Frank von Hippel

2.4k total citations
151 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Frank von Hippel is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Political Science and International Relations and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank von Hippel has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 47 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Frank von Hippel's work include Nuclear and radioactivity studies (52 papers), Nuclear Issues and Defense (45 papers) and Radioactive contamination and transfer (35 papers). Frank von Hippel is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear and radioactivity studies (52 papers), Nuclear Issues and Defense (45 papers) and Radioactive contamination and transfer (35 papers). Frank von Hippel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Frank von Hippel's co-authors include Rodney C. Ewing, Jungmin Kang, Chris Quigg, Harold A. Feiveson, Steve Fetter, Barbara Goss Levi, Jan Beyea, Allison Macfarlane, Thomas B. Cochran and Joel R. Primack and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Frank von Hippel

127 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank von Hippel United States	21	365	233	229	217	202	151	1.4k
Steve Fetter United States	16	310 0.8×	296 1.3×	138 0.6×	54 0.2×	121 0.6×	60	978
E. Andrade Brazil	14	520 1.4×	38 0.2×	76 0.3×	11 0.1×	120 0.6×	105	1.2k
Tsutomu Sekine Japan	17	257 0.7×	30 0.1×	68 0.3×	370 1.7×	367 1.8×	158	1.3k
Hideo Ohashi Japan	17	99 0.3×	29 0.1×	100 0.4×	67 0.3×	193 1.0×	116	1.1k
David Hafemeister United States	19	399 1.1×	34 0.1×	16 0.1×	77 0.4×	60 0.3×	103	1.4k
Richard Pearson United States	30	280 0.8×	37 0.2×	18 0.1×	23 0.1×	573 2.8×	162	3.1k
P.A. Assimakopoulos Greece	17	168 0.5×	9 0.0×	58 0.3×	145 0.7×	149 0.7×	54	897
Howard L. Hall United States	19	154 0.4×	17 0.1×	21 0.1×	232 1.1×	151 0.7×	73	1.1k
Norikazu Kinoshita Japan	11	121 0.3×	8 0.0×	165 0.7×	166 0.8×	378 1.9×	41	773
Alexander C. Diener Germany	23	109 0.3×	238 1.0×	10 0.0×	40 0.2×	30 0.1×	74	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank von Hippel

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Kallenborn, Roland, Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Katrin Vorkamp, et al.. (2025). Industrial and public infrastructure as local sources of organic contaminants in the Arctic. Environmental Science Advances. 5(2). 304–347.

Hippel, Frank von. (2019). Strengthening the Nonproliferation Regime. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2019.

Hippel, Frank von. (2019). Mitigating the Threat of Nuclear-Weapon Proliferation via Nuclear-Submarine Programs. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament. 2(1). 133–150. 2 indexed citations

Hippel, Frank von, et al.. (2015). Detecting Undeclared Plutonium Production: Standoff Monitoring of Nuclear Reprocessing Plants. 1 indexed citations

Ahmad, Ali, et al.. (2014). A Win-Win Solution for Iran’s Arak reactor. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 13(6). 979–88. 3 indexed citations

Hippel, Frank von, Rodney C. Ewing, Richard L. Garwin, & Allison Macfarlane. (2012). Time to bury plutonium. Nature. 485(7397). 167–168. 24 indexed citations

Hippel, Frank von. (2009). Why reprocessing persists in some countries and not in others: The Costs and Benefits of Reprocessing. 2 indexed citations

Hippel, Frank von. (2008). Nuclear Fuel Recycling. Scientific American. 298(5). 88–93. 6 indexed citations

Kang, Jungmin & Frank von Hippel. (2001). U‐232 and the proliferation‐resistance of U‐233 in spent fuel. Science and Global Security. 9(1). 1–32. 67 indexed citations

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Hippel, Frank von, et al.. (1998). The question of pure fusion explosions under the CTBT. Science and Global Security. 7(2). 129–150. 2 indexed citations

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Hippel, Frank von & Suzanne Jones. (1996). Take a hard look at subcritical tests. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 52(6). 44–47. 3 indexed citations

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Fetter, Steve & Frank von Hippel. (1995). A Step-by-step Approach to a Global Fissile Materials Cutoff. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park). 25(8). 5 indexed citations

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Hippel, Frank von & Harold A. Feiveson. (1993). Disposition options for separated plutonium. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 69.

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Berkhout, Frans, et al.. (1993). Disposition of separated plutonium. Science and Global Security. 3(3-4). 161–213. 13 indexed citations

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Hippel, Frank von. (1987). Automobile fuel economy. Energy. 12(10-11). 1063–1071. 9 indexed citations

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Hippel, Frank von & Thomas B. Cochran. (1986). Estimating long-term health effects. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 42(7). 18–24. 9 indexed citations

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Hippel, Frank von. (1983). The myths of Edward Teller. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 39(3). 6–12. 2 indexed citations

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Cochran, Thomas B. & Frank von Hippel. (1974). The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: An Environmental and Economic Critique. Physics Today. 27(12). 50–51. 5 indexed citations

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Trefil, J. S. & Frank von Hippel. (1973). Incoherent Multiple-Scattering Effects in the Production of Particles on Nuclear Targets. Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields. 7(7). 2000–2012. 12 indexed citations

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Hippel, Frank von & Joel R. Primack. (1972). Public Interest Science. Science. 177(4055). 1166–1171. 15 indexed citations

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