2026 Vladimir E. Zakharov: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	88	2355	8	427	44997

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Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2012 - OSA Fellows For outstanding contributions to nonlinear wave theory in optics, including optical solitons, turbulence and wave collapses.
2011 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Vladimir E. Zakharov was affiliated with the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics in the Russian Federation. Their research spanned extensively across multiple disciplines within physics and astronomy, focusing on nonlinear wave phenomena and their applications.

The main fields of study for Zakharov included:

Physics and Astronomy
Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields of study they contributed to consisted of:

Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Oceanography
Atmospheric Science
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Zakharov's principal research topics were focused on:

Nonlinear Waves and Solitons
Nonlinear Photonic Systems
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Astro and Planetary Science
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

The scientist authored papers in various notable venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Теоретическая и математическая физика
Uspekhi Fizicheskih Nauk
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Selected recent papers included:

"Solutions to the Kaup-Broer system and its (21) dimensional integrable generalization via the dressing method" (2020), published in Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena
"Water, hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide, and dust production from distant comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1" (2022), published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
"Soliton Turbulence in Approximate and Exact Models for Deep Water Waves" (2020), published in Fluids
"Integration of a deep fluid equation with a free surface" (2020), published in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
"Bound-state soliton gas as a limit of adiabatically growing integrable turbulence" (2022), published in Chaos Solitons & Fractals

Zakharov collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Victor A. L'vov
Gregory Falkovich
Dmitry Zakharov
Andrey Gelash
A. N. Pushkarev

Their work also contributed to book publications, notably one forthcoming title:

Kolmogorov-Zakharov Spectra of Turbulence (2025), published by Springer Nature

Zakharov received several distinguished awards during their career including:

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2018)
OSA Fellow (2012) for contributions to nonlinear wave theory in optics, including optical solitons, turbulence, and wave collapses
Member of Academia Europaea (2011)

Best Publications

Exact Theory of Two-dimensional Self-focusing and One-dimensional Self-modulation of Waves in Nonlinear Media

V. E. Zakharov;A. B. Shabat

7154
Citations
Stability of periodic waves of finite amplitude on the surface of a deep fluid

Vladimir E Zakharov

3533
Citations
Collapse of Langmuir Waves

V. E. Zakharov

2742
Citations
Kolmogorov Spectra of Turbulence I: Wave Turbulence

V. E. Zakharov;V. S. L'Vov;G. Falkovich

1907
Citations
Kolmogorov Spectra of Turbulence I

Vladimir E. Zakharov;Victor S. L’vov;Gregory Falkovich

1722
Citations
Interaction between solitons in a stable medium

V. E. Zakharov;A. B. Shabat

1254
Citations
The Inverse Scattering Method

V. E. Zakharov

1239
Citations
A scheme for integrating the nonlinear equations of mathematical physics by the method of the inverse scattering problem. I

V. E. Zakharov;A. B. Shabat

1173
Citations
Korteweg-de Vries equation: A completely integrable Hamiltonian system

V. E. Zakharov;L. D. Faddeev

921
Citations
Modulation instability: The beginning

V.E. Zakharov;V.E. Zakharov;L.A. Ostrovsky;L.A. Ostrovsky

920
Citations
Integration of nonlinear equations of mathematical physics by the method of inverse scattering. II

V. E. Zakharov;A. B. Shabat

875
Citations
Relativistically invariant two-dimensional models of field theory which are integrable by means of the inverse scattering problem method

V.E. Zakharov;A.V. Mikhailov

794
Citations
Soliton stability in plasmas and hydrodynamics

E.A. Kuznetsov;A.M. Rubenchik;V.E. Zakharov

671
Citations
Two-dimensional solitons of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation and their interaction

S.V. Manakov;V.E. Zakharov;L.A. Bordag;A.R. Its

621
Citations
What Is Integrability

Vladimir Evgenʹevich Zakharov;Francesco Calogero

524
Citations
Equivalence of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the equation of a Heisenberg ferromagnet

V. E. Zakharov;L. A. Takhtadzhyan

451
Citations
Hamiltonian formalism for nonlinear waves

Vladimir E. Zakharov;Evgenii A. Kuznetsov

392
Citations
Hamiltonian approach to the description of non-linear plasma phenomena

V.E. Zakharov;S.L. Musher;A.M. Rubenchik

363
Citations
Instability of waveguides and solitons in nonlinear media

V. E. Zakharov;A. M. Rubenchik

328
Citations
Construction of higher-dimensional nonlinear integrable systems and of their solutions

V. E. Zakharov;S. V. Manakov

286
Citations