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Gunther Roland

Gunther Roland

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Physics
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2026

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Physics

D-Index
205
Citations
215662
World Ranking
37
National Ranking
29

Gunther Roland 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 Gunther Roland sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,794 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gunther Roland 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 Gunther Roland sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 205 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his pioneering work on particle correlations in highenergy nuclear interactions, which led to the discovery of triangular flow, and his role in steering the PHOBOS and CMS heavyion physics programs

Overview

Gunther Roland is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Their research encompasses related subfields including Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics and Probability, Aerospace Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's work centers on high-energy particle collisions and theoretical as well as experimental particle physics studies. Key topics include:

  • High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Particle Detector Development and Performance
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Demographic modeling and climate adaptation
  • Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods

Gunther Roland's publication record includes a notable concentration in journals such as Physical Review C and Physical Review Letters, with additional contributions to arXiv (Cornell University) and the Journal of Instrumentation. Frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. C
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Journal of Instrumentation

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Gunther Roland include:

  • "Multisystem Bayesian constraints on the transport coefficients of QCD matter," 2021, Physical review. C
  • "Phenomenological Constraints on the Transport Properties of QCD Matter with Data-Driven Model Averaging," 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • "Determining the jet transport coefficient from inclusive hadron suppression measurements using Bayesian parameter estimation," 2021, Physical review. C
  • "Inclusive jet and hadron suppression in a multistage approach," 2023, Physical review. C
  • "JETSCAPE framework: results," 2020, Physical review. C

The scientist collaborates frequently with coauthors including Steffen A. Bass, Charles Gale, Chun Shen, Hannah Elfner, and Yayun He.

Gunther Roland has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2013. The awarded citation highlights pioneering work on particle correlations in high-energy nuclear interactions, contributions to the discovery of triangular flow, and roles in the PHOBOS and CMS heavy-ion physics programs.

Best Publications

  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;G. Hmayakyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan

  • The PHOBOS Perspective on Discoveries at RHIC

    B. B. Back;M. D. Baker;M. Ballintijn;D. S. Barton

  • Evidence for the 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A.M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties

    Vardan Khachatryan;Robin Erbacher;Camilo Andres Carrillo Montoya;Chang-Seong Moon

  • Search for dark matter and large extra dimensions in monojet events in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Event generator tunes obtained from underlying event and multiparton scattering measurements

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Observation of a new boson with mass near 125 GeV in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ and 8 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;E. Asilar

  • Precise determination of the mass of the Higgs boson and tests of compatibility of its couplings with the standard model predictions using proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Charged particle multiplicities in pp interactions at sqrt(s) = 0.9, 2.36, and 7 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;O. Abdinov

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at the LHC

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in pPb collisions at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Jet energy scale and resolution in the CMS experiment in pp collisions at 8 TeV

    Khachatryan;AM Sirunyan;A Tumasyan;W Adam

  • Search for leptonic decays of W' bosons in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Collision geometry fluctuations and triangular flow in heavy-ion collisions

    B. Alver;G. Roland

  • CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance

    G. L. Bayatian;S. Chatrchyan;G. Hmayakyan;A. M. Sirunyan

  • Identification of heavy-flavour jets with the CMS detector in pp collisions at 13 TeV

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;F. Ambrogi

Frequent Co-Authors

John Perry Cumalat
John Perry Cumalat University of Colorado Boulder
Jovan Milosevic
Jovan Milosevic University of Belgrade
Jay Hauser
Jay Hauser University of California, Los Angeles

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