D. Heck

16.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

D. Heck is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Heck has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 17 papers in Radiation and 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Heck's work include Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (24 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (14 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (14 papers). D. Heck is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (24 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (14 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (14 papers). D. Heck collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Poland and France. D. Heck's co-authors include T. Thouw, J. Knapp, G. Schatz, J.N. Capdevielle, R. Engel, E. Rokita, Н. Н. Калмыков, T. Pierog, K. Werner and S. Ostapchenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Computer Physics Communications and Nuclear Physics A.

In The Last Decade

D. Heck

54 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

CORSIKA: A Monte Carlo code to simulate extensive air sho... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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. CORSIKA: A Monte Carlo code to simulate extensive air showers
    1998 604 citations D. Heck, J. Knapp et al. KITopen profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Heck Germany 16 1.0k 292 236 60 49 56 1.3k
J. Knapp Germany 15 1.3k 1.3× 524 1.8× 86 0.4× 44 0.7× 68 1.4× 66 1.6k
D. Landis United States 10 299 0.3× 274 0.9× 218 0.9× 120 2.0× 19 0.4× 30 671
K. Kasahara Japan 18 1.5k 1.5× 239 0.8× 75 0.3× 64 1.1× 40 0.8× 93 1.7k
W. B. Atwood United States 15 1.3k 1.3× 164 0.6× 88 0.4× 184 3.1× 23 0.5× 36 1.6k
E. Lohrmann Germany 19 688 0.7× 127 0.4× 87 0.4× 98 1.6× 102 2.1× 57 851
H. B. van der Raay United Kingdom 16 341 0.3× 449 1.5× 104 0.4× 108 1.8× 13 0.3× 47 892
C. Castagnoli Italy 18 976 0.9× 245 0.8× 105 0.4× 173 2.9× 59 1.2× 116 1.3k
R. C. Lamb United States 20 1.2k 1.1× 807 2.8× 178 0.8× 96 1.6× 17 0.3× 82 1.5k
D. A. Lewis United States 17 715 0.7× 394 1.3× 165 0.7× 228 3.8× 30 0.6× 58 1.1k
L. Barbier United States 15 445 0.4× 904 3.1× 135 0.6× 67 1.1× 52 1.1× 58 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Heck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Heck

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Heck. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Heck 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 D. Heck. D. Heck 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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Buitink, S., et al.. (2009). Monte Carlo simulations of air showers in atmospheric electric fields. Astroparticle Physics. 33(1). 1–12. 18 indexed citations
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Heck, D. & R. Engel. (2009). The EHISTORY option of the air-shower simulation program CORSIKA. KITopen. 7495. 5 indexed citations
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Heck, D.. (2006). Air shower simulation with CORSIKA at arbitrary direction of incidence. Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).
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Engel, R., D. Heck, Н. Н. Калмыков, et al.. (2006). One-dimensional hybrid approach to extensive air shower simulation. Astroparticle Physics. 26(6). 420–432. 152 indexed citations
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Risse, Markus, P. Homola, R. Engel, et al.. (2005). Upper Limit on the Photon Fraction in Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays from AGASA Data. Physical Review Letters. 95(17). 171102–171102. 36 indexed citations
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Heck, D.. (2005). Low-energy hadronic interaction models. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 151(1). 127–134. 13 indexed citations
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Heck, D., R. Engel, G. Battistoni, et al.. (2004). Influence of low-energy hadronic interaction programs on air shower simulations with CORSIKA. International Cosmic Ray Conference. 1. 279. 5 indexed citations
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Heck, D.. (2003). Importance of forward interactions for cosmic ray air shower simulations. Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements. 122. 451–454. 2 indexed citations
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Risse, M., D. Heck, & J. Knapp. (2001). EAS Simulations at Auger Energies with CORSIKA. International Cosmic Ray Conference. 2. 522. 1 indexed citations
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Heck, D.. (2001). Hadronic Interaction Models and the Air Shower Simulation Program CORSIKA. ICRC. 1. 233. 3 indexed citations
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Cichocki, T, et al.. (1991). Calcification of aortic wall in cholesterol-fed rabbits. Atherosclerosis. 87(2-3). 183–193. 27 indexed citations
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Gils, H.J., D. Heck, J. Oehlschläger, et al.. (1989). A multi-transputer system for parallel Monte Carlo simulations of extensive air showers. Computer Physics Communications. 56(2). 105–113. 4 indexed citations
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Spieker, Claus, Walter Zidek, D. B. v. Bassewitz, & D. Heck. (1988). Age-dependent increase in arterial smooth muscle calcium in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Research in Experimental Medicine. 188(6). 397–403. 7 indexed citations
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Cichocki, T, et al.. (1988). Experimental comparison of micro-PIXE with other methods utilized for biomineralization studies. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 31(3). 449–455. 2 indexed citations
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Cichocki, T, et al.. (1987). Proton microbeam study of calcium-phosphate complexes in human arteries. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 22(1-3). 210–213. 10 indexed citations
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Heck, D. & E. Rokita. (1984). Application of the Karlsruhe proton microprobe to medical samples. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 3(1-3). 606–610. 7 indexed citations
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Heck, D.. (1982). Elemental mapping with the Karlsruhe nuclear microprobe. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. 197(1). 91–96. 12 indexed citations
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Pinston, J.A., et al.. (1976). Level structure of 149Nd. Nuclear Physics A. 264(1). 1–12. 12 indexed citations
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Heck, D., et al.. (1970). Untersuchung Der Anregungszustande Des 96Mo Kernes über Die Reaktion 95Mo(n, γ)96Mo. Nuclear Physics A. 159(2). 49–80. 1 indexed citations

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