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Michael Hilker 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 Hilker sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 448 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Hilker 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 Hilker sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    I. Misgeld;M. Hilker

  • 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

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

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

  • A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy

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

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

    J. Dabringhausen;M. Hilker;P. Kroupa

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • The early-type dwarf galaxy population of the Fornax cluster

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Baumgardt
Holger Baumgardt University of Queensland
Leopoldo Infante
Leopoldo Infante Carnegie Institution for Science
Eva K. Grebel
Eva K. Grebel Heidelberg University
Michael J. Drinkwater
Michael J. Drinkwater University of Queensland
Nate Bastian
Nate Bastian Liverpool John Moores University
Magda Arnaboldi
Magda Arnaboldi European Southern Observatory
Aaron J. Romanowsky
Aaron J. Romanowsky San Jose State University
Dante Minniti
Dante Minniti Andrés Bello University
Pavel Kroupa
Pavel Kroupa University of Bonn
Aniello Grado
Aniello Grado University of Perugia

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