Helmut Moritz

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Helmut Moritz is a scholar working on Oceanography, Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Moritz has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Oceanography, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 9 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Helmut Moritz's work include Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (32 papers), Inertial Sensor and Navigation (10 papers) and Statistical and numerical algorithms (8 papers). Helmut Moritz is often cited by papers focused on Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (32 papers), Inertial Sensor and Navigation (10 papers) and Statistical and numerical algorithms (8 papers). Helmut Moritz collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Helmut Moritz's co-authors include W. Heiskanen, Ivan I. Mueller, Bernhard Hofmann-Wellenhof, H. Sünkel, K. P. Schwarz, Ming Wei, E. Groten, Richard H. Rapp, Wenbin Shen and R. O. Vicente and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth-Science Reviews, Reviews of Geophysics and Geophysical Journal International.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Moritz

52 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Physical geodesy

1967 520 citations W. Heiskanen, Helmut Moritz Bulletin Géodésique profile →
Geodetic Reference System 1980

1992 514 citations Helmut Moritz Journal of Geodesy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helmut Moritz Austria	15	1.4k	632	586	479	306	57	1.9k
Richard H. Rapp United States	25	2.0k 1.5×	926 1.5×	563 1.0×	650 1.4×	375 1.2×	97	2.4k
Petr Vaníček Canada	28	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	741 1.3×	431 0.9×	221 0.7×	128	2.5k
C. C. Tscherning Denmark	20	1.6k 1.2×	846 1.3×	578 1.0×	674 1.4×	256 0.8×	54	1.9k
Fernando Sansò Italy	23	1.5k 1.1×	899 1.4×	562 1.0×	656 1.4×	404 1.3×	127	2.1k
C. A. Wagner United States	20	1.2k 0.9×	645 1.0×	266 0.5×	423 0.9×	589 1.9×	119	1.6k
F. J. Lerch United States	20	1.3k 0.9×	650 1.0×	357 0.6×	396 0.8×	602 2.0×	50	1.8k
Christopher Jekeli United States	32	2.0k 1.5×	1.4k 2.2×	623 1.1×	713 1.5×	581 1.9×	112	2.8k
Reiner Rummel Germany	27	1.7k 1.2×	828 1.3×	504 0.9×	809 1.7×	515 1.7×	96	2.0k
Nikolaos K. Pavlis United States	16	2.5k 1.8×	1.3k 2.0×	1.0k 1.8×	898 1.9×	678 2.2×	32	3.5k
Lars E. Sjöberg Sweden	29	2.3k 1.7×	1.2k 1.9×	1.1k 1.9×	855 1.8×	215 0.7×	206	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Helmut Moritz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Moritz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Moritz

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Moritz, Helmut. (2011). A contemporary perspective of geoid structure. Journal of Geodetic Science. 1(1). 82–87. 1 indexed citations

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Hofmann-Wellenhof, Bernhard & Helmut Moritz. (2005). Physical Geodesy. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 12 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1992). Geodetic Reference System 1980. Journal of Geodesy. 66(2). 187–192. 514 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moritz, Helmut. (1990). The figure of the earth : theoretical geodesy and the earth's interior. 63 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1988). Reciprocity relations and analogies to elastostatics in least-squares adjustment. Manuscripta geodetica.. 13(3). 156–163.

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Moritz, Helmut & Ming Wei. (1987). A simple error study for the gradiometer-accelerometer equation. Manuscripta geodetica.. 12(2). 113–127. 5 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1982). A variational principle for Moledensky’s liquid-core problem. Journal of Geodesy. 56(4). 364–380. 14 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1977). On the Computation of a Global Covariance Model.. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 2 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1976). Covariance Functions in Least-Squares Collocation,. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 15 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1976). Integral Formulas and Collocation. Manuscripta geodetica.. 1(1). 1–40. 1 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1975). Annexe D. Bulletin Géodésique. 118(1). 398–408. 7 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1974). Some First Accuracy Estimates for Applications of Aerial Gradiometry. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 3 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1974). Precise gravimetric geodesy. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 19 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1974). Theory of Errors and Generalized Matrix Inverses. Earth-Science Reviews. 10(3). 247–247. 70 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1972). Advanced least-squares methods. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 34 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1971). Series solutions of Molodensky's problem.. 70. 4 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1969). Nonlinear solutions of the geodetic boundary value problem. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 7 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1969). On the determination of the potential from gravity disturbances along a fixed direction. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 21(4). 568–568. 1 indexed citations

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Heiskanen, W. & Helmut Moritz. (1964). METHODS OF PHYSICAL GEODESY.. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 1 indexed citations

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Moritz, Helmut. (1964). THE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM OF PHYSICAL GEODESY.. The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University). 2 indexed citations

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