Herbert Legall

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 778 citations indexed

About

Herbert Legall is a scholar working on Radiation, Computational Mechanics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert Legall has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 778 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Radiation, 10 papers in Computational Mechanics and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Herbert Legall's work include X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (14 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (7 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (7 papers). Herbert Legall is often cited by papers focused on X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (14 papers), Laser Material Processing Techniques (7 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (7 papers). Herbert Legall collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Spain. Herbert Legall's co-authors include Julie Grollier, Vincent Cros, G. Faini, J. Ben Youssef, A. Hamzić, H. Jaffrès, A. Fert, J.-M. George, H. Stiel and Jörg Krüger and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Optics Letters and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Herbert Legall

32 papers receiving 753 citations

Hit Papers

Spin-polarized current induced switching in Co/Cu/Co pillars 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300
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. Spin-polarized current induced switching in Co/Cu/Co pillars
    2001 347 citations Julie Grollier, Vincent Cros et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Herbert Legall Germany 16 424 234 183 151 143 33 778
Yoshie Murooka Japan 11 407 1.0× 189 0.8× 92 0.5× 142 0.9× 158 1.1× 17 768
N. Stojanovic Germany 16 429 1.0× 324 1.4× 323 1.8× 66 0.4× 82 0.6× 37 806
Pengfei Zhu China 15 413 1.0× 378 1.6× 99 0.5× 54 0.4× 84 0.6× 54 786
Flavio Capotondi Italy 19 673 1.6× 431 1.8× 406 2.2× 81 0.5× 143 1.0× 78 1.1k
Emanuele Pedersoli Italy 17 499 1.2× 331 1.4× 395 2.2× 73 0.5× 105 0.7× 69 897
V. A. Bushuev Russia 14 396 0.9× 243 1.0× 191 1.0× 45 0.3× 154 1.1× 87 648
U. Lehnert Germany 13 458 1.1× 455 1.9× 207 1.1× 67 0.4× 120 0.8× 76 856
Boris Vodungbo France 17 730 1.7× 236 1.0× 128 0.7× 216 1.4× 227 1.6× 45 1.0k
Hidetoshi Nakano Japan 22 800 1.9× 420 1.8× 86 0.5× 50 0.3× 184 1.3× 96 1.3k
Shigemi Sasaki Japan 15 455 1.1× 500 2.1× 350 1.9× 94 0.6× 149 1.0× 69 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Herbert Legall

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Fields of papers citing papers by Herbert Legall

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herbert Legall

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Legall, Herbert, Jörn Bonse, & Jörg Krüger. (2020). Review of x-ray exposure and safety issues arising from ultra-short pulse laser material processing. Journal of Radiological Protection. 41(1). R28–R42. 18 indexed citations
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Martínez, Elena, L.A. Angurel, Germán F. de la Fuente, et al.. (2020). Surface Superconductivity Changes of Niobium Sheets by Femtosecond Laser-Induced Periodic Nanostructures. Nanomaterials. 10(12). 2525–2525. 15 indexed citations
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Martínez, Elena, L.A. Angurel, Germán F. de la Fuente, et al.. (2019). Effects of laser-induced periodic surface structures on the superconducting properties of Niobium. Applied Surface Science. 508. 145140–145140. 24 indexed citations
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Legall, Herbert, Christoph Schwanke, Jörn Bonse, & Jörg Krüger. (2019). X-ray emission during ultrashort pulse laser processing. 126. 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Legall, Herbert, et al.. (2018). X-ray emission as a potential hazard during ultrashort pulse laser material processing. Applied Physics A. 124(6). 26 indexed citations
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Seim, Christian, Kai Reineke, Stephan Werner, et al.. (2015). High pressure treated Bacillus subtilis spores — Structural analysis by means of synchrotron and laboratory based soft X-ray microscopy. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies. 29. 134–142. 2 indexed citations
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Gerlach, Martin, A. A. Antonov, Birgit Kanngießer, et al.. (2015). Characterization of HAPG mosaic crystals using synchrotron radiation. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 48(5). 1381–1390. 23 indexed citations
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Seim, Christian, et al.. (2013). Preparation of clay mineral samples for high resolution x-ray imaging. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 463. 12051–12051.
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Martz, D., Olov von Hofsten, A. Holmberg, et al.. (2012). High average brightness water window source for short-exposure cryomicroscopy. Optics Letters. 37(21). 4425–4425. 29 indexed citations
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Seim, Christian, Jonas Baumann, Herbert Legall, et al.. (2012). Laboratory full-field transmission x-ray microscopy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8678. 867808–867808. 3 indexed citations
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Arkadiev, Vladimir A., A. Bjeoumikhov, Michael Haschke, et al.. (2007). X-ray analysis with a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite-based von Hamos spectrometer. Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy. 62(6-7). 577–585. 6 indexed citations
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Legall, Herbert, A. Erko, A. Bjeoumikhov, et al.. (2006). A new generation of X-ray optics based on pyrolytic graphite. Prepared for. 798–801. 6 indexed citations
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Legall, Herbert, H. Stiel, Michael E. Beck, et al.. (2006). Near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS) of pigment–protein complexes: Peridinin–chlorophyll a protein (PCP) of Amphidinium carterae. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods. 70(3). 369–376. 6 indexed citations
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Legall, Herbert, H. Stiel, Vladimir A. Arkadiev, & A. Bjeoumikhov. (2006). High spectral resolution x-ray optics with highly oriented pyrolytic graphite. Optics Express. 14(10). 4570–4570. 25 indexed citations
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Bargheer, Matias, N. Zhavoronkov, R. Bruch, et al.. (2005). Comparison of focusing optics for femtosecond X-ray diffraction. Applied Physics B. 80(6). 715–719. 44 indexed citations
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Wilhein, Thomas, et al.. (2004). High resolution x-ray absorption spectroscopy using a laser plasma radiation source. Review of Scientific Instruments. 75(11). 4606–4609. 24 indexed citations
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Scholze, Frank, Frank Scholz, G. Ulm, et al.. (2003). Characterization of a laser-produced plasma source for a laboratory EUV reflectometer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5037. 670–670. 7 indexed citations
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Grollier, Julie, Vincent Cros, A. Hamzić, et al.. (2001). Spin-polarized current induced switching in Co/Cu/Co pillars. Applied Physics Letters. 78(23). 3663–3665. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gieraltowski, J., et al.. (1995). Losses associated with spin dynamics in ferromagnetic thin films. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 140-144. 1979–1980. 2 indexed citations
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Gieraltowski, J., et al.. (1994). Domain walls dynamics and separation of magnetization processes in in-plane anisotropic amorphous ferromagnetic thin films. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 27(7). 1348–1353. 8 indexed citations

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