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D-Index
111
Citations
41890
World Ranking
1133
National Ranking
602

Alex Lazarian publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Lazarian sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 747 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Alex Lazarian D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alex Lazarian sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his diverse contributions to the theory of magnetized turbulence and its application to the interstellar medium He has pioneered the study of fast reconnection in turbulent fluids and discovered the role played by small spinning dust grains in the cosmic microwave foreground emission

Overview

Alex Lazarian is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their work primarily falls within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Lazarian's extensive publication record covers a variety of subfields, including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Atmospheric Science, and Computational Mechanics.

They have contributed significantly to topics such as:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics

Lazarian has authored numerous papers published predominantly in well-regarded journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Diffusion of Cosmic Rays in MHD Turbulence with Magnetic Mirrors" (2021) in The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Revealing Gravitational Collapse in the Serpens G3-G6 Molecular Cloud Using Velocity Gradients" (2021) in The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Cosmic ray transport in starburst galaxies" (2020) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Onset of Turbulent Fast Magnetic Reconnection Observed in the Solar Atmosphere" (2020) in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • "Trapping of Cosmic Rays in MHD Turbulence" (2020) in The Astrophysical Journal

The range of citations for these works reflects their engagement with topics related to magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), cosmic ray physics, and turbulence in astrophysical contexts.

Lazarian frequently collaborates with several co-authors, notably:

  • Yue Hu
  • Siyao Xu
  • Ka Ho Yuen
  • Ka Wai Ho
  • D. Pogosyan

Their collaborations suggest a consistent focus on astrophysical and space plasma dynamics topics, reflecting a network of researchers working in related areas of study.

Best Publications

  • GLIMPSE: I. A SIRTF Legacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy

    Robert A. Benjamin;E. Churchwell;Brian L. Babler;T. M. Bania

  • GLIMPSE. I. An SIRTF Legacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy

    Robert A. Benjamin;E. Churchwell;Brian L. Babler;T. M. Bania

  • Reconnection in a weakly stochastic field

    A. Lazarian;A. Lazarian;Ethan T. Vishniac

  • Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: mode coupling, scaling relations, anisotropy, new regime and astrophysical implications

    Jungyeon Cho;A. Lazarian

  • Simulations of MHD Turbulence in a Strongly Magnetized Medium

    Jungyeon Cho;Alex Lazarian;Ethan Vishniac

  • Compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: mode coupling, scaling relations, anisotropy, viscosity-damped regime and astrophysical implications

    Jungyeon Cho;A. Lazarian

  • Velocity Modification of HI Power Spectrum

    A. Lazarian;D. Pogosyan

  • Electric Dipole Radiation from Spinning Dust Grains

    B. T. Draine;A. Lazarian

  • Diffuse Galactic Emission from Spinning Dust Grains

    Bruce T. Draine;A. Lazarian

  • Interstellar Dust Grain Alignment

    B. G. Andersson;A. Lazarian;John E. Vaillancourt

  • Tracing Magnetic Fields with Aligned Grains

    A. Lazarian

  • Velocity Modification of H I Power Spectrum

    A. Lazarian;A. Lazarian;A. Lazarian;D. Pogosyan

  • Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in a Strongly Magnetized Medium

    Jungyeon Cho;Alex Lazarian;Ethan T. Vishniac

  • Compressible sub-Alfvénic MHD turbulence in low-beta plasmas.

    Jungyeon Cho;A. Lazarian

  • Compressible turbulence in galaxy clusters: physics and stochastic particle re-acceleration

    Gianfranco Brunetti;A. Lazarian

  • NUMERICAL TESTS OF FAST RECONNECTION IN WEAKLY STOCHASTIC MAGNETIC FIELDS

    Grzegorz Kowal;Grzegorz Kowal;A. Lazarian;E. T. Vishniac;Katarzyna Otmianowska-Mazur

  • Radiative torques: analytical model and basic properties

    Alex Lazarian;Thiem Hoang

  • SCATTERING OF COSMIC RAYS BY MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC INTERSTELLAR TURBULENCE

    Huirong Yan;A. Lazarian

  • Magnetic Dipole Microwave Emission from Dust Grains

    Bruce T. Draine;A. Lazarian

  • LiteBIRD: A Satellite for the Studies of B-Mode Polarization and Inflation from Cosmic Background Radiation Detection

    M. Hazumi;Peter A.R. Ade;Y Akiba;D Alonso

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce T. Draine
Bruce T. Draine Princeton University
Simon Prunet
Simon Prunet Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur
Gregory L. Eyink
Gregory L. Eyink Johns Hopkins University
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low American Museum of Natural History
Douglas P. Finkbeiner
Douglas P. Finkbeiner Harvard University
J. H. Hough
J. H. Hough University of Glasgow
Axel Brandenburg
Axel Brandenburg Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics
Reinhard Schlickeiser
Reinhard Schlickeiser Ruhr University Bochum
Vahé Petrosian
Vahé Petrosian Stanford University
Mark R. Krumholz
Mark R. Krumholz Australian National University

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