2026 Masaru Shibata: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	111	1138	1076	26	25	463	39519

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Current World Ranking

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Physics

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39519

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

1961
Citations
The CDF Detector: An Overview

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

1794
Citations
Evolution of three-dimensional gravitational waves: Harmonic slicing case

Masaru Shibata;Takashi Nakamura

1346
Citations
The T2K Experiment

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

1186
Citations
The Japanese space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO

Seiji Kawamura;Hiroo Kunimori;Mizuhiko Hosokawa;Ryuichi Fujita

727
Citations
Mass ejection from the merger of binary neutron stars

Kenta Hotokezaka;Kenta Kiuchi;Koutarou Kyutoku;Hirotada Okawa

573
Citations
KAGRA: 2.5 Generation Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector

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

490
Citations
Modeling GW170817 based on numerical relativity and its implications

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

477
Citations
Production of all the r-process nuclides in the dynamical ejecta of neutron star mergers

Shinya Wanajo;Yuichiro Sekiguchi;Nobuya Nishimura;Kenta Kiuchi

477
Citations
T2K neutrino flux prediction

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

416
Citations
Coalescence of Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries

Masaru Shibata;Keisuke Taniguchi

404
Citations
NA61/SHINE facility at the CERN SPS: beams and detector system

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

400
Citations
Measuring the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave observations

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

394
Citations
On the Maximum Mass of Differentially Rotating Neutron Stars

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

387
Citations
Merger of binary neutron stars to a black hole: Disk mass, short gamma-ray bursts, and quasinormal mode ringing

Masaru Shibata;Keisuke Taniguchi

369
Citations
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

367
Citations
Merger of binary neutron stars with realistic equations of state in full general relativity

Masaru Shibata;Keisuke Taniguchi;Koji Uryu

365
Citations
Black hole formation in the Friedmann universe: Formulation and computation in numerical relativity

Masaru Shibata;Masaru Shibata;Misao Sasaki;Misao Sasaki

322
Citations
Simulation of merging binary neutron stars in full general relativity: Γ=2 case

Masaru Shibata;Masaru Shibata;Koji Uryu

320
Citations
Remnant massive neutron stars of binary neutron star mergers: Evolution process and gravitational waveform

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

317
Citations