2026 Witold Nazarewicz: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	109	1216	1150	639	593	663	43518

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Witold Nazarewicz 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 Witold Nazarewicz sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 663 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Witold Nazarewicz 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 Witold Nazarewicz sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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

2012 - Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society
2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1994 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to our understanding of singleparticle and collective motion in nuclei, especially at high spins, and for his studies of reflectionasymmetric deformations in nuclei

Overview

Witold Nazarewicz is a researcher primarily affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their work is concentrated in the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Radiation, Aerospace Engineering, and Spectroscopy.

Themes central to their research include Nuclear physics research studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Astronomical and nuclear sciences, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies.

Among their frequent collaborators are P.-G. Reinhard, Kyle Godbey, R. F. García Ruíz, J. Dobaczewski, and X. F. Yang. Their publications often appear in well-known scientific venues, including arXiv (Cornell University), Physical review. C, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Physics G Nuclear and Particle Physics, and UNC Libraries.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Witold Nazarewicz include:

Colloquium: Machine learning in nuclear physics, 2022, Reviews of Modern Physics
Dense nuclear matter equation of state from heavy-ion collisions, 2023, Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics
Measurement and microscopic description of odd-even staggering of charge radii of exotic copper isotopes, 2020, Nature Physics
Information Content of the Parity-Violating Asymmetry in Pb208, 2021, Physical Review Letters
Quantified limits of the nuclear landscape, 2020, Physical review. C

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, including the Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics from the American Physical Society in 2012, fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009, and Fellowship of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1994, the latter accompanied by a citation for contribution to understanding nuclear structure and deformation phenomena.

Best Publications

Microscopic study of the high-spin behaviour in selected A ~= 80 nuclei

W. Nazarewicz;J. Dudek;R. Bengtsson;T. Bengtsson

1080
Citations
Single-particle energies, wave functions, quadrupole moments and g-factors in an axially deformed woods-saxon potential with applications to the two-centre-type nuclear problems

S. Cwiok;J. Dudek;W. Nazarewicz;J. Skalski

968
Citations
Coexistence in even-mass nuclei

J.L Wood;K Heyde;W Nazarewicz;W Nazarewicz;M Huyse

940
Citations
Intrinsic reflection asymmetry in atomic nuclei

P. A. Butler;W. Nazarewicz

932
Citations
Mean-field description of ground-state properties of drip-line nuclei: Pairing and continuum effects

J. Dobaczewski;W. Nazarewicz;T. R. Werner;J. F. Berger

846
Citations
Nuclear Energy Density Optimization

M. Kortelainen;M. Kortelainen;T. Lesinski;T. Lesinski;J. Moré;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz

652
Citations
The limits of the nuclear landscape

Jochen Erler;Noah Birge;Markus Kortelainen;Markus Kortelainen;Markus Kortelainen;Witold Nazarewicz;Witold Nazarewicz;Witold Nazarewicz

612
Citations
Shell structure of the superheavy elements

Stefan Cwiok;Stefan Cwiok;Jacek Dobaczewski;Jacek Dobaczewski;Paul-Henri Heenen;Piotr Magierski

597
Citations
Nuclear shell structure at particle drip lines

J. Dobaczewski;J. Dobaczewski;I. Hamamoto;I. Hamamoto;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;J. A. Sheikh;J. A. Sheikh

580
Citations
Structure of superdeformed bands in the A ≈ 150 mass region

W. Nazarewicz;R. Wyss;A. Johnson

523
Citations
Accurate nuclear radii and binding energies from a chiral interaction

A. Ekstrom;A. Ekstrom;G. R. Jansen;G. R. Jansen;K. A. Wendt;K. A. Wendt;G. Hagen;G. Hagen

493
Citations
Nuclear energy density optimization: Large deformations

M. Kortelainen;M. Kortelainen;J. McDonnell;J. McDonnell;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;P.-G. Reinhard

483
Citations
Shape coexistence and the effective nucleon-nucleon interaction

P.-G. Reinhard;D. J. Dean;D. J. Dean;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;J. Dobaczewski;J. Dobaczewski;J. Dobaczewski

458
Citations
Equilibrium deformations and excitation energies of single-quasiproton band heads of rare-earth nuclei

W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;M.A. Riley;M.A. Riley;J.D. Garrett;J.D. Garrett

456
Citations
Analysis of octupole instability in medium-mass and heavy nuclei

W Nazarewicz;P Olanders;[No Value] Ragnarsson;J Dudek

451
Citations
Highly deformed intruder bands in the A≈130 mass region

R. Wyss;J. Nyberg;A. Johnson;R. Bengtsson

412
Citations
Unexpectedly large charge radii of neutron-rich calcium isotopes

R.F. Garcia Ruiz;M.L. Bissell;M.L. Bissell;Klaus Blaum;A. Ekström;A. Ekström

401
Citations
Information content of a new observable: The case of the nuclear neutron skin

P.-G. Reinhard;Witold Nazarewicz

397
Citations
Systematic study of deformed nuclei at the drip lines and beyond

M. V. Stoitsov;J. Dobaczewski;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;W. Nazarewicz;S. Pittel

393
Citations
Abundance and systematics of nuclear superdeformed states; relation to the pseudospin and pseudo-SU(3) symmetries.

J. Dudek;W. Nazarewicz;Z. Szymanski;G. A. Leander

392
Citations