2026 Peter Hänggi: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	115	972	915	83	79	757	63077

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Lars Onsager Prize, American Physical Society For development of Brownian motors and pioneering contributions to nonequilibrium statistical physics, relativistic and quantum thermodynamics.
2017 - Blaise Pascal Medal in Physics, European Academy of Sciences
2017 - Marian Smoluchowski – Emil Warburg Prize, Polish Physics Society (PTF) and German Physics Society (DPG)
2014 - Distinguished Scientist Award, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2014 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2011 - Lars Onsager Lectureship Prize, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2010 - Lindhard Lectureship Prize, University of Aarhus
2007 - Member of Academia Europaea
2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2003 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics
1988 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For distinguished contributions to nonlinear statistical physics and reaction rate theory and for elucidating the influence of nonMarkovian memory effects and dissipative tunneling in equilibrium and non equilibrium systems

Overview

Peter Hänggi is affiliated with the University of Augsburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields including Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their main research topics include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, stochastic dynamics and bifurcation, Quantum many-body systems, Statistical Mechanics and Entropy, Diffusion and Search Dynamics, and Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Peter Hänggi include:

Colloquium: Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics at strong coupling: Quantum and classical, 2020, Reviews of Modern Physics
Single-atom energy-conversion device with a quantum load, 2020, npj Quantum Information
Diffusion Coefficient of a Brownian Particle in Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium: Einstein Model and Beyond, 2022, Entropy
Colossal Brownian yet non-Gaussian diffusion induced by nonequilibrium noise, 2020, Physical review. E
Comment on "Measurability of nonequilibrium thermodynamics in terms of the Hamiltonian of mean force", 2020, Physical review. E

Frequent publication venues for Peter Hänggi include Reviews of Modern Physics, Entropy, Physical review. E, Physical review. B, and npj Quantum Information.

Among frequent collaborators are Jakub Spiechowicz, J. Łuczka, Peter Talkner, I. G. Marchenko, and Zhongwei Zhang.

Peter Hänggi has been recognized by several scientific organizations, reflected in awards such as:

Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2014)
Member of Academia Europaea (2007)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2005)
Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (2003), in Physics
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (1988) with a citation for contributions to nonlinear statistical physics and reaction rate theory, including effects of non-Markovian memory and dissipative tunneling in equilibrium and nonequilibrium systems

Best Publications

Reaction-rate theory: fifty years after Kramers

Peter Hänggi;Peter Talkner;Michal Borkovec

7485
Citations
Driven quantum tunneling

Milena Grifoni;Peter Hänggi

1864
Citations
Artificial Brownian motors: Controlling transport on the nanoscale

Peter Hänggi;Fabio Marchesoni

1823
Citations
Colloquium : Phononics: Manipulating heat flow with electronic analogs and beyond

Nianbei Li;Jie Ren;Lei Wang;Gang Zhang

1501
Citations
Colloquium: Quantum fluctuation relations: Foundations and applications

Michele Campisi;Peter Hänggi;Peter Talkner

1464
Citations
Coherent destruction of tunneling

F. Grossmann;T. Dittrich;P. Jung;P. Hänggi

1276
Citations
Brownian motors

P. Hänggi;F. Marchesoni;F. Nori

935
Citations
Driven quantum transport on the nanoscale

Sigmund Kohler;Jörg Lehmann;Peter Hänggi

844
Citations
Fluctuation theorems: work is not an observable.

Peter Talkner;Eric Lutz;Peter Hänggi

830
Citations
Amplification of small signals via stochastic resonance.

Peter Jung;Peter Hänggi

826
Citations
Stochastic processes: Time evolution, symmetries and linear response

Peter Hänggi;Harry Thomas

751
Citations
Stochastic resonance in biology. How noise can enhance detection of weak signals and help improve biological information processing.

Peter Hänggi

748
Citations
Quantum Transport and Dissipation

Thomas Dittrich;Peter Hänggi;Gert-Ludwig Ingold

576
Citations
Periodically Rocked Thermal Ratchets

R. Bartussek;P. Hänggi;J. G. Kissner

568
Citations
Giant Acceleration of Free Diffusion by Use of Tilted Periodic Potentials

Peter Reimann;C. Van den Broeck;H. Linke;H. Linke;P. Hänggi

541
Citations
Introduction to the physics of Brownian motors

P. Reimann;P. Hänggi

440
Citations
Escape from a Metastable State

Peter Hanggi

433
Citations
Theory of activated rate processes for arbitrary frequency dependent friction: Solution of the turnover problem

Eli Pollak;Hermann Grabert;Peter Hänggi

421
Citations
Fluctuation Theorem for Arbitrary Open Quantum Systems

Michele Campisi;Peter Talkner;Peter Hänggi

415
Citations
Regular and Chaotic Transport in Asymmetric Periodic Potentials: Inertia Ratchets

P. Jung;J. G. Kissner;P. Hänggi

405
Citations