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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	114	1020	961	543	503	1000	47507

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Physics

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Overview

Mark Morris is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Over their career, they have contributed to 268 publications, with a significant number related to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Computational Mechanics.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics, including Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic studies, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Astro and Planetary Science, and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Mark Morris has co-authored many studies alongside frequent collaborators including A. M. Ghez, Tuan Do, G. Ponti, Jessica R. Lu, and Anna Ciurlo. Their publications are often disseminated through well-known venues, with a notable presence in arXiv (Cornell University), The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, and The Astronomical Journal.

Among their recent papers are:

Rapid Variability of Sgr A* across the Electromagnetic Spectrum (2021, The Astrophysical Journal)
Nested dust shells around the Wolf-Rayet binary WR 140 observed with JWST (2022, Nature Astronomy)
Constraining particle acceleration in Sgr A^⋆ with simultaneous GRAVITY, Spitzer, NuSTAR, and Chandra observations (2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics)
The Galactic center chimneys: the base of the multiphase outflow of the Milky Way (2021, Springer Link [Chiba Institute of Technology])
The Star Formation History of the Milky Way's Nuclear Star Cluster (2023, The Astrophysical Journal)

Best Publications

Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way’s Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits

A. M. Ghez;S. Salim;N. N. Weinberg;N. N. Weinberg;J. R. Lu

1640
Citations
Chandra X-ray Spectroscopic Imaging of Sgr A* and the Central Parsec of the Galaxy

F. K. Baganoff;Y. Maeda;M. Morris;M. W. Bautz

1127
Citations
THE GALACTIC CENTER ENVIRONMENT

Mark Morris;Eugene Serabyn

1054
Citations
Stellar Orbits around the Galactic Center Black Hole

A. M. Ghez;S. Salim;S. D. Hornstein;A. Tanner

1035
Citations
High Proper-Motion Stars in the Vicinity of Sagittarius A*: Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

A. M. Ghez;B. L. Klein;M. Morris;E. E. Becklin

1021
Citations
Chandra X-Ray Spectroscopic Imaging of Sagittarius A* and the Central Parsec of the Galaxy

F. K. Baganoff;Y. Maeda;M. Morris;M. W. Bautz

957
Citations
The First Measurement of Spectral Lines in a Short-Period Star Bound to the Galaxy’s Central Black Hole: A Paradox of Youth

A. M. Ghez;A. M. Ghez;G. Duchêne;K. Matthews;S. D. Hornstein

858
Citations
Rapid X-ray flaring from the direction of the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Centre

F. K. Baganoff;M. W. Bautz;W. N. Brandt;G. Chartas

836
Citations
High Proper Motion Stars in the Vicinity of SGR A*: Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

A. M. Ghez;B. L. Klein;M. Morris;E. E. Becklin

750
Citations
HST/NICMOS Observations of Massive Stellar Clusters Near the Galactic Center

Donald F. Figer;Sungsoo S. Kim;Mark Morris;Eugene Serabyn

561
Citations
The accelerations of stars orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole

A. M. Ghez;M. Morris;E. E. Becklin;A. Tanner

548
Citations
Large, highly organized radio structures near the galactic centre

F. Yusef-Zadeh;Mark Morris;D. Chance

541
Citations
Massive star formation near the Galactic center and the fate of the stellar remnants

Mark Morris

525
Citations
Hubble Space Telescope/NICMOS Observations of Massive Stellar Clusters near the Galactic Center

Donald F. Figer;Donald F. Figer;Sungsoo S. Kim;Sungsoo S. Kim;Mark Morris;Eugene Serabyn

496
Citations
Mass Loss from Evolved Stars. III. Mass Loss Rates for 50 Stars from CO J = 1--0 Observations: Erratum

G. R. Knapp;Mark Morris

495
Citations
The Accelerations of Stars Orbiting the Milky Way's Central Black Hole

A. Ghez;M. Morris;E. E. Becklin;T. Kremenek

458
Citations
Massive Stars in the Quintuplet Cluster

Donald F. Figer;Ian S. McLean;Mark Morris

429
Citations
The large system of molecular clouds in Orion and Monoceros

R. J. Maddalena;J. Moscowitz;P. Thaddeus;M. Morris

415
Citations
Massive Stars in the Arches Cluster

Donald F. Figer;Donald F. Figer;Francisco Najarro;Diane Gilmore;Mark Morris

386
Citations
An Improved Distance and Mass Estimate for Sgr A* from a Multistar Orbit Analysis

A. Boehle;A. M. Ghez;R. Schödel;L. Meyer

386
Citations