2026 Friedrich-Karl Thielemann: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	103	1491	1413	31	31	548	40809

Research.com Recognitions

2021 - Honorary Member of the Swiss Physical Society
2020 - Karl Schwarzschild Medal, German Astronomical Society
2015 - Member of Academia Europaea
2012 - Lise Meitner Prize, European Physical Society
2008 - Hans A. Bethe Prize, American Physical Society For his many outstanding theoretical contributions to the understanding of nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution and stellar explosions through applications to individual objects and to cosmic chemical evolution.
1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his work at the interface of nuclear physics and astrophysics and the applications to stellar nucleosynthesis, Type Ia and Type II Supernovae, as well as the r and rpprocess

Overview

Friedrich-Karl Thielemann is affiliated with the University of Basel in Switzerland. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Radiation, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Their research explores a range of topics including Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Nuclear physics research studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, Astronomical and nuclear sciences, and Neutrino Physics Research.

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, which include:

Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process, 2021, Reviews of Modern Physics
Origin of the elements, 2022, The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Core-collapse Supernova Explosions Driven by the Hadron-quark Phase Transition as a Rare r-process Site, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
Magnetorotational supernovae: a nucleosynthetic analysis of sophisticated 3D models, 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
PUSHing Core-collapse Supernovae to Explosions in Spherical Symmetry. IV. Explodability, Remnant Properties, and Nucleosynthesis Yields of Low-metallicity Stars, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors include:

Almudena Arcones
M. Pignatari
Moritz Reichert
G. Martínez-Pinedo
M. Liebendörfer

Thielemann's work has been published in a variety of venues, with repeated publications in:

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

In recognition of their scientific contributions, they have received several awards, including:

Member of Academia Europaea, 2015
Lise Meitner Prize, European Physical Society, 2012
Hans A. Bethe Prize, American Physical Society, 2008: For many outstanding theoretical contributions to the understanding of nucleosynthesis, stellar evolution, and stellar explosions through applications to individual objects and to cosmic chemical evolution
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1998: For work at the interface of nuclear physics and astrophysics and the applications to stellar nucleosynthesis, Type Ia and Type II Supernovae, as well as the r and rp-process

Best Publications

Accreting white dwarf models for type I supernovae. III. Carbon deflagration supernovae

K. Nomoto;F. K. Thielemann;K. Yokoi

2076
Citations
Nucleosynthesis in Chandrasekhar Mass Models for Type Ia Supernovae and Constraints on Progenitor Systems and Burning-Front Propagation

Koichi Iwamoto;Franziska Brachwitz;Ken ichi Nomoto;Nobuhiro Kishimoto

1566
Citations
Astrophysical reaction rates from statistical model calculations

Thomas Rauscher;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann

1062
Citations
THE JINA REACLIB DATABASE: ITS RECENT UPDATES AND IMPACT ON TYPE-I X-RAY BURSTS

Richard H. Cyburt;Richard H. Cyburt;A. Matthew Amthor;Ryan Ferguson;Zach Meisel

1014
Citations
Core-Collapse Supernovae and Their Ejecta

Friedrich Karl Thielemann;Ken'ichi Nomoto;Masa Aki Hashimoto

1009
Citations
r-Process in Neutron Star Mergers

C. Freiburghaus;S. Rosswog;F.-K. Thielemann

961
Citations
rp-process nucleosynthesis at extreme temperature and density conditions

H. Schatz;A. Aprahamian;J. Görres;M. Wiescher

912
Citations
The R-process and nucleochronology

John J. Cowan;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;James W. Truran

911
Citations
End point of the rp process on accreting neutron stars

H. Schatz;A. Aprahamian;V. Barnard;L. Bildsten

771
Citations
Neutrino-induced nucleosynthesis of A>64 nuclei: the nu p process

C. Fröhlich;G. Martínez-Pinedo;M. Liebendörfer;M. Liebendörfer;F.-K. Thielemann

655
Citations
Explosive nucleosynthesis in carbon deflagration models of Type I supernovae

F.-K. Thielemann;K. Nomoto;K. Yokoi

614
Citations
Magnetorotationally driven Supernovae as the origin of early galaxy $r$-process elements?

Christian Winteler;Roger Kaeppeli;Albino Perego;Almudena Arcones

581
Citations
Isotopic r-process abundances and nuclear structure far from stability - Implications for the r-process mechanism

Karl-Ludwig Kratz;Jean-Philippe Bitouzet;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;Peter Moeller

555
Citations
Nuclear level density and the determination of thermonuclear rates for astrophysics

Thomas Rauscher;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;Karl-Ludwig Kratz

551
Citations
MAGNETOROTATIONALLY DRIVEN SUPERNOVAE AS THE ORIGIN OF EARLY GALAXY r-PROCESS ELEMENTS?

C. Winteler;R. Käppeli;A. Perego;A. Arcones

518
Citations
Protoneutron star evolution and the neutrino-driven wind in general relativistic neutrino radiation hydrodynamics simulations

T. Fischer;S. C. Whitehouse;A. Mezzacappa;F.-K. Thielemann

501
Citations
Relative frequencies of Type Ia and Type II supernovae in the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, LMC and SMC

T. Tsujimoto;K. Nomoto;Y. Yoshii;M. Hashimoto

494
Citations
Type Ia Supernovae: Influence of the Initial Composition on the Nucleosynthesis, Light Curves, and Spectra and Consequences for the Determination of ΩM and Λ

P. Höflich;P. Höflich;P. Höflich;John C Wheeler;John C Wheeler;F. K. Thielemann;F. K. Thielemann

476
Citations
Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

John J. Cowan;Christopher Sneden;James E. Lawler;Ani Aprahamian

474
Citations
Probing the gravitational well: no supernova explosion in spherical symmetry with general relativistic boltzmann neutrino transport

Matthias Liebendörfer;Matthias Liebendörfer;Matthias Liebendörfer;Anthony Mezzacappa;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;Friedrich-Karl Thielemann;O. E. Bronson Messer;O. E. Bronson Messer

462
Citations