2026 Michael S. Bessell: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	100	1651	1571	40	39	460	36424

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Physics

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36424

Overview

Michael S. Bessell is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research centers on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a notable emphasis on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Spectroscopy, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's contributions span several main topics of study, including:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
Astro and Planetary Science

Michael S. Bessell has published extensively in key venues such as:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters

Frequent collaborators include Thomas Nordlander, G. S. Da Costa, Christopher A. Onken, Dougal Mackey, and Christian Wolf. These coauthors reflect a collaborative research environment across a variety of projects, particularly those associated with stellar and galactic phenomena.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael S. Bessell are:

Bright metal-poor stars from the Hamburg/ESO survey I: selection and follow-up observations from 329 fields, 2024, Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
r-Process elements from magnetorotational hypernovae, 2021, Nature
Exploring the Galaxy's halo and very metal-weak thick disc with SkyMapper and Gaia DR2, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SkyMapper Southern Survey: Data release 4, 2024, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
A blue depression in the optical spectra of M dwarfs, 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Best Publications

JHKLM photometry: standard systems, passbands and intrinsic colors

M. S. Bessell;J. M. Brett

2669
Citations
Model atmospheres broad-band colors, bolometric corrections and temperature calibrations for O-M stars

M. S. Bessell;F. Castelli;B. Plez

1684
Citations
UBVRI PHOTOMETRY II: THE COUSINS VRI SYSTEM, ITS TEMPERATURE AND ABSOLUTE FLUX CALIBRATION, AND RELEVANCE FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTOMETRY.

M. S. Bessell

1573
Citations
An absolutely calibrated effective temperature scale from the InfraRed Flux Method

L. Casagrande;I. Ramirez;J. Melendez;M. Bessell

1114
Citations
An absolutely calibrated T eff scale from the infrared flux method. Dwarfs and subgiants

L Casagrande;I Ramirez;Jorge Melendez;Michael Bessell

778
Citations
A stellar relic from the early Milky Way

Norbert Christlieb;Michael S. Bessell;Timothy C. Beers;Bengt Gustafsson

698
Citations
SkyMapper and the Southern Sky Survey

S.C. Keller;B.P. Schmidt;M.S. Bessell;P.G. Conroy

698
Citations
The SkyMapper Telescope and The Southern Sky Survey

S. C. Keller;B. P. Schmidt;M. S. Bessell;P. G. Conroy

626
Citations
The Late M Dwarfs

M. S. Bessell

606
Citations
The Hamburg/ESO R-process enhanced star survey (HERES). II. Spectroscopic analysis of the survey sample

P. S. Barklem;N. Christlieb;T. C. Beers;V. Hill

557
Citations
Standard Photometric Systems

Michael S. Bessell

526
Citations
The β Pictoris Moving Group

B Zuckerman;Inseok Song;Michael Bessell;R A Webb

512
Citations
Long-period variables in the Magellanic Clouds: Supergiants, AGB stars, supernova precursors, planetary nebula precursors, and enrichment of the interstellar medium

P. R. Wood;M. S. Bessell;M. W. Fox

401
Citations
SkyMapper Southern Survey: First Data Release (DR1)

Christian Wolf;Christopher A. Onken;Lance C. Luvaul;Brian P. Schmidt

401
Citations
A single low-energy, iron-poor supernova as the source of metals in the star SMSS J031300.36−670839.3

Stefan C. Keller;M. S. Bessell;Anna L. Frebel;Andrew R. Casey

397
Citations
HE 0557–4840: Ultra-Metal-Poor and Carbon-Rich*

John E. Norris;Norbert Christlieb;Norbert Christlieb;Andreas J. Korn;Kjell Eriksson

376
Citations
THE MOST METAL-POOR STARS. II. CHEMICAL ABUNDANCES OF 190 METAL-POOR STARS INCLUDING 10 NEW STARS WITH [Fe/H] ⩽ –3.5*, **, ** *

David Yong;John Norris;Michael Bessell;N Christlieb

352
Citations
VLT/NACO Deep imaging survey of young, nearby austral stars

G. Chauvin;A. M. Lagrange;M. Bonavita;B. Zuckerman

333
Citations
A companion to AB Pic at the planet/brown dwarf boundary

G. Chauvin;A-M Lagrange;B Zuckerman;C Dumas

329
Citations
UBVRI H(alpha) Photometry of the Young Open Cluster NGC 2264

Hwangkyung Sung;Michael S. Bessell;See-Woo Lee

277
Citations