Helmut Mayer

13.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
107 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Helmut Mayer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Mayer has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 38 papers in Environmental Engineering and 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Helmut Mayer's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (31 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (24 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (16 papers). Helmut Mayer is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (31 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (24 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (16 papers). Helmut Mayer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Switzerland. Helmut Mayer's co-authors include Andreas Matzarakis, Frank Rutz, Fazia Ali-Toudert, M. G. Iziomon, Hyunjung Lee, Jutta Holst, Dirk Schindler, Liang Chen, Thomas Holst and Heinz Rennenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, New Phytologist and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Mayer

106 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments: basics of the RayMan model

2009 1.3k citations Andreas Matzarakis, Frank Rutz et al. International Journal of Biometeorology profile →
Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments—application of the RayMan model

2006 1.1k citations Andreas Matzarakis, Frank Rutz et al. International Journal of Biometeorology profile →
Applications of a universal thermal index: physiological equivalent temperature

1999 962 citations Andreas Matzarakis, Helmut Mayer et al. International Journal of Biometeorology profile →
Thermal comfort of man in different urban environments

1987 810 citations Helmut Mayer et al. profile →
Numerical study on the effects of aspect ratio and orientation of an urban street canyon on outdoor thermal comfort in hot and dry climate

2005 807 citations Helmut Mayer et al. profile →
Contribution of trees and grasslands to the mitigation of human heat stress in a residential district of Freiburg, Southwest Germany

2016 407 citations Hyunjung Lee, Helmut Mayer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helmut Mayer Germany	41	7.8k	5.6k	4.3k	2.7k	1.9k	107	10.9k
Andreas Matzarakis Germany	61	13.0k 1.7×	9.7k 1.7×	7.7k 1.8×	3.5k 1.3×	3.1k 1.6×	370	16.8k
Anthony J. Brazel United States	41	4.4k 0.6×	3.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.3×	3.1k 1.2×	668 0.4×	108	7.5k
Sue Grimmond United Kingdom	76	13.8k 1.8×	5.0k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	9.2k 3.4×	1.4k 0.8×	278	18.5k
T. R. Oke Canada	63	26.7k 3.4×	12.9k 2.3×	7.9k 1.8×	12.4k 4.6×	4.2k 2.2×	110	31.3k
Haider Taha United States	27	5.4k 0.7×	3.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	771 0.4×	49	6.5k
Benjamin Bechtel Germany	42	5.7k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	865 0.2×	3.6k 1.3×	647 0.3×	119	8.1k
James Voogt Canada	45	8.2k 1.1×	3.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.5×	4.0k 1.5×	995 0.5×	95	9.2k
Matthias Demuzere Belgium	40	3.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.5×	753 0.2×	3.9k 1.4×	592 0.3×	115	6.9k
Ariane Middel United States	43	4.8k 0.6×	3.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	136	6.0k
Matei Georgescu United States	40	3.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.3×	978 0.2×	2.2k 0.8×	293 0.2×	94	5.0k

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Lee, Hyunjung, et al.. (2023). Air pollution assessment in Seoul, South Korea, using an updated daily air quality index. Atmospheric Pollution Research. 14(4). 101728–101728. 5 indexed citations

Lee, Hyunjung & Helmut Mayer. (2018). Thermal comfort of pedestrians in an urban street canyon is affected by increasing albedo of building walls. International Journal of Biometeorology. 62(7). 1199–1209. 53 indexed citations

Lee, Hyunjung & Helmut Mayer. (2016). Validation of the mean radiant temperature simulated by the RayMan software in urban environments. International Journal of Biometeorology. 60(11). 1775–1785. 99 indexed citations

Lee, Hyunjung & Helmut Mayer. (2013). Urban human-biometeorology supports urban planning to handle the challenge by increasing severe heat. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Hyunjung, Jutta Holst, & Helmut Mayer. (2013). Modification of Human-Biometeorologically Significant Radiant Flux Densities by Shading as Local Method to Mitigate Heat Stress in Summer within Urban Street Canyons. Advances in Meteorology. 2013. 1–13. 156 indexed citations

Schindler, Dirk, et al.. (2012). Analysis and simulation of dynamic response behavior of Scots pine trees to wind loading. International Journal of Biometeorology. 57(6). 819–833. 9 indexed citations

Matzarakis, Andreas, Frank Rutz, & Helmut Mayer. (2009). Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments: basics of the RayMan model. International Journal of Biometeorology. 54(2). 131–139. 1326 indexed citations breakdown →

Seidel, Jochen, et al.. (2008). Discharges of past flood events based on historical river profiles. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 12(5). 1201–1209. 14 indexed citations

Brandes, Elke, Jochen Wenninger, Paul Koeniger, et al.. (2006). Assessing environmental and physiological controls over water relations in a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stand through analyses of stable isotope composition of water and organic matter. Plant Cell & Environment. 30(1). 113–127. 84 indexed citations

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Holst, Thomas, et al.. (2004). Measuring and modelling plant area index in beech stands. International Journal of Biometeorology. 48(4). 192–201. 49 indexed citations

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Vocks, E., R. Busch, C. Fröhlich, et al.. (2001). Influence of weather and climate on subjective symptom intensity in atopic eczema. International Journal of Biometeorology. 45(1). 27–33. 54 indexed citations

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Matzarakis, Andreas, Helmut Mayer, & M. G. Iziomon. (1999). Applications of a universal thermal index: physiological equivalent temperature. International Journal of Biometeorology. 43(2). 76–84. 962 indexed citations breakdown →

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Matzarakis, Andreas, et al.. (1998). Future perspectives in applied urban climatology. Kobe University Repository Kernel (Kobe University). 1. 109–122. 8 indexed citations

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Matzarakis, Andreas & Helmut Mayer. (1997). Heat stress in Greece. International Journal of Biometeorology. 41(1). 34–39. 179 indexed citations

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Mayer, Helmut, et al.. (1993). Analytical performance of the selective multianalyser Olympus AU 5200. Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry. 15(2). 47–64. 2 indexed citations

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Mayer, Helmut. (1993). Urban bioclimatology. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 49(11). 957–963. 107 indexed citations

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Mayer, Helmut. (1989). Windthrow. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 324(1223). 267–281. 39 indexed citations

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Baumgärtner, Alexander, et al.. (1976). Global distribution of the 'surface albedo'. 29. 38–43. 3 indexed citations

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Matzarakis, Andreas, et al.. (1970). Urban Air Pollution And Forests. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 37. 2 indexed citations

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Mayer, Helmut & Andreas Matzarakis. (1970). Urban air pollution caused by motor-traffic. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 37. 6 indexed citations

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