2026 Michele Bellazzini: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	99	1682	1601	83	81	429	52030

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

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Physics

1682

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429

52030

Overview

Michele Bellazzini is affiliated with the National Institute for Astrophysics in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, focusing primarily on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their published work covers a variety of main topics:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Astro and Planetary Science

Bellazzini has authored or co-authored numerous papers featured in several key scientific venues:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 35 publications
Astronomy and Astrophysics with 29 publications
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society with 14 publications
The Astrophysical Journal with 8 publications
The Astrophysical Journal Letters with 4 publications

Recent notable papers include:

Gaia Early Data Release 3 (2020), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia Data Release 3 (2022), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation (2023), published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Global Dynamical Atlas of the Milky Way Mergers: Constraints from Gaia EDR3-based Orbits of Globular Clusters, Stellar Streams, and Satellite Galaxies (2022), published in The Astrophysical Journal
Gaia Data Release 3 (2022), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Bellazzini frequently collaborates with several researchers, among them:

A. Mucciarelli
Raffaele Pascale
M. Tosi
M. Cignoni
F. Annibali

Best Publications

Gaia Data Release 2. Summary of the contents and survey properties

A. G. A. Brown;A. Vallenari;T. Prusti

8727
Citations
The Gaia mission

T. Prusti;J. H. J. de Bruijne;A. G. A. Brown

6274
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2: Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams

C. Babusiaux;F. van Leeuwen;M.A. Barstow

1192
Citations
The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey

G. Gilmore;S. Randich;M. Asplund;J. Binney

1052
Citations
Na-O Anticorrelation and HB. VII. The chemical composition of first and second-generation stars in 15 globular clusters from GIRAFFE spectra

Elisa Carretta;Angela Bragaglia;Raffaele G. Gratton;Sara Lucatello;Sara Lucatello

962
Citations
Gaia Early Data Release 3. Structure and properties of the Magellanic Clouds

X. Luri;L. Chemin;G. Clementini

867
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2. Photometric content and validation

D. W. Evans;M. Riello;F. De Angeli;J. M. Carrasco

768
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2. Kinematics of globular clusters and dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way

A Helmi;F van Leeuwen;PJ McMillan;D Massari

640
Citations
Gaia Early Data Release 3 - Photometric content and validation

M. Riello;F. De Angeli;D. W. Evans;P. Montegriffo

543
Citations
A dwarf galaxy remnant in Canis Major: the fossil of an in-plane accretion onto the Milky Way

N. F. Martin;R. A. Ibata;M. Bellazzini;M. J. Irwin

496
Citations
A dwarf galaxy remnant in Canis Major: the fossil of an in-plane accretion on to the Milky Way

N. F. Martin;R. A. Ibata;M. Bellazzini;M. J. Irwin

472
Citations
2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M 31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue

S. Galleti;S. Galleti;L. Federici;M. Bellazzini;F. Fusi Pecci

385
Citations
2MASS NIR photometry for 693 candidate globular clusters in M31 and the Revised Bologna Catalogue

S. Galleti;L. Federici;M. Bellazzini;F. Fusi Pecci

359
Citations
New evidence for the complex struscture of the RGB of Omega Cen

E. Pancino;F. R. Ferraro;M. Bellazzini;G. Piotto

356
Citations
New Evidence for the Complex Structure of the Red Giant Branch in ω Centauri

Elena Pancino;Francesco R. Ferraro;Michele Bellazzini;Giampaolo Piotto

302
Citations
The cluster Terzan 5 as a remnant of a primordial building block of the Galactic bulge

Francesco Rosario Ferraro;Emanuele Dalessandro;Alessio Mucciarelli;G. Beccari

301
Citations
A Step toward the Calibration of the Red Giant Branch Tip as a Standard Candle

Michele Bellazzini;Francesco R. Ferraro;Elena Pancino;Elena Pancino

292
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2: Properties and validation of the radial velocities

D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

281
Citations
Gaia Data Release 2. Properties and validation of the radial velocities

D. Katz;P. Sartoretti;M. Cropper;P. Panuzzo

222
Citations
Gaia Data Release 1. The photometric data

F. van Leeuwen;D. W. Evans;F. De Angeli;C. Jordi

74
Citations