Gerhard Scheifele

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 692 citations indexed

About

Gerhard Scheifele is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Scheifele has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 692 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 2 papers in Oceanography and 2 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Scheifele's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (3 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (2 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (2 papers). Gerhard Scheifele is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (3 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (2 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (2 papers). Gerhard Scheifele collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland and United States. Gerhard Scheifele's co-authors include Eduard Stiefel and Sandra D. Starke and has published in prestigious journals such as Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy and 17th Aerospace Sciences Meeting.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Scheifele

9 papers receiving 637 citations

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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.

Linear and Regular Celestial Mechanics

1971 583 citations Eduard Stiefel, Gerhard Scheifele profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerhard Scheifele Switzerland	5	310	285	214	136	89	9	692
André Deprit United States	19	573 1.8×	564 2.0×	500 2.3×	118 0.9×	89 1.0×	75	1.1k
Gen-Ichiro Hori Japan	7	288 0.9×	275 1.0×	183 0.9×	63 0.5×	60 0.7×	22	539
Boris Garfinkel United States	16	373 1.2×	401 1.4×	192 0.9×	33 0.2×	23 0.3×	45	631
J. M. A. Danby United States	13	355 1.1×	226 0.8×	115 0.5×	77 0.6×	23 0.3×	34	588
R. Broucke United States	22	1.2k 3.9×	1.2k 4.3×	371 1.7×	78 0.6×	35 0.4×	85	1.7k
Ahmed Kamel United States	12	342 1.1×	457 1.6×	123 0.6×	48 0.4×	17 0.2×	29	605
Paul Kustaanheimo Finland	6	265 0.9×	118 0.4×	250 1.2×	30 0.2×	228 2.6×	15	640
André Vanderbauwhede Belgium	14	227 0.7×	210 0.7×	394 1.8×	124 0.9×	33 0.4×	46	880
A. D. Bruno Russia	14	169 0.5×	161 0.6×	489 2.3×	198 1.5×	22 0.2×	124	999
Alain Chenciner France	13	406 1.3×	381 1.3×	427 2.0×	22 0.2×	23 0.3×	32	841

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard Scheifele

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All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Scheifele, Gerhard. (1981). An analytical singularity-free orbit predictor for near-earth satellites.. ESA Special Publication. 160. 299–305. 2 indexed citations

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Scheifele, Gerhard, et al.. (1979). An analytical orbit predictor for near-earth satellites. 17th Aerospace Sciences Meeting. 4 indexed citations

3.

Scheifele, Gerhard, et al.. (1977). A singularity free analytical solution of artificial satellite motion with drag. STIN. 78. 15147. 1 indexed citations

4.

Scheifele, Gerhard, et al.. (1974). Analytical satellite theories based on a new set of canonical elements. 15 indexed citations

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Scheifele, Gerhard & Eduard Stiefel. (1972). Canonical satellite theory based on independent variables different from time. (Report to ESRO).. 1 indexed citations

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Scheifele, Gerhard. (1971). On numerical integration of perturbed linear oscillating systems. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 22(1). 186–210. 29 indexed citations

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Stiefel, Eduard & Gerhard Scheifele. (1971). Linear and Regular Celestial Mechanics. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stiefel, Eduard & Gerhard Scheifele. (1971). Linear and Regular Celestial Mechanics: Perturbed Two-body Motion Numerical Methods Canonical Theory. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 34 indexed citations

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Scheifele, Gerhard. (1970). On nonclassical canonical systems. Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 2(3). 296–310. 23 indexed citations

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