2026 Mark Gurwell: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	98	1737	1653	915	859	505	43433

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Overview

Mark Gurwell is affiliated with the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the United States. Their research contributions span the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a specialized focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Aerospace Engineering.

Gurwell's main topics of work include:

Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

Their research has been frequently published in various scientific venues. The most common publication venues for their work are:

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

Notable recent papers by Gurwell include:

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way (2022), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near The Event Horizon (2021), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. Testing the Black Hole Metric (2022), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Testing Astrophysical Models of the Galactic Center Black Hole (2022), The Astrophysical Journal Letters
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring (2021), The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Frequent co-authors with whom Gurwell has collaborated extensively include:

Garrett K. Keating
José L. Gómez
Ramprasad Rao
Svetlana G. Jorstad
Keiichi Asada

Best Publications

First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole

Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

3175
Citations
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole

Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

2457
Citations
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole

Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

1246
Citations
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring

Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

1204
Citations
THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF FERMI BRIGHT BLAZARS

A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;I. Agudo;M. Ajello

1129
Citations
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. Array and Instrumentation

Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

864
Citations
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. III. Data Processing and Calibration

Kazunori Akiyama;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

864
Citations
A dust-obscured massive maximum-starburst galaxy at a redshift of 6.34

Dominik A. Riechers;Dominik A. Riechers;C. M. Bradford;C. M. Bradford;D. L. Clements;C. D. Dowell;C. D. Dowell

634
Citations
Probing the Inner Jet of the Quasar PKS 1510?089 with Multi-Waveband Monitoring During Strong Gamma-Ray Activity

Alan P. Marscher;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Valeri M. Larionov;Valeri M. Larionov;Margo F. Aller

568
Citations
The Detection of a Population of Submillimeter-Bright, Strongly Lensed Galaxies

Mattia Negrello;R. Hopwood;G. De Zotti;A. Cooray

531
Citations
Jet-Launching Structure Resolved Near the Supermassive Black Hole in M87

Sheperd S. Doeleman;Sheperd S. Doeleman;Vincent L. Fish;David E. Schenck;David E. Schenck;Christopher Beaudoin

491
Citations
Intense star formation within resolved compact regions in a galaxy at z = 2.3

A.M. Swinbank;I. Smail;S. Longmore;A.I. Harris

438
Citations
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VIII. Magnetic Field Structure near the Event Horizon

Kazunori Akiyama;Kazunori Akiyama;Kazunori Akiyama;Juan Carlos Algaba;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

433
Citations
Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of Markarian 421: The Missing Piece of its Spectral Energy Distribution

A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;L. Baldini

412
Citations
Insights into the high-energy γ-ray emission of Markarian 501 from extensive multifrequency observations in the Fermi era

A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

298
Citations
Location of gamma-ray Flare Emission in the Jet of the BL Lacertae Object OJ287 more than 14pc from the Central Engine

Ivan Agudo;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Alan P. Marscher;Valeri M. Larionov

298
Citations
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VII. Polarization of the Ring

Kazunori Akiyama;Kazunori Akiyama;Kazunori Akiyama;Juan Carlos Algaba;Antxon Alberdi;Walter Alef

296
Citations
FLARING BEHAVIOR OF THE QUASAR 3C 454.3 ACROSS THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Alan P. Marscher;Valeri M. Larionov;Valeri M. Larionov;Iván Agudo

276
Citations
Gas and dust in a submillimeter galaxy at z = 4.24 from the Herschel ATLAS

Pierre Cox;M. Krips;R. Neri;A. Omont

270
Citations
Location of γ-ray Flare Emission in the Jet of the BL Lacertae Object OJ287 More than 14 pc from the Central Engine

Iván Agudo;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Svetlana G. Jorstad;Alan P. Marscher;Valeri M. Larionov;Valeri M. Larionov

267
Citations