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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 126 633 604 14 14 833 81275

Tobias J. Kippenberg publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tobias J. Kippenberg between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tobias J. Kippenberg published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 35.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 100 publications in 2021. 62 of the 1,072 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 100. Peak 100 publications in 2021. 1997: 2 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 18 publications 2005: 25 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 21 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 20 publications 2011: 27 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 54 publications 2017: 73 publications 2018: 86 publications 2019: 80 publications 2020: 79 publications 2021: 100 publications 2022: 73 publications 2023: 96 publications 2024: 74 publications 2025: 60 publications 2026: 2 publications
1997 2026

1,072 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tobias J. Kippenberg: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 2
1998 8
1999 4
2000 1
2001 0
2002 9
2003 12
2004 18
2005 25
2006 10
2007 21
2008 21
2009 20
2010 20
2011 27
2012 23
2013 27
2014 24
2015 23
2016 54
2017 73
2018 86
2019 80
2020 79
2021 100
2022 73
2023 96
2024 74
2025 60
2026 2
Total 1,072
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Tobias J. Kippenberg 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 Tobias J. Kippenberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 823–842 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 833 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36 833
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Tobias J. Kippenberg 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 Tobias J. Kippenberg sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 126–127 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 126 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42 126
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - OSA Fellows Tobias Kippenberg École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland For pioneering fundamental and applied research on microresonator frequency combs and cavity optomechanics.
  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions to the science and application of high Q optical microresonators in cavity quantum optomechanics and optical frequency metrology

Overview

Tobias J. Kippenberg is affiliated with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. The scientist's research primarily focuses on the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering, with significant contributions in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Additional subfields include Artificial Intelligence, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main research topics pursued by Tobias J. Kippenberg cover Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, and Optical Network Technologies.

Significant recent publications include:

  • "Massively parallel coherent laser ranging using a soliton microcomb", 2020, Nature
  • "Integrated turnkey soliton microcombs", 2020, Nature
  • "Photonic microwave generation in the X- and K-band using integrated soliton microcombs", 2020, Nature Photonics
  • "A photonic integrated circuit-based erbium-doped amplifier", 2022, Science
  • "Ultrafast tunable lasers using lithium niobate integrated photonics", 2023, Nature

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Junqiu Liu, Rui Ning Wang, Johann Riemensberger, Grigory Lihachev, and Wenle Weng.

Tobias J. Kippenberg has published extensively in various venues, with a pronounced number of papers appearing in arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Nature Communications, and Nature.

Awards received include being named an OSA Fellow in 2018, recognizing research on microresonator frequency combs and cavity optomechanics. In 2016, the scientist was also elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for contributions relating to high Q optical microresonators in cavity quantum optomechanics and optical frequency metrology.

Best Publications

  • Cavity Optomechanics

    Markus Aspelmeyer;Tobias J. Kippenberg;Florian Marquardt

  • Ultra-high-Q toroid microcavities on a chip

    T.J. Kippenberg;D.K. Armani;S.M. Spillane;K.J. Vahala

  • Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator

    P. Del’Haye;A. Schliesser;O. Arcizet;T. Wilken

  • Microresonator-Based Optical Frequency Combs

    Tobias J. Kippenberg;Ronald Holzwarth;S. A. Diddams

  • Cavity Optomechanics: Back-Action at the Mesoscale

    Tobias J. Kippenberg;Kerry J. Vahala

  • Temporal solitons in optical microresonators

    T. Herr;V. Brasch;J. D. Jost;C. Y. Wang

  • Dissipative Kerr Solitons in Optical Microresonators

    Tobias J. Kippenberg;Alexander L. Gaeta;Michal Lipson;Michael L. Gorodetsky

  • Optomechanically Induced Transparency

    Stefan Weis;Rémi Rivière;Samuel Deléglise;Emanuel Gavartin

  • Parallel convolutional processing using an integrated photonic tensor core.

    J. Feldmann;N. Youngblood;N. Youngblood;M. Karpov;H. Gehring

  • Microresonator-based solitons for massively parallel coherent optical communications

    Pablo Marin-Palomo;Juned N. Kemal;Maxim Karpov;Arne Kordts

  • Ultralow-threshold Raman laser using a spherical dielectric microcavity

    S. M. Spillane;T. J. Kippenberg;K. J. Vahala

  • Theory of ground state cooling of a mechanical oscillator using dynamical backaction.

    I. Wilson-Rae;Nima Nooshi;W. Zwerger;Tobias J. Kippenberg

  • Observation of strong coupling between one atom and a monolithic microresonator

    Takao Aoki;Barak Dayan;E. Wilcut;W. P. Bowen;W. P. Bowen

  • Photonic-chip-based frequency combs

    Alexander L. Gaeta;Michal Lipson;Tobias J. Kippenberg

  • Quantum-coherent coupling of a mechanical oscillator to an optical cavity mode

    E. Verhagen;S. Deléglise;S. Weis;S. Weis;A. Schliesser;A. Schliesser

  • Cavity Opto-Mechanics

    Tobias J. Kippenberg;Kerry J. Vahala

  • An optical-frequency synthesizer using integrated photonics

    Daryl T. Spencer;Tara E. Drake;Travis C. Briles;Travis C. Briles;Jordan R. Stone;Jordan R. Stone

  • Analysis of Radiation-Pressure Induced Mechanical Oscillation of an Optical Microcavity

    T. J. Kippenberg;H. Rokhsari;T. Carmon;Axel Scherer

  • Photonic chip–based optical frequency comb using soliton Cherenkov radiation

    V. Brasch;M. Geiselmann;T. Herr;G. Lihachev

  • Optomechanically Induced Transparency

    S. Weis;S. Deléglise;R. Rivière;E. Gavartin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry J. Vahala
Kerry J. Vahala California Institute of Technology
Alan E. Willner
Alan E. Willner University of Southern California
Ronald Holzwarth
Ronald Holzwarth Max Planck Society
Christian Koos
Christian Koos Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Moshe Tur
Moshe Tur Tel Aviv University
Wolfgang Freude
Wolfgang Freude Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Lin Zhang
Lin Zhang Tianjin University
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Juerg Leuthold
Juerg Leuthold ETH Zurich
Scott A. Diddams
Scott A. Diddams University of Colorado Boulder

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