Axel Arnold

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Axel Arnold is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Axel Arnold has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 11 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Axel Arnold's work include Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (9 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (6 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Axel Arnold is often cited by papers focused on Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (9 papers), Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (6 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Axel Arnold collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Axel Arnold's co-authors include Christian Holm, Hans Jörg Limbach, Bernward A. Mann, Jason de Joannis, Suckjoon Jun, Robert G. Belleman, Jacobus A. van Meel, Simon Portegies Zwart, Daan Frenkel and Sandeep Tyagi and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Axel Arnold

33 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. ESPResSo—an extensible simulation package for research on soft matter systems
    2006 532 citations Axel Arnold, Christian Holm et al. Computer Physics Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Axel Arnold Germany 22 618 521 464 428 395 34 1.7k
Godehard Sutmann Germany 21 414 0.7× 504 1.0× 388 0.8× 669 1.6× 193 0.5× 84 1.7k
Haim Diamant Israel 28 728 1.2× 739 1.4× 391 0.8× 497 1.2× 464 1.2× 85 2.4k
Vladimir Lobaskin Ireland 27 707 1.1× 824 1.6× 978 2.1× 443 1.0× 223 0.6× 70 2.0k
E. M. Sevick Australia 21 531 0.9× 424 0.8× 252 0.5× 938 2.2× 172 0.4× 56 2.1k
B. Pouligny France 26 790 1.3× 969 1.9× 197 0.4× 544 1.3× 372 0.9× 73 2.2k
Dirk Reith Germany 22 614 1.0× 1.3k 2.6× 284 0.6× 478 1.1× 682 1.7× 87 2.9k
Hans Jörg Limbach Germany 16 334 0.5× 393 0.8× 370 0.8× 180 0.4× 267 0.7× 24 1.2k
K. L. Sebastian India 23 687 1.1× 857 1.6× 208 0.4× 810 1.9× 728 1.8× 106 2.3k
Matej Praprotnik Slovenia 27 743 1.2× 1.2k 2.2× 273 0.6× 824 1.9× 975 2.5× 67 2.5k
Christoph Junghans United States 20 355 0.6× 882 1.7× 126 0.3× 382 0.9× 493 1.2× 44 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Axel Arnold

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Axel Arnold

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Arnold, Axel, et al.. (2015). Two-stage crystallization of charged colloids under low supersaturation conditions. Soft Matter. 11(11). 2174–2182. 27 indexed citations
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Taudt, Aaron, Axel Arnold, & Jürgen Pleiss. (2015). Simulation of protein association: Kinetic pathways towards crystal contacts. Physical Review E. 91(3). 33311–33311. 13 indexed citations
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Kuron, Michael & Axel Arnold. (2015). Role of geometrical shape in like-charge attraction of DNA. The European Physical Journal E. 38(3). 20–20. 15 indexed citations
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Arnold, Axel, et al.. (2014). Induction of entropic segregation: the first step is the hardest. Soft Matter. 10(31). 5836–5841. 21 indexed citations
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Berryman, Joshua T., et al.. (2014). The Flexible Rare Event Sampling Harness System (FRESHS). Computer Physics Communications. 185(7). 1875–1885. 14 indexed citations
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Kesselheim, Stefan, et al.. (2014). Hydrodynamic interactions slow down crystallization of soft colloids. Soft Matter. 10(30). 5503–5509. 23 indexed citations
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Arnold, Axel, Konrad Breitsprecher, Florian Fahrenberger, et al.. (2013). Efficient Algorithms for Electrostatic Interactions Including Dielectric Contrasts. Entropy. 15(11). 4569–4588. 37 indexed citations
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Arnold, Axel, Florian Fahrenberger, Christian Holm, et al.. (2013). Comparison of scalable fast methods for long-range interactions. Physical Review E. 88(6). 63308–63308. 57 indexed citations
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Reith, Dirk, et al.. (2013). Accurate Calculations of Partition Coefficients (log POW and log PMW) with Atomistic Simulation Methods. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 85(9). 1439–1440.
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Arnold, Axel, et al.. (2012). Lattice Boltzmann simulations on GPUs with ESPResSo. The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 210(1). 89–100. 45 indexed citations
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Halverson, Jonathan D., Thomas Brandes, Olaf Lenz, et al.. (2012). ESPResSo++: A modern multiscale simulation package for soft matter systems. Computer Physics Communications. 184(4). 1129–1149. 84 indexed citations
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Brandes, Thomas, Axel Arnold, Thomas Soddemann, & Dirk Reith. (2012). CPU vs. GPU - Performance comparison for the Gram-Schmidt algorithm. The European Physical Journal Special Topics. 210(1). 73–88. 6 indexed citations
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Kalkbrenner, T., Axel Arnold, & Sander J. Tans. (2009). Internal Dynamics of Supercoiled DNA Molecules. Biophysical Journal. 96(12). 4951–4955. 8 indexed citations
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Arnold, Axel & Christian Holm. (2008). Interactions of like-charged rods at low temperatures: Analytical theory vs. simulations. The European Physical Journal E. 27(1). 21–9. 9 indexed citations
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Meel, Jacobus A. van, Axel Arnold, Daan Frenkel, Simon Portegies Zwart, & Robert G. Belleman. (2008). Harvesting graphics power for MD simulations. Molecular Simulation. 34(3). 259–266. 128 indexed citations
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Arnold, Axel & Suckjoon Jun. (2007). Time scale of entropic segregation of flexible polymers in confinement: Implications for chromosome segregation in filamentous bacteria. Physical Review E. 76(3). 31901–31901. 51 indexed citations
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Jun, Suckjoon, Axel Arnold, & Bae‐Yeun Ha. (2007). Confined Space and Effective Interactions of Multiple Self-Avoiding Chains. Physical Review Letters. 98(12). 128303–128303. 61 indexed citations
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Arnold, Axel & Christian Holm. (2002). MMM2D: A fast and accurate summation method for electrostatic interactions in 2D slab geometries. Computer Physics Communications. 148(3). 327–348. 61 indexed citations
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Arnold, Axel, Jason de Joannis, & Christian Holm. (2002). Electrostatics in periodic slab geometries. I. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 117(6). 2496–2502. 133 indexed citations
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Hewitt, W.T., Roger Hubbold, & Axel Arnold. (1982). Raster Graphics at the University of Manchester. Computer Graphics Forum. 1(2). 58–70. 1 indexed citations

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