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Roland Diehl 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 Roland Diehl sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 728 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roland Diehl 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 Roland Diehl sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% 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

  • 2015 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to astrophysics, including seminal observations of gammaray lines from cosmic radioactivities, the origins of cosmic rays, and development of methods for the analysis of measurements made with gammaray telescopes

Overview

Roland Diehl is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and works primarily within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy. The majority of their research focuses on subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, with additional contributions to Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Instrumentation.

Their work extensively covers topics including Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Astro and Planetary Science, Nuclear physics research studies, Astronomical and nuclear sciences, Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations, and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena.

Diehl has published multiple papers in a range of venues. Frequent publication outlets include arXiv (Cornell University) with 9 publications, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society with 4 publications, The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and EPJ Web of Conferences, each featuring 2 papers.

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Roland Diehl are:

  • The radioactive nuclei and in the Cosmos and in the solar system, 2021, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
  • Cosmic nucleosynthesis: A multi-messenger challenge, 2022, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
  • Properties of gamma-ray decay lines in 3D core-collapse supernova models, with application to SN 1987A and Cas A, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Understanding the origin of the positron annihilation line and the physics of supernova explosions, 2021, Experimental Astronomy
  • Galactic 26Al traces metal loss through hot chimneys, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The scientist collaborates with several frequently co-authoring researchers, including M. Krause, Thomas Siegert, Moritz M. M. Pleintinger, J. Greiner, and Maria Lugaro.

Roland Diehl has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 2015, with the citation highlighting pioneering contributions to astrophysics, specifically seminal observations of gamma-ray lines from cosmic radioactivities, studies on the origins of cosmic rays, and the development of methods for analyzing measurements made with gamma-ray telescopes.

Best Publications

  • Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;F. Acernese

  • THE fermi gamma-ray burst monitor

    Charles Meegan;Giselher Lichti;P. N. Bhat;Elisabetta Bissaldi

  • Radioactive 26Al from massive stars in the Galaxy.

    Roland Diehl;Hubert Halloin;Karsten Kretschmer;Giselher G. Lichti

  • Instrument description and performance of the Imaging Gamma-Ray Telescope COMPTEL aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory

    V. Schoenfelder;H. Aarts;K. Bennett;H. de Boer

  • SPI: The spectrometer aboard INTEGRAL

    G. Vedrenne;J.-P. Roques;V. Schönfelder;P. Mandrou

  • INTEGRAL Detection of the First Prompt Gamma-Ray Signal Coincident with the Gravitational-wave Event GW170817

    V. Savchenko;C. Ferrigno;E. Kuulkers;A. Bazzano

  • Early SPI/INTEGRAL measurements of 511 keV line emission from the 4th quadrant of the Galaxy

    P. Jean;J. Knödlseder;V. Lonjou;M. Allain

  • COMPTEL observations of 44Ti gamma-ray line emission from CAS A

    A. F. Iyudin;R. Diehl;G. G. Lichti;V. Schönfelder

  • Radioactive 26Al in the galaxy: observations versus theory

    Nikos Prantzos;Roland Diehl

  • COMPTEL observations of Galactic ^26^Al emission.

    R. Diehl;C. Dupraz;K. Bennett;H. Bloemen

  • The Crab pulsar in the 0.75-30 MeV range as seen by CGRO COMPTEL

    L. Kuiper;W. Hermsen;G. Cusumano;R. Diehl

  • Early SPI/INTEGRAL measurements of galactic 511 keV line emission from positron annihilation

    P. Jean;J. Knoedlseder;V. Lonjou;M. Allain

  • The Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Catalog: Four Years of Data

    David Gruber;Adam Goldstein;Victoria Weller von Ahlefeld;Victoria Weller von Ahlefeld;P. Narayana Bhat

  • An asymmetric distribution of positrons in the Galactic disk revealed by gamma-rays.

    Georg Weidenspointner;Gerry Skinner;Gerry Skinner;Gerry Skinner;Pierre Jean;Jürgen Knödlseder

  • A very luminous magnetar-powered supernova associated with an ultra-long γ-ray burst

    Jochen Greiner;Paolo A. Mazzali;D. Alexander Kann;Thomas Krühler

  • Detection of a Thermal Spectral Component in the Prompt Emission of GRB 100724B

    Sylvain Guiriec;Valerie Connaughton;Michael S. Briggs;Michael Burgess

  • The 511 keV emission from positron annihilation in the Galaxy

    N. Prantzos;C. Boehm;A. M. Bykov;R. Diehl

  • Emission from 44Ti associated with a previously unknown Galactic supernova

    A. F. Iyudin;V. Schönfelder;K. Bennett;H. Bloemen

  • The Fermi GBM Gamma-Ray Burst Spectral Catalog: The First Two Years

    Adam Goldstein;J. Michael Burgess;Robert D. Preece;Michael S. Briggs

  • The Distribution of Cosmic-Ray Sources in the Galaxy, Gamma-Rays and the Gradient in the CO-to-H2 Relation

    A. W. Strong;I. V. Moskalenko;I. V. Moskalenko;O. Reimer;S. Digel

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew W. Strong
Andrew W. Strong Max Planck Society
Jochen Greiner
Jochen Greiner Max Planck Society
Robert D. Preece
Robert D. Preece University of Alabama in Huntsville
Derek W. Morris
Derek W. Morris University of Galway
Michael S. Briggs
Michael S. Briggs University of Alabama in Huntsville
Chryssa Kouveliotou
Chryssa Kouveliotou George Washington University
Gerald J. Fishman
Gerald J. Fishman Marshall Space Flight Center
Valerie Connaughton
Valerie Connaughton National Aeronautics and Space Administration
S. Mereghetti
S. Mereghetti National Institute for Astrophysics
Gottfried Kanbach
Gottfried Kanbach Max Planck Society

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