2026 Rolf-Peter Kudritzki: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	113	1058	997	561	520	533	43517

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Physics

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561

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43517

Research.com Recognitions

1994 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Physics

Overview

Rolf-Peter Kudritzki is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research is situated primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy, encompassing 128 publications. Within this broad area, Kudritzki's work focuses on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of themes related to astronomy and astrophysical phenomena. Key topics include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Astro and Planetary Science

Kudritzki has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in notable venues such as:

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

Recent published papers illustrate the scientist's involvement in observational astronomy and data processing related to the Pan-STARRS sky survey, as well as stellar characterization and interstellar studies. Selected recent publications include:

"Pan-STARRS Photometric and Astrometric Calibration", 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"Pan-STARRS Pixel Processing: Detrending, Warping, Stacking", 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"The Pan-STARRS Data-processing System", 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
"Stellar labels for hot stars from low-resolution spectra", 2022, Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Empirical Calibration of the Reddening Maps in the Magellanic Clouds", 2020, The Astrophysical Journal

Collaboration is a notable feature of Kudritzki's work, with frequent co-authors including:

Miguel A. Urbaneja
Fabio Bresolin
Eva Sextl
Marek Górski
B. Zgirski

In recognition of their contributions to physics, Kudritzki was awarded membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1994.

Best Publications

The Complete Light-curve Sample of Spectroscopically Confirmed SNe Ia from Pan-STARRS1 and Cosmological Constraints from the Combined Pantheon Sample

D. M. Scolnic;D. O. Jones;A. Rest;A. Rest;Y. C. Pan

2512
Citations
WINDS FROM HOT STARS

Rolf-Peter Kudritzki;Joachim Puls

1111
Citations
Pan-STARRS: a large synoptic survey telescope array

Nicholas Kaiser;Herve Aussel;Barry E. Burke;Hans Boesgaard

1086
Citations
THE Pan-STARRS1 PHOTOMETRIC SYSTEM

J. L. Tonry;C. W. Stubbs;K. R. Lykke;P. Doherty

1053
Citations
An eclipsing-binary distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud accurate to two per cent

G. Pietrzyński;G. Pietrzyński;D. Graczyk;W. Gieren;I. B. Thompson

744
Citations
O-star mass-loss and wind momentum rates in the Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds Observations and theoretical predictions

J. Puls;R. P. Kudritzki;A. Herrero;A. W. A. Pauldrach

671
Citations
A Three-dimensional Map of Milky Way Dust

Gregory M. Green;Edward F. Schlafly;Douglas P. Finkbeiner;Hans-Walter Rix

582
Citations
Generic Spectrum and Ionization Efficiency of a Heavy Initial Mass Function for the First Stars

Volker Bromm;Rolf P. Kudritzki;Abraham Loeb

555
Citations
Intrinsic parameters of galactic luminous OB stars.

A. Herrero;R. P. Kudritzki;J. M. Vilchez;D. Kunze

518
Citations
An ultraviolet-optical flare from the tidal disruption of a helium-rich stellar core

S. Gezari;Ryan T. Chornock;A. Rest;M. E. Huber

503
Citations
The Nuclear Cluster of the Milky Way: Star Formation and Velocity Dispersion in the Central 0.5 Parsec

A. Krabbe;R. Genzel;A. Eckart;F. Najarro

503
Citations
Galactic reddening in 3D from stellar photometry – an improved map

Gregory M. Green;Edward F. Schlafly;Douglas Finkbeiner;Hans-Walter Rix

474
Citations
Cosmological Constraints from Measurements of Type Ia Supernovae discovered during the first 1.5 years of the Pan-STARRS1 Survey

A. Rest;D. Scolnic;R. J. Foley;M. E. Huber

462
Citations
The Pan-STARRS1 Database and Data Products

H. A. Flewelling;E. A. Magnier;K. C. Chambers;J. N. Heasley

456
Citations
Super-luminous Type Ic Supernovae: Catching a Magnetar by the Tail

C. Inserra;S.J. Smartt;A. Jerkstrand;S. Valenti

454
Citations
A Library of Theoretical Ultraviolet Spectra of Massive, Hot Stars for Evolutionary Synthesis

Claus Leitherer;Paula A. Ortiz Otálvaro;Fabio Bresolin;Rolf-Peter Kudritzki

453
Citations
Photometric Calibration of the First 1.5 Years of the Pan-STARRS1 Survey

E. F. Schlafly;Douglas Finkbeiner;M. Juric;E. A. Magnier

448
Citations
The Extremely Red, Young L Dwarf PSO J318-22: A Free-Floating Planetary-Mass Analog to Directly Imaged Young Gas-Giant Planets

Michael C. Liu;Eugene A. Magnier;Niall R. Deacon;Katelyn N. Allers

411
Citations
Line-driven Winds, Ionizing Fluxes, and Ultraviolet Spectra of Hot Stars at Extremely Low Metallicity. I. Very Massive O Stars

Rolf P. Kudritzki

400
Citations
The Pan-STARRS 1 Photometric Reference Ladder, Release 12.01

E. A. Magnier;E. Schlafly;E. Schlafly;Douglas Finkbeiner;M. Juric

391
Citations