2026 Jens Birch: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	78	3134	2977	21	21	333	35189

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35189

Overview

Jens Birch is a researcher affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden, with extensive work spanning engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy. Their contributions encompass a broad range of topics, particularly in materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, and condensed matter physics.

Birch's research covers several main topics including:

Metal and thin film mechanics
GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials
Nuclear physics and applications
Semiconductor materials and devices
ZnO doping and properties
Boron and carbon nanomaterials research
Ion-surface interactions and analysis

Their publication record includes significant recent papers such as:

"Density Functional Theory-Fed Phase Field Model for Semiconductor Nanostructures: The Case of Self-Induced Core-Shell InAlN Nanorods" (2024, Crystal Growth & Design)
"Self-Induced Core-Shell InAlN Nanorods: Formation and Stability Unraveled by Ab Initio Simulations" (2022, ACS Nanoscience Au)
"Electronic and optical properties of core-shell InAlN nanorods: a comparative study via LDA, LDA-1/2, mBJ, HSE06, G₀W₀ and BSE methods" (2024, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
"Review of GaN Thin Film and Nanorod Growth Using Magnetron Sputter Epitaxy" (2020, Applied Sciences)
"Oxidation kinetics of overstoichiometric TiB2 thin films grown by DC magnetron sputtering" (2022, Corrosion Science)

Frequent co-authors contributing alongside Birch include:

Naureen Ghafoor
Fredrik Eriksson
Lars Hultman
Ching-Lien Hsiao
Anton Zubayer

Their work has been published regularly in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Surface and Coatings Technology
SSRN Electronic Journal
Materials & Design
Optical Materials Express

Jens Birch's fields of study reveal a strong interdisciplinary approach: engineering (85 publications), materials science (82 publications), and physics and astronomy (72 publications). Within these, the focus on subfields such as materials chemistry (53 publications), mechanics of materials (33 publications), condensed matter physics (26 publications), electrical and electronic engineering (25 publications), and radiation (24 publications) illustrates the depth and breadth of Birch's expertise and scientific inquiry.

Best Publications

GW151226: observation of gravitational waves from a 22-solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

4133
Citations
Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

3555
Citations
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

1961
Citations
Tests of general relativity with GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

1908
Citations
GW170608: Observation of a 19-solar-mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

1387
Citations
GW170608: Observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

1379
Citations
A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese

1162
Citations
Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

1151
Citations
Prospects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA

B. P. Abbott

1052
Citations
ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE BINARY BLACK HOLE MERGER GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

848
Citations
Atomically Resolved Structural and Chemical Investigation of Single MXene Sheets.

Linda H Karlsson;Jens Birch;Joseph Halim;Michel W Barsoum

564
Citations
Origin of the anomalous piezoelectric response in wurtzite Sc(x)Al(1-x)N alloys.

Ferenc Tasnádi;Björn Alling;Carina Höglund;Gunilla Wingqvist

494
Citations
Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

471
Citations
Characterization of transient noise in Advanced LIGO relevant to gravitational wave signal GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

416
Citations
The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

415
Citations
Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

357
Citations
Localization and broadband follow-up of the gravitational-wave transient GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

352
Citations
Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO's sixth science run and Virgo's science runs 2 and 3

J. Abadie;B.P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T.D. Abbott

352
Citations
The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

296
Citations
Supplement: The Rate of Binary Black Hole Mergers Inferred from Advanced LIGO Observations Surrounding GW150914

B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;M. R. Abernathy

118
Citations