2026 Mehran Kardar: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

2583

2457

1279

1193

371

30619

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.

103 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.

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.

70 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.

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

6631
Citations
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

888
Citations
The `Friction' of Vacuum, and other Fluctuation-Induced Forces

Mehran Kardar;Ramin Golestanian

741
Citations
Scaling of directed polymers in random media.

Mehran Kardar;Yi-Cheng Zhang

674
Citations
Statistical physics of particles

Mehran Kardar

580
Citations
Pressure is not a state function for generic active fluids

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

508
Citations
Long Range Interactions in Nanoscale Science.

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

498
Citations
Avalanches, hydrodynamics, and discharge events in models of sandpiles

Terence Hwa;Mehran Kardar

458
Citations
Replica Bethe ansatz studies of two-dimensional interfaces with quenched random impurities

Mehran Kardar

443
Citations
Statistical physics of fields

Mehran Kardar

437
Citations
Statistical mechanics of tethered surfaces.

Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar;David R. Nelson

390
Citations
Dissipative transport in open systems: An investigation of self-organized criticality.

Terence Hwa;Mehran Kardar

390
Citations
Intricate Knots in Proteins: Function and Evolution

Peter Virnau;Leonid A Mirny;Mehran Kardar

387
Citations
Casimir forces between arbitrary compact objects.

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

381
Citations
Pressure and Phase Equilibria in Interacting Active Brownian Spheres

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

380
Citations
Scattering theory approach to electrodynamic Casimir forces

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

367
Citations
Anomalous dynamics of translocation.

Jeffrey Chuang;Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar;Mehran Kardar

367
Citations
Tethered surfaces: Statics and dynamics.

Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar;David R. Nelson

326
Citations
Anomalous dynamics of forced translocation

Yacov Kantor;Mehran Kardar

321
Citations
Nonequilibrium dynamics of interfaces and lines

Mehran Kardar

255
Citations