D. Lortz

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

D. Lortz is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Lortz has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 24 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 15 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in D. Lortz's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (24 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (16 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (13 papers). D. Lortz is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (24 papers), Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (16 papers) and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (13 papers). D. Lortz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. D. Lortz's co-authors include F. H. Busse, Anne Schlüter, G. Küppers, J. Nührenberg, G. O. Spies, Ralf Kaiser, Eckhard Rebhan, Diego H. Correa, Willi Törnig and Edward W. Stredulinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physics Letters A and Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics.

In The Last Decade

D. Lortz

48 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

On the stability of steady finite amplitude convection 1965 2026 1985 2005 1965 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. On the stability of steady finite amplitude convection
    1965 522 citations D. Lortz et al. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 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. Lortz Germany 15 530 422 367 336 279 52 1.3k
Krishna Kumar India 15 601 1.1× 102 0.2× 243 0.7× 122 0.4× 498 1.8× 57 1.4k
Y. Nakagawa United States 26 309 0.6× 1.2k 2.9× 158 0.4× 167 0.5× 54 0.2× 71 1.6k
Arnaud Chiffaudel France 21 765 1.4× 676 1.6× 255 0.7× 24 0.1× 252 0.9× 32 1.6k
Bernard Knaepen Belgium 20 661 1.2× 429 1.0× 201 0.5× 175 0.5× 19 0.1× 60 1.2k
Andrew D. Gilbert United Kingdom 17 435 0.8× 580 1.4× 187 0.5× 46 0.1× 59 0.2× 77 1.2k
Eliezer Hameiri United States 20 345 0.7× 906 2.1× 75 0.2× 737 2.2× 22 0.1× 57 1.4k
H. Punzmann Australia 18 275 0.5× 166 0.4× 94 0.3× 141 0.4× 60 0.2× 43 1.1k
Caroline Nore France 23 416 0.8× 339 0.8× 176 0.5× 29 0.1× 40 0.1× 66 1.5k
Alberto Verga France 17 219 0.4× 197 0.5× 47 0.1× 163 0.5× 91 0.3× 57 931
J. N. Leboeuf United States 25 279 0.5× 738 1.7× 146 0.4× 866 2.6× 22 0.1× 83 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lortz, D.. (2005). A Classical Model for the Extended Electron I. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 60(3). 149–157.
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Lortz, D. & G. O. Spies. (1995). Interface localized instabilities in resistive magnetohydrodynamics. Physics of Plasmas. 2(12). 4494–4498.
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Kaiser, Ralf & D. Lortz. (1995). Ball lightning as an example of a magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 52(3). 3034–3044. 16 indexed citations
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Lortz, D. & A. Zeiler. (1994). Stability of straight tokamak equilibria without wall stabilization. Physics of Plasmas. 1(3). 670–681.
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Kaiser, Ralf & D. Lortz. (1993). On the Existence of Plasma Corners. ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 73(3). 165–171. 4 indexed citations
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Lortz, D.. (1990). Axisymmetric stability for non-circular cross-section Tokamaks. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 32(2). 117–129. 2 indexed citations
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Lortz, D.. (1988). On the Stability of Axisymmetric MHD Modes. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 43(12). 1009–1016. 6 indexed citations
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Stredulinsky, Edward W., et al.. (1986). Asymptotic behavior of solutions of certain parabolic problems with space and time dependent coefficients. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 39(2). 233–266. 6 indexed citations
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Lortz, D. & G. O. Spies. (1984). Spectrum of a resistive plasma slab. Physics Letters A. 101(7). 335–337. 12 indexed citations
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Lortz, D., et al.. (1984). Asymptotic behavior of the solutions of certain parabolic equations. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 37(5). 677–703. 7 indexed citations
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Lortz, D., et al.. (1982). Eigenvalue bounds for elliptic operators. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 4(1). 425–432. 2 indexed citations
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Lortz, D., et al.. (1981). Three-dimensional Analytical Force-free MHD Equilibria. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 36(2). 144–149. 3 indexed citations
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Lortz, D. & J. Nührenberg. (1979). Three-Dimensional Elliptical Centered MHD Equilibria. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 34(2). 167–171. 7 indexed citations
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Lortz, D. & J. Nührenberg. (1978). Ballooning stability boundaries for the large-aspect-ratio tokamak. Physics Letters A. 68(1). 49–50. 71 indexed citations
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Lortz, D., et al.. (1977). Equilibrium and Stability of the l_=_2 Stellarator without Longitudinal Current. Nuclear Fusion. 125–133. 2 indexed citations
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Correa, Diego H. & D. Lortz. (1973). A class of helically symmetric MHD-equilibria. Nuclear Fusion. 13(1). 127–129. 11 indexed citations
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Lortz, D., et al.. (1971). Asymptotic magnetic surfaces. Plasma Physics. 13(9). 799–816. 3 indexed citations
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Küppers, G. & D. Lortz. (1969). Transition from laminar convection to thermal turbulence in a rotating fluid layer. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 35(3). 609–620. 206 indexed citations
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Lortz, D.. (1968). Exact solutions of the hydromagnetic dynamo problem. Plasma Physics. 10(11). 967–972. 37 indexed citations
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Lortz, D.. (1968). On the stability of two-dimensional convection. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 19(4). 682–685. 5 indexed citations

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