2026 Thomas M. Antonsen: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	81	2930	2783	1430	1332	1078	24251

Thomas M. Antonsen 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 Thomas M. Antonsen sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 1,078 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas M. Antonsen 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 Thomas M. Antonsen sits on this spectrum.

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

1986 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the theory of the stability of high temperature plasmas and the theory of the production of intense ion beams

Overview

Thomas M. Antonsen is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields primarily within engineering and physics.

Antonsen's main fields of study include Engineering with 58 publications and Physics and Astronomy with 48 publications. Their work delves into several specific subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Aerospace Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's research topics feature:

Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research
Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
Magnetic confinement fusion research
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing

Frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
2022 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS)
Physical Review Research
IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Antonsen are:

"Parallel Machine Learning for Forecasting the Dynamics of Complex Networks" (2022) published in Physical Review Letters
"A Stochastic Green's Function for Solution of Wave Propagation in Wave-Chaotic Environments" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
"Deep learning estimation of complex reverberant wave fields by a programmable metasurface" (2021) published in arXiv (Cornell University)
"Stabilizing machine learning prediction of dynamics: Novel noise-inspired regularization tested with reservoir computing" (2023) published in Neural Networks
"Predicting Statistical Wave Physics in Complex Enclosures: A Stochastic Dyadic Green's Function Approach" (2023) published in IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Frequent co-authors in Antonsen's work include Steven M. Anlage, Alexander N. Vlasov, Edward Ott, Igor A. Chernyavskiy, and Shukai Ma.

Thomas M. Antonsen was awarded the Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) in 1986 with a citation for contributions to the theory of the stability of high temperature plasmas and the theory of the production of intense ion beams.

Best Publications

Low dimensional behavior of large systems of globally coupled oscillators.

Edward Ott;Thomas M. Antonsen

953
Citations
Self-focusing and Raman scattering of laser pulses in tenuous plasmas

T. M. Antonsen;P. Mora

785
Citations
Kinetic modeling of intense, short laser pulses propagating in tenuous plasmas

Patrick Mora;Thomas M. Antonsen

586
Citations
Principles of Free-electron Lasers

H. P. Freund;T. M. Antonsen

576
Citations
Kinetic equations for low frequency instabilities in inhomogeneous plasmas

Thomas M. Antonsen;Barton Lane

504
Citations
Long time evolution of phase oscillator systems.

Edward Ott;Thomas M. Antonsen

431
Citations
Exact results for the Kuramoto model with a bimodal frequency distribution.

E. A. Martens;E. Barreto;S. H. Strogatz;E. Ott

343
Citations
Theory of relativistic backward-wave oscillators with end reflectors

B. Levush;T.M. Antonsen;A. Bromborsky;W.-R. Lou

283
Citations
Overmoded GW-class surface-wave microwave oscillator

A.N. Vlasov;A.G. Shkvarunets;J.C. Rodgers;Y. Carmel

266
Citations
QUICKPIC: a highly efficient particle-in-cell code for modeling wakefield acceleration in plasmas

C. Huang;V. K. Decyk;C. Ren;M. Zhou

266
Citations
MAGY: a time-dependent code for simulation of slow and fast microwave sources

M. Botton;T.M. Antonsen;B. Levush;K.T. Nguyen

264
Citations
Experimental Observation and Characterization of the Magnetorotational Instability

Daniel R. Sisan;Nicolás Mujica;W. Andrew Tillotson;Yi Min Huang

251
Citations
Spontaneous poloidal spin-up of tokamaks and the transition to the H mode.

A. B. Hassam;T. M. Antonsen;J. F. Drake;C. S. Liu

249
Citations
Effect of noise on time-dependent quantum chaos

E. Ott;T. M. Antonsen;J. D. Hanson

221
Citations
Electron cavitation and acceleration in the wake of an ultraintense, self-focused laser pulse

Patrick Mora;Thomas M. Antonsen

220
Citations
Quasiperiodically Forced Damped Pendula and Schrödinger Equations with Quasiperiodic Potentials: Implications of Their Equivalence

Anders Bondeson;Edward Ott;Thomas M. Antonsen

206
Citations
Stability and confinement of nonrelativistic sheet electron beams with periodic cusped magnetic focusing

John H. Booske;Brian D. McVey;Thomas M. Antonsen

205
Citations
Stabilization of the tearing mode in high‐temperature plasma

J. F. Drake;T. M. Antonsen;A. B. Hassam;N. T. Gladd

191
Citations
Ray splitting and quantum chaos

Reinhold Blümel;T. M. Antonsen;Bertrand Georgeot;Edward Ott

190
Citations
Development and applications of a plasma waveguide for intense laser pulses

H. M. Milchberg;T. R. Clark;C. G. Durfee;T. M. Antonsen

188
Citations