A. Melzer

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

A. Melzer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Melzer has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 90 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 56 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in A. Melzer's work include Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (134 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (84 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (40 papers). A. Melzer is often cited by papers focused on Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (134 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (84 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (40 papers). A. Melzer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. A. Melzer's co-authors include A. Piel, A. Homann, V. A. Schweigert, Thomas Trottenberg, Sebastian Peters, Dietmar Block, I. V. Schweigert, M. Klindworth, O. Arp and Yu. B. Ivanov and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

A. Melzer

138 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Experimental determination of the charge on dust particle... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Experimental determination of the charge on dust particles forming Coulomb lattices
    1994 514 citations A. Melzer, A. Piel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Melzer Germany 38 5.4k 3.6k 2.6k 656 292 143 5.6k
G. E. Morfill Germany 36 4.1k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 2.3k 0.9× 502 0.8× 362 1.2× 135 4.8k
V. I. Molotkov Russia 35 3.7k 0.7× 2.8k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 470 0.7× 205 0.7× 101 4.0k
A. G. Khrapak Russia 26 3.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 360 0.5× 374 1.3× 108 3.4k
S. V. Vladimirov Australia 37 4.7k 0.9× 3.9k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 598 0.9× 200 0.7× 228 5.3k
S. A. Khrapak Germany 45 7.0k 1.3× 4.8k 1.3× 4.0k 1.5× 838 1.3× 1.1k 3.8× 215 8.1k
R. L. Merlino United States 41 6.3k 1.2× 5.8k 1.6× 3.9k 1.5× 956 1.5× 153 0.5× 145 7.2k
A. M. Lipaev Russia 28 2.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 297 0.5× 175 0.6× 98 2.7k
D. Samsonov Germany 26 2.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 220 0.3× 154 0.5× 49 2.6k
О. С. Ваулина Russia 29 2.4k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 1.2k 0.5× 178 0.3× 360 1.2× 162 2.7k
Markus H. Thoma Germany 35 2.1k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 1.0k 0.4× 336 0.5× 147 0.5× 223 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Melzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Melzer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of A. Melzer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of A. Melzer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with A. Melzer. A. Melzer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Knapek, Christina A., et al.. (2025). Bow shock formation in a dusty plasma flowing around an obstacle under microgravity. Physics of Plasmas. 32(2). 2 indexed citations
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Abderrahmane, Hamid Ait & A. Melzer. (2024). Coherent vortical structures in fluids and plasmas. Physics of Plasmas. 31(11).
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Thoma, Markus H., Hubertus M. Thomas, Christina A. Knapek, A. Melzer, & Uwe Konopka. (2023). Complex plasma research under microgravity conditions. npj Microgravity. 9(1). 13–13. 9 indexed citations
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Wenzel, U., et al.. (2023). D-Mag — a laboratory for studying plasma physics and diagnostics in strong magnetic fields. Journal of Instrumentation. 18(6). P06006–P06006. 2 indexed citations
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Knapek, Christina A., Lénaïc Couëdel, Andrew P. Dove, et al.. (2022). COMPACT—a new complex plasma facility for the ISS. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 64(12). 124006–124006. 11 indexed citations
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Melzer, A., et al.. (2021). Simulations and experiments of phase separation in binary dusty plasmas. Physical review. E. 103(5). 53203–53203. 11 indexed citations
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Himpel, Michael, et al.. (2020). Experimental investigation of phase separation in binary dusty plasmas under microgravity. Physical review. E. 101(4). 43213–43213. 12 indexed citations
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Block, Dietmar & A. Melzer. (2019). Dusty (complex) plasmas—routes towards magnetized and polydisperse systems. Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics. 52(6). 63001–63001. 21 indexed citations
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Himpel, Michael, et al.. (2018). Layered structures in extended dust clouds under microgravity. Physics of Plasmas. 25(8). 6 indexed citations
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Killer, C., et al.. (2016). Phase Separation of Binary Charged Particle Systems with Small Size Disparities using a Dusty Plasma. Physical Review Letters. 116(11). 115002–115002. 49 indexed citations
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Schella, André, et al.. (2014). Effect of confinement on the mode dynamics of dipole clusters. Soft Matter. 11(6). 1197–1207. 5 indexed citations
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Melzer, A., et al.. (2011). Phase-resolved optical emission of dusty rf discharges: Experiment and simulation. Physical Review E. 83(3). 36411–36411. 22 indexed citations
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Ivanov, Yu. B. & A. Melzer. (2009). Modes of three-dimensional dust crystals in dusty plasmas. Physical Review E. 79(3). 36402–36402. 27 indexed citations
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Piel, A., O. Arp, M. Klindworth, & A. Melzer. (2008). Obliquely propagating dust-density waves. Physical Review E. 77(2). 26407–26407. 51 indexed citations
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Melzer, A., et al.. (2007). Fluorescent microspheres as tracer particles in dusty plasmas. Physical Review E. 75(1). 16404–16404. 11 indexed citations
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Arp, O., Dietmar Block, A. Piel, & A. Melzer. (2004). Dust Coulomb Balls: Three-Dimensional Plasma Crystals. Physical Review Letters. 93(16). 165004–165004. 216 indexed citations
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Melzer, A.. (2003). Mode spectra of thermally excited two-dimensional dust Coulomb clusters. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 67(1). 16411–16411. 131 indexed citations
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Homann, A., A. Melzer, & A. Piel. (1996). Plasmakristall und Plasmafalle. Physikalische Blätter. 52(12). 1227–1231. 5 indexed citations

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