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Ralph E. Pudritz

Ralph E. Pudritz

McMaster University
Canada

D-Index & Metrics

Physics

D-Index
74
Citations
16951
World Ranking
3482
National Ranking
84

Ralph E. Pudritz 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 E. Pudritz sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 290 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ralph E. Pudritz 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 E. Pudritz sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ralph E. Pudritz is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work spans multiple subfields including Spectroscopy, Atmospheric Science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Instrumentation.

The primary research topics that define Ralph E. Pudritz's career include:

  • Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Ralph E. Pudritz has published numerous papers, some of the more recent ones being:

  • Physical and chemical structure of high-mass star-forming regions: unraveling chemical complexity with CORE: the NOEMA large program, 2021, Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent)
  • Connecting planet formation and astrochemistry, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Toward RNA Life on Early Earth: From Atmospheric HCN to Biomolecule Production in Warm Little Ponds, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal
  • HCN Production in Titan's Atmosphere: Coupling Quantum Chemistry and Disequilibrium Atmospheric Modeling, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal
  • Multi-scale view of star formation in IRAS 21078+5211: from clump fragmentation to disk wind, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ralph E. Pudritz include:

  • D. Semenov
  • H. Beuther
  • R. Kuiper
  • Aina Palau
  • C. Gieser

Publications by Ralph E. Pudritz have appeared regularly in a variety of scientific venues, notably:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Nature Astronomy

Best Publications

  • Hydromagnetic Disk Winds in Young Stellar Objects and Active Galactic Nuclei

    Guy Pelletier;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • From Filamentary Networks to Dense Cores in Molecular Clouds: Toward a New Paradigm for Star Formation

    Philippe André;James Di Francesco;Derek Ward-Thompson;Shu-ichiro Inutsuka

  • Centrifugally driven winds from contracting molecular disks

    R.E. Pudritz;C.A. Norman

  • Bipolar hydromagnetic winds from disks around protostellar objects

    R. E. Pudritz;C. A. Norman

  • Helical Fields and Filamentary Molecular Clouds

    J. D. Fiege;R. E. Pudritz

  • Supergiant Molecular Clouds and the Formation of Globular Cluster Systems

    William E. Harris;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Accretion-powered Stellar Winds as a Solution to the Stellar Angular Momentum Problem

    Sean P. Matt;Sean P. Matt;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Numerical Simulations of Astrophysical Jets from Keplerian Disks. I. Stationary Models

    Rachid Ouyed;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Helical fields and filamentary molecular clouds — I

    Jason D. Fiege;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Outflows and jets from collapsing magnetized cloud cores

    Robi Banerjee;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Magnetic fields during the early stages of massive star formation – I. Accretion and disc evolution

    D. Seifried;D. Seifried;R. Banerjee;R. Banerjee;R. S. Klessen;D. Duffin

  • A thermodynamic basis for prebiotic amino acid synthesis and the nature of the first genetic code.

    Paul G. Higgs;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Magnetic fields during the early stages of massive star formation - I. Accretion and disk evolution

    D. Seifried;R. Banerjee;R. S. Klessen;D. Duffin

  • Disk Winds, Jets, and Outflows: Theoretical and Computational Foundations

    R. E. Pudritz;R. Ouyed;Ch. Fendt;A. Brandenburg

  • Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation in Logotropic and Nonisothermal Spheres

    Dean E. McLaughlin;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation in Logotropic and Non-isothermal Spheres

    D. E. McLaughlin;R. E. Pudritz

  • Helical fields and filamentary molecular clouds — II. Axisymmetric stability and fragmentation

    Jason D. Fiege;Ralph E. Pudritz

  • Turbulence-induced disc formation in strongly magnetized cloud cores

    D. Seifried;D. Seifried;D. Seifried;R. Banerjee;R. E. Pudritz;R. S. Klessen

  • Disc formation in turbulent massive cores: circumventing the magnetic braking catastrophe

    Daniel Seifried;Daniel Seifried;Daniel Seifried;Robi Banerjee;Ralph E. Pudritz;Ralf S. Klessen

  • Origin of the RNA world: The fate of nucleobases in warm little ponds

    Ben K. D. Pearce;Ralph E. Pudritz;Ralph E. Pudritz;Dmitry A. Semenov;Thomas K. Henning

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralf S. Klessen
Ralf S. Klessen Heidelberg University
James Urquhart
James Urquhart University of Kent
Peter Schilke
Peter Schilke University of Cologne
Henrik Beuther
Henrik Beuther Max Planck Society
Stuart Lumsden
Stuart Lumsden University of Leeds
Christine D. Wilson
Christine D. Wilson McMaster University
William E. Harris
William E. Harris McMaster University
Th. Henning
Th. Henning Max Planck Society
Qizhou Zhang
Qizhou Zhang Harvard University
Friedrich Wyrowski
Friedrich Wyrowski Max Planck Society

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