2026 Silvia Zane: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	78	3173	3016	282	272	511	21155

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21155

Overview

Silvia Zane is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the domain of Physics and Astronomy, with a significant focus on subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, Biomedical Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The topics of their research include:

Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies
Superconducting Materials and Applications

Zane has contributed numerous papers to a variety of publication venues. The most frequent venues for their work include:

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

Among recent papers associated with their research contributions are:

GRB 221009A: Discovery of an Exceptionally Rare Nearby and Energetic Gamma-Ray Burst, 2023, 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
Discovery of X-Ray Polarization from the Black Hole Transient Swift J1727.8−1613, 2023, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Polarized x-rays from a magnetar, 2022, Science

Their frequent co-authors include:

Andrea Possenti
Juri Poutanen
Alessandro Papitto
M. Pilia
Alessandro Di Marco

Best Publications

The Hot and Energetic Universe: A White Paper presenting the science theme motivating the Athena+ mission

Kirpal Nandra;Didier Barret;Xavier Barcons;Andy Fabian

582
Citations
Magnetars: the physics behind observations

Roberto Turolla;Silvia Zane;Anna Watts

452
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 enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry mission—eXTP

ShuangNan Zhang;Andrea Santangelo;Andrea Santangelo;Marco Feroci;YuPeng Xu

254
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
Swift and Fermi observations of the early afterglow of the short Gamma-Ray Burst 090510

M. De Pasquale;P. Schady;N. P. M. Kuin;M. J. Page

230
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
Swift and fermi observations of the early afterglow of the short gamma-ray burst 090510

M. de Pasquale;P. Schady;N. P. M. Kuin;M. J. Page

209
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
A Swift Gaze into the 2006 March 29 Burst Forest of SGR 1900+14

G. L. Israel;P. Romano;P. Romano;V. Mangano;S. Dall’Osso;S. Dall’Osso

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
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
A Swift gaze into the 2006 March 29th burst forest of SGR 1900+14

G.L. Israel;P. Romano;V. Mangano;S. Dall'Osso

175
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