2026 Roberto Turolla: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	78	3180	3023	168	165	456	19593

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Physics

3180

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165

456

19593

Overview

Roberto Turolla is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy, contributing extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics with substantial focus on Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Gamma-ray Bursts and Supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies.

Roberto Turolla has published frequently in prominent scientific venues. The most common publication venues include:

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

Among their recent papers, notable works are:

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer: prelaunch, 2022, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
The X-Ray Polarization View of Mrk 421 in an Average Flux State as Observed by the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer, 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
A Very Young Radio-loud Magnetar, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Determination of X-ray pulsar geometry with IXPE polarimetry, 2022, Nature Astronomy
Polarized x-rays from a magnetar, 2022, Science

Their collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors, who have contributed to a significant portion of their publications. These co-authors are:

Roberto Taverna
Andrea Possenti
Juri Poutanen
Sergio Fabiani
M. Pilia

Best Publications

An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907

G. L. Israel;A. Belfiore;L. Stella;P. Esposito

496
Citations
Magnetars: the physics behind observations

Roberto Turolla;Silvia Zane;Anna Watts

452
Citations
An accreting pulsar with extreme properties drives an ultraluminous x-ray source in NGC 5907

Gian Luca Israel;Andrea Belfiore;Luigi Stella;Paolo Esposito;Paolo Esposito

440
Citations
A low-magnetic-field Soft Gamma Repeater

N. Rea;P. Esposito;R. Turolla;R. Turolla;G. L. Israel

356
Citations
Magnetars: the physics behind observations. A review.

Roberto Turolla;Silvia Zane;Anna Watts

326
Citations
The Large Observatory For X-ray Timing: LOFT

M. Feroci;L. Stella;M. van der Klis;T. J.-L. Courvoisier

249
Citations
Isolated Neutron Stars: Accretors and Coolers

Aldo Treves;Roberto Turolla;Silvia Zane;Monica Colpi

231
Citations
A variable absorption feature in the X-ray spectrum of a magnetar

Andrea Tiengo;Andrea Tiengo;Andrea Tiengo;Paolo Esposito;Sandro Mereghetti;Roberto Turolla;Roberto Turolla

214
Citations
The e-ASTROGAM mission: Exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV – GeV range

A. De Angelis;V. Tatischeff;M. Tavani;U. Oberlack

210
Citations
Science with e-ASTROGAM (A space mission for MeV-GeV gamma-ray astrophysics)

A. De Angelis;V. Tatischeff;I. A. Grenier;J. McEnery

209
Citations
X-Ray Spectra from Neutron Stars Accreting at Low Rates

Luca Zampieri;Roberto Turolla;Silvia Zane;Aldo Treves

196
Citations
The outburst decay of the low magnetic field magnetar SGR 0418+5729

N. Rea;G. L. Israel;J. A. Pons;R. Turolla

193
Citations
The e-ASTROGAM mission (exploring the extreme Universe with gamma rays in the MeV-GeV range)

Alessandro De Angelis;Vincent Tatischeff;Marco Tavani;Uwe Oberlack

192
Citations
Discovery of a 2.8 s pulsar in a 2 d orbit High-Mass X-ray Binary powering the Ultraluminous X-ray source ULX-7 in M51

G. A. Rodríguez Castillo;G. L. Israel;A. Belfiore;F. Bernardini

184
Citations
XIPE: the x-ray imaging polarimetry explorer

P. Soffitta;R. Bellazzini;E. Bozzo;V. Burwitz

180
Citations
Evidence for vacuum birefringence from the first optical-polarimetry measurement of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5−3754

R. P. Mignani;R. P. Mignani;V. Testa;D. González Caniulef;R. Taverna

176
Citations
The first outburst of the new magnetar candidate SGR 0501+4516

Nanda Rea;GianLuca Israel;Roberto Turolla;Paolo Esposito

176
Citations
Discovery of Cyclotron Resonance Features in the Soft Gamma Repeater SGR 1806-20

Alaa I. Ibrahim;Alaa I. Ibrahim;Samar Safi-Harb;Samar Safi-Harb;Jean H. Swank;William Parke

174
Citations
Proton Cyclotron Features in Thermal Spectra of Ultramagnetized Neutron Stars

S. Zane;R. Turolla;L. Stella;A. Treves

174
Citations
A strongly magnetized pulsar within grasp of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

N. Rea;P. Esposito;J. A. Pons;R. Turolla

171
Citations