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D-Index
92
Citations
34121
World Ranking
2096
National Ranking
1073

Warren Mori 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 Warren Mori sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 932 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Warren Mori 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 Warren Mori sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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

  • 2020 - James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society For leadership in and pioneering contributions to the theory and kinetic simulations of nonlinear processes in plasma-based acceleration, and relativistically intense laser and beam plasma interactions.
  • 1997 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his outstanding contributions to particle simulations of complex laserplasma phenomena and of plasma based light sources

Overview

Warren Mori is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within physics and engineering, with a primary focus on plasma-based acceleration and laser-plasma interactions.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

Within these broad areas, their subfields of study are:

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Aerospace Engineering

Mori's main topics of investigation focus predominantly on:

  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics

Their publication record includes significant contributions in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Physical Review Research

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Warren Mori include:

  • Perspectives on the generation of electron beams from plasma-based accelerators and their near and long term applications, 2020, Physics of Plasmas
  • In Situ Generation of High-Energy Spin-Polarized Electrons in a Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Photon deceleration in plasma wakes generates single-cycle relativistic tunable infrared pulses, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Microcoulomb (0.7 ± $$\frac{0.4}{0.2}$$ μC) laser plasma accelerator on OMEGA EP, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Arbitrarily structured laser pulses, 2023, Physical Review Research

Frequent collaborators in Mori's research include:

  • Fei Li
  • C. Joshi
  • Weiming An
  • Kyle G. Miller
  • F. S. Tsung

Warren Mori has been recognized with awards such as the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics from the American Physical Society in 2020, awarded for leadership and pioneering contributions in plasma-based acceleration and laser-plasma interactions.

In 1997, Mori was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society for outstanding contributions to particle simulations of complex laser-plasma phenomena and plasma-based light sources.

Best Publications

  • Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser–plasma interactions

    Stuart P. D. Mangles;C. D. Murphy;C. D. Murphy;Zulfikar Najmudin;Alexander George Roy Thomas

  • Generating multi-GeV electron bunches using single stage laser wakefield acceleration in a 3D nonlinear regime

    Wei Lu;Michail Tzoufras;Chandrasekar Joshi;Frank S. Tsung

  • Energy doubling of 42 GeV electrons in a metre-scale plasma wakefield accelerator

    Ian Blumenfeld;Christopher E. Clayton;Franz-Josef Decker;Mark J. Hogan

  • OSIRIS: A Three-Dimensional, Fully Relativistic Particle in Cell Code for Modeling Plasma Based Accelerators

    Ricardo A. Fonseca;L. O. Silva;F. S. Tsung;Viktor K. Decyk

  • Injection and Trapping of Tunnel-Ionized Electrons into Laser-Produced Wakes

    A. Pak;K. A. Marsh;S. F. Martins;S. F. Martins;W. Lu

  • Nonlinear theory for relativistic plasma wakefields in the blowout regime.

    W. Lu;C. Huang;M. Zhou;W. B. Mori

  • Proton shock acceleration in laser-plasma interactions.

    Luís Miguel Oliveira Silva;Michael Marti;Jonathan Davies;Ricardo Fonseca

  • High-efficiency acceleration of an electron beam in a plasma wakefield accelerator

    M. Litos;E. Adli;E. Adli;W. An;C. I. Clarke

  • Interpenetrating plasma shells: near-equipartition magnetic field generation and non-thermal particle acceleration

    L. O. Silva;R. A. Fonseca;J. Tonge;J. M. Dawson

  • Collisionless shocks in laser-produced plasma generate monoenergetic high-energy proton beams

    Dan Haberberger;Sergei Tochitsky;Frederico Fiúza;Chao Gong

  • Self-Guided Laser Wakefield Acceleration beyond 1 GeV Using Ionization-Induced Injection

    Chris E. Clayton;J. E. Ralph;F. Albert;Ricardo Fonseca

  • Interpenetrating Plasma Shells: Near-Equipartition Magnetic Field Generation and Nonthermal Particle Acceleration

    Luís Miguel Oliveira Silva;Ricardo Fonseca;John Tonge;John M Dawson

  • Ultrahigh gradient particle acceleration by intense laser-driven plasma density waves

    C. Joshi;W. B. Mori;T. Katsouleas;J. M. Dawson

  • Near-GeV Acceleration of Electrons by a Nonlinear Plasma Wave Driven by a Self-Guided Laser Pulse

    S Kneip;S R Nagel;S F Martins;S P D Mangles

  • Raman forward scattering of short-pulse high-intensity lasers.

    Mori Wb;Decker Cd;Hinkel De;Katsouleas T

  • A nonlinear theory for multidimensional relativistic plasma wave wakefieldsa)

    W. Lu;C. Huang;M. Zhou;M. Tzoufras

  • Beam Loading in the Nonlinear Regime of Plasma-Based Acceleration

    M. Tzoufras;W. Lu;F.S. Tsung;C. Huang

  • Observation of Electron Energies Beyond the Linear Dephasing Limit from a Laser-Excited Relativistic Plasma Wave

    D. Gordon;K. C. Tzeng;C. E. Clayton;A. E. Dangor

  • Demonstration of a narrow energy spread, ∼0.5 GeV electron beam from a two-stage laser wakefield accelerator.

    B. B. Pollock;B. B. Pollock;C. E. Clayton;J. E. Ralph;F. Albert

  • Evolution of self-focusing of intense electromagnetic waves in plasma

    W. B. Mori;C. Joshi;J. M. Dawson;D. W. Forslund

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis O. Silva
Luis O. Silva Instituto Superior Técnico
Thomas M. Antonsen
Thomas M. Antonsen University of Maryland, College Park
Karl Krushelnick
Karl Krushelnick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John M. Dawson
John M. Dawson University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Esarey
Eric Esarey Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Peter Norreys
Peter Norreys University of Oxford
Padma Kant Shukla
Padma Kant Shukla Ruhr University Bochum
Victor Malka
Victor Malka Weizmann Institute of Science

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