Govert Nijs

965 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 502 citations indexed

About

Govert Nijs is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Govert Nijs has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 502 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 1 paper in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Govert Nijs's work include High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (16 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (12 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (9 papers). Govert Nijs is often cited by papers focused on High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (16 papers), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (12 papers) and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (9 papers). Govert Nijs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Netherlands. Govert Nijs's co-authors include Wilke van der Schee, Umut Gürsoy, R. J. M. Snellings, Matti Järvinen, Giuliano Giacalone, Niko Jokela, Christian Ecker, Juan F. Pedraza, Xiaojun Yao and M. H. P. Sas and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physics Letters B.

In The Last Decade

Govert Nijs

16 papers receiving 493 citations

Hit Papers

Bayesian analysis of heavy ion collisions with the heavy ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 40 80 120
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. Bayesian analysis of heavy ion collisions with the heavy ion computational framework Trajectum
    2021 125 citations Govert Nijs, Wilke van der Schee et al. Physical review. C profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Govert Nijs United States 10 457 156 27 25 19 18 502
Fernando G. Gardim Brazil 16 815 1.8× 108 0.7× 72 2.7× 38 1.5× 30 1.6× 31 847
Dmytro Oliinychenko Germany 14 652 1.4× 155 1.0× 51 1.9× 49 2.0× 13 0.7× 34 688
A. Kisiel Poland 11 635 1.4× 119 0.8× 32 1.2× 18 0.7× 19 1.0× 39 645
Clint Young United States 13 556 1.2× 139 0.9× 15 0.6× 48 1.9× 12 0.6× 22 594
Maximilian Attems Spain 9 497 1.1× 224 1.4× 19 0.7× 52 2.1× 17 0.9× 12 510
Zhi Qiu United States 10 908 2.0× 106 0.7× 72 2.7× 27 1.1× 23 1.2× 12 918
Risto Paatelainen Finland 18 825 1.8× 180 1.2× 40 1.5× 24 1.0× 10 0.5× 39 886
F. Wang United States 14 746 1.6× 91 0.6× 96 3.6× 30 1.2× 9 0.5× 65 760
Wit Busza United States 5 507 1.1× 108 0.7× 26 1.0× 67 2.7× 10 0.5× 7 553
Akihiko Monnai Japan 12 662 1.4× 214 1.4× 27 1.0× 32 1.3× 39 2.1× 35 680

Countries citing papers authored by Govert Nijs

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Fields of papers citing papers by Govert Nijs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Govert Nijs

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Giacalone, Giuliano, B. Bally, Govert Nijs, et al.. (2025). Exploiting Ne20 Isotopes for Precision Characterizations of Collectivity in Small Systems. Physical Review Letters. 135(1). 12302–12302. 6 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert, et al.. (2025). Effective temperatures of the QGP from thermal photon and dilepton production. The European Physical Journal C. 85(4).
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Nijs, Govert, et al.. (2024). Quarkonium transport in weakly and strongly coupled plasmas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 296. 9005–9005. 1 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert, et al.. (2024). Quarkonium transport in strongly coupled plasmas. 101–101.
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Nijs, Govert & Wilke van der Schee. (2024). Ultracentral heavy ion collisions, transverse momentum and the equation of state. Physics Letters B. 853. 138636–138636. 7 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert, et al.. (2024). Generalized gluon distribution for quarkonium dynamics in strongly coupled N=4 Yang-Mills theory. Physical review. D. 109(9). 2 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert & Wilke van der Schee. (2023). Inferring nuclear structure from heavy isobar collisions using Trajectum. SciPost Physics. 15(2). 21 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert, et al.. (2023). Chromoelectric field correlator for quarkonium transport in the strongly coupled $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 Yang-Mills plasma from AdS/CFT. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(6). 8 indexed citations
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Giacalone, Giuliano, Govert Nijs, & Wilke van der Schee. (2023). Determination of the Neutron Skin of Pb208 from Ultrarelativistic Nuclear Collisions. Physical Review Letters. 131(20). 202302–202302. 39 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert & Wilke van der Schee. (2022). Hadronic Nucleus-Nucleus Cross Section and the Nucleon Size. Physical Review Letters. 129(23). 232301–232301. 20 indexed citations
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Beattie, C., Govert Nijs, M. H. P. Sas, & Wilke van der Schee. (2022). Hard probe path lengths and event-shape engineering of the quark-gluon plasma. Physics Letters B. 836. 137596–137596. 3 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert & Wilke van der Schee. (2022). Predictions and postdictions for relativistic lead and oxygen collisions with the computational simulation code Trajectum. Physical review. C. 106(4). 26 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert, Wilke van der Schee, Umut Gürsoy, & R. J. M. Snellings. (2021). Transverse Momentum Differential Global Analysis of Heavy-Ion Collisions. Physical Review Letters. 126(20). 202301–202301. 100 indexed citations
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Nijs, Govert, Wilke van der Schee, Umut Gürsoy, & R. J. M. Snellings. (2021). Bayesian analysis of heavy ion collisions with the heavy ion computational framework Trajectum. Physical review. C. 103(5). 125 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jokela, Niko, et al.. (2021). Unified weak and strong coupling framework for nuclear matter and neutron stars. Physical review. D. 103(8). 34 indexed citations
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Ecker, Christian, Matti Järvinen, Govert Nijs, & Wilke van der Schee. (2020). Gravitational waves from holographic neutron star mergers. Physical review. D. 101(10). 36 indexed citations
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Gürsoy, Umut, Matti Järvinen, Govert Nijs, & Juan F. Pedraza. (2019). Inverse anisotropic catalysis in holographic QCD. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2019(4). 33 indexed citations
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Gürsoy, Umut, Matti Järvinen, & Govert Nijs. (2018). Holographic QCD in the Veneziano Limit at a Finite Magnetic Field and Chemical Potential. Physical Review Letters. 120(24). 242002–242002. 41 indexed citations

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