Hans Stephani

7.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Hans Stephani is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Stephani has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 11 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Hans Stephani's work include Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (16 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (12 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (11 papers). Hans Stephani is often cited by papers focused on Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (16 papers), Relativity and Gravitational Theory (12 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (11 papers). Hans Stephani collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United Kingdom. Hans Stephani's co-authors include Eduard Herlt, Dietrich Krämer, M. A. H. MacCallum, C. Hoenselaers, Jeffrey M. Bowen, Thomas Wolf, Gernot Neugebauer and R. Grosso and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications in Mathematical Physics, American Journal of Physics and Journal of Mathematical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Hans Stephani

34 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations 1980 2026 1995 2010 2003 1980 1990 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations
    2003 2.1k citations Hans Stephani, Dietrich Krämer et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  2. Exact solutions of the Einstein's field equations
    1980 973 citations Dietrich Krämer, Hans Stephani et al. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  3. Differential Equations: Their Solution Using Symmetries
    1990 497 citations Hans Stephani Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans Stephani Germany 13 3.3k 2.7k 1.3k 354 308 35 4.1k
Dietrich Krämer Germany 14 3.2k 1.0× 2.8k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 345 1.0× 284 0.9× 57 3.8k
James W. York United States 36 5.7k 1.7× 5.2k 1.9× 2.1k 1.7× 371 1.0× 714 2.3× 69 6.1k
Robert Geroch United States 32 3.7k 1.1× 3.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 671 1.9× 564 1.8× 63 4.7k
Jerzy Plebański Mexico 27 2.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 397 1.1× 537 1.7× 98 3.2k
Frederick J. Ernst United States 20 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 848 0.7× 136 0.4× 233 0.8× 54 2.5k
M. A. H. MacCallum United Kingdom 25 4.9k 1.5× 3.8k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 3.7× 317 1.0× 84 5.9k
Wolfgang Rindler United States 24 2.9k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 530 1.5× 926 3.0× 65 4.1k
Andrzej Trautman Poland 22 1.4k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 635 0.5× 395 1.1× 247 0.8× 65 2.1k
So-Young Pi United States 27 2.4k 0.7× 2.8k 1.0× 907 0.7× 158 0.4× 1.1k 3.4× 52 4.3k
Demetrios Christodoulou United States 30 3.4k 1.0× 3.0k 1.1× 837 0.7× 1.1k 3.0× 368 1.2× 59 4.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stephani, Hans. (2004). Relativity. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 78 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans, Dietrich Krämer, M. A. H. MacCallum, C. Hoenselaers, & Eduard Herlt. (2003). Exact Solutions of Einstein's Field Equations. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2079 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stephani, Hans & Thomas Wolf. (1996). Spherically symmetric perfect fluids in shear-free motion - the symmetry approach. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 13(5). 1261–1271. 8 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1993). A note on the solutions of the diverging, twisting type N vacuum field equations. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 10(10). 2187–2190. 8 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1992). Invariance transformations of the class y″=F(x)y n of differential equations. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 33(12). 3983–3988. 6 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1990). Differential Equations. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 104 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1990). Differential Equations: Their Solution Using Symmetries. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stephani, Hans. (1987). Some perfect fluid solutions of Einstein's field equations without symmetries. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 4(1). 125–136. 13 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1987). Comment on 'A new solution for a rotating perfect fluid in general relativity'. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 4(4). 1047–1048. 1 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans & Eduard Herlt. (1985). Twisting type-N vacuum solutions with two non-commuting Killing vectors do exist. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 2(3). L63–L64. 6 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1983). A new interior solution of Einstein's field equations for a spherically symmetric perfect fluid in shear-free motion. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 16(15). 3529–3532. 25 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1982). General relativity. an introduction to the theory of the gravitational field. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1979). A method to generate algebraically special pure radiation field solutions from the vacuum. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General. 12(7). 1045–1049. 7 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1978). A note on Killing tensors. General Relativity and Gravitation. 9(9). 789–792. 19 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1976). Wave optics of the spherical gravitational lens part I: Diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave by a large star. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 15(1). 45–65. 23 indexed citations
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Herlt, Eduard & Hans Stephani. (1975). Diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave at a schwarzschild black hole. International Journal of Theoretical Physics. 12(2). 81–93. 11 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1974). Debye potentials in Riemannian spaces. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 15(1). 14–16. 8 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1972). The electrodynamic Green functions in a closed universe.. Acta Physica Polonica B Proceedings Supplement. 3. 427–436. 1 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1968). Einige Lösungen der Einsteinschen Feldgleichungen mit idealer Flüssigkeit, die sich in einen fünfdimensionalen flachen Raum einbetten lassen. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 9(1). 53–54. 9 indexed citations
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Stephani, Hans. (1967). Konform flache Gravitationsfelder. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 5(5). 337–342. 36 indexed citations

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