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Magnetic confinement fusion research

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
H. Abu-Shawareb
General Atomics (United States)
2
D. Ganapathy
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
3
Ian E. Ochs
Princeton University
4
V. Bandaru
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
5
M. Colleoni
Fundació Universitat-Empresa de les Illes Balears
6
A. Redl
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
7
Lorenzo Giannini
Eurofins (Germany)
8
Christoph Dlapa
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
9
Douglass Endrizzi
University of Wisconsin System
10
J. Poley-Sanjuán
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Papers

1
Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment
Physical Review Letters|2024
381 cit.
2
Local in Time Conservative Binary Dynamics at Fourth Post-Minkowskian Order
Physical Review Letters|2024
51 cit.
3
Lowering the reactor breakeven requirements for proton–boron 11 fusion
Physics of Plasmas|2024
17 cit.
4
An extensive analysis of SOL properties in high-δ plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade
Nuclear Fusion|2024
17 cit.
5
Publication in Nuclear Fusion (2024) [14 citations, W4399068465]
Nuclear Fusion|2024
14 cit.
6
Publication in Journal of Plasma Physics (2025) [12 citations, W4406774956]
Journal of Plasma Physics|2025
12 cit.
7
Publication in Physics of Plasmas (2024) [10 citations, W4401246065]
Physics of Plasmas|2024
10 cit.
8
An innovative coil fabrication and assembly process for the VNS tokamak based on in-situ winding
Fusion Engineering and Design|2024
8 cit.
9
Electron tail suppression and effective collisionality due to synchrotron emission and absorption in mildly relativistic plasmas
Physics of Plasmas|2024
8 cit.
10
Conceptual Design Studies on the Magnet System for the Volumetric Neutron Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity|2024
7 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
M. Zeuch
Goddard Space Flight Center
2
the EUROfusion MST Team
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
3
the W -X Team
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald
4
J.C. Xu
Anhui University of Science and Technology
5
A. B. Zylstra
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
6
S. Sereda
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald
7
the WEST Team
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
8
S. Henneberg
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald
9
S. Degenkolbe
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald
10
S. Sipliä
Aalto University

Papers

1
Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment
Physical Review Letters|2024
381 cit.
2
Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme
Nuclear Fusion|2022
70 cit.
3
Nonlinear decay of high-power microwaves into trapped modes in inhomogeneous plasma
Nuclear Fusion|2022
46 cit.
4
Confinement properties of L-mode plasmas in ASDEX Upgrade and full-radius predictions of the TGLF transport model
Nuclear Fusion|2022
44 cit.
5
Initial results from boron powder injection experiments in WEST lower single null L-mode plasmas
Nuclear Fusion|2022
42 cit.
6
Core radiative collapse characterisation and integrated modelling in WEST plasmas
Nuclear Fusion|2022
35 cit.
7
Dependence of scrape-off layer profiles and turbulence on gas fuelling in high density H-mode regimes in TCV
Nuclear Fusion|2022
28 cit.
8
Overview of the emissivity measurements performed in WEST: in situ and post-mortem observations
Nuclear Fusion|2022
27 cit.
9
Comparison between MAST-U conventional and Super-X configurations through SOLPS-ITER modelling
Nuclear Fusion|2022
25 cit.
10
Analysis of hydrogen fueling, recycling, and confinement at Wendelstein 7-X via a single-reservoir particle balance
Nuclear Fusion|2022
23 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
P. H. Diamond
University of California San Diego
2
S. J. Zweben
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
3
Jet Contributors
Fusion (United States)
4
H. Zohm
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
5
R. B. White
Princeton University
6
the ASDEX Upgrade Team
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
7
R. E. Waltz
General Atomics (United States)
8
W. M. Tang
Princeton University
9
Liu Chen
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
10
F. Zonca
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

Papers

1
Zonal flows in plasma—a review
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion|2005
1.9k cit.
2
A theory of long-period magnetic pulsations: 1. Steady state excitation of field line resonance
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1974
1.1k cit.
3
Turbulent Transport Reduction by Zonal Flows: Massively Parallel Simulations
Science|1998
1k cit.
4
Edge localized modes (ELMs)
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion|1996
970 cit.
5
Nonlinear gyrokinetic equations for low-frequency electromagnetic waves in general plasma equilibria
The Physics of Fluids|1982
827 cit.
6
An Eulerian gyrokinetic-Maxwell solver
Journal of Computational Physics|2003
597 cit.
7
Chapter 5: Physics of energetic ions
Nuclear Fusion|2007
593 cit.
8
Comparison of initial value and eigenvalue codes for kinetic toroidal plasma instabilities
Computer Physics Communications|1995
568 cit.
9
A gyro-Landau-fluid transport model
Physics of Plasmas|1997
540 cit.
10
Kinetic processes in plasma heating by resonant mode conversion of Alfvén wave
The Physics of Fluids|1976
525 cit.

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