2026 Ralph E. Pudritz: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	74	3482	3308	84	82	290	16951

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16951

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

610
Citations
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

544
Citations
Centrifugally driven winds from contracting molecular disks

R.E. Pudritz;C.A. Norman

491
Citations
Bipolar hydromagnetic winds from disks around protostellar objects

R. E. Pudritz;C. A. Norman

471
Citations
Helical Fields and Filamentary Molecular Clouds

J. D. Fiege;R. E. Pudritz

429
Citations
Supergiant Molecular Clouds and the Formation of Globular Cluster Systems

William E. Harris;Ralph E. Pudritz

408
Citations
Accretion-powered Stellar Winds as a Solution to the Stellar Angular Momentum Problem

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

402
Citations
Numerical Simulations of Astrophysical Jets from Keplerian Disks. I. Stationary Models

Rachid Ouyed;Ralph E. Pudritz

385
Citations
Helical fields and filamentary molecular clouds — I

Jason D. Fiege;Ralph E. Pudritz

350
Citations
Outflows and jets from collapsing magnetized cloud cores

Robi Banerjee;Ralph E. Pudritz

294
Citations
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

234
Citations
A thermodynamic basis for prebiotic amino acid synthesis and the nature of the first genetic code.

Paul G. Higgs;Ralph E. Pudritz

228
Citations
Magnetic fields during the early stages of massive star formation - I. Accretion and disk evolution

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

223
Citations
Disk Winds, Jets, and Outflows: Theoretical and Computational Foundations

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

222
Citations
Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation in Logotropic and Nonisothermal Spheres

Dean E. McLaughlin;Ralph E. Pudritz

219
Citations
Gravitational Collapse and Star Formation in Logotropic and Non-isothermal Spheres

D. E. McLaughlin;R. E. Pudritz

216
Citations
Helical fields and filamentary molecular clouds — II. Axisymmetric stability and fragmentation

Jason D. Fiege;Ralph E. Pudritz

214
Citations
Turbulence-induced disc formation in strongly magnetized cloud cores

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

208
Citations
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

204
Citations
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

203
Citations