Eduard Herlt

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Eduard Herlt is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eduard Herlt has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 7 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Eduard Herlt's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (9 papers), Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (6 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (6 papers). Eduard Herlt is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (9 papers), Nonlinear Waves and Solitons (6 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (6 papers). Eduard Herlt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Eduard Herlt's co-authors include Hans Stephani, Dietrich Krämer, M. A. H. MacCallum, C. Hoenselaers and Gernot Neugebauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Mathematical Physics, Classical and Quantum Gravity and General Relativity and Gravitation.

In The Last Decade

Eduard Herlt

19 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations 1980 2026 1995 2010 2003 1980 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations
    2003 2.1k citations Hans Stephani, Dietrich Krämer et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Exact solutions of the Einstein's field equations
    1980 973 citations Dietrich Krämer, Hans Stephani et al. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eduard Herlt Germany 9 2.9k 2.4k 781 297 221 19 3.2k
C. Hoenselaers Germany 17 2.6k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 791 1.0× 249 0.8× 195 0.9× 64 3.0k
Dietrich Krämer Germany 14 3.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 345 1.2× 284 1.3× 57 3.8k
Frederick J. Ernst United States 20 1.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 848 1.1× 136 0.5× 233 1.1× 54 2.5k
R. P. Kerr New Zealand 14 2.3k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 508 0.7× 161 0.5× 257 1.2× 25 2.6k
Andrzej Trautman Poland 22 1.4k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 635 0.8× 395 1.3× 247 1.1× 65 2.1k
Allen I. Janis United States 13 2.6k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 596 0.8× 124 0.4× 341 1.5× 36 2.9k
A. A. Coley Canada 32 3.7k 1.3× 3.2k 1.3× 782 1.0× 264 0.9× 157 0.7× 216 3.9k
James M. Nester Taiwan 26 2.9k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.7× 177 0.6× 296 1.3× 90 3.5k
Dieter R. Brill United States 28 2.4k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 785 1.0× 252 0.8× 481 2.2× 64 2.8k
M. Francaviglia Italy 26 2.9k 1.0× 2.6k 1.1× 991 1.3× 142 0.5× 135 0.6× 175 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eduard Herlt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eduard Herlt

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Stephani, Hans, Dietrich Krämer, M. A. H. MacCallum, C. Hoenselaers, & Eduard Herlt. (2003). Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2079 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herlt, Eduard. (1996). Spherically symmetric nonstatic perfect fluid solutions with shear. General Relativity and Gravitation. 28(8). 919–934. 9 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1992). Invariance transformations of the class y″=F(x)y n of differential equations. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 33(12). 3983–3988. 6 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard. (1991). Reduction of Einstein's field equations for twisting typeN-vacuum fields with anH 2. General Relativity and Gravitation. 23(4). 477–486. 10 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard, et al.. (1989). A new solution of Schmutzer's projective relativistic cosmology. General Relativity and Gravitation. 21(6). 627–635. 2 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard. (1988). Stationary axisymmetric perfect fluid solutions in general relativity. General Relativity and Gravitation. 20(7). 635–646. 14 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans & Eduard Herlt. (1985). Twisting type-N vacuum solutions with two non-commuting Killing vectors do exist. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 2(3). L63–L64. 6 indexed citations
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Neugebauer, Gernot & Eduard Herlt. (1984). Einstein-Maxwell fields inside and outside rotating sources as minimal surfaces. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 1(6). 695–703. 8 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1984). Algebraically special, shearfree, diverging, and twisting Einstein-Maxwell fields. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 1(1). 95–103. 3 indexed citations
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Krämer, Dietrich, et al.. (1980). Exact solutions of the Einstein's field equations. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 973 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herlt, Eduard. (1980). Kerr-Schild-Vaidya fields with axial symmetry. General Relativity and Gravitation. 12(1). 1–7. 11 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard. (1979). Static and stationary axially symmetric gravitational fields of bounded sources II. solutions obtainable from Weyl's class. General Relativity and Gravitation. 11(5). 337–342. 6 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1978). Wave optics of the spherical gravitational lens. II. Diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave by a black hole. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 17(3). 189–199. 3 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard. (1978). Static and stationary axially symmetric gravitational fields of bounded sources. I. Solutions obtainable from the van Stockum metric. General Relativity and Gravitation. 9(8). 711–719. 19 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard, et al.. (1978). Spezielle Relativitätstheorie. 2 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1976). Wave optics of the spherical gravitational lens part I: Diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave by a large star. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 15(1). 45–65. 23 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1975). Diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave at a schwarzschild black hole. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 12(2). 81–93. 11 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans & Eduard Herlt. (1973). Electromagnetic test fields around a Schwarzschild singularity. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 8(4). 243–246. 1 indexed citations
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