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Physics
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2026

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Physics

D-Index
203
Citations
236744
World Ranking
44
National Ranking
33

Michael Schmitt 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 Schmitt sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,993 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael Schmitt 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 Schmitt sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 203 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award

Overview

Michael Schmitt is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States, contributing to research primarily within the fields of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science. Their work spans subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Spectroscopy; and Infectious Diseases.

Their research focuses on topics including Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Magnetic and Transport Properties of Perovskites and Related Materials, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Michael Schmitt has authored several scientific papers, notable among them are:

  • Electron-lattice interplay in LaMnO3 from canonical Jahn-Teller distortion notations, 2020, Physical Review B
  • Ground and excited state dipole moments of 1-methylindole from thermochromic shifts in absorption and emission spectra, 2020, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • Engineering Symmetry Breaking Interfaces by Nanoscale Structural-Energetics in Orthorhombic Perovskite Thin Films, 2025, ACS Nano
  • Excited state structure of isolated 4-cyanoindole from a combined Franck-Condon and rotational constants analysis, 2020, Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Structure and excited state dipole moments of oxygen containing heteroaromatics: 2,3-benzofuran, 2020, Journal of Molecular Structure

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Marie-Luise Hebestreit
  • Christian Henrichs
  • Mirko Matthias Lindic
  • W. Leo Meerts
  • Philippe Ghosez

Michael Schmitt's publications appear predominantly in these venues:

  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Review of Particle Physics: Particle data group

    K. Hagiwara;K. Hikasa;K. Nakamura;M. Tanabashi

  • Review of Particle Physics

    D. E. Groom;M. Aguilar-Benitez;C. Amsler;R. M. Barnett

  • Review of particle properties.

    K. Hagiwara;K. Hikasa;K. Nakamura;M. Tanabashi

  • Evidence for the 125 GeV Higgs boson decaying to a pair of τ leptons

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A.M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Measurement of Higgs boson production and properties in the WW decay channel with leptonic final states

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties

    Vardan Khachatryan;Robin Erbacher;Camilo Andres Carrillo Montoya;Chang-Seong Moon

  • Search for dark matter and large extra dimensions in monojet events in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Event generator tunes obtained from underlying event and multiparton scattering measurements

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Observation of a new boson with mass near 125 GeV in pp collisions at $ \sqrt{s}=7 $ and 8 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Particle-flow reconstruction and global event description with the CMS detector

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;E. Asilar

  • Precise determination of the mass of the Higgs boson and tests of compatibility of its couplings with the standard model predictions using proton collisions at 7 and 8 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Charged particle multiplicities in pp interactions at sqrt(s) = 0.9, 2.36, and 7 TeV

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Combined Measurement of the Higgs Boson Mass in pp Collisions at √s=7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS and CMS Experiments

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;O. Abdinov

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in proton-proton collisions at the LHC

    V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam

  • Observation of long-range, near-side angular correlations in pPb collisions at the LHC

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Jet energy scale and resolution in the CMS experiment in pp collisions at 8 TeV

    Khachatryan;AM Sirunyan;A Tumasyan;W Adam

  • Search for leptonic decays of W' bosons in pp collisions at √s=7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

  • Identification of heavy-flavour jets with the CMS detector in pp collisions at 13 TeV

    A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan;W. Adam;F. Ambrogi

  • Combined results of searches for the standard model Higgs boson in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV

    S. Chatrchyan;V. Khachatryan;A. M. Sirunyan;A. Tumasyan

Frequent Co-Authors

Giorgio Apollinari
Giorgio Apollinari Fermilab
Jay Hauser
Jay Hauser University of California, Los Angeles
Markus Klute
Markus Klute MIT
Wit Busza
Wit Busza MIT
Gunther Roland
Gunther Roland MIT
Arie Bodek
Arie Bodek University of Rochester
John Perry Cumalat
John Perry Cumalat University of Colorado Boulder

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