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 Johann Rafelski sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 596 publications — 68th percentile
68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Johann Rafelski sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 71 D-Index — 2nd percentile
2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.
Johann Rafelski is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans several subfields, including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.
Their recent scholarly output includes papers such as "Discovery of Quark-Gluon Plasma: Strangeness Diaries" (2020, The European Physical Journal Special Topics), "A Short Survey of Matter-Antimatter Evolution in the Primordial Universe" (2023, Universe), among others. These publications reflect ongoing interests in high-energy phenomena and cosmological processes.
Frequent collaborators in their research endeavors include Cheng Tao Yang, Andrew Steinmetz, Martin Formánek, Christopher Grayson, and Stefan Evans. These coauthors have worked with Rafelski on a variety of topics in theoretical and experimental physics.
Johann Rafelski's work has been disseminated through various publication venues that are prominent within the physics community. Notable frequent publication venues include arXiv (Cornell University), The European Physical Journal Special Topics, Physical Review D, Annals of Physics, and Acta Physica Polonica A.
The main research topics that characterize Rafelski's scientific work comprise:
In addition to journal articles, they have authored a book titled Hadrons and Quark-Gluon Plasma published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.
Throughout their career, Johann Rafelski has received recognition such as being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2011. The citation for this honor references their research on the properties of hot, dense hadronic matter, including work on strangeness enhancement related to quark deconfinement and studies of the vacuum state in supercritical fields.
Johann Rafelski;Berndt Müller
P. Koch;Berndt Muller;Johann Rafelski
S. E. Jones;E. P. Palmer;J. B. Czirr;D. L. Decker
Robert L. Thews;Martin Schroedter;Johann Rafelski
P. Cortese;G. Dellacasa;L. Ramello;M. Sitta
N. Armesto;N. Borghini;S. Jeon;U. A. Wiedemann
R. Hagedorn;J. Rafelski
Johann Rafelski
Iwo Bialynicki-Birula;Pawel Górnicki;Johann Rafelski
Giorgio Torrieri;Steve Steinke;Wojciech Broniowski;Wojciech Florkowski
Johann Rafelski;Lewis P. Fulcher;Abraham Klein
Walter Greiner;Johann Rafelski;Berndt Müller
Johann Rafelski;Berndt Mller
Berndt Müller;Heinrich Peitz;Johann Rafelski;Walter Greiner
Jean Letessier;Ahmed Tounsi;Ulrich Heinz;Josef Sollfrank
Johann Rafelski;Michael Danos
C. Labaune;C. Baccou;S. Depierreux;C. Goyon
Giorgio Torrieri;Johann Rafelski
Michael Danos;Johann Rafelski
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