V. Malka

19.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
284 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

V. Malka is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Mechanics of Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Malka has authored 284 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 257 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 176 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 166 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in V. Malka's work include Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (256 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (175 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (146 papers). V. Malka is often cited by papers focused on Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics (256 papers), Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma (175 papers) and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications (146 papers). V. Malka collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Italy. V. Malka's co-authors include J. Fauré, A. Rousse, E. Lefebvre, Y. Glinec, K. Ta Phuoc, F. Burgy, A. Pukhov, A. Lifschitz, C. Rechatin and S. I. Kiselev and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

V. Malka

272 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A laser–plasma accelerator producing monoenergetic electron beams

2004 1.5k citations A. Pukhov, E. Lefebvre et al. profile →
Electron acceleration from the breaking of relativistic plasma waves

1995 647 citations Z. Najmudin, A. E. Dangor et al. profile →
Controlled injection and acceleration of electrons in plasma wakefields by colliding laser pulses

2006 608 citations A. Lifschitz, V. Malka et al. profile →
Laser-driven proton scaling laws and new paths towards energy increase

2005 557 citations E. d’Humières, E. Lefebvre et al. profile →
Femtosecond x rays from laser-plasma accelerators

2013 527 citations V. Malka, A. Rousse et al. profile →
Electron Acceleration by a Wake Field Forced by an Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulse

2002 467 citations V. Malka, S. Fritzler et al. profile →
Production of a keV X-Ray Beam from Synchrotron Radiation in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interaction

2004 467 citations A. Rousse, A. Pukhov et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Principles and applications of compact laser–plasma accelerators

2008 372 citations V. Malka, A. Rousse et al. profile →
All-optical Compton gamma-ray source

2012 360 citations C. Thaury, V. Malka et al. profile →
Few femtosecond, few kiloampere electron bunch produced by a laser–plasma accelerator

2011 293 citations X. Davoine, V. Malka et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. Malka France	55	12.2k	7.9k	7.3k	2.7k	2.3k	284	13.6k
K. Krushelnick United States	57	11.9k 1.0×	7.7k 1.0×	7.4k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	1.7k 0.7×	268	13.1k
T. E. Cowan United States	47	9.6k 0.8×	6.0k 0.8×	6.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	233	11.4k
A. Pukhov Germany	69	18.0k 1.5×	9.7k 1.2×	7.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	372	19.3k
Wim Leemans United States	51	11.9k 1.0×	8.1k 1.0×	6.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.9k 0.8×	409	13.9k
C. B. Schroeder United States	42	10.0k 0.8×	6.2k 0.8×	5.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	341	11.1k
E. Esarey United States	60	15.1k 1.2×	11.4k 1.4×	8.7k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	281	16.5k
S. V. Bulanov Japan	57	12.8k 1.1×	9.2k 1.2×	7.1k 1.0×	3.5k 1.3×	809 0.4×	410	14.1k
S. C. Wilks United States	43	12.1k 1.0×	7.8k 1.0×	7.8k 1.1×	4.2k 1.5×	967 0.4×	171	13.1k
J. Fauré France	46	6.3k 0.5×	4.6k 0.6×	3.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	164	7.7k
W. B. Mori United States	60	11.8k 1.0×	7.5k 1.0×	6.3k 0.9×	2.0k 0.7×	904 0.4×	342	13.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. Malka

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Wan, Y., et al.. (2025). Femtosecond ultrarelativistic electron microscopy of the laser-plasma wakefield dynamics. 9(1).

Ursescu, D., et al.. (2024). Efficient laser wakefield accelerator in pump depletion dominated bubble regime. Physical review. E. 110(3). 35202–35202. 5 indexed citations

Wan, Y., et al.. (2024). Laser Proton Acceleration from a Near-Critical Imploding Gas Target. Physical Review Letters. 133(2). 25001–25001. 7 indexed citations

Harrison, Andrew J., V. Malka, D. Margarone, & Katalin Varjú. (2023). Opening up high-performance laser science to the world at the extreme light infrastructure (ELI). Europhysics news. 54(5). 25–27. 1 indexed citations

Kostyukov, I. Yu., et al.. (2023). Energy-Conserving Theory of the Blowout Regime of Plasma Wakefield. Physical Review Letters. 130(10). 105001–105001. 7 indexed citations

Thaury, C., et al.. (2022). Axiparabola: a new tool for high-intensity optics. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 22 indexed citations

Ghaith, Amin, Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie, Driss Oumbarek Espinós, et al.. (2021). Undulator design for a laser-plasma-based free-electron-laser. Physics Reports. 937. 1–73. 14 indexed citations

Wan, Y., I. A. Andriyash, Chih‐Hao Pai, et al.. (2020). Ion acceleration with an ultra-intense two-frequency laser tweezer. New Journal of Physics. 22(5). 52002–52002. 4 indexed citations

Tajima, T. & V. Malka. (2020). Laser plasma accelerators. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 62(3). 34004–34004. 37 indexed citations

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Debayle, A., B. Vauzour, Y. Wan, et al.. (2017). Electron heating by intense short-pulse lasers propagating through near-critical plasmas. New Journal of Physics. 19(12). 123013–123013. 5 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyung Taek, Vishwa Bandhu Pathak, Ki Hong Pae, et al.. (2017). Stable multi-GeV electron accelerator driven by waveform-controlled PW laser pulses. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10203–10203. 65 indexed citations

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Kalmykov, S., Isaac Ghebregziabher, X. Davoine, et al.. (2016). Femtosecond pulse trains of polychromatic inverse Compton γ-rays from designer electron beams produced by laser-plasma acceleration in plasma channels. AIP conference proceedings. 1777. 80007–80007.

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Kahaly, Subhendu, F. Sylla, A. Lifschitz, et al.. (2016). Detailed Experimental Study of Ion Acceleration by Interaction of an Ultra-Short Intense Laser with an Underdense Plasma. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31647–31647. 7 indexed citations

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Andriyash, I. A., Remi Lehé, A. Lifschitz, et al.. (2014). An ultracompact X-ray source based on a laser-plasma undulator. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4736–4736. 49 indexed citations

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Sylla, F., A. Flacco, Subhendu Kahaly, et al.. (2013). Short Intense Laser Pulse Collapse in Near-Critical Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 110(8). 85001–85001. 38 indexed citations

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Malka, V.. (2011). Laser Plasma Accelerators. CERN Bulletin. 53. 1 indexed citations

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Fritzler, S., E. Lefebvre, V. Malka, et al.. (2004). Emittance Measurements of a Laser-Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beam. Physical Review Letters. 92(16). 165006–165006. 84 indexed citations

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Walton, B., Z. Najmudin, M. S. Wei, et al.. (2001). Short pulse laser beatwave experiments using the VULCAN laser facility. APS. 43. 1 indexed citations

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Najmudin, Z., R. Allott, F. Amiranoff, et al.. (2000). Measurements of forward Raman scattering and electron acceleration from high intensity plasma interactions at 527nm. ePubs (Science and Technology Facilities Council, Research Councils UK). 12 indexed citations

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Malka, V., et al.. (1979). Studies on hydrogen isotopes behaviour in advanced nuclear systems. Fusion Technology. 2. 685–690. 1 indexed citations

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