2026 Alex Lazarian: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	111	1133	1071	602	560	747	41890

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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

2067
Citations
GLIMPSE. I. An SIRTF Legacy Project to Map the Inner Galaxy

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

1469
Citations
Reconnection in a weakly stochastic field

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

896
Citations
Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: mode coupling, scaling relations, anisotropy, new regime and astrophysical implications

Jungyeon Cho;A. Lazarian

757
Citations
Simulations of MHD Turbulence in a Strongly Magnetized Medium

Jungyeon Cho;Alex Lazarian;Ethan Vishniac

636
Citations
Compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence: mode coupling, scaling relations, anisotropy, viscosity-damped regime and astrophysical implications

Jungyeon Cho;A. Lazarian

633
Citations
Velocity Modification of HI Power Spectrum

A. Lazarian;D. Pogosyan

569
Citations
Electric Dipole Radiation from Spinning Dust Grains

B. T. Draine;A. Lazarian

564
Citations
Diffuse Galactic Emission from Spinning Dust Grains

Bruce T. Draine;A. Lazarian

558
Citations
Interstellar Dust Grain Alignment

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

519
Citations
Tracing Magnetic Fields with Aligned Grains

A. Lazarian

499
Citations
Velocity Modification of H I Power Spectrum

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

463
Citations
Simulations of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in a Strongly Magnetized Medium

Jungyeon Cho;Alex Lazarian;Ethan T. Vishniac

461
Citations
Compressible sub-Alfvénic MHD turbulence in low-beta plasmas.

Jungyeon Cho;A. Lazarian

446
Citations
Compressible turbulence in galaxy clusters: physics and stochastic particle re-acceleration

Gianfranco Brunetti;A. Lazarian

409
Citations
NUMERICAL TESTS OF FAST RECONNECTION IN WEAKLY STOCHASTIC MAGNETIC FIELDS

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

393
Citations
Radiative torques: analytical model and basic properties

Alex Lazarian;Thiem Hoang

372
Citations
SCATTERING OF COSMIC RAYS BY MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC INTERSTELLAR TURBULENCE

Huirong Yan;A. Lazarian

299
Citations
Magnetic Dipole Microwave Emission from Dust Grains

Bruce T. Draine;A. Lazarian

297
Citations
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

297
Citations