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

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	81	2915	2768	1419	1321	934	27027

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Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2003 - Hans A. Bethe Prize, American Physical Society For his contributions to the experimental foundation of nuclear astrophysics, especially the delineation of the processes involved in explosive hydrogen burning in novae and x-ray bursters; and for providing an intellectual bridge between experimental nuclear astrophysicists and their theoretical col-leagues.
1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his productive work both in laboratory nuclear astrophysics measurements and in connecting those results to specific astrophysical sites

Overview

Michael Wiescher is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of physics and astronomy, with significant contributions in nuclear and high energy physics, astronomy and astrophysics, radiation, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as aerospace engineering.

Their work covers a variety of topics including nuclear physics research studies, nuclear physics and applications, atomic and molecular physics, astronomical and nuclear sciences, gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, nuclear reactor physics and engineering, and astro and planetary science.

Michael Wiescher has published extensively, with recent papers including:

"Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process" (2021), Reviews of Modern Physics
"Observing Intermediate-mass Black Holes and the Upper Stellar-mass gap with LIGO and Virgo" (2022), The Astrophysical Journal
"New Measurement of 12C+12C Fusion Reaction at Astrophysical Energies" (2020), Physical Review Letters
"Measurement of 19F(p, γ)20Ne reaction suggests CNO breakout in first stars" (2022), Nature
"The sProcess and Beyond" (2023), Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science

Among frequent collaborators are:

R. J. deBoer
J. Görres
Khachatur V. Manukyan
M. Couder
E. Stech

Michael Wiescher's publications often appear in the following venues:

Physical Review C
Physical Review Letters
The European Physical Journal A
The Astrophysical Journal
Journal of Physics Conference Series

They have contributed to book publications with Springer International Publishing and Morgan & Claypool Publishers, including titles such as Arthur E. Haas - The Hidden Pioneer of Quantum Mechanics (2021) and Scientific Analysis of Cultural Heritage Objects (2020).

Throughout their career, Michael Wiescher has received several awards and honors. These include membership in the Academia Europaea awarded in 2017, fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009, the Hans A. Bethe Prize from the American Physical Society in 2003 for contributions to experimental nuclear astrophysics and bridging experimental and theoretical nuclear astrophysics, and fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998 recognizing their productive work in laboratory nuclear astrophysics measurements and astrophysical site connections.

Best Publications

THE JINA REACLIB DATABASE: ITS RECENT UPDATES AND IMPACT ON TYPE-I X-RAY BURSTS

Richard H. Cyburt;Richard H. Cyburt;A. Matthew Amthor;Ryan Ferguson;Zach Meisel

1014
Citations
Solar fusion cross sections II: the pp chain and CNO cycles

E. G. Adelberger;A. García;R. G. Hamish Robertson;K. A. Snover

955
Citations
rp-process nucleosynthesis at extreme temperature and density conditions

H. Schatz;A. Aprahamian;J. Görres;M. Wiescher

912
Citations
End point of the rp process on accreting neutron stars

H. Schatz;A. Aprahamian;V. Barnard;L. Bildsten

771
Citations
Origin of the heaviest elements: The rapid neutron-capture process

John J. Cowan;Christopher Sneden;James E. Lawler;Ani Aprahamian

474
Citations
Models for type I X-ray bursts with improved nuclear physics

S. E. Woosley;A. Heger;A. Cumming;R. D. Hoffman

446
Citations
Models for Type I X-Ray Bursts with Improved Nuclear Physics

S. E. Woosley;A. Heger;A. Cumming;R. D. Hoffman

435
Citations
The Weak s-Process in Massive Stars and its Dependence on the Neutron Capture Cross Sections

M. Pignatari;M. Pignatari;M. Pignatari;R. Gallino;M. Heil;M. Wiescher

424
Citations
Nuclei in the cosmos

Heinz Oberhummer;J. H. Applegate;J. J. Cowan;F. Käppeler

344
Citations
Proton-induced Thermonuclear Reaction Rates for A = 20–40 Nuclei

Christian G Iliadis;John M. D'Auria;Sumner Starrfield;William J. Thompson

339
Citations
AZURE: An R-matrix code for nuclear astrophysics

R.E. Azuma;R.E. Azuma;E. Uberseder;Edward Simpson;Edward Simpson;C.R. Brune

318
Citations
THE RAPID PROTON PROCESS ASHES FROM STABLE NUCLEAR BURNING ON AN ACCRETING NEUTRON STAR

Hendrik Schatz;Lars Bildsten;Andrew Cumming;Michael Wiescher

305
Citations
The rp Process Ashes from Stable Nuclear Burning on an Accreting Neutron Star

Hendrik Schatz;Lars Bildsten;Andrew Cumming;Michael Wiescher

290
Citations
Reaction Rate Uncertainties and the Production of 19F in Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars

Maria Anna Lugaro;Claudio Ugalde;Amanda Irene Karakas;Joachim Gorres

286
Citations
Explosive hydrogen burning

Arthur E Champagne;M. Wiescher

282
Citations
Break-out reactions from the CNO cycles

M Wiescher;J Görres;H Schatz

270
Citations
Reaction rates and reaction sequences in the rp-process

L. Van Wormer;J. Görres;Christian G Iliadis;M. Wiescher

270
Citations
Reaction Rates Uncertainties and the Production of F19 in AGB Stars

Maria Lugaro;Claudio Ugalde;Amanda I. Karakas;Joachim Gorres

261
Citations
Sensitivity of p-process nucleosynthesis to nuclear reaction rates in a 25 M. supernova model

W. Rapp;J. Görres;M. Wiescher;H. Schatz

240
Citations
The s process in massive stars at low metallicity. Effect of primary N14 from fast rotating stars

M. Pignatari;M. Pignatari;R. Gallino;R. Gallino;G. Meynet;R. Hirschi;R. Hirschi

240
Citations