2026 Dirk H. Rischke: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	75	3411	3242	320	306	265	17524

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Dirk H. Rischke 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 Dirk H. Rischke sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 265 publications — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dirk H. Rischke 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 Dirk H. Rischke sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% 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

2013 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Dirk H. Rischke is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research contributions are primarily in the broad domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Applied Mathematics, and Computational Mechanics.

Their work covers a range of main topics, notably:

High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Rischke, including:

Gabriel S. Denicol (13 joint publications)
Nora Weickgenannt (12 joint publications)
Enrico Speranza (8 joint publications)
E. Molnár (8 joint publications)
David Wagner (7 joint publications)

Dirk H. Rischke's recent papers provide insights into their research focus on relativistic and spin physics:

"Generating Spin Polarization from Vorticity through Nonlocal Collisions," 2021, Physical Review Letters
"Derivation of the nonlocal collision term in the relativistic Boltzmann equation for massive spin-½ particles from quantum field theory," 2021, Physical Review D
"From Kadanoff-Baym to Boltzmann equations for massive spin-½ fermions," 2021, Physical Review D
"Relativistic second-order dissipative spin hydrodynamics from the method of moments," 2022, Physical Review D
"Relativistic dissipative spin hydrodynamics from kinetic theory with a nonlocal collision term," 2022, Physical Review D

The scientist's frequent publication venues are:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 24 publications
Physical Review D with 23 publications
Physical Review C with 2 publications
Physical Review Letters with 1 publication
Entropy with 1 publication

In addition to articles, Dirk H. Rischke has authored at least one book titled Microscopic Foundations of Relativistic Fluid Dynamics, published in 2021 by Springer Science+Business Media.

Dirk H. Rischke was recognized with membership in the Academia Europaea in 2013, an acknowledgment of involvement in European academic circles.

Best Publications

Derivation of transient relativistic fluid dynamics from the Boltzmann equation

G. S. Denicol;H. Niemi;H. Niemi;E. Molnár;D. H. Rischke;D. H. Rischke

652
Citations
The Quark gluon plasma in equilibrium

Dirk H. Rischke

652
Citations
Chiral phase transition within effective models with constituent quarks

O. Scavenius;Á. Mócsy;I. N. Mishustin;I. N. Mishustin;I. N. Mishustin;D. H. Rischke;D. H. Rischke

464
Citations
Heavy-ion collisions at the LHC-Last call for predictions

N. Armesto;N. Borghini;S. Jeon;U. A. Wiedemann

462
Citations
The time-delay signature of quark-gluon plasma formation in relativistic nuclear collisions

Dirk H. Rischke;Miklos Gyulassy

446
Citations
Excluded volume effect for the nuclear matter equation of state

D. H. Rischke;M. I. Gorenstein;H. Stöcker;W. Greiner

417
Citations
Relativistic hydrodynamics for heavy-ion collisions. I. General aspects and expansion into vacuum☆

Dirk H. Rischke;Stefan Bernard;Joachim A. Maruhn

363
Citations
Phase diagram of neutral quark matter: Self-consistent treatment of quark masses

Stefan B. Rüster;Verena Werth;Michael Buballa;Igor A. Shovkovy

355
Citations
Color superconductivity in weak coupling

Robert D. Pisarski;Dirk H. Rischke

306
Citations
Dissipative relativistic fluid dynamics: a new way to derive the equations of motion from kinetic theory.

G. S. Denicol;T. Koide;D. H. Rischke;D. H. Rischke

288
Citations
Influence of shear viscosity of quark-gluon plasma on elliptic flow in ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions.

Harri Niemi;Gabriel S. Denicol;Pasi Huovinen;Etele Molnar

283
Citations
Gaps and Critical Temperature for Color Superconductivity

Robert D. Pisarski;Dirk H. Rischke

264
Citations
Kinetic theory for massive spin -1 /2 particles from the Wigner-function formalism

Nora Weickgenannt;Xin-li Sheng;Xin-li Sheng;Enrico Speranza;Qun Wang

244
Citations
Classical gluon radiation in ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions

Yuri V. Kovchegov;Dirk H. Rischke

234
Citations
Debye screening and the Meissner effect in a two-flavor color superconductor

Dirk H. Rischke

226
Citations
Meson vacuum phenomenology in a three-flavor linear sigma model with (axial-)vector mesons

Denis Parganlija;Peter Kovacs;Gyorgy Wolf;Francesco Giacosa

212
Citations
Chiral symmetry restoration at nonzero temperature in the SU ( 3 ) r × SU ( 3 ) l linear sigma model

Jonathan T. Lenaghan;Dirk H. Rischke;Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich

208
Citations
Antiflow of Nucleons at the Softest Point of the EoS

J. Brachmann;S. Soff;A. Dumitru;H. Stöcker

205
Citations
New Algorithms for Ultra-relativistic Numerical Hydrodynamics

V. Schneider;U. Katscher;D.H. Rischke;B. Waldhauser

205
Citations
Effect of dynamical QCD medium on radiative heavy-quark energy loss

M Djordjevic;U Heinz

0
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