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Ben Stappers 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 Ben Stappers sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 837 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ben Stappers 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 Ben Stappers sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 124 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ben Stappers is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their work covers a range of topics such as Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ben Stappers are the following:

  • The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array, 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The second data release from the European Pulsar Timing Array, 2023, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Possible periodic activity in the repeating FRB 121102, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Strong-Field Gravity Tests with the Double Pulsar, 2021, Physical Review X
  • The High Time Resolution Universe Pulsar Survey - I. System configuration and initial discoveries, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Frequent collaborators in their research community include:

  • M. Krämer
  • E D Barr
  • M. Burgay
  • Kaustubh Rajwade
  • Manisha Caleb

Ben Stappers has published notably in the following venues:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

In addition to papers, Ben Stappers has authored a book titled Pulsar Astronomy published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Best Publications

  • LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

    M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;George Heald

  • A population of fast radio bursts at cosmological distances.

    D. Thornton;D. Thornton;B. Stappers;M. Bailes;M. Bailes;B. Barsdell;B. Barsdell

  • A repeating fast radio burst

    L. G. Spitler;P. Scholz;J. W. T. Hessels;J. W. T. Hessels;S. Bogdanov

  • THE SECOND FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE CATALOG OF GAMMA-RAY PULSARS

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ajello;A. Allafort;L. Baldini

  • The International Pulsar Timing Array project: using pulsars as a gravitational wave detector

    G. Hobbs;A. Archibald;Z. Arzoumanian;D. Backer

  • The First Fermi Large Area Telescope Catalog of Gamma-ray Pulsars

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • A study of 315 glitches in the rotation of 102 pulsars

    Cristobal M. Espinoza;Andrew G. Lyne;Ben W. Stappers;Michael Kramer;Michael Kramer

  • European Pulsar Timing Array Limits On An Isotropic Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background

    Lindley Lentati;Stephen R. Taylor;Stephen R. Taylor;Chiara M. F. Mingarelli;Chiara M. F. Mingarelli;Alberto Sesana

  • Switched magnetospheric regulation of pulsar spin-down.

    Andrew Lyne;George Hobbs;Michael Kramer;Ingrid Stairs

  • High-precision timing of 42 millisecond pulsars with the European Pulsar Timing Array

    G Desvignes;R. N. Caballero;L Lentati;J. P. W. Verbiest;J. P. W. Verbiest

  • A strong magnetic field around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Galaxy

    R. P. Eatough;H. Falcke;H. Falcke;H. Falcke;R. Karuppusamy;K. J. Lee

  • The International Pulsar Timing Array: First Data Release

    Joris Verbiest;Joris Verbiest;L. Lentati;G. Hobbs;R. van Haasteren

  • Advancing Astrophysics with the Square Kilometre Array (AASKA14)

    Tyler. L. Bourke;Robert Braun;Rob Fender;Federica Govoni

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of the Crab Pulsar and Nebula

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;W. B. Atwood

  • Gravitational wave astronomy with the SKA

    Gemma Janssen;George Hobbs;Maura McLaughlin;Cees Bassa

  • The High Time Resolution Universe Pulsar Survey – I. System configuration and initial discoveries

    M. J. Keith;A. Jameson;W. van Straten;M. Bailes

  • Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

  • A real-time fast radio burst: polarization detection and multiwavelength follow-up

    E. Petroff;E. Petroff;M. Bailes;E. D. Barr;B. R. Barsdell

  • Gamma-ray emission from the shell of supernova remnant W44 revealed by the Fermi LAT

    A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;Luca Baldini

  • A Population of Gamma-Ray Millisecond Pulsars Seen with the Fermi Large Area Telescope

    A.A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;W. B. Atwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Kramer
Michael Kramer Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Jason W. T. Hessels
Jason W. T. Hessels University of Amsterdam
Andrew Lyne
Andrew Lyne University of Manchester
Fernando Camilo
Fernando Camilo South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
Heino Falcke
Heino Falcke Radboud University
Paulo C. C. Freire
Paulo C. C. Freire Max Planck Society
Scott M. Ransom
Scott M. Ransom National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Simon Johnston
Simon Johnston Australia Telescope National Facility
Ingrid H. Stairs
Ingrid H. Stairs University of British Columbia
Maura McLaughlin
Maura McLaughlin West Virginia University

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