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Michael Backes

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Physics

D-Index
78
Citations
25120
World Ranking
3153
National Ranking
277

Michael Backes 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 Michael Backes sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 457 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Backes 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 Michael Backes sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael Backes is a researcher affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several fields of study, mainly focusing on Physics and Astronomy as well as Computer Science.

Their research covers multiple specialized subfields, including:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Signal Processing

Key topics in their research portfolio are:

  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
  • Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations

They have contributed to numerous scientific papers published in reputable venues. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Swarm Learning for decentralized and confidential clinical machine learning, 2021, Nature
  • Revealing x-ray and gamma ray temporal and spectral similarities in the GRB 190829A afterglow, 2021, Science
  • BadNL: Backdoor Attacks against NLP Models with Semantic-preserving Improvements, 2021, Annual Computer Security Applications Conference
  • Time-resolved hadronic particle acceleration in the recurrent nova RS Ophiuchi, 2022, Science
  • Search for Dark Matter Annihilation Signals in the H.E.S.S. Inner Galaxy Survey, 2022, Physical Review Letters

The researcher collaborates frequently with several peers including V. Barbosa Martins, E. Kasai, A. Chen, J. Bolmont, and B. Khélifi. These collaborations have resulted in a significant number of joint works.

Their research outputs have appeared in a variety of publication venues which include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Proceedings of 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference - PoS(ICRC2021)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGSAC Conference on Computer and Communications Security

Best Publications

  • Expected performance of the ATLAS experiment - detector, trigger and physics

    G. Aad;E. Abat;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics

    G. Aad;E. Abat;B. Abbott

  • Search for squarks and gluinos using final states with jets and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector in root s=7 TeV proton-proton collisions

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;A. A. Abdelalim

  • Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays from a Distant Quasar: How Transparent Is the Universe?

    J Albert;E Aliu;H Anderhub

  • Acceleration of petaelectronvolt protons in the Galactic Centre

    A. Abramowski;F. Aharonian;Faical Ait Benkhali;A. G. Akhperjanian

  • Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

    B.S. Acharya;I. Agudo;I. Al Samarai

  • Charged-particle multiplicities in pp interactions at sqrt(s) = 900 GeV measured with the ATLAS detector at the LHC

    G. Aad;E. Abat;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah

  • MAGIC discovery of VHE Emission from the FSRQ PKS 1222+21

    J. Aleksić;L. Antonelli;P. Antoranz;M. Backes

  • MAGIC DISCOVERY OF VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM THE FSRQ PKS 1222+21

    J. Aleksić;L. A. Antonelli;P. Antoranz;M. Backes

  • Fermi Large Area Telescope Observations of Markarian 421: The Missing Piece of its Spectral Energy Distribution

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;M. Ackermann;M. Ajello;L. Baldini

  • Performance of the MAGIC stereo system obtained with Crab Nebula data

    J. Aleksić;E.A. Alvarez;L.A. Antonelli;P. Antoranz

  • Phase-resolved energy spectra of the Crab Pulsar in the range of 50-400 GeV measured with the MAGIC Telescopes

    J. Aleksić;E. A. Alvarez;L. A. Antonelli;P. Antoranz

  • Radio Imaging of the Very-High-Energy gamma-Ray Emission Region in the Central Engine of a Radio Galaxy

    V.A. Acciari;E. Aliu;T. Arlen;M. Bautista

  • Probing quantum gravity using photons from a flare of the active galactic nucleus Markarian 501 observed by the MAGIC telescope

    J. Albert;E. Aliu;H. Anderhub;L.A. Antonelli

  • Insights into the high-energy γ-ray emission of Markarian 501 from extensive multifrequency observations in the Fermi era

    A. A. Abdo;A. A. Abdo;Markus Ackermann;Marco Ajello;A. Allafort

  • Observation of Pulsed γ-Rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC

    E. Aliu;H. Anderhub;L. A. Antonelli;P. Antoranz

  • A very-high-energy component deep in the γ-ray burst afterglow

    H. Abdalla;R. Adam;F. Aharonian;F. Aharonian;F. Ait Benkhali

  • Design and operation of FACT - the first G-APD Cherenkov telescope

    H. Anderhub;M. Backes;A. Biland;Vittorio Boccone

  • Improving the performance of the single-dish Cherenkov telescope MAGIC through the use of signal timing

    E. Aliu;H. Anderhub;L.A. Antonelli;P. Antoranz

  • Automated Verification of Remote Electronic Voting Protocols in the Applied Pi-Calculus

    Michael Backes;Catalin Hritcu;Matteo Maffei

Frequent Co-Authors

Kaushik De
Kaushik De The University of Texas at Arlington
Tobias Golling
Tobias Golling University of Geneva

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