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Michela Mapelli

Michela Mapelli

Heidelberg University
Germany

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
91
Citations
38773
World Ranking
2148
National Ranking
189

Michela Mapelli 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 Michela Mapelli sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 350 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michela Mapelli 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 Michela Mapelli sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michela Mapelli is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and specializes in Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans predominantly the subfield of Astronomy and Astrophysics, with additional contributions in Instrumentation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Nuclear and High Energy Physics and General Health Professions.

Their work covers a range of main topics, including:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Michela Mapelli has published extensively in several venues, frequently contributing to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, arXiv (Cornell University), Astronomy and Astrophysics, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and The Astrophysical Journal.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Astrophysics with the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna," 2023, Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano)
  • "Science with the Einstein Telescope: a comparison of different designs," 2023, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
  • "The cosmic merger rate density of compact objects: impact of star formation, metallicity, initial mass function, and binary evolution," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Formation of GW190521 from stellar evolution: the impact of the hydrogen-rich envelope, dredge-up, and 12C(α, γ)16O rate on the pair-instability black hole mass gap," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "Hierarchical black hole mergers in young, globular and nuclear star clusters: the effect of metallicity, spin and cluster properties," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Giuliano Iorio
  • Filippo Santoliquido
  • Mario Spera
  • Guglielmo Costa
  • Stefano Torniamenti

Best Publications

  • GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass ∼ 3.4 M O

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190521: A Binary Black Hole Merger with a Total Mass of 150 M

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 M$_\odot$ Black Hole with a 2.6 M$_\odot$ Compact Object

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron star merger

    E. Pian;P. D'Avanzo;S. Benetti;M. Branchesi

  • Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Observation of Gravitational Waves from Two Neutron Star–Black Hole Coalescences

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 Solar Mass Black Hole with a 2.6 Solar Mass Compact Object

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • GW190412: Observation of a binary-black-hole coalescence with asymmetric masses

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run

    R. Abbott;R. Abbott;T.D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Binary Black Hole Population Properties Inferred from the First and Second Observing Runs of Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Increasing the Astrophysical Reach of the Advanced Virgo Detector via the Application of Squeezed Vacuum States of Light.

    F. Acernese;M. Agathos;L. Aiello;A. Allocca

  • The mass spectrum of compact remnants from the parsec stellar evolution tracks

    Mario Spera;Michela Mapelli;Michela Mapelli;Alessandro Bressan;Alessandro Bressan

  • Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 Msun binary black hole merger GW190521.

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Upper limits on the isotropic gravitational-wave background from Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo’s third observing run

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • Very massive stars, pair-instability supernovae and intermediate-mass black holes with the sevn code

    Mario Spera;Mario Spera;Michela Mapelli;Michela Mapelli

  • The progenitors of compact-object binaries: impact of metallicity, common envelope and natal kicks

    Nicola Giacobbo;Michela Mapelli;Michela Mapelli;Michela Mapelli

  • Merging black hole binaries: the effects of progenitor's metallicity, mass-loss rate and Eddington factor

    Nicola Giacobbo;Nicola Giacobbo;Michela Mapelli;Michela Mapelli;Michela Mapelli;Mario Spera;Mario Spera;Mario Spera

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra Buonanno
Alessandra Buonanno Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
R. Flaminio
R. Flaminio National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Fabio Marchesoni
Fabio Marchesoni Tongji University
Alberto Vecchio
Alberto Vecchio University of Birmingham
Gijs Nelemans
Gijs Nelemans Radboud University
M. Davier
M. Davier University of Paris-Saclay
Samuele Cortese
Samuele Cortese University of Southampton

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