Alfred Leitner

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Alfred Leitner is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfred Leitner has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Alfred Leitner's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (11 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (10 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (5 papers). Alfred Leitner is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (11 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (10 papers) and Photonic and Optical Devices (5 papers). Alfred Leitner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Alfred Leitner's co-authors include Bernard Friedman, Joachim R. Krenn, F. R. Aussenegg, Harald Ditlbacher, Andreas Hohenau, А. Л. Степанов, Bernhard Steinberger, Aurélien Drezet, Ulrich Hohenester and Frank Reil and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Alfred Leitner

37 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Principles and Techniques of Applied Mathematics 1957 2026 1980 2003 1957 200 400 600
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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. Principles and Techniques of Applied Mathematics
    1957 625 citations Alfred Leitner et al. American Journal of Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alfred Leitner Austria 18 725 615 449 449 222 37 1.9k
G. Poots United Kingdom 18 527 0.7× 779 1.3× 380 0.8× 227 0.5× 205 0.9× 65 2.6k
Jyhpyng Wang Taiwan 28 616 0.8× 1.4k 2.3× 723 1.6× 183 0.4× 178 0.8× 152 2.5k
David J. Griffiths United States 23 386 0.5× 1.1k 1.8× 570 1.3× 282 0.6× 316 1.4× 80 2.5k
K. Halbach United States 19 786 1.1× 772 1.3× 1.7k 3.8× 278 0.6× 174 0.8× 99 2.8k
Robert E. Benner United States 28 613 0.8× 713 1.2× 971 2.2× 393 0.9× 39 0.2× 89 2.6k
S. Martellucci Italy 23 262 0.4× 473 0.8× 361 0.8× 237 0.5× 193 0.9× 124 1.6k
Vadim A. Markel United States 33 2.3k 3.2× 1.1k 1.8× 490 1.1× 1.6k 3.5× 126 0.6× 126 3.7k
K. M. Leung United States 28 502 0.7× 1.6k 2.6× 1.1k 2.4× 348 0.8× 860 3.9× 105 2.8k
Hugh C. Wolfe United States 20 248 0.3× 803 1.3× 428 1.0× 645 1.4× 571 2.6× 338 1.9k
J. Felsteiner Israel 29 419 0.6× 1.2k 2.0× 1.3k 2.8× 247 0.6× 405 1.8× 189 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alfred Leitner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kainz, Birgit, Stefan Köstler, Nicole Steiner, et al.. (2012). 2D crystalline protein layers as immobilization matrices for the development of DNA microarrays. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 40(1). 32–37. 13 indexed citations
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Leitner, Alfred, Andreas Hochhaus, & M. C. Muller. (2010). Current Treatment Concepts of CML. Current Cancer Drug Targets. 11(1). 31–43. 18 indexed citations
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Koller, Daniel, Andreas Hohenau, Harald Ditlbacher, et al.. (2008). Three-dimensional SU-8 sub-micrometer structuring by electron beam lithography. Microelectronic Engineering. 85(7). 1639–1641. 14 indexed citations
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Reil, Frank, Ulrich Hohenester, Joachim R. Krenn, & Alfred Leitner. (2008). Förster-Type Resonant Energy Transfer Influenced by Metal Nanoparticles. Nano Letters. 8(12). 4128–4133. 95 indexed citations
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Hohenau, Andreas, А. Л. Степанов, Harald Ditlbacher, et al.. (2006). Surface Plasmon Polariton Mach–Zehnder Interferometer and Oscillation Fringes. Plasmonics. 1(2-4). 141–145. 26 indexed citations
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Степанов, А. Л., Joachim R. Krenn, Harald Ditlbacher, et al.. (2005). Quantitative analysis of surface plasmon interaction with silver nanoparticles. Optics Letters. 30(12). 1524–1524. 92 indexed citations
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Hohenau, Andreas, Joachim R. Krenn, А. Л. Степанов, et al.. (2005). Dielectric optical elements for surface plasmons. Optics Letters. 30(8). 893–893. 133 indexed citations
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Wirth, Michael, et al.. (2003). Silver nanoparticle enhanced immunoassays: one step real time kinetic assay for insulin in serum. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 56(3). 469–477. 22 indexed citations
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Salerno, Marco, Joachim R. Krenn, Bernhard Lamprecht, et al.. (2002). Plasmon polaritons in metal nanostructures: the opto-electronic route to nanotechnology. Opto-Electronics Review. 10(3). 217–224. 57 indexed citations
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Ditlbacher, Harald, Joachim R. Krenn, Bernhard Lamprecht, Alfred Leitner, & F. R. Aussenegg. (2000). Metal Nanoparticles for Spectrally Coded Optical Data Storage. Optics and Photonics News. 11(12). 43–43. 1 indexed citations
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Bauer, Georg, et al.. (1999). <title>Optical nanocluster microchips for human diagnostics</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3606. 40–45. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Alfred, et al.. (1998). <title>Optical nanocluster plasmon sensors as transducers for bioaffinity interactions</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3253. 12–19. 6 indexed citations
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Pittner, Fritz, et al.. (1995). <title>New urea sensor based on a metal island coated ion sensitive swelling polymer device</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2508. 102–110. 4 indexed citations
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Aussenegg, F. R., Alfred Leitner, & Zhen‐Sheng Zhao. (1994). Enhanced sensitivity of dye monolayers as chemical sensors by electrodynamic interaction with a smooth metal surface. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 17(3). 171–174. 3 indexed citations
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Leitner, Alfred. (1990). Second-harmonic generation in metal island films consisting of oriented silver particles of low symmetry. Molecular Physics. 70(2). 197–207. 18 indexed citations
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Leitner, Alfred. (1980). Stories of Discovery Stimulate the Physics Major--A Polemic, with Examples.. The journal of college science teaching. 10(1). 28–33. 1 indexed citations
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Aussenegg, F. R., Alfred Leitner, & Max E. Lippitsch. (1979). Observation of the influence of external feed-back on passive mode-locking. Optics Communications. 31(2). 231–234. 3 indexed citations
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Leitner, Alfred. (1967). Vibrations of a Circular Membrane. American Journal of Physics. 35(11). 1029–1031. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Alfred & Josef Meixner. (1959). Simultane Separierbarkeit von verallgemeinerten Schwingungsgleichungen. Archiv der Mathematik. 10(1). 387–391. 3 indexed citations
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Leitner, Alfred, et al.. (1952). Integral Transforms in Mathematical Physics. American Journal of Physics. 20(3). 186–187. 129 indexed citations

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