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Ralph A. M. J. Wijers

Ralph A. M. J. Wijers

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
112
Citations
53077
World Ranking
1088
National Ranking
21

Ralph A. M. J. Wijers 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 Ralph A. M. J. Wijers sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 598 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralph A. M. J. Wijers 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 Ralph A. M. J. Wijers sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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

  • 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

  • Discovery of the peculiar supernova 1998bw in the error box of GRB980425

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

  • 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

  • LOFAR: The LOw-Frequency ARray

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

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

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

  • Demonstration of an all-optical quantum controlled-NOT gate.

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • Shocked by GRB 970228: the afterglow of a cosmological fireball

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

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

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

  • No supernovae associated with two long-duration gamma ray bursts

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

  • No supernovae from two nearby long gamma ray bursts

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

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

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

  • Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Chryssa Kouveliotou
Chryssa Kouveliotou George Washington University
Nial R. Tanvir
Nial R. Tanvir University of Leicester
Johan P. U. Fynbo
Johan P. U. Fynbo University of Copenhagen
Jens Hjorth
Jens Hjorth University of Copenhagen
Elena Pian
Elena Pian National Institute for Astrophysics
Javier Gorosabel
Javier Gorosabel Spanish National Research Council
Alberto J. Castro-Tirado
Alberto J. Castro-Tirado Spanish National Research Council
Rob Fender
Rob Fender University of Oxford
Lex Kaper
Lex Kaper University of Amsterdam
Heino Falcke
Heino Falcke Radboud University

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