2026 Eran O. Ofek: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	123	719	680	6	6	732	57201

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Physics

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732

57201

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Eran O. Ofek is a researcher affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their work spans primarily the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with specific focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Their research topics include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astro and Planetary Science, and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Frequent collaborators in their work are:

A. Gal-Yam
M. M. Kasliwal
J. Sollerman
S. Schulze
O. Yaron

Publications by Eran O. Ofek have appeared in various scientific venues, with notable frequency in:

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

Significant papers authored or co-authored by them include:

Bright, Months-long Stellar Outbursts Announce the Explosion of Interaction-powered Supernovae, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal
A WC/WO star exploding within an expanding carbon-oxygen-neon nebula, 2022, Nature
A Search for Extragalactic Fast Blue Optical Transients in ZTF and the Rate of AT2018cow-like Transients, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
The Prevalence and Influence of Circumstellar Material around Hydrogen-rich Supernova Progenitors, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
The complex circumstellar environment of supernova 2023ixf, 2024, Nature

Best Publications

The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission

Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

2408
Citations
THE NUCLEAR SPECTROSCOPIC TELESCOPE ARRAY (NuSTAR) HIGH-ENERGY X-RAY MISSION

Fiona A. Harrison;William W. Craig;William W. Craig;Finn E. Christensen;Charles J. Hailey

2194
Citations
The Palomar Transient Factory: System Overview, Performance and First Results

N. M. Law;S. R. Kulkarni;R. G. Dekany;E. O. Ofek

1754
Citations
The zwicky transient facility: System overview, performance, and first results

Eric C. Bellm;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Matthew J. Graham;Richard Dekany

1561
Citations
The Palomar Transient Factory: system overview, performance and first results

Nicholas M. Law;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Richard G. Dekany;Eran O. Ofek

1414
Citations
Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

Arne Rau;Shrinivas R. Kulkarni;Nicholas M. Law;Joshua S. Bloom

917
Citations
The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

Matthew J. Graham;S. R. Kulkarni;Eric C. Bellm;Scott M. Adams

789
Citations
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova

A. M. Soderberg;A. M. Soderberg;E. Berger;E. Berger;K. L. Page;P. Schady

630
Citations
Hydrogen-poor superluminous stellar explosions

R. M. Quimby;S. R. Kulkarni;M. M. Kasliwal;A. Gal-Yam

624
Citations
Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions

A. M. Soderberg;S. R. Kulkarni;E. Nakar;E. Berger

612
Citations
Supernova SN 2011fe from an exploding carbon–oxygen white dwarf star

Peter E. Nugent;Peter E. Nugent;Mark Sullivan;S. Bradley Cenko;Rollin C. Thomas

596
Citations
Supernova 2007bi as a pair-instability explosion.

Avishay Gal-Yam;P. Mazzali;E. O. Ofek;P. E. Nugent

577
Citations
Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger

M. M. Kasliwal;E. Nakar;L. P. Singer;L. P. Singer;D. L. Kaplan

548
Citations
OGLE-2003-BLG-262: Finite-Source Effects from a Point-Mass Lens

Jaiyul Yoo;D. L. DePoy;A. Gal-Yam;B. S. Gaudi

502
Citations
A novel explosive process is required for the γ-ray burst GRB 060614

A Gal-Yam;D B Fox;P A Price;E O Ofek

481
Citations
A continuum of H- to He-rich tidal disruption candidates with a preference for E+A galaxies

Iair Arcavi;Iair Arcavi;Iair Arcavi;Avishay Gal-Yam;Mark Sullivan;Yen Chen Pan

480
Citations
Swift J2058.4+0516: Discovery of a Possible Second Relativistic Tidal Disruption Flare

S. Bradley Cenko;Hans A. Krimm;Assaf Horesh;Arne Rau

478
Citations
The Zwicky Transient Facility: Data Processing, Products, and Archive

Frank J. Masci;Russ R. Laher;Ben Rusholme;David L. Shupe

358
Citations
The Zwicky Transient Facility: Science Objectives

Matthew J. Graham;S. R. Kulkarni;Eric C. Bellm;Scott M. Adams

314
Citations
The nuclear spectroscopic telescope array (NuSTAR) high-energy X-ray mission

Kristin K. Madsen;Fiona A. Harrison;Hongjun An;Steven E. Boggs

14
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