2026 Amanda I. Karakas: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	76	3346	3182	79	77	351	17633

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Current World Ranking

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Physics

3346

3182

351

17633

Amanda I. Karakas 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 Amanda I. Karakas sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 351 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Amanda I. Karakas 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 Amanda I. Karakas sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Amanda I. Karakas is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and specializes in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Astronomy and Astrophysics, contributing to several subfields including Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astro and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Nuclear physics research studies
Astronomical and nuclear sciences

Karakas has published extensively in several scientific journals and platforms. Frequent venues for their publications include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
UNC Libraries

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Karakas are:

The Origin of Elements from Carbon to Uranium (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
The GALAH survey: tracing the Galactic disc with open clusters (2021), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The GALAH Survey: non-LTE departure coefficients for large spectroscopic surveys (2020), Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
How Magnetic Activity Alters What We Learn from Stellar Spectra (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
The messy death of a multiple star system and the resulting planetary nebula as observed by JWST (2022), Nature Astronomy

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably:

Maria Lugaro
Meridith Joyce
David Yong
Zara Osborn
P. Ventura

Best Publications

The Dawes Review 2: Nucleosynthesis and stellar yields of low-and intermediate-mass single stars

Amanda Irene Karakas;John Charles Lattanzio

680
Citations
Updated stellar yields from asymptotic giant branch models

Amanda Irene Karakas

651
Citations
The Origin of Elements from Carbon to Uranium

Chiaki Kobayashi;Amanda I. Karakas;Maria Lugaro;Maria Lugaro;Maria Lugaro

493
Citations
The evolution of isotope ratios in the Milky Way Galaxy

Chiaki Kobayashi;Amanda Irene Karakas;Hideyuki Umeda

409
Citations
Stellar Models and Yields of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Amanda Irene Karakas;John Charles Lattanzio

364
Citations
On the Source of the Dust Extinction in Type Ia Supernovae and the Discovery of Anomalously Strong Na I Absorption

M. M. Phillips;Joshua D. Simon;Nidia Morrell;Christopher R. Burns

346
Citations
Quantifying the uncertainties of chemical evolution studies II. Stellar yields

Donatella Romano;Donatella Romano;Amanda Irene Karakas;Monica Tosi;Francesca Matteucci;Francesca Matteucci

346
Citations
A new synthetic model for asymptotic giant branch stars

Robert G. Izzard;Christopher A. Tout;Amanda I. Karakas;Amanda I. Karakas;Onno R. Pols

324
Citations
STELLAR YIELDS FROM METAL-RICH ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH MODELS

Amanda I. Karakas;Amanda I. Karakas;Maria Lugaro;Maria Lugaro

311
Citations
Reaction Rate Uncertainties and the Production of 19F in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Maria Anna Lugaro;Claudio Ugalde;Amanda Irene Karakas;Joachim Gorres

286
Citations
Parameterising the third dredge-up in asymptotic giant branch stars

Amanda I Karakas;J C Lattanzio;Onno R Pols

278
Citations
On the source of the dust extinction in type Ia supernovae and the discovery of anomalously strong Na i absorption

Mark M Phillips;Joshua D Simon;Nidia I Morrell;Christopher R Burns

277
Citations
Reaction Rates Uncertainties and the Production of F19 in AGB Stars

Maria Lugaro;Claudio Ugalde;Amanda I. Karakas;Joachim Gorres

261
Citations
THE s-PROCESS IN ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STARS OF LOW METALLICITY AND THE COMPOSITION OF CARBON-ENHANCED METAL-POOR STARS

Maria Lugaro;Amanda I. Karakas;Richard J. Stancliffe;Richard J. Stancliffe;Carlos Rijs

238
Citations
Two distinct sequences of blue straggler stars in the globular cluster M 30

Francesco Rosario Ferraro;Giacomo Beccari;Emanuele Dalessandro;Barbara Lanzoni

220
Citations
Production of Aluminium and the Heavy Magnesium Isotopes in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Amanda I Karakas;John C Lattanzio

216
Citations
Modelling self-pollution of globular clusters from AGB stars

Y. Fenner;S. Campbell;A. I. Karakas;A. I. Karakas;J. C. Lattanzio

206
Citations
Modelling self-pollution of globular clusters from asymptotic giant branch stars

Yeshe Fenner;Simon Wattana Campbell;Amanda I Karakas;Amanda I Karakas;John C Lattanzio

194
Citations
Population nucleosynthesis in single and binary stars. I. Model

Robert George Izzard;Lynette M Dray;Lynette M Dray;Amanda Irene Karakas;Maria Anna Lugaro

191
Citations
THE UBIQUITY OF THE RAPID NEUTRON-CAPTURE PROCESS*

Ian U Roederer;Ian U Roederer;John J Cowan;Amanda Irene Karakas;Amanda Irene Karakas;Karl-Ludwig Kratz

179
Citations