Gerald Weigle

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 595 citations indexed

About

Gerald Weigle is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Weigle has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 595 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 3 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 2 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gerald Weigle's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (6 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (6 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (3 papers). Gerald Weigle is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (6 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (6 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (3 papers). Gerald Weigle collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. Gerald Weigle's co-authors include C. Zeitlin, Donald M. Hassler, César Martı́n, D. E. Brinza, R. F. Wimmer‐Schweingruber, Bent Ehresmann, S. Böttcher, A. Posner, Jan Köhler and Jingnan Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Geophysical Research Letters and Space Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Weigle

6 papers receiving 582 citations

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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.

Measurements of Energetic Particle Radiation in Transit to Mars on the Mars Science Laboratory

2013 428 citations C. Zeitlin, Donald M. Hassler et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald Weigle United States	5	279	258	184	121	56	7	595
S. C. Rafkin United States	7	272 1.0×	229 0.9×	188 1.0×	118 1.0×	47 0.8×	30	553
S. B. Kang United States	10	231 0.8×	301 1.2×	170 0.9×	117 1.0×	46 0.8×	19	621
Söenke Burmeister Germany	8	397 1.4×	244 0.9×	219 1.2×	153 1.3×	94 1.7×	13	671
César Martı́n United States	12	412 1.5×	305 1.2×	250 1.4×	154 1.3×	93 1.7×	23	758
Jan Köhler Germany	11	403 1.4×	289 1.1×	233 1.3×	152 1.3×	92 1.6×	22	752
S. Böttcher Germany	12	424 1.5×	443 1.7×	255 1.4×	154 1.3×	101 1.8×	30	921
E. Böhm Germany	9	316 1.1×	212 0.8×	193 1.0×	126 1.0×	89 1.6×	20	644
Bent Ehresmann United States	17	576 2.1×	602 2.3×	330 1.8×	173 1.4×	131 2.3×	42	1.1k
Ryan B. Norman United States	15	444 1.6×	234 0.9×	95 0.5×	97 0.8×	168 3.0×	51	684
S. Burmeister Germany	13	259 0.9×	236 0.9×	79 0.4×	47 0.4×	110 2.0×	25	426

Countries citing papers authored by Gerald Weigle

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerald Weigle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Weigle

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald Weigle. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald Weigle 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 Gerald Weigle. Gerald Weigle is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Simon, Amy, H. H. Kaplan, Dennis C. Reuter, et al.. (2025). Lucy L′Ralph In-flight Calibration and Results at (152830) Dinkinesh. The Planetary Science Journal. 6(1). 7–7.

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Appel, J. K., Jingnan Guo, Bent Ehresmann, et al.. (2017). Detecting Upward Directed Charged Particle Fluxes in the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector. Earth and Space Science. 5(1). 2–18. 6 indexed citations

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Wimmer‐Schweingruber, R. F., Jan Köhler, Donald M. Hassler, et al.. (2015). On determining the zenith angle dependence of the Martian radiation environment at Gale Crater altitudes. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(24). 21 indexed citations

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Köhler, Jan, C. Zeitlin, Bent Ehresmann, et al.. (2014). Measurements of the neutron spectrum on the Martian surface with MSL/RAD. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 119(3). 594–603. 48 indexed citations

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Zeitlin, C., Donald M. Hassler, Francis A. Cucinotta, et al.. (2013). Measurements of Energetic Particle Radiation in Transit to Mars on the Mars Science Laboratory. Science. 340(6136). 1080–1084. 428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brinza, D. E., et al.. (2012). MSL-RAD Cruise Operations Concept. 1 indexed citations

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Reuter, Dennis C., S. A. Stern, J. Scherrer, et al.. (2008). Ralph: A Visible/Infrared Imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt Mission. Space Science Reviews. 140(1-4). 129–154. 91 indexed citations

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