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Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz 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 Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 756 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz 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 Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the understanding of transient phenomena such as collisions, mergers, and disruptions of stars with novel computer simulations, and his work supporting promotion and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in science

Overview

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Physics and Astronomy, with a significant concentration in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Instrumentation. They have contributed extensively to subfields including Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, and Astro and Planetary Science.

Frequent publication venues for Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Some recent papers featuring their involvement are:

  • SN 2023ixf in Messier 101: A Variable Red Supergiant as the Progenitor Candidate to a Type II Supernova, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • A cool and inflated progenitor candidate for the Type Ib supernova 2019yvr at 2.6 yr before explosion, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Massive Stellar Triples Leading to Sequential Binary Black-Hole Mergers in the Field, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Stellar Tidal Disruption Events with Abundances and Realistic Structures (STARS): Library of Fallback Rates, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Dynamical Unification of Tidal Disruption Events, 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Collaborations play a significant role in their research activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • R. J. Foley
  • Katie Auchettl
  • D. A. Coulter
  • D. O. Jones
  • Brenna Mockler

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz has been recognized by several professional organizations. They were named Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.

Additionally, they were made a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2018, with a citation noting contributions to the understanding of transient phenomena such as collisions, mergers, and disruptions of stars through novel computer simulations, as well as supporting the promotion and retention of women and underrepresented minorities in science.

Best Publications

  • A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

  • Evidence for a canonical gamma-ray burst afterglow light curve in the Swift XRT data

    J. A. Nousek;C. Kouveliotou;D. Grupe;K. L. Page

  • First results from the IllustrisTNG simulations: a tale of two elements - chemical evolution of magnesium and europium

    Jill P. Naiman;Annalisa Pillepich;Volker Springel;Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

  • Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational-wave event

    Daniel Kasen;Brian Metzger;Jennifer Barnes;Eliot Quataert

  • Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Swift Era

    N. Gehrels;E. Ramirez-Ruiz;Derek B. Fox

  • Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source

    D. A. Coulter;R. J. Foley;C. D. Kilpatrick;M. R. Drout

  • A limit on the variation of the speed of light arising from quantum gravity effects

    A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;K. Asano

  • Light curves of the neutron star merger GW170817/SSS17a: Implications for r-process nucleosynthesis

    M. R. Drout;A. L. Piro;B. J. Shappee;C. D. Kilpatrick

  • Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B

    J. L. Racusin;S. V. Karpov;M. Sokolowski;J. Granot

  • Fermi Observations of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from GRB 080916C

    M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;L. Baldini;J. Ballet

  • An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218.

    E. Pian;E. Pian;P. A. Mazzali;N. Masetti;P. Ferrero

  • A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806–20

    D.M. Palmer;S. Barthelmy;N. Gehrels;R.M. Kippen

  • A possible relativistic jetted outburst from a massive black hole fed by a tidally disrupted star.

    Joshua S. Bloom;Dimitrios Giannios;Brian D. Metzger;S. Bradley Cenko

  • No supernovae associated with two long-duration gamma ray bursts

    Johan P. U. Fynbo;Darach Watson;Christina C. Thöne;Jesper Sollerman

  • No supernovae from two nearby long gamma ray bursts

    Johan P. U. Fynbo;Darach Watson;Christina C. Thoene;Jesper Sollerman

  • HYDRODYNAMICAL SIMULATIONS TO DETERMINE THE FEEDING RATE OF BLACK HOLES BY THE TIDAL DISRUPTION OF STARS: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IMPACT PARAMETER AND STELLAR STRUCTURE

    James Guillochon;Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

  • The progenitors of short gamma-ray bursts

    William H Lee;Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

  • Closing in on a Short-Hard Burst Progenitor: Constraints from Early-Time Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Possible Host Galaxy of GRB 050509b

    J. S. Bloom;J. X. Prochaska;D. Pooley;C. H. Blake

  • A Possible Cepheid-like Luminosity Estimator for the Long Gamma-Ray Bursts

    Daniel E. Reichart;Daniel E. Reichart;Donald Q. Lamb;Edward E. Fenimore;Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz

  • High-resolution calculations of merging neutron stars - III. Gamma-ray bursts

    Stephan Rosswog;Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz;Melvyn B. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Granot
Jonathan Granot Open University of Israel
Daniel Kasen
Daniel Kasen University of California, Berkeley
Ryan J. Foley
Ryan J. Foley University of California, Santa Cruz
Eleonora Troja
Eleonora Troja National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Joshua S. Bloom
Joshua S. Bloom University of California, Berkeley
Chryssa Kouveliotou
Chryssa Kouveliotou George Washington University
Daniel A. Perley
Daniel A. Perley Liverpool John Moores University
Chris L. Fryer
Chris L. Fryer Los Alamos National Laboratory
Ralph A. M. J. Wijers
Ralph A. M. J. Wijers University of Amsterdam
Hongzheng Chen
Hongzheng Chen Zhejiang University

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