2026 Tsvi Piran: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	136	454	437	4	4	614	69107

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Physics

136

454

437

614

69107

Tsvi Piran 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 Tsvi Piran sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 614 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tsvi Piran 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 Tsvi Piran sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 136 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

2026 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Tsvi Piran is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and specializes in research within the fields of Physics and Astronomy, contributing significantly to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geophysics, Oceanography, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their research focuses primarily on topics including:

Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
High-pressure geophysics and materials

Tsvi Piran has published extensively, with frequent publication venues including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
The Astrophysical Journal
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Tsvi Piran include:

"Measuring Stellar and Black Hole Masses of Tidal Disruption Events" (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
"Tidal Disruptions of Main-sequence Stars. III. Stellar Mass Dependence of the Character of Partial Disruptions" (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
"Tidal Disruptions of Main-sequence Stars. II. Simulation Methodology and Stellar Mass Dependence of the Character of Full Tidal Disruptions" (2020), The Astrophysical Journal
"Radiative Emission Mechanisms of Tidal Disruption Events" (2020), arXiv (Cornell University)
"Accurate flux calibration of GW170817: is the X-ray counterpart on the rise?" (2022), Cineca Institutional Research Information System (Tor Vergata University)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Tsvi Piran include:

Julian H. Krolik
Tatsuya Matsumoto
Paz Beniamini
D. D. Ofengeim
Taeho Ryu

Best Publications

Nucleosynthesis, neutrino bursts and gamma-rays from coalescing neutron stars

David Eichler;David Eichler;Mario Livio;Tsvi Piran;Tsvi Piran;David N. Schramm;David N. Schramm

2535
Citations
Spectra and light curves of gamma-ray burst afterglows

Re'em Sari;Tsvi Piran;Ramesh Narayan

2358
Citations
The physics of gamma-ray bursts

Tsvi Piran

2319
Citations
Gamma-ray bursts and the fireball model

Tsvi Piran;Tsvi Piran

2117
Citations
Gamma-ray bursts as the death throes of massive binary stars

Ramesh Narayan;Bohdan Paczynski;Tsvi Piran

1864
Citations
Jets in Gamma-Ray Bursts

Re'em Sari;Tsvi Piran;Tsvi Piran;Jules Halpern

1590
Citations
Jets in GRBs

Re'em Sari;Tsvi Piran;Jules Halpern

1444
Citations
Spectroscopic identification of r-process nucleosynthesis in a double neutron star merger

E. Pian;P. D'Avanzo;S. Benetti;M. Branchesi

920
Citations
Can Internal Shocks Produce the Variability in GRBs

Shiho Kobayashi;Tsvi Piran;Re'em Sari

743
Citations
The afterglow of GRB 050709 and the nature of the short-hard γ-ray bursts

Derek B Fox;Derek B Fox;Dale A Frail;Paul Antony Price;Shrinivas R Kulkarni

731
Citations
Broadband observations of the naked-eye gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B

J. L. Racusin;S. V. Karpov;M. Sokolowski;J. Granot

708
Citations
Can Internal Shocks Produce the Variability in Gamma-Ray Bursts?

Shiho Kobayashi;Tsvi Piran;Re'em Sari

696
Citations
The afterglow, redshift and extreme energetics of the γ-ray burst of 23 January 1999

[No Value] Kulkarni;SG Djorgovski;SC Odewahn;JS Bloom

690
Citations
Predictions for the Very Early Afterglow and the Optical Flash

Re'em Sari;Tsvi Piran

684
Citations
Relativistic ejecta from X-ray flash XRF 060218 and the rate of cosmic explosions

A. M. Soderberg;S. R. Kulkarni;E. Nakar;E. Berger

612
Citations
The afterglow, the redshift, and the extreme energetics of the gamma-ray burst 990123

S. R. Kulkarni;S. G. Djorgovski;S. C. Odewahn;J. S. Bloom

602
Citations
Accretion Models of Gamma‐Ray Bursts

Ramesh Narayan;Tsvi Piran;Pawan Kumar

586
Citations
Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries in the Galaxy

Ramesh Narayan;Tsvi Piran;Amotz Shemi

555
Citations
Illuminating gravitational waves: A concordant picture of photons from a neutron star merger

M. M. Kasliwal;E. Nakar;L. P. Singer;L. P. Singer;D. L. Kaplan

548
Citations
Planck-scale deformation of Lorentz symmetry as a solution to the ultrahigh energy cosmic ray and the TeV-photon paradoxes

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia;Tsvi Piran

533
Citations