2026 Eckhard Sturm: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	111	1134	1072	97	92	453	41817

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Physics

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41817

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

1782
Citations
What Powers Ultra-luminous IRAS Galaxies?

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

1670
Citations
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

867
Citations
Massive molecular outflows and evidence for AGN feedback from CO observations

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

772
Citations
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

704
Citations
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

701
Citations
Hi-GAL: The Herschel Infrared Galactic Plane Survey

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

612
Citations
MASSIVE MOLECULAR OUTFLOWS AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK IN ULIRGs OBSERVED BY HERSCHEL-PACS*

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

578
Citations
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

538
Citations
PACS Evolutionary Probe (PEP) – a Herschel key program

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

538
Citations
Evidence of strong quasar feedback in the early Universe

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

490
Citations
A geometric distance measurement to the Galactic Center black hole with 0.3% uncertainty

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

485
Citations
First light for GRAVITY: Phase referencing optical interferometry for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

R. Abuter;M. Accardo;A. Amorim

481
Citations
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

476
Citations
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

466
Citations
Herschel-PACS spectroscopic diagnostics of local ULIRGs: conditions and kinematics in Markarian 231

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

457
Citations
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

442
Citations
On Star Formation Rates and Star Formation Histories of Galaxies Out to z ~ 3

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

440
Citations
GOALS: The Great Observatories All-Sky LIRG Survey

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

435
Citations
A geometric distance measurement to the Galactic center black hole with 0.3% uncertainty

R. Abuter;A. Amorim;M. Bauböck

329
Citations