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Masaru Shibata

Masaru Shibata

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
111
Citations
39519
World Ranking
1138
National Ranking
26

Masaru Shibata publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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 Masaru Shibata sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 463 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Masaru Shibata D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Masaru Shibata sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Masaru Shibata is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and works primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research focuses heavily on topics related to astrophysics, gravitational phenomena, and high-energy physics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Oceanography
  • Geophysics
  • Ocean Engineering

Shibata's work frequently addresses major topics such as:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Astro and Planetary Science

The scientist has published a significant number of papers in various academic venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Physical Review Letters

Some of the recent published papers include:

  • "Diversity of Kilonova Light Curves," 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "Mass ejection from disks surrounding a low-mass black hole: Viscous neutrino-radiation hydrodynamics simulation in full general relativity," 2020, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • "General-relativistic neutrino-radiation magnetohydrodynamic simulation of seconds-long black hole-neutron star mergers," 2022, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • "Comprehensive Study of Mass Ejection and Nucleosynthesis in Binary Neutron Star Mergers Leaving Short-lived Massive Neutron Stars," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal
  • "A large-scale magnetic field produced by a solar-like dynamo in binary neutron star mergers," 2024, Nature Astronomy

Masaru Shibata frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Kenta Kiuchi
  • Sho Fujibayashi
  • Yuichiro Sekiguchi
  • Kyohei Kawaguchi
  • Alan Tsz-Lok Lam

Best Publications

  • 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

  • The CDF Detector: An Overview

    F. Abe;D. Amidei;G. Apollinari;G. Ascoli

  • Evolution of three-dimensional gravitational waves: Harmonic slicing case

    Masaru Shibata;Takashi Nakamura

  • The T2K Experiment

    K. Abe;N. Abgrall;H. Aihara;Y. Ajima

  • The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO

    Seiji Kawamura;Hiroo Kunimori;Mizuhiko Hosokawa;Ryuichi Fujita

  • Mass ejection from the merger of binary neutron stars

    Kenta Hotokezaka;Kenta Kiuchi;Koutarou Kyutoku;Hirotada Okawa

  • KAGRA: 2.5 Generation Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

    T. Akutsu;M. Ando;M. Ando;K. Arai;Y. Arai

  • Modeling GW170817 based on numerical relativity and its implications

    Masaru Shibata;Sho Fujibayashi;Kenta Hotokezaka;Kenta Hotokezaka;Kenta Kiuchi

  • Production of all the r-process nuclides in the dynamical ejecta of neutron star mergers

    Shinya Wanajo;Yuichiro Sekiguchi;Nobuya Nishimura;Kenta Kiuchi

  • T2K neutrino flux prediction

    K. Abe;N. Abgrall;H. Aihara;T. Akiri

  • Coalescence of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries

    Masaru Shibata;Keisuke Taniguchi

  • NA61/SHINE facility at the CERN SPS: beams and detector system

    N. Abgrall;K. Grebieszkow;B.A. Popov;W. Peryt

  • Measuring the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave observations

    Jocelyn S. Read;Charalampos Markakis;Masaru Shibata;Kōji Uryū

  • On the Maximum Mass of Differentially Rotating Neutron Stars

    Thomas W. Baumgarte;Stuart L. Shapiro;Masaru Shibata;Masaru Shibata

  • Merger of binary neutron stars to a black hole: Disk mass, short gamma-ray bursts, and quasinormal mode ringing

    Masaru Shibata;Keisuke Taniguchi

  • Stable Operation of a 300-m Laser Interferometer with Sufficient Sensitivity to Detect Gravitational-Wave Events within Our Galaxy

    Masaki Ando;Koji Arai;Ryutaro Takahashi;Gerhard Heinzel

  • Merger of binary neutron stars with realistic equations of state in full general relativity

    Masaru Shibata;Keisuke Taniguchi;Koji Uryu

  • Black hole formation in the Friedmann universe: Formulation and computation in numerical relativity

    Masaru Shibata;Masaru Shibata;Misao Sasaki;Misao Sasaki

  • Simulation of merging binary neutron stars in full general relativity: Γ=2 case

    Masaru Shibata;Masaru Shibata;Koji Uryu

  • Remnant massive neutron stars of binary neutron star mergers: Evolution process and gravitational waveform

    Kenta Hotokezaka;Kenta Kiuchi;Koutarou Kyutoku;Takayuki Muranushi;Takayuki Muranushi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kunihito Ioka
Kunihito Ioka Kyoto University
Misao Sasaki
Misao Sasaki University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Stuart L. Shapiro
Stuart L. Shapiro University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jun'ichi Yokoyama
Jun'ichi Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Ken-ichi Ueda
Ken-ichi Ueda University of Electro-Communications
Masaomi Tanaka
Masaomi Tanaka Tohoku University
Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Patrick Brady
Patrick Brady University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Shinji Mukohyama
Shinji Mukohyama Kyoto University

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