2026 Michael Hilker: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	80	3043	2890	288	275	448	19327

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Overview

Michael Hilker is affiliated with the European Southern Observatory in Germany and has a significant body of work in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research output includes 257 publications, with a focus on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Ecology, Computational Mechanics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Hilker's research explores a variety of topics, primarily centered around:

Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Spectroscopy and Laser Applications

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Some of Michael Hilker's recent papers include:

The Fornax Deep Survey with VST, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Absolute -band magnitudes and mass-to-light ratios of Galactic globular clusters, 2020, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Can a regional-scale reduction of atmospheric CO ₂ during the COVID-19 pandemic be detected from space? A case study for East China using satellite XCO ₂ retrievals, 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Three-component Kinematics of Multiple Stellar Populations in Globular Clusters with Gaia and VLT, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
XCO ₂ retrieval for GOSAT and GOSAT-2 based on the FOCAL algorithm, 2021, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including:

E. Iodice
Michele Cantiello
Marilena Spavone
Steffen Mieske
M. Rejkuba

Best Publications

A catalogue of masses, structural parameters, and velocity dispersion profiles of 112 Milky Way globular clusters

H. Baumgardt;M. Hilker

564
Citations
Mean proper motions, space orbits, and velocity dispersion profiles of Galactic globular clusters derived from Gaia DR2 data

H Baumgardt;M Hilker;A Sollima;A Bellini

404
Citations
The central region of the Fornax cluster II. Spectroscopy and radial velocities of member and background galaxies

M. Hilker;M. Hilker;L. Infante;G. Vieira;M. Kissler-Patig;M. Kissler-Patig;M. Kissler-Patig

374
Citations
The central region of the Fornax cluster -- II. Spectroscopy and radial velocities of member and background galaxies

M. Hilker;L. Infante;G. Vieria;M. Kissler-Patig

363
Citations
Families of dynamically hot stellar systems over 10 orders of magnitude in mass

I. Misgeld;M. Hilker

315
Citations
A class of compact dwarf galaxies from disruptive processes in galaxy clusters

M. J. Drinkwater;M. D. Gregg;M. D. Gregg;M. Hilker;K. Bekki

302
Citations
The two metallicity groups of the globular cluster M22: a chemical perspective

A. F. Marino;C. Sneden;R. P. Kraft;G. Wallerstein

289
Citations
A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy

Anil C. Seth;Remco van den Bosch;Steffen Mieske;Holger Baumgardt

284
Citations
From star clusters to dwarf galaxies: the properties of dynamically hot stellar systems

J. Dabringhausen;M. Hilker;P. Kroupa

263
Citations
The two metallicity groups of the globular cluster M 22: a chemical perspective

A. F. Marino;Christopher A Sneden;R. P. Kraft;G. Wallerstein

237
Citations
Internal Properties of Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster

E. A. Evstigneeva;M. D. Gregg;M. D. Gregg;M. J. Drinkwater;M. Hilker;M. Hilker

237
Citations
Internal Properties of Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster

E. A. Evstigneeva;M. D. Gregg;M. J. Drinkwater;M. Hilker

230
Citations
UNVEILING A RICH SYSTEM OF FAINT DWARF GALAXIES IN THE NEXT GENERATION FORNAX SURVEY

Roberto P. Muñoz;Paul Eigenthaler;Thomas H. Puzia;Matthew A. Taylor;Matthew A. Taylor

217
Citations
Ultra compact objects in the Fornax cluster of galaxies: Globular clusters or dwarf galaxies?

S. Mieske;S. Mieske;M. Hilker;L. Infante

209
Citations
Globular cluster systems in nearby dwarf galaxies – III. Formation efficiencies of old globular clusters

Iskren Y. Georgiev;Thomas H. Puzia;Paul Goudfrooij;Michael Hilker

200
Citations
The globular cluster system of NGC 1399 *,**,*** V. dynamics of the cluster system out to 80 kpc

Y. Schuberth;Y. Schuberth;Thomas Richtler;M. Hilker;B. Dirsch

195
Citations
SPECTROSCOPIC METALLICITIES FOR FORNAX ULTRACOMPACT DWARF GALAXIES, GLOBULAR CLUSTERS, AND NUCLEATED DWARF ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES

Steffen Mieske;M. Hilker;L. Infante;A. Jordan;A. Jordan

185
Citations
Extragalactic globular clusters in the near-infrared - II. The globular clusters systems of NGC 3115 and NGC 4365

T. H. Puzia;S. E. Zepf;S. E. Zepf;M. Kissler-Patig;M. Hilker

181
Citations
The early-type dwarf galaxy population of the Fornax cluster

S. Mieske;M. Hilker;L. Infante;C. Mendes de Oliveira

179
Citations
The nature of UCDs: Internal dynamics from an expanded sample and homogeneous database

S. Mieske;M. Hilker;A. Jordan;A. Jordan;L. Infante

172
Citations