The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Hegna sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 291 publications — 74th percentile
74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Hegna sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 39 D-Index — 24th percentile
24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.
Chris Hegna is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their primary field of research is Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on nuclear and high energy physics, as well as related subfields. Their work spans several subfields including nuclear and high energy physics, astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, materials chemistry, and geochemistry and petrology.
Their research concentrates on topics associated with magnetic confinement fusion research, ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, solar and space plasma dynamics, fusion materials and technologies, particle accelerators and beam dynamics, laser-plasma interactions and diagnostics, and nuclear reactor physics and engineering.
Hegna has contributed to numerous papers in prominent scientific journals. Recent publications include:
Frequent publication venues for their work include the Journal of Plasma Physics, Nuclear Fusion, Physics of Plasmas, arXiv (Cornell University), and Computer Physics Communications.
Hegna has collaborated extensively with several researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include B. J. Faber, A. Bader, J. M. Duff, P. W. Terry, and M. J. Pueschel.
Chris Hegna was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003. The citation noted seminal contributions to the theory of nonideal and nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic equilibria and instabilities in toroidal, magnetically confined plasmas, specifically stellarator equilibria, magnetic islands, neoclassical tearing modes, and ballooning modes.
T. C. Hender;J. C. Wesley;J. Bialek;A. Bondeson
O. Sauter;R. J. LaHaye;Z. Chang;D. A. Gates
H. R. Wilson;J. W. Connor;R. J. Hastie;C. C. Hegna
Chris C. Hegna;James D. Callen
S. A. Sabbagh;A. C. Sontag;J. Bialek;D. A. Gates
A. J. Cole;C. C. Hegna;J. D. Callen
H R Wilson;M Alexander;J W Connor;A M Edwards
A. J. Cole;C. C. Hegna;J. D. Callen
C. C. Hegna
Richard Fitzpatrick;S. C. Guo;D. J. Den Hartog;C. C. Hegna
J.D. Callen;A.J. Cole;C.C. Hegna
C. C. Hegna;J. D. Callen;R. J. LaHaye
S D Baalrud;C C Hegna
Dalton D. Schnack;Daniel C. Barnes;Dylan P. Brennan;Chris C. Hegna
S. D. Baalrud;C. C. Hegna;J. D. Callen
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V. V. Mirnov;C. C. Hegna;S. C. Prager
James D. Callen;Chris C. Hegna;Bradley W. Rice;Edward J. Strait
Aaron C. Sontag;S. A. Sabbagh;W. Zhu;J. M. Bialek
B. J. Burke;S. E. Kruger;C. C. Hegna;P. Zhu
Daniel J. Den Hartog;Abdulgader F. Almagri;James Tharp Chapman;Hantao Ji
C. C. Hegna;J. W. Connor;R. J. Hastie;H. R. Wilson
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