2026 Saskia Hekker: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	122	758	718	67	64	383	51384

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Physics

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383

51384

Overview

Saskia Hekker is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and specializes in research within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their research output totals 148 publications, primarily focused on Astronomy and Astrophysics, which encompasses 102 of these works.

Their research spans several subfields including:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Computational Mechanics
Oceanography
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

The main topics of Saskia Hekker's work include:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Astro and Planetary Science
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Their recent published papers from 2020 include:

"Stellar rotation periods from K2 Campaigns 0-18," Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi," Nature Astronomy
"Detection and Characterization of Oscillating Red Giants: First Results from the TESS Satellite," The Astrophysical Journal Letters
"TOI-257b (HD 19916b): a warm sub-saturn orbiting an evolved F-type star," Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
"The Aarhus red giants challenge," Astronomy and Astrophysics

The venues where Saskia Hekker frequently publishes their research include:

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

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

Sarbani Basu
Dennis Stello
Earl P. Bellinger
Aldo Serenelli
B. Mosser

Best Publications

The eleventh and twelfth data releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: final data from SDSS-III

Shadab Alam;Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;F. Anders

2123
Citations
The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)

Steven R. Majewski;Ricardo P. Schiavon;Peter M. Frinchaboy;Carlos Allende Prieto

1505
Citations
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

1413
Citations
The PLATO 2.0 Mission

H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

1395
Citations
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic data from the extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the second phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment

Bela Abolfathi;D. S. Aguado;Gabriela Aguilar;Carlos Allende Prieto

1314
Citations
The PLATO 2.0 mission

H. Rauer;H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

977
Citations
The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)

Steven R. Majewski;Ricardo P. Schiavon;Peter M. Frinchaboy;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto

917
Citations
The Thirteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey MApping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory

Franco D. Albareti;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida

905
Citations
Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets

Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

759
Citations
Gravity modes as a way to distinguish between hydrogen- and helium-burning red giant stars

Timothy R. Bedding;Benoit Mosser;Daniel Huber;Josefina Montalbán

680
Citations
The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andrés Almeida;Friedrich Anders;Friedrich Anders

655
Citations
Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition From Gaseous to Rocky Planets

Geoffrey W. Marcy;Howard Isaacson;Andrew W. Howard;Jason F. Rowe

579
Citations
The Sixteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra

Romina Ahumada;Carlos Allende Prieto;Andres Almeida;Friedrich Anders

571
Citations
Revised Stellar Properties of Kepler Targets for the Quarter 1-16 Transit Detection Run

Daniel Huber;Daniel Huber;Victor Silva Aguirre;Jaymie M. Matthews;Marc H. Pinsonneault

555
Citations
Fast core rotation in red-giant stars as revealed by gravity-dominated mixed modes

Paul P.G.Beck;Josefina Montalban;Thomas Kallinger;Joris De Ridder

538
Citations
Asteroseismic fundamental properties of solar-type stars observed by the NASA Kepler Mission

W. J. Chaplin;S. Basu;D. Huber;A Serenelli

500
Citations
Testing Scaling Relations for Solar-Like Oscillations from the Main Sequence to Red Giants using Kepler Data

D. Huber;T. R. Bedding;D. Stello;S. Hekker

494
Citations
Asteroseismology of old open clusters with Kepler: direct estimate of the integrated RGB mass loss in NGC6791 and NGC6819

A. Miglio;K. Brogaard;D. Stello;W. J. Chaplin

484
Citations
Spin down of the core rotation in red giants

B. Mosser;M.J. Goupil;K. Belkacem;J.P. Marques

481
Citations
Non-radial oscillation modes with long lifetimes in giant stars

Joris De Ridder;Caroline Barban;Frédéric Baudin;Fabien Carrier

458
Citations