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Mehran Kardar

Mehran Kardar

MIT
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 85 2583 2457 1279 1193 371 30619

Mehran Kardar publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mehran Kardar between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mehran Kardar published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 9.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 2007. 13 of the 422 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 2007. 1982: 3 publications 1983: 6 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 9 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 9 publications 1991: 10 publications 1992: 12 publications 1993: 7 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 17 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 6 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 36 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 13 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 5 publications
1982 2025

422 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mehran Kardar: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 3
1983 6
1984 5
1985 9
1986 7
1987 5
1988 7
1989 9
1990 9
1991 10
1992 12
1993 7
1994 8
1995 9
1996 17
1997 5
1998 6
1999 9
2000 6
2001 11
2002 9
2003 11
2004 8
2005 13
2006 7
2007 36
2008 11
2009 11
2010 9
2011 11
2012 12
2013 18
2014 5
2015 13
2016 9
2017 13
2018 6
2019 13
2020 1
2021 13
2022 10
2023 10
2024 8
2025 5
Total 422
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Mehran Kardar 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 Mehran Kardar sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 363–382 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 371 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156 371
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Mehran Kardar 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 Mehran Kardar sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 84–85 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166 85
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work in a broad range of topics in statistical physics, including the dynamics of growing interfaces, directed polymers in random media, tethered surfaces, stability of charge polymers and, more recently, biophysical systems
  • 2001 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1987 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Mehran Kardar is affiliated with MIT in the United States and specializes in research spanning physics, molecular biology, and related interdisciplinary fields. Their work is prominently situated at the intersection of theoretical and applied sciences.

Their research contributions are distributed across the following main fields of study:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad fields, Kardar's work delves into several subfields, including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Genetics
  • Immunology

Kardar's research topics cover diverse areas with multiple publications investigating:

  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Material Dynamics and Properties

Their publication record includes frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Physical review. E
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequently collaborating researchers with Kardar include:

  • Arup K. Chakraborty
  • Andriy Goychuk
  • Deepti Kannan
  • Yariv Kafri
  • Julien Tailleur

A selection of recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Kardar demonstrates the breadth of their research:

  • "Polymer folding through active processes recreates features of genome organization," 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Disorder-Induced Long-Ranged Correlations in Scalar Active Matter," 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • "Near Field Propulsion Forces from Nonreciprocal Media," 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • "Disordered boundaries destroy bulk phase separation in scalar active matter," 2022, Physical review. E
  • "Escaping Kinetic Traps Using Nonreciprocal Interactions," 2024, Physical Review Letters

Over the course of their career, Kardar has received several recognitions, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) with citation for work in statistical physics and biophysical systems (2007)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2001)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1987)

Best Publications

  • Dynamic Scaling of Growing Interfaces

    Mehran Kardar;Giorgio Parisi;Yi Cheng Zhang

  • Burgers equation with correlated noise: Renormalization-group analysis and applications to directed polymers and interface growth.

    Ernesto Medina;Terence Hwa;Mehran Kardar;Yi-Cheng Zhang

  • The `Friction' of Vacuum, and other Fluctuation-Induced Forces

    Mehran Kardar;Ramin Golestanian

  • Scaling of directed polymers in random media.

    Mehran Kardar;Yi-Cheng Zhang

  • Statistical physics of particles

    Mehran Kardar

  • Pressure is not a state function for generic active fluids

    A. P. Solon;Y. Fily;A. Baskaran;M. E. Cates

  • Long Range Interactions in Nanoscale Science.

    Roger H. French;V. Adrian Parsegian;Rudolf Podgornik;Rick F. Rajter

  • Avalanches, hydrodynamics, and discharge events in models of sandpiles

    Terence Hwa;Mehran Kardar

  • Replica Bethe ansatz studies of two-dimensional interfaces with quenched random impurities

    Mehran Kardar

  • Statistical physics of fields

    Mehran Kardar

  • Statistical mechanics of tethered surfaces.

    Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar;David R. Nelson

  • Dissipative transport in open systems: An investigation of self-organized criticality.

    Terence Hwa;Mehran Kardar

  • Intricate Knots in Proteins: Function and Evolution

    Peter Virnau;Leonid A Mirny;Mehran Kardar

  • Casimir forces between arbitrary compact objects.

    T. Emig;N. Graham;N. Graham;R. L. Jaffe;M. Kardar

  • Pressure and Phase Equilibria in Interacting Active Brownian Spheres

    Alexandre P. Solon;Joakim Stenhammar;Raphael Wittkowski;Mehran Kardar

  • Scattering theory approach to electrodynamic Casimir forces

    Sahand Jamal Rahi;Sahand Jamal Rahi;Thorsten Emig;Noah Graham;Robert L. Jaffe

  • Anomalous dynamics of translocation.

    Jeffrey Chuang;Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar;Mehran Kardar

  • Tethered surfaces: Statics and dynamics.

    Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar;David R. Nelson

  • Anomalous dynamics of forced translocation

    Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar

  • Nonequilibrium dynamics of interfaces and lines

    Mehran Kardar

Frequent Co-Authors

Arup K. Chakraborty
Arup K. Chakraborty MIT
Robert L. Jaffe
Robert L. Jaffe MIT
Leonid A. Mirny
Leonid A. Mirny MIT
Terence Hwa
Terence Hwa University of California, San Diego
Dennis R. Burton
Dennis R. Burton Scripps Research Institute
Leon Balents
Leon Balents Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences
Pascal Poignard
Pascal Poignard Grenoble Alpes University
George M. Church
George M. Church Harvard University
Antoine Triller
Antoine Triller École Normale Supérieure
Lawrence K. Saul
Lawrence K. Saul University of California, San Diego

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