2026 Christopher F. McKee: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	112	1083	1022	573	532	419	60070

Christopher F. McKee 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 Christopher F. McKee sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 419 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Christopher F. McKee 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 Christopher F. McKee sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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

1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1998 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1992 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1985 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For theoretical astrophysical investigations of the structure of astrophysical shocks, the evolution of supernova remnants, the structure of the interstellar medium, the dynamics of evaporating clouds, and the interpretation of quasar spectra

Overview

Christopher F. McKee is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily lies within the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research covers several key topics including Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena, Astro and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

The scientist has contributed to a range of research articles published in prominent journals. Selected recent papers include:

How do bound star clusters form? (2020) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Magnetic fields in the formation of the first stars - I. Theory versus simulation (2020) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nitrogen-enriched, Highly Pressurized Nebular Clouds Surrounding a Super Star Cluster at Cosmic Noon (2023) in The Astrophysical Journal
Mapping the magnetic field in the Taurus/B211 filamentary cloud with SOFIA HAWC + and comparing with simulation (2021) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Magnetic fields in the formation of the first stars - II. Results (2022) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Pak Shing Li
Richard Klein
Massimo Pascale
Liang Dai
Mark R. Krumholz

The main publication venues for Christopher F. McKee's work are:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
The Journal of Open Source Software
Journal of Medical Cases

The scientist has received various professional recognitions, such as:

Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1985, for theoretical astrophysical investigations of astrophysical shocks, supernova remnants, interstellar medium structure, cloud dynamics, and quasar spectra interpretation
Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1992
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1998
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1999

Best Publications

A theory of the interstellar medium - Three components regulated by supernova explosions in an inhomogeneous substrate

C.F. McKee;J.P. Ostriker

3168
Citations
Theory of Star Formation

Christopher F. McKee;Eve Charis Ostriker

2814
Citations
Fluid dynamics of relativistic blast waves

R. D. Blandford;C. F. McKee

1541
Citations
A General Theory of Turbulence-Regulated Star Formation, From Spirals to ULIRGs

Mark R. Krumholz;Christopher F. McKee

1487
Citations
The Neutral Atomic Phases of the ISM in the Galaxy

M. G. Wolfire;C. F. McKee;D. Hollenbach;A. G. G. M. Tielens

1482
Citations
Reverberation mapping of the emission line regions of Seyfert galaxies and quasars.

R. D. Blandford;C. F. McKee

1422
Citations
Molecule Formation and Infrared Emission in Fast Interstellar Shocks. III. Results for J Shocks in Molecular Clouds

David Hollenbach;Christopher F. McKee

1279
Citations
Neutral Atomic Phases of the Interstellar Medium in the Galaxy

Mark G. Wolfire;Christopher F. McKee;David Hollenbach;A. G. G. M. Tielens

1166
Citations
Molecule formation and infrared emission in fast interstellar shocks. I Physical processes

D. Hollenbach;C.F. McKee

1132
Citations
A general theory of turbulence-regulated star formation, from spirals to ultraluminous infrared galaxies

Mark R. Krumholz;Christopher F. McKee

1103
Citations
The evaporation of spherical clouds in a hot gas. I - Classical and saturated mass loss rates

L. L. Cowie;C. F. McKee

1089
Citations
The Formation of Massive Stars from Turbulent Cores

Christopher F. McKee;Jonathan C. Tan

1070
Citations
The neutral atomic phases of the interstellar medium

M. G. Wolfire;D. Hollenbach;C. F. Mckee;A. G. G. M. Tielens

1048
Citations
Pressure-confined clumps in magnetized molecular clouds

Frank Bertoldi;Christopher F. Mckee

1008
Citations
The Jeans Condition: A New Constraint on Spatial Resolution in Simulations of Isothermal Self-gravitational Hydrodynamics

J. Kelly Truelove;J. Kelly Truelove;Richard I. Klein;Richard I. Klein;Christopher F. McKee;John H. Holliman;John H. Holliman

978
Citations
On the hydrodynamic interaction of shock waves with interstellar clouds. 1: Nonradiative shocks in small clouds

Richard I. Klein;Christopher F. Mckee;Philip Colella

860
Citations
Two-phase models of quasar emission line regions

J. H. Krolik;C. F. Mckee;C. B. Tarter

846
Citations
The Dark Molecular Gas

Mark G. Wolfire;David Hollenbach;Christopher F. McKee

756
Citations
Photoionization-regulated Star Formation and the Structure of Molecular Clouds

Christopher F. Mckee

740
Citations
Theory of Interstellar Shocks

Bruce T. Draine;Christopher F. McKee

713
Citations