F. Horn

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

F. Horn is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Molecular Biology and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Horn has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in F. Horn's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (9 papers), Process Optimization and Integration (9 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (7 papers). F. Horn is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (9 papers), Process Optimization and Integration (9 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (7 papers). F. Horn collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Canada. F. Horn's co-authors include R. Jackson, J. E. Bailey, Martin Feinberg, R.C. Lin, James E. Bailey, D. C. Dyson, Elizabeth Bailey, Kristof Kipp, H. A. Deans and David Glasser and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Science, AIChE Journal and Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.

In The Last Decade

F. Horn

50 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

General mass action kinetics 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 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. General mass action kinetics
    1972 623 citations F. Horn, R. Jackson Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
F. Horn United States 20 838 523 296 237 234 50 2.0k
R.A. Schmitz United States 22 102 0.1× 277 0.5× 372 1.3× 659 2.8× 35 0.1× 51 1.5k
Marc R. Roussel Canada 22 638 0.8× 61 0.1× 325 1.1× 322 1.4× 50 0.2× 68 1.9k
Donald S. Cohen United States 23 87 0.1× 115 0.2× 227 0.8× 283 1.2× 256 1.1× 105 1.9k
István Lengyel United States 22 307 0.4× 20 0.0× 190 0.6× 896 3.8× 80 0.3× 72 2.0k
Peter Gräf United States 24 264 0.3× 103 0.2× 60 0.2× 33 0.1× 80 0.3× 95 1.8k
Michael J. Davis United States 35 241 0.3× 25 0.0× 1.6k 5.5× 391 1.6× 49 0.2× 108 3.8k
Patrick S. Hagan United States 18 105 0.1× 59 0.1× 380 1.3× 380 1.6× 65 0.3× 62 1.3k
Jan Prüß Germany 36 134 0.2× 1.8k 3.4× 148 0.5× 152 0.6× 2.2k 9.6× 129 4.7k
Costas Bekas Switzerland 13 240 0.3× 41 0.1× 51 0.2× 105 0.4× 579 2.5× 44 1.5k
H. G. Schuster Germany 18 239 0.3× 51 0.1× 427 1.4× 192 0.8× 46 0.2× 47 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by F. Horn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Horn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of F. Horn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of F. Horn 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 F. Horn. F. Horn 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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Horn, F., et al.. (1979). On the possibility of sustained oscillations, multiple steady states, and asymmetric steady states in multicell reaction systems. Mathematical Biosciences. 44(1-2). 19–39. 9 indexed citations
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Horn, F.. (1973). On a connexion between stability and graphs in chemical kinetics II. Stability and the complex graph. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 334(1598). 313–330. 21 indexed citations
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Horn, F.. (1973). Stability and complex balancing in mass-action systems with three short complexes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 334(1598). 331–342. 19 indexed citations
4.
Ray, W. Harmon, J. Klein, & F. Horn. (1972). Chain-Length Distributions in Living Copolymerization Systems. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A - Chemistry. 6(2). 375–382. 3 indexed citations
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Horn, F. & R. Jackson. (1972). General mass action kinetics. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 47(2). 81–116. 623 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bailey, J. E. & F. Horn. (1972). Cyclic operation of reaction systems: the influence of diffusion on catalyst selectivity. Chemical Engineering Science. 27(1). 109–119. 25 indexed citations
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Horn, F.. (1972). On Brenner's flow reversal theorem. Chemical Engineering Science. 27(3). 465–471. 1 indexed citations
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Jackson, R. & F. Horn. (1972). Necessary conditions for the existence of asymmetric composition and temperature profiles in catalyst pellets. The Chemical Engineering Journal. 3. 82–87. 4 indexed citations
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Bailey, J. E. & F. Horn. (1971). Comparison between two sufficient conditions for improvement of an optimal steady-state process by periodic operation. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 7(5). 378–384. 76 indexed citations
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Bailey, J. E. & F. Horn. (1971). Improvement of the performance of a fixed‐bed catalytic reactor by relaxed steady state operation. AIChE Journal. 17(3). 550–553. 35 indexed citations
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Horn, F.. (1970). Mathematical models in the design and development of chemical reactors. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 74(2). 81–89. 3 indexed citations
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Bailey, J. E. & F. Horn. (1970). Oscillatory Operation of Jacketed Tubular Reactors. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals. 9(2). 299–300. 12 indexed citations
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Bailey, J. E. & F. Horn. (1970). Catalyst Selectivity Under Steady‐State and Dynamic Operation: An Investigation of Several Kinetic Mechanisms. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 74(7). 611–617. 13 indexed citations
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Bailey, Elizabeth & F. Horn. (1969). Catalyst selectivity under steady‐state and dynamic operation. Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 73(3). 274–279. 28 indexed citations
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Horn, F.. (1967). Periodic Countercurrent Processes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development. 6(1). 30–35. 25 indexed citations
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Jackson, R. & F. Horn. (1965). On Discrete Analogues of Pontryagin's Maximum Principle†. International Journal of Control. 1(4). 389–395. 10 indexed citations
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Horn, F.. (1961). Über das problem der optimalen Rührkesselkaskade für chemische reaktionen. Chemical Engineering Science. 15(3-4). 176–187. 12 indexed citations
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Horn, F., et al.. (1961). Der maximale Umsatz bei einigen einfachen Reaktionssystemen. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 33(6). 413–416. 7 indexed citations
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Horn, F.. (1961). C1. Optimale Temperatur- und Konzentrationsverläufe. Chemical Engineering Science. 14(1). 77–88. 30 indexed citations
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Horn, F., et al.. (1959). Probleme bei reaktionstechnischen Berechnungen. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 31(1). 1–11. 20 indexed citations

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