Eigil Præstgaard

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Eigil Præstgaard is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Eigil Præstgaard has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Eigil Præstgaard's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (10 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (10 papers). Eigil Præstgaard is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (10 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (10 papers). Eigil Præstgaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Eigil Præstgaard's co-authors include Joel L. Lebowitz, Eugene Helfand, O. Faurskov Nielsen, P.‐A. Lund, M. H. Brooker, Peter Westh, Kim Borch, So ren Toxvaerd, Ole G. Mouritsen and N. G. van Kampen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Eigil Præstgaard

46 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Scaled Particle Theory of Fluid Mixtures 1965 2026 1985 2005 1965 100 200 300 400
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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. Scaled Particle Theory of Fluid Mixtures
    1965 494 citations Joel L. Lebowitz, Eugene Helfand et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eigil Præstgaard Denmark 21 654 580 471 387 308 46 1.8k
Peter Bladon United Kingdom 25 467 0.7× 783 1.4× 124 0.3× 329 0.9× 122 0.4× 94 2.4k
Patrice Bordat France 21 259 0.4× 745 1.3× 389 0.8× 287 0.7× 155 0.5× 51 1.7k
George D. J. Phillies United States 31 617 0.9× 1.4k 2.4× 492 1.0× 482 1.2× 557 1.8× 135 3.3k
G. Giraud United Kingdom 24 594 0.9× 554 1.0× 513 1.1× 483 1.2× 98 0.3× 46 2.2k
P. Bordewijk Netherlands 17 597 0.9× 1.2k 2.0× 1.3k 2.8× 283 0.7× 542 1.8× 35 3.4k
J. D. Litster United States 40 557 0.9× 1.3k 2.2× 969 2.1× 521 1.3× 113 0.4× 121 4.8k
Binny J. Cherayil India 23 568 0.9× 594 1.0× 935 2.0× 1.3k 3.3× 221 0.7× 105 2.9k
S G Whittington Canada 35 553 0.8× 1.3k 2.2× 925 2.0× 791 2.0× 219 0.7× 228 4.5k
Douglas Poland United States 27 319 0.5× 665 1.1× 627 1.3× 2.0k 5.2× 100 0.3× 120 3.1k
Godehard Sutmann Germany 21 414 0.6× 504 0.9× 669 1.4× 193 0.5× 257 0.8× 84 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bohlin, Christina, Eigil Præstgaard, Martin Baumann, et al.. (2012). A comparative study of hydrolysis and transglycosylation activities of fungal β-glucosidases. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(1). 159–169. 75 indexed citations
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Cruys‐Bagger, Nicolaj, Eigil Præstgaard, Hirosuke Tatsumi, et al.. (2012). Pre-steady-state Kinetics for Hydrolysis of Insoluble Cellulose by Cellobiohydrolase Cel7A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(22). 18451–18458. 96 indexed citations
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Præstgaard, Eigil, et al.. (2011). A kinetic model for the burst phase of processive cellulases. FEBS Journal. 278(9). 1547–1560. 80 indexed citations
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Hansen, Jesper Schmidt, Søren Toxværd, & Eigil Præstgaard. (2003). Propagation of a planar flame front studied by molecular dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 119(24). 13039–13045. 3 indexed citations
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Zia, R. K. P., Eigil Præstgaard, & Ole G. Mouritsen. (2002). Getting more from pushing less: Negative specific heat and conductivity in nonequilibrium steady states. American Journal of Physics. 70(4). 384–392. 59 indexed citations
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Perram, John W., et al.. (2000). Lattice model for ordering in two-dimensional plastic crystals. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 279(1-4). 296–302. 1 indexed citations
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Præstgaard, Eigil, et al.. (1997). Oscillating chemical reactions and phase separation simulated by molecular dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 107(22). 9406–9412. 16 indexed citations
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Perram, John W., John Rasmussen, & Eigil Præstgaard. (1988). On the determination of effective hard convex body parameters for liquid mixtures. Molecular Physics. 64(4). 617–625. 7 indexed citations
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Mouritsen, Ole G. & Eigil Præstgaard. (1988). Dynamical scaling, domain-growth kinetics, and domain-wall shapes of quenched two-dimensional anisotropicXYmodels. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 38(4). 2703–2714. 20 indexed citations
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Nielsen, O. Faurskov, Daniel H. Christensen, & Eigil Præstgaard. (1985). Interaction between dimethylsulfoxide and formamide in the liquid state. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 82(3). 1183–1185. 16 indexed citations
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Kristensen, W. Damgaard, et al.. (1984). Crystal Instability and Melting: A Dynamical Dislocation Theory. Physica Scripta. 30(6). 421–425. 6 indexed citations
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Nielsen, O. Faurskov, P.‐A. Lund, & Eigil Præstgaard. (1982). Hydrogen bonding in liquid formamide. A low frequency Raman study. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 77(8). 3878–3883. 83 indexed citations
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Nielsen, O. Faurskov, P.‐A. Lund, & Eigil Præstgaard. (1980). Low frequency vibrations (20–400 cm−1) of some mononucleosides in aqueous solution. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. 9(5). 286–290. 23 indexed citations
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Lund, P.‐A., O. Faurskov Nielsen, & Eigil Præstgaard. (1978). Comparison of depolarized rayleigh-wing scattering and far-infrared absorption in molecular liquids. Chemical Physics. 28(1-2). 167–173. 100 indexed citations
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Heilmann, Ole J. & Eigil Præstgaard. (1977). Crystalline ordering in lattice models of hard rods with nearest neighbour attraction. Chemical Physics. 24(1). 119–123. 10 indexed citations
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Heilmann, Ole J. & Eigil Præstgaard. (1974). Phase transition in a lattice gas with third nearest neighbour exclusion on a square lattice. Journal of Physics A Mathematical Nuclear and General. 7(15). 1913–1917. 15 indexed citations
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Præstgaard, Eigil & Søren Toxværd. (1969). Perturbation Theory for Fluids. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 51(5). 1895–1901. 22 indexed citations
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Toxværd, Søren, Eigil Præstgaard, Pertti Karvonen, Artturi I. Virtanen, & Jaakko Paasiv́irta. (1968). The Intermolecular Potential for Spherically Symmetrical Molecules.. Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry. 22. 1873–1882. 6 indexed citations
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Lebowitz, Joel L., Eugene Helfand, & Eigil Præstgaard. (1965). Scaled Particle Theory of Fluid Mixtures. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 43(3). 774–779. 494 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lebowitz, Joel L. & Eigil Præstgaard. (1964). Average Density Approximation for the Radial Distribution Function of a Fluid. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 40(10). 2951–2958. 6 indexed citations

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