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Richard A. Matzner 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 Richard A. Matzner sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 374 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard A. Matzner 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 Richard A. Matzner sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% 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

  • 1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his analyses in general relativity of a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, especially his numerical simulations of strongfield gravitational systems and the gravitational radiation they produce

Overview

Richard A. Matzner is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within physics and engineering, contributing to a diverse range of topics including pulsars and gravitational waves, noncommutative and quantum gravity theories, and cosmology and gravitation theories.

The scientist has published extensively in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with subfield concentrations in astronomy and astrophysics, statistical and nonlinear physics, electrical and electronic engineering, computational mechanics, and applied mathematics.

Key research topics covered in their work include:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
  • Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
  • Algebraic and Geometric Analysis
  • Quantum Mechanics and Applications
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Frequent publication venues where their research appears include:

  • The European Physical Journal C
  • The European Physical Journal Plus
  • International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics
  • Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • Entropy

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Richard A. Matzner are:

  • The LARES 2 satellite, general relativity and fundamental physics, 2023, The European Physical Journal C
  • Yang-Mills-like field theories built on division quaternion and octonion algebras, 2020, The European Physical Journal Plus
  • Self-collision of a portal wormhole, 2021, Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
  • An extension of quaternionic metrics to octonions in a non-Riemannian spacetime: Including Yang-Mills-like fields within a division octonion algebra, 2024, International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics
  • On the high accuracy to test dragging of inertial frames with the LARES 2 space experiment, 2024, The European Physical Journal C

Frequent collaborators working alongside Matzner include Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, E. C. Pavlis, John Ries, and Claudio Paris.

The scientist was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1995 for their analyses in general relativity addressing a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, particularly numerical simulations related to strong-field gravitational systems and the gravitational radiation they produce.

Best Publications

  • Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • Predictions for the Rates of Compact Binary Coalescences Observable by Ground-based Gravitational-wave Detectors

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott

  • Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

    J. Aasi;J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;F. Acernese;R. Adhikari

  • Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO's sixth science run and Virgo's science runs 2 and 3

    J. Abadie;B.P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T.D. Abbott

  • Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Vela pulsar

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with science run 5 LIGO data

    B.P. Abbott;R. Abbott;F. Acernese;F. Acernese;R. Adhikari

  • Fractal structure in the scalar lambda ( phi2-1)2 theory.

    Peter Anninos;Samuel Oliveira;Richard A. Matzner

  • Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars with S5 LIGO data

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Scattering from black holes

    J. A. H. Futterman;F. A. Handler;Richard Alfred Matzner

  • All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. Accadia

  • Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state

    B. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith

  • Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith

  • Gravitational Recoil from Spinning Binary Black Hole Mergers

    Frank Herrmann;Ian Hinder;Deirdre Shoemaker;Pablo Laguna

  • Testing gravitational-wave searches with numerical relativity waveforms: Results from the first Numerical INJection Analysis (NINJA) project

    Benjamin Aylott;John G. Baker;William D. Boggs;Michael Boyle

  • Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run

    J. Abadie;B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;M. Abernathy

  • Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;R. Adhikari;P. Ajith

  • Error-analysis and comparison to analytical models of numerical waveforms produced by the NRAR Collaboration

    Ian Hinder;Alessandra Buonanno;Michael Boyle;Zachariah B. Etienne

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen Max Planck Society
N. A. Robertson
N. A. Robertson California Institute of Technology
Maria Alessandra Papa
Maria Alessandra Papa Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
J. A. Giaime
J. A. Giaime Louisiana State University
Bernard F. Schutz
Bernard F. Schutz Cardiff University
Roman Schnabel
Roman Schnabel Universität Hamburg
S. E. Whitcomb
S. E. Whitcomb California Institute of Technology
Karsten Danzmann
Karsten Danzmann Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
Patrick Brady
Patrick Brady University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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