2026 Mikhail A. Shifman: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	89	2271	2162	1144	1069	431	45234

Mikhail A. Shifman 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 Mikhail A. Shifman sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 431 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mikhail A. Shifman 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 Mikhail A. Shifman sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 89 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% 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

2018 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2013 - Pomeranchuk Prize, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
2006 - Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society
1999 - Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society For fundamental contributions to the understanding of non-perturbative QCD, non-leptonic weak decays, and the analytic properties of supersymmetric gauge theories
1997 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his seminal contributions to nonperturbative dynamics in gauge theories QCD and supersymmetric theories, and their observational consequences

Overview

Mikhail A. Shifman is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and has conducted extensive research in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several subfields, including Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Geometry and Topology.

The scientist's research covers a variety of main topics such as Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Algebraic structures and combinatorial models, Nonlinear Waves and Solitons, and Theoretical and Computational Physics.

The following are some recent papers by the scientist or involving their collaboration:

50 Years of quantum chromodynamics (2023) published in The European Physical Journal C
New Soft Theorems for Goldstone-Boson Amplitudes (2020) published in Physical Review Letters
Four-fermion deformations of the massless Schwinger model and confinement (2023) published in Journal of High Energy Physics
String baryon in four-dimensional =2 supersymmetric QCD from the 2D-4D correspondence (2020) published in Physical Review D
Operator Product Expansion and Calculation of the Two-Loop Gell-Mann-Low Function (2020) published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors of Mikhail A. Shifman include:

A. Yung
Chao-Hsiang Sheu
A.I. Vainshtein
Evgenii Ievlev
Daniel Schubring

Regular publication venues include:

Physical Review D / Physical Review D
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of High Energy Physics
Cambridge University Press eBooks
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Mikhail A. Shifman has also published books through major academic publishers. These include:

Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory (2022), published by Cambridge University Press
Supersymmetric Solitons (2023), published by Cambridge University Press
The Supersymmetric World (2024), published by World Scientific

The scientist has been recognized by several awards, such as:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018)
Pomeranchuk Prize, Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (2013)
Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society (2006)
Sakurai Prize, American Physical Society (1999), awarded for fundamental contributions to the understanding of non-perturbative QCD, non-leptonic weak decays, and the analytic properties of supersymmetric gauge theories
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (1997), cited for seminal contributions to nonperturbative dynamics in gauge theories, QCD, and supersymmetric theories, and their observational consequences

Best Publications

QCD and Resonance Physics Theoretical Foundations

M.A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;V.I. Zakharov

7148
Citations
QCD and Resonance Physics. Applications

M.A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;V.I. Zakharov

3551
Citations
Can Confinement Ensure Natural CP Invariance of Strong Interactions

Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;Valentin I. Zakharov

2921
Citations
Charmonium and gluons

V.A. Novikov;L.B. Okun;Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein

1170
Citations
Exact Gell-Mann-Low Function of Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories from Instanton Calculus

V.A. Novikov;Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;Valentin I. Zakharov

1044
Citations
Asymptotic freedom, light quarks and the origin of the ΔT = 12 rule in the non-leptonic decays of strange particles

Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;Valentin I. Zakharov

863
Citations
QCD and resonance physics: The ϱ-ω mixing

Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;Valentin I. Zakharov

846
Citations
QCD predictions for lepton spectra in inclusive heavy flavor decays

I. I. Bigi;M. Shifman;N. G. Uraltsev;A. Vainshtein

840
Citations
Remarks on Higgs-Boson Interactions with Nucleons

Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;Valentin I. Zakharov

822
Citations
Solution of the anomaly puzzle in SUSY gauge theories and the Wilson operator expansion

Mikhail "Misha" Shifman;Arkady Vainshtein

766
Citations
Are all hadrons alike

V.A. Novikov;M.A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;V.I. Zakharov

746
Citations
Pole mass of the heavy quark: Perturbation theory and beyond.

Ikaros I.Y. Bigi;Mikhail A. Shifman;N.G. Uraltsev;A.I. Vainshtein

708
Citations
Domain walls in strongly coupled theories

G.R. Dvali;Mikhail A. Shifman;Mikhail A. Shifman

701
Citations
ON THE MOTION OF HEAVY QUARKS INSIDE HADRONS: UNIVERSAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND INCLUSIVE DECAYS

Ikaros I.Y. Bigi;Ikaros I.Y. Bigi;Mikhail A. Shifman;N.G. Uraltsev;N.G. Uraltsev;A.I. Vainshtein;A.I. Vainshtein

627
Citations
Differential distributions in semileptonic decays of heavy flavors in QCD.

B. Blok;L. Koyrakh;Mikhail "Misha" Shifman;Arkady Vainshtein

587
Citations
ASPECTS OF HEAVY-QUARK THEORY

Ikaros I.Y. Bigi;Mikhail A. Shifman;N. Uraltsev;N. Uraltsev

523
Citations
Calculations in external fields in quantum chromodynamics. Technical review

V.A. Novikov;Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;Valentin I. Zakharov

516
Citations
Non-Abelian string junctions as confined monopoles

M. Shifman;A. Yung;A. Yung

478
Citations
The beta function in supersymmetric gauge theories. Instantons versus traditional approach

V.A. Novikov;M.A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;V.I. Zakharov

477
Citations
Low-Energy Theorems for Higgs Boson Couplings to Photons

Mikhail A. Shifman;A.I. Vainshtein;M.B. Voloshin;Valentin I. Zakharov

463
Citations