inner Solar System

Sean N. Raymond;David P. O’Brien;Alessandro Morbidelli;Nathan A. Kaib

429
Citations
An Archaean heavy bombardment from a destabilized extension of the asteroid belt

William F. Bottke;David Vokrouhlický;David Vokrouhlický;David Minton;David Minton;David Nesvorný

410
Citations
Dynamics of the Giant Planets of the Solar System in the Gaseous Proto-planetary Disk and Relationship to the Current Orbital Architecture

Alessandro Morbidelli;K. Tsiganis;A. Crida;H. F. Levison

395
Citations
DISK SURFACE DENSITY TRANSITIONS AS PROTOPLANET TRAPS

F.S. Masset;A. Morbidelli;A. Crida;Jorge Ferreira

377
Citations
Statistical Study of the Early Solar System's Instability with 4, 5 and 6 Giant Planets

David Nesvorny;A. Morbidelli

364
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