2026 Jacco Vink: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	88	2381	2262	45	44	774	30930

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Physics

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30930

Overview

Jacco Vink is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. They have contributed extensively to topics including:

Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
High-pressure geophysics and materials

Their recent publications highlight work involving X-ray polarimetry as well as observations of supernova remnants. Selected papers include:

"The X-Ray Polarization View of Mrk 421 in an Average Flux State as Observed by the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"Determination of X-ray pulsar geometry with IXPE polarimetry," 2022, Nature Astronomy
"Polarization constraints on the X-ray corona in Seyfert Galaxies: MCG-05-23-16," 2022, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"Simultaneous space and phase resolved X-ray polarimetry of the Crab pulsar and nebula," 2023, Nature Astronomy
"A JWST Survey of the Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A," 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Vink has published a book titled Physics and Evolution of Supernova Remnants in 2020 with Springer International Publishing.

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

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

They have collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

Patrick Slane
Tsunefumi Mizuno
Riccardo Ferrazzoli
Juri Poutanen
Alessandro Papitto

Best Publications

The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

1052
Citations
Design concepts for the Cherenkov Telescope Array CTA: An advanced facility for ground-based high-energy gamma-ray astronomy

M. Actis;G. Agnetta;F. Aharonian;A. Akhperjanian

1008
Citations
Introducing the CTA concept

B. S. Acharya;M. Actis;T. Aghajani;G. Agnetta

855
Citations
The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

582
Citations
Acceleration of petaelectronvolt protons in the Galactic Centre

A. Abramowski;F. Aharonian;Faical Ait Benkhali;A. G. Akhperjanian

569
Citations
On the magnetic fields and particle acceleration in Cas A

Jacco Vink;J. Martin Laming

559
Citations
On the Magnetic Fields and Particle Acceleration in Cassiopeia A

Jacco Vink;J. Martin Laming

455
Citations
Supernova remnants: the X-ray perspective

Jacco Vink

391
Citations
Theoretical uncertainties of the Type Ia supernova rate

J. S. W. Claeys;O. R. Pols;Robert Izzard;J. Vink

327
Citations
DISCOVERY OF VERY HIGH ENERGY γ -RAY EMISSION FROM CENTAURUS A WITH H.E.S.S.

F. Aharonian;F. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;G. Anton;U. Barres de Almeida;U. Barres de Almeida

326
Citations
A Million Second Chandra View of Cassiopeia A

Una Hwang;Una Hwang;J. Martin Laming;Carles Badenes;Fred Berendse

309
Citations
A very-high-energy component deep in the γ-ray burst afterglow

H. Abdalla;R. Adam;F. Aharonian;F. Aharonian;F. Ait Benkhali

271
Citations
The Athena X-ray Integral Field Unit (X-IFU)

Didier Barret;Thein Lam Trong;Jan-Willem Den Herder;Luigi Piro

257
Citations
First detection of VHE gamma-rays from SN 1006 by H.E.S.S

F. Acero;F. Aharonian;A.G. Akhperjanian

233
Citations
The R136 star cluster dissected with Hubble Space Telescope/STIS. I. Far-ultraviolet spectroscopic census and the origin of He II λ1640 in young star clusters

Paul A. Crowther;S. M. Caballero-Nieves;K. A. Bostroem;K. A. Bostroem;J. Maíz Apellániz

227
Citations
The Eddington factor as the key to understand the winds of the most massive stars. Evidence for a Γ-dependence of Wolf-Rayet type mass loss

G. Gräfener;J.S. Vink;A. de Koter;A. de Koter;N. Langer;N. Langer

215
Citations
The exceptionally powerful TeV γ-ray emitters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

A. Abramowski;F. A. Aharonian;Faical Ait Benkhali

212
Citations
The population of TeV pulsar wind nebulae in the H.E.S.S. Galactic Plane Survey

H. Abdalla;A. Abramowski;F. Aharonian

211
Citations
The Eddington factor as the key to understand the winds of the most massive stars. Evidence for a Gamma-dependence of Wolf-Rayet type mass loss

G. Gräfener;J. S. Vink;A. de Koter;N. Langer

209
Citations
XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

P. Soffitta;R. Bellazzini;E. Bozzo;V. Burwitz

180
Citations