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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 87 2437 2316 219 209 546 35485

Horst Stöcker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Horst Stöcker between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Horst Stöcker published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 12.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 40 publications in 2002. 17 of the 631 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 40. Peak 40 publications in 2002. 1975: 1 publication 1976: 1 publication 1977: 1 publication 1978: 2 publications 1979: 3 publications 1980: 9 publications 1981: 6 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 7 publications 1984: 8 publications 1985: 11 publications 1986: 10 publications 1987: 10 publications 1988: 16 publications 1989: 18 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 17 publications 1992: 17 publications 1993: 21 publications 1994: 24 publications 1995: 29 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 18 publications 1998: 32 publications 1999: 31 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 19 publications 2002: 40 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 19 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 12 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 6 publications
1975 2025

631 publications in total across all disciplines

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Horst Stöcker: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 1
1976 1
1977 1
1978 2
1979 3
1980 9
1981 6
1982 6
1983 7
1984 8
1985 11
1986 10
1987 10
1988 16
1989 18
1990 10
1991 17
1992 17
1993 21
1994 24
1995 29
1996 6
1997 18
1998 32
1999 31
2000 15
2001 19
2002 40
2003 8
2004 19
2005 13
2006 12
2007 18
2008 13
2009 10
2010 8
2011 6
2012 8
2013 6
2014 6
2015 4
2016 5
2017 9
2018 12
2019 8
2020 5
2021 9
2022 25
2023 22
2024 11
2025 6
Total 631
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Horst Stöcker 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 Horst Stöcker sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 543–562 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 546 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87 546
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Horst Stöcker 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 Horst Stöcker sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 86–87 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132 87
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Horst Stöcker is affiliated with Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy with a focus on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, which accounts for the majority of their scholarly output.

The subfields of their research include:

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Geophysics
  • Artificial Intelligence

Stöcker's main topics of work encompass:

  • High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, frequently appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. C
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Physics Letters B
  • EPJ Web of Conferences

Recent scholarly papers from Horst Stöcker include:

  • Equation of state for hot QCD and compact stars from a mean-field approach, 2020, Physical review. C
  • A machine learning study to identify spinodal clumping in high energy nuclear collisions, 2022, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Momentum-dependent potential and collective flows within the relativistic quantum molecular dynamics approach based on relativistic mean-field theory, 2020, Physical review. C
  • A fast centrality-meter for heavy-ion collisions at the CBM experiment, 2020, Physics Letters B
  • Kinetic freeze-out temperature from yields of short-lived resonances, 2020, Physical review. C

Collaborations form an essential part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jan Steinheimer
  • Kai Zhou
  • Volodymyr Vovchenko
  • Anton Motornenko
  • Johannes Faber

Horst Stöcker was recognized with the award of Member of Academia Europaea in 2001.

Best Publications

  • RELATIVISTIC HADRON-HADRON COLLISIONS IN THE ULTRA-RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODEL

    M Bleicher;E Zabrodin;E Zabrodin;E Zabrodin;C Spieles;S A Bass

  • Microscopic Models for Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

    S. A. Bass;M. Belkacem;M. Bleicher;M. Brandstetter

  • High energy heavy ion collisions—probing the equation of state of highly excited hardronic matter

    Horst Stöcker;Horst Stöcker;Walter Greiner;Walter Greiner

  • Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

    Walter Greiner;Ludwig Neise;Horst Stocker

  • Handbook of mathematics and computational science

    John W. Harris;Horst Stocker

  • Modelling the many-body dynamics of heavy ion collisions : present status and future perspective

    Ch. Hartnack;Rajeev K. Puri;J. Aichelin;J. Konopka

  • Quantum molecular dynamics — A novel approach to N-body correlations in heavy ion collisions

    J. Aichelin;J. Aichelin;H. Stöcker

  • Fully integrated transport approach to heavy ion reactions with an intermediate hydrodynamic stage

    Hannah Petersen;Hannah Petersen;Jan Steinheimer;Gerhard Burau;Marcus Bleicher

  • Poincare invariant Hamiltonian dynamics: Modelling multi-hadronic interactions in a phase space approach

    Heinz Sorge;Horst Stöcker;Walter Greiner

  • Signatures of quark-gluon plasma formation in high energy heavy-ion collisions: a critical review

    S A Bass;S A Bass;M Gyulassy;M Gyulassy;H Stöcker;W Greiner

  • Relativistic quantum molecular dynamics approach to nuclear collisions at ultrarelativistic energies

    Heinz Sorge;Horst Stöcker;Walter Greiner

  • Multifragmentation, fragment flow, and the nuclear equation of state

    G. Peilert;H. Stöcker;W. Greiner;A. Rosenhauer

  • Production of light nuclei, hypernuclei and their antiparticles in relativistic nuclear collisions

    A. Andronic;P. Braun-Munzinger;J. Stachel;H. Stöcker

  • Quantum molecular dynamics approach to heavy ion collisions: Description of the model, comparison with fragmentation data, and the mechanism of fragment formation

    J. Aichelin;J. Aichelin;G. Peilert;G. Peilert;A. Bohnet;A. Bohnet;A. Rosenhauer;A. Rosenhauer

  • Heavy-ion collisions at the LHC-Last call for predictions

    N. Armesto;N. Borghini;S. Jeon;U. A. Wiedemann

  • Microscopic theory of pion production and sidewards flow in heavy-ion collisions.

    H. Kruse;B. V. Jacak;H. Stöcker

  • Separation of strangeness from antistrangeness in the phase transition from quark to hadron matter: Possible formation of strange quark matter in heavy-ion collisions.

    Carsten Greiner;Peter Koch;Horst Stöcker

  • Handbook of physics

    Walter Benenson;John W. Harris;Horst Stocker;Holger Lutz

  • Introduction to High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions

    Horst Stöcker

  • Probability theory and mathematical statistics

    John W. Harris;Horst Stocker

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter Greiner
Walter Greiner Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
Steffen A. Bass
Steffen A. Bass Duke University
Dirk H. Rischke
Dirk H. Rischke Goethe University Frankfurt
Xin-Nian Wang
Xin-Nian Wang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berndt Müller
Berndt Müller Duke University
Nu Xu
Nu Xu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Miklos Gyulassy
Miklos Gyulassy Columbia University
Krzysztof Redlich
Krzysztof Redlich University of Wrocław
G. D. Westfall
G. D. Westfall Michigan State University
Stefan G. Hofmann
Stefan G. Hofmann Philipp University of Marburg

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