2026 Stefan Gillessen: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	99	1698	1615	147	141	370	40652

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

1698

1615

147

141

370

40652

Stefan Gillessen 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 Stefan Gillessen sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 370 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan Gillessen 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 Stefan Gillessen sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stefan Gillessen is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a concentration on Astronomy and Astrophysics among other related subfields.

The main fields of study include:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Computational Mechanics

Gillessen's research topics cover a broad spectrum within astrophysics and related areas, highlighting areas such as:

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astro and Planetary Science

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent publication venues including:

Astronomy and Astrophysics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Stefan Gillessen are:

Detection of the Schwarzschild precession in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole, 2020, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Mass distribution in the Galactic Center based on interferometric astrometry of multiple stellar orbits, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
Improved GRAVITY astrometric accuracy from modeling optical aberrations, 2021, Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
Sgr A* near-infrared flares from reconnection events in a magnetically arrested disc, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Modeling the orbital motion of Sgr A*'s near-infrared flares, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Stefan Gillessen has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

R. Genzel
G. Perrin
T. Paumard
D. Lutz
P. García

Best Publications

Monitoring stellar orbits around the Massive Black Hole in the Galactic Center

S. Gillessen;F. Eisenhauer;S. Trippe;T. Alexander

2044
Citations
The galactic center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

Reinhard Genzel;Frank Eisenhauer;Stefan Gillessen

1661
Citations
THE SINS SURVEY: SINFONI INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF z ∼ 2 STAR-FORMING GALAXIES*

N. M. Förster Schreiber;R. Genzel;N. Bouché;G. Cresci

1279
Citations
Sinfoni in the galactic center : Young stars and infrared flares in the central light-month

F. Eisenhauer;R. Genzel;T. Alexander;R. Abuter

986
Citations
SINFONI in the Galactic Center: young stars and IR flares in the central light month

F. Eisenhauer;R. Genzel;T. Alexander;R. Abuter

883
Citations
The H.E.S.S. Survey of the Inner Galaxy in Very High Energy Gamma Rays

F. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;A. R. Bazer-Bachi;M. Beilicke

873
Citations
Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole

R. Abuter;A. Amorim;N. Anugu;M. Bauböck

867
Citations
A low level of extragalactic background light as revealed by gamma-rays from blazars.

F. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;A. R. Bazer-Bachi;M. Beilicke

852
Citations
Discovery of very-high-energy |[gamma]|-rays from the Galactic Centre ridge

F. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;A. R. Bazer-Bachi;M. Beilicke

784
Citations
High-energy particle acceleration in the shell of a supernova remnant.

F. A. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;K.-M. Aye;A. R. Bazer-Bachi

783
Citations
The two young star disks in the central parsec of the galaxy: properties, dynamics and formation

T. Paumard;R. Genzel;F. Martins;S. Nayakshin

741
Citations
Detection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole.

R. Abuter;A. Amorim;N. Anugu

704
Citations
Very high-energy gamma rays from the direction of Sagittarius A*

F. Aharonian;A.G. Akhperjanian;K.-M. Aye;A.R. Bazer-Bachi

667
Citations
THE ORBIT OF THE STAR S2 AROUND SGR A* FROM VERY LARGE TELESCOPE AND KECK DATA

S. Gillessen;F. Eisenhauer;T. K. Fritz;H. Bartko

663
Citations
The orbit of the star S2 around SgrA* from VLT and Keck data

S. Gillessen;F. Eisenhauer;T. K. Fritz;H. Bartko

598
Citations
Discovery of the Binary Pulsar PSR B1259-63 in Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays around Periastron with H.E.S.S

F. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;K.-M. Aye;A. R. Bazer-Bachi

584
Citations
Discovery of very high energy gamma rays associated with an x-ray binary.

F. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;K.-M. Aye;A. R. Bazer-Bachi

568
Citations
A new population of very high energy gamma-ray sources in the Milky Way.

F. Aharonian;A. G. Akhperjanian;K.-M. Aye;A. R. Bazer-Bachi

559
Citations
SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy of z ~ 2 UV-selected Galaxies: Rotation Curves and Dynamical Evolution*

N. M. Förster Schreiber;R. Genzel;M. D. Lehnert;N. Bouché

554
Citations
An Update on Monitoring Stellar Orbits in the Galactic Center

S. Gillessen;P. M. Plewa;F. Eisenhauer;R. Sari

534
Citations