2026 Edward M. Cackett: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	80	3045	2892	1469	1368	387	18460

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Overview

Edward M. Cackett is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy with a focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, as well as related subfields including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, and Phenomena, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Their publication record includes contributions to multiple frequent venues such as:

The Astrophysical Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Some examples of their recent papers are as follows:

Intensive disc-reverberation mapping of Fairall 9: first year of Swift and LCO monitoring, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Disk, Corona, Jet Connection in the Intermediate State of MAXI J1820+070 Revealed by NICER Spectral-timing Analysis, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
The soft state of the black hole transient source MAXI J1820+070: emission from the edge of the plunge region?, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
On the multiwavelength variability of Mrk 110: two components acting at different time-scales, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The NICER "Reverberation Machine": A Systematic Study of Time Lags in Black Hole X-Ray Binaries, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal

Edward M. Cackett collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

K. Horne
J. M. Gelbord
M. R. Goad
Erin Kara
Aaron J. Barth

Best Publications

The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

582
Citations
The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster

Felix Aharonian;Felix Aharonian;Hiroki Akamatsu;Fumie Akimoto;Steven W. Allen

474
Citations
Space Telescope and Optical Reverberation Mapping Project. III. Optical Continuum Emission and Broad-Band Time Delays in NGC 5548

M. M. Fausnaugh;K. D. Denney;A. J. Barth;M. C. Bentz

300
Citations
X-ray reverberation around accreting black holes

P. Uttley;E. M. Cackett;A. C. Fabian;E. Kara

292
Citations
Testing thermal reprocessing in active galactic nuclei accretion discs

Edward M. Cackett;Edward M. Cackett;Keith Horne;Hartmut Winkler

272
Citations
Discovery of a relation between black hole mass and soft X-ray time lags in active galactic nuclei

B. De Marco;B. De Marco;B. De Marco;G. Ponti;M. Cappi;M. Dadina

272
Citations
Testing thermal reprocessing in AGN accretion discs

E. M. Cackett;K. Horne;H. Winkler

270
Citations
The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing: LOFT

M. Feroci;L. Stella;M. van der Klis;T. J.-L. Courvoisier

249
Citations
The corona contracts in a black-hole transient

E. Kara;J. F. Steiner;A. C. Fabian;E. M. Cackett

241
Citations
A REVERBERATION-BASED MASS FOR THE CENTRAL BLACK HOLE IN NGC 4151

Misty C. Bentz;Kelly D. Denney;Edward M. Cackett;Matthias Dietrich

239
Citations
Relativistic Lines and Reflection from the Inner Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars

E. M. Cackett;J. M. Miller;D. R. Ballantyne;D. Barret

235
Citations
A global look at X-ray time lags in seyfert galaxies

E. Kara;W. N. Alston;A. C. Fabian;E. M. Cackett

217
Citations
The fundamental plane of accretion onto black holes with dynamical masses

Kayhan Gültekin;Edward M. Cackett;Jon M. Miller;Tiziana Di Matteo

210
Citations
The Mass of the Black Hole in the Seyfert 1 Galaxy NGC 4593 from Reverberation Mapping

Kelly D. Denney;Misty C. Bentz;Bradley M. Peterson;Richard W. Pogge

197
Citations
Relativistic Iron Emission Lines in Neutron Star Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries as Probes of Neutron Star Radii

Edward M. Cackett;Jon M. Miller;Sudip Bhattacharyya;Sudip Bhattacharyya;Jonathan E. Grindlay

187
Citations
Relativistic iron K X-ray reverberation in NGC 4151

A. Zoghbi;A. Zoghbi;A. C. Fabian;C. S. Reynolds;E. M. Cackett;E. M. Cackett

186
Citations
NGC 5548 in a Low-Luminosity State: Implications for the Broad-Line Region

Misty C. Bentz;Kelly D. Denney;Edward M. Cackett;Edward M. Cackett;Matthias Dietrich

183
Citations
The First Swift Intensive AGN Accretion Disk Reverberation Mapping Survey

R. Edelson;J. Gelbord;E. Cackett;B. M. Peterson;B. M. Peterson

181
Citations
RELATIVISTIC LINES AND REFLECTION FROM THE INNER ACCRETION DISKS AROUND NEUTRON STARS

Edward M. Cackett;Jon M. Miller;David R. Ballantyne;Didier Barret

170
Citations
Modelling the broad Fe Kα reverberation in the AGN NGC 4151

E. M. Cackett;A. Zoghbi;A. Zoghbi;C. Reynolds;C. Reynolds;A. C. Fabian

146
Citations