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Eckhard Sturm

Eckhard Sturm

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
111
Citations
41817
World Ranking
1134
National Ranking
97

Eckhard Sturm 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 Eckhard Sturm sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 453 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Eckhard Sturm 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 Eckhard Sturm sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Eckhard Sturm is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics as well as related subfields. Sturm's work spans diverse areas within astrophysics, including stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astrophysical phenomena and observations, and galaxy formation and evolution.

Their research interests include:

  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astrophysics and star formation studies
  • Astrophysical phenomena and observations
  • Galaxies: formation, evolution, phenomena
  • Astronomy and astrophysical research
  • Astro and planetary science
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Their significant subfields of study encompass:

  • Astronomy and astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and molecular physics, and optics
  • Nuclear and high energy physics
  • Computational mechanics

Sturm has coauthored numerous papers with a range of collaborators frequently contributing alongside:

  • D. Lutz
  • Thomas Shimizu
  • R. Genzel
  • R. Davies
  • S. Lacour

They have published extensively in several key scientific journals and platforms, notably:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Detection of the Schwarzschild precession in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole" (2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology))
  • "Mass distribution in the Galactic Center based on interferometric astrometry of multiple stellar orbits" (2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
  • "Improved GRAVITY astrometric accuracy from modeling optical aberrations" (2021, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology))
  • "Ionized outflows in local luminous AGN: what are the real densities and outflow rates?" (2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society)
  • "Molecular outflows in local galaxies: Method comparison and a role of intermittent AGN driving" (2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology))

Best Publications

  • What Powers Ultraluminous IRAS Galaxies

    R. Genzel;D. Lutz;E. Sturm;E. Egami

  • What Powers Ultra-luminous IRAS Galaxies?

    R. Genzel;D. Lutz;E. Sturm;E. Egami

  • Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole

    R. Abuter;A. Amorim;N. Anugu;M. Bauböck

  • Massive molecular outflows and evidence for AGN feedback from CO observations

    C. Cicone;R. Maiolino;E. Sturm;J. Gracia-Carpio

  • Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole.

    R. Abuter;A. Amorim;N. Anugu

  • Spitzer Quasar and ULIRG Evolution Study (QUEST). IV. Comparison of 1-Jy Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with Palomar-Green Quasars

    S. Veilleux;D. S. N. Rupke;D.-C. Kim;R. Genzel

  • Hi-GAL: The Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey

    S. Molinari;B. Swinyard;J. Bally;M. Barlow

  • MASSIVE MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN ULIRGs OBSERVED BY HERSCHEL-PACS*

    E. Sturm;E. González-Alfonso;S. Veilleux;J. Fischer

  • The Herschel* PEP/HerMES luminosity function - I. Probing the evolution of PACS selected Galaxies to z ≃ 4

    C. Gruppioni;F. Pozzi;G. Rodighiero;I. Delvecchio

  • PACS Evolutionary Probe (PEP) – a Herschel key program

    D. Lutz;A. Poglitsch;B. Altieri;P. Andreani;P. Andreani

  • Evidence of strong quasar feedback in the early Universe

    R. Maiolino;S. Gallerani;R. Neri;C. Cicone

  • A geometric distance measurement to the Galactic Center black hole with 0.3% uncertainty

    R. Abuter;A. Amorim;M. Bauboeck;J.P. Berger

  • First light for GRAVITY: Phase referencing optical interferometry for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

    R. Abuter;M. Accardo;A. Amorim

  • SPITZER QUASAR AND ULIRG EVOLUTION STUDY (QUEST). IV. COMPARISON OF 1 Jy ULTRALUMINOUS INFRARED GALAXIES WITH PALOMAR-GREEN QUASARS

    S. Veilleux;D. S.N. Rupke;D. S.N. Rupke;D. C. Kim;D. C. Kim;R. Genzel

  • Detection of the Schwarzschild precession in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole

    R. Abuter;A. Amorim;M. Bauböck;J. P. Berger;J. P. Berger

  • Herschel-PACS spectroscopic diagnostics of local ULIRGs: conditions and kinematics in Markarian 231

    J. Fischer;E. Sturm;E. González-Alfonso;J. Gracia-Carpio

  • The deepest Herschel-PACS far-infrared survey: number counts and infrared luminosity functions from combined PEP/GOODS-H observations

    B. Magnelli;P. Popesso;S. Berta;F. Pozzi

  • On Star Formation Rates and Star Formation Histories of Galaxies Out to z ~ 3

    Stijn Wuyts;Natascha M. Förster Schreiber;Dieter Lutz;Raanan Nordon

  • GOALS: The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey

    L. Armus;J. M. Mazzarella;A. S. Evans;A. S. Evans;J. A. Surace

  • A geometric distance measurement to the Galactic center black hole with 0.3% uncertainty

    R. Abuter;A. Amorim;M. Bauböck

Frequent Co-Authors

Dieter Lutz
Dieter Lutz Max Planck Society
Reinhard Genzel
Reinhard Genzel Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Linda J. Tacconi
Linda J. Tacconi Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Roberto Maiolino
Roberto Maiolino University of Cambridge
Stefan Gillessen
Stefan Gillessen Max Planck Society
Sylvain Veilleux
Sylvain Veilleux University of Maryland, College Park
António Amorim
António Amorim University of Lisbon
Hagai Netzer
Hagai Netzer Tel Aviv University
Frank Eisenhauer
Frank Eisenhauer Max Planck Society
Wolfgang Brandner
Wolfgang Brandner Max Planck Society

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