Gerd Bergmann

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Gerd Bergmann is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerd Bergmann has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 99 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 23 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Gerd Bergmann's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (97 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (73 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (61 papers). Gerd Bergmann is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (97 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (73 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (61 papers). Gerd Bergmann collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Gerd Bergmann's co-authors include D. Rainer, R. M. Mueller, Heino Finkelmann, Jia Grace Lu, Wei Wei, Fei Ye, Richard S. Thompson, Virgil Percec, Mingyang Zhao and Dongdong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Gerd Bergmann

149 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Weak localization in thin films 1984 2026 1998 2012 1984 500 1000 1.5k
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. Weak localization in thin films
    1984 1.7k citations Gerd Bergmann profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerd Bergmann United States 32 3.8k 2.8k 1.3k 1.0k 857 154 5.4k
J. E. Graebner United States 34 1.1k 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 1.6× 982 1.0× 695 0.8× 97 4.2k
R. C. Dynes United States 29 2.5k 0.6× 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.2× 63 4.2k
R. B. Laibowitz United States 42 2.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 2.4k 1.9× 1.2k 1.2× 2.8k 3.3× 115 6.3k
F. M. Mueller United States 34 2.8k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 3.6k 2.8× 4.5k 4.5× 884 1.0× 126 7.5k
J. P. Jamet France 34 3.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.7× 927 1.1× 118 4.3k
M. A. Paalanen United States 38 3.8k 1.0× 2.2k 0.8× 944 0.7× 310 0.3× 1.1k 1.3× 102 4.6k
Arisato Kawabata Japan 22 1.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.5× 638 0.5× 993 1.0× 576 0.7× 52 3.0k
W. Zinn Germany 29 4.3k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 2.9k 2.9× 1.2k 1.4× 132 6.2k
T. H. Geballe United States 39 1.8k 0.5× 2.6k 0.9× 2.7k 2.1× 1.8k 1.8× 1.5k 1.7× 111 5.5k
Y. Bruynseraede Belgium 43 4.6k 1.2× 5.2k 1.9× 1.9k 1.4× 2.4k 2.4× 923 1.1× 274 8.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bergmann, Gerd, Richard S. Thompson, & Jia Grace Lu. (2015). Inertial spin alignment in a circular magnetic nanotube. Physics Letters A. 379(36). 2083–2086.
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Li, Dongdong, Richard S. Thompson, Gerd Bergmann, & Jia Grace Lu. (2008). Template‐based Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Cobalt Nanotube Arrays. Advanced Materials. 20(23). 4575–4578. 75 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd & Liye Zhang. (2007). Compact approximate solution to the Kondo problem. Physical Review B. 76(6). 9 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (2005). Conductance of a Perfect Thin Film with Diffuse Surface Scattering. Physical Review Letters. 94(10). 106801–106801. 13 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd, James Hogg, T. Stirner, et al.. (2005). Photoinduced changes of surface order in coumarin side-chain polymer films used for liquid crystal photoalignment. Applied Physics Letters. 87(6). 5 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd, et al.. (2004). Electronic transition of vanadium impurities in different alkali hosts. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 272-276. E863–E864. 5 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd, et al.. (2002). Strongly Enhanced Magnetic Moments of Vanadium Impurities in Thin Films of Sodium and Potassium. Physical Review Letters. 88(16). 167202–167202. 18 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd, et al.. (2002). Grazing incidence X-ray reflectivity of coumarin side-chain polymers used for liquid crystal photoalignment layers. Synthetic Metals. 127(1-3). 95–98. 3 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd & Faruk Hossain. (2001). Magnetic Behavior of Na Films with Fe, Co, and Ni Impurities. Physical Review Letters. 86(10). 2138–2141. 12 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd, Heino Finkelmann, Virgil Percec, & Mingyang Zhao. (1997). Liquid‐crystalline main‐chain elastomers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 18(5). 353–360. 99 indexed citations
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Mueller, R. M., et al.. (1994). Anomalous law of the dephasing rate in Au films down to 20 mK. Solid State Communications. 91(3). 255–258. 15 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd & Wei Wei. (1989). Is the dynamical Coulomb interaction in disordered systems long ranged?. Solid State Communications. 71(11). 1011–1014. 13 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1988). Comment on "Weak Localization in Two and Three Dimensions: Dephasing by Zero-Point Motion". Physical Review Letters. 60(19). 1986–1986. 11 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1987). Low-temperature behavior of Kondo impurities and check of the Fermi-liquid model. Physical Review Letters. 58(12). 1236–1239. 16 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1982). Laufzeitexperimente mit Leitungselektronen — eine Anwendung der schwachen Lokalisierung. Physikalische Blätter. 38(11). 340–344. 1 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1982). Quantitative analysis of weak localization in thin Mg films by magnetoresistance measurements. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 25(4). 2937–2939. 62 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1979). Transition from Pauli paramagnetism to band ferromagnetism in nickel, few atomic layers thick. Journal of Applied Physics. 50(B11). 7790–7794. 1 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1977). The electron-magnon mass enhancement in ferromagnetic metals. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 4(1-4). 211–213. 1 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1976). Hall-resistivity of amorphous ferromagnetic Ni-Au-alloys. The European Physical Journal B. 25(3). 255–258. 12 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Gerd. (1973). Upper Critical Field and the Density of States in Amorphous Strong-Coupling Superconductors. Physical review. B, Solid state. 7(11). 4850–4860. 58 indexed citations

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