E. Donth

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
99 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

E. Donth is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Donth has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 23 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in E. Donth's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (78 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (20 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (17 papers). E. Donth is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (78 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (20 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (17 papers). E. Donth collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. E. Donth's co-authors include Klaus Schröter, Mario Beiner, E. Hempel, Christoph Schick, Jarosław Korus, S. Kahle, F. Garwe, Andreas Schönhals, A. Hensel and W. Steffen and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

E. Donth

97 papers receiving 3.6k 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. The size of cooperatively rearranging regions at the glass transition
    1982 508 citations E. Donth Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
E. Donth Germany 31 3.1k 1.4k 777 705 661 99 3.9k
A. Kisliuk United States 37 2.7k 0.9× 995 0.7× 414 0.5× 838 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 89 4.3k
P. A. Rolla Italy 32 1.7k 0.6× 753 0.5× 606 0.8× 637 0.9× 353 0.5× 98 2.5k
L. M. Torell Sweden 39 2.3k 0.8× 946 0.7× 411 0.5× 421 0.6× 1.1k 1.7× 116 3.8k
Sebastian Pawlus Poland 35 3.2k 1.0× 698 0.5× 945 1.2× 604 0.9× 523 0.8× 161 4.3k
Mario Beiner Germany 37 2.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 487 0.6× 696 1.0× 282 0.4× 113 4.0k
Elmar Fischer Germany 27 1.7k 0.6× 516 0.4× 708 0.9× 411 0.6× 312 0.5× 62 2.5k
Heiko Huth Germany 29 1.7k 0.6× 762 0.5× 325 0.4× 461 0.7× 313 0.5× 39 2.3k
Simone Napolitano Belgium 38 3.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 500 0.6× 1.3k 1.9× 185 0.3× 90 4.2k
J. Zioło Poland 34 2.4k 0.8× 265 0.2× 1.1k 1.4× 534 0.8× 448 0.7× 154 3.3k
R.G. Bergman Sweden 28 2.2k 0.7× 411 0.3× 516 0.7× 508 0.7× 376 0.6× 65 3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. Donth

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All Works

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Donth, E.. (2002). Dynamic or configurational approach to the glass transition?. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 307-310. 364–375. 20 indexed citations
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Hempel, E., S. Kahle, R. Unger, & E. Donth. (1999). Systematic calorimetric study of glass transition in the homologous series of poly(n-alkyl methacrylate)s: Narayanaswamy parameters in the crossover region. Thermochimica Acta. 329(2). 97–108. 23 indexed citations
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Kahle, S., Klaus Schröter, E. Hempel, & E. Donth. (1999). Calorimetric indications of a cooperativity onset in the crossover region of dynamic glass transition for benzoin isobutylether. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 111(14). 6462–6470. 31 indexed citations
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Donth, E.. (1999). Phenomenological treatment of dynamic glass transition heterogeneity. Acta Polymerica. 50(7). 240–251. 29 indexed citations
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Beiner, Mario, Klaus Schröter, E. Hempel, S. Reissig, & E. Donth. (1999). Multiple Glass Transition and Nanophase Separation in Poly(n-alkyl methacrylate) Homopolymers. Macromolecules. 32(19). 6278–6282. 119 indexed citations
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Kahle, S., Michael Schulz, & E. Donth. (1998). Kinetic structures for glass transition in a modified 2d Fredrickson model. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 238(3). 234–243. 11 indexed citations
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Schröter, Klaus, et al.. (1998). Shear modulus and compliance in the range of the dynamic glass transition for metallic glasses. The European Physical Journal B. 5(1). 1–5. 68 indexed citations
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Korus, Jarosław, Mario Beiner, Karsten Busse, et al.. (1997). Heat capacity spectroscopy at the glass transition in polymers. Thermochimica Acta. 304-305. 99–110. 29 indexed citations
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Donth, E.. (1996). Characteristic length of the glass transition. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 34(17). 2881–2892. 166 indexed citations
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Hempel, E., et al.. (1996). Linearity of heat capacity step near the onset of α glass transition in poly(n‐alkylmethacrylate)s. Acta Polymerica. 47(11-12). 525–529. 35 indexed citations
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Donth, E., Mario Beiner, S. Reissig, et al.. (1996). Fine Structure of the Main Transition in Amorphous Polymers:  Entanglement Spacing and Characteristic Length of the Glass Transition. Discussion of Examples. Macromolecules. 29(20). 6589–6600. 104 indexed citations
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Beiner, Mario, et al.. (1994). Dynamic shear modulus in the splitting region of poly(alkyl methacrylates). Colloid & Polymer Science. 272(11). 1439–1446. 19 indexed citations
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Schönhals, Andreas & E. Donth. (1986). Analyse einiger Aspekte der physikalischen Alterung von amorphen Polymeren. Acta Polymerica. 37(8). 475–480. 16 indexed citations
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Donth, E.. (1982). The size of cooperatively rearranging regions at the glass transition. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 53(3). 325–330. 508 indexed citations breakdown →
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Donth, E.. (1982). Fluctuating tubes: A new reptation model for entangled polymer systems. Polymer Bulletin. 7(8). 3 indexed citations
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Schneider, Konrad, Andreas Schönhals, & E. Donth. (1981). Über die Größe der kooperativen Umlagerungsbereiche am thermischen Glasübergang amorpher Polymere. Acta Polymerica. 32(8). 471–475. 38 indexed citations
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Donth, E.. (1968). Bestimmung des potentials zwischen zwei argonatomen aus dem 2. Virialkoeffizienten. Physica. 38(3). 367–377. 1 indexed citations

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