2026 Ralph A. M. J. Wijers: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	112	1088	1027	21	21	598	53077

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Physics

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598

53077

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
2018 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ralph A. M. J. Wijers is affiliated with the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Physics and Astronomy, focusing particularly on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their scholarly output includes over 230 publications, with significant involvement in subfields such as Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Computational Mechanics, Oceanography, and Instrumentation.

Wijers's research covers a broad spectrum of topics with a strong emphasis on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena. Other prominent areas of work include Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wijers include:

A. Rowlinson
A. J. van der Horst
P. A. Woudt
A. Shulevski
D. H. Hartmann

Publications featuring Wijers's work have appeared predominantly in several key venues, such as:

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
arXiv (Cornell University)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Astrophysical Journal

Selected recent papers include:

"Sub-arcsecond imaging with the International LOFAR Telescope" (2021) published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Radio afterglows of very high-energy gamma-ray bursts 190829A and 180720B" (2020) published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"The First JWST Spectrum of a GRB Afterglow: No Bright Supernova in Observations of the Brightest GRB of all Time, GRB 221009A" (2023) published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"The AARTFAAC Cosmic Explorer: observations of the 21-cm power spectrum in the EDGES absorption trough" (2020) published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"A LOFAR observation of ionospheric scintillation from two simultaneous travelling ionospheric disturbances" (2020) published in Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Recognition of Ralph Wijers's contributions includes election as a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019, and membership in Academia Europaea since 2018.

Best Publications

LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;George Heald

3669
Citations
Discovery of the peculiar supernova 1998bw in the error box of GRB980425

T.J. Galama;P.M. Vreeswijk;J. van Paradijs;C. Kouveliotou

2605
Citations
An Unusual Supernova in the Error Box of the Gamma-Ray Burst of 25 April 1998

T. J. Galama;P. M. Vreeswijk;J. van Paradijs;J. van Paradijs;C. Kouveliotou;C. Kouveliotou

2519
Citations
LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

M. P. van Haarlem;M. W. Wise;A. W. Gunst;G. Heald

2447
Citations
A very energetic supernova associated with the |[gamma]|-ray burst of 29 March 2003

Jens Hjorth;Jesper Sollerman;Palle Møller;Johan P. U. Fynbo

1862
Citations
Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate.

Jeremy L O'Brien;GJ Pryde;AG White;TC Ralph

1223
Citations
Long γ-ray bursts and core-collapse supernovae have different environments

A. S. Fruchter;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;A. J. Levan;L. Strolger;L. Strolger;P. M. Vreeswijk

1075
Citations
A γ-ray burst at a redshift of z ≈ 8.2

N. R. Tanvir;D. B. Fox;A. J. Levan;E. Berger

854
Citations
A short γ-ray burst apparently associated with an elliptical galaxy at redshift z = 0.225

Neil Gehrels;C.L. Sarazin;Paul T. O'Brien;B. Zhang

743
Citations
Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B

J. L. Racusin;S. V. Karpov;M. Sokolowski;J. Granot

708
Citations
The Emergence of a Lanthanide-Rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

N. R. Tanvir;A. J. Levan;C. González-Fernández;O. Korobkin

682
Citations
An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218.

E. Pian;E. Pian;P. A. Mazzali;N. Masetti;P. Ferrero

680
Citations
The Emergence of a Lanthanide-Rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars

N. R. Tanvir;A. J. Levan;C. Gonzalez-Fernandez;O. Korobkin

666
Citations
Shocked by GRB 970228: the afterglow of a cosmological fireball

Ralph A. M. J. Wijers;Martin J. Rees;Peter Mészáros

626
Citations
A giant γ-ray flare from the magnetar SGR 1806–20

D.M. Palmer;S. Barthelmy;N. Gehrels;R.M. Kippen

622
Citations
No supernovae associated with two long-duration gamma ray bursts

Johan P. U. Fynbo;Darach Watson;Christina C. Thöne;Jesper Sollerman

594
Citations
No supernovae from two nearby long gamma ray bursts

Johan P. U. Fynbo;Darach Watson;Christina C. Thoene;Jesper Sollerman

578
Citations
Physical Parameters of GRB 970508 and GRB 971214 from Their Afterglow Synchrotron Emission

R. A. M. J. Wijers;T. J. Galama

543
Citations
Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

Jan van Paradijs;Chryssa Kouveliotou;Ralph A. M. J. Wijers

502
Citations
Viewing Angle and Environment Effects in GRB: Sources of Afterglow Diversity

P. Meszaros;M. J. Rees;R. A. M. J. Wijers

479
Citations