Hubertus M. Thomas

12.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
297 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Hubertus M. Thomas is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hubertus M. Thomas has authored 297 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 250 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 177 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 121 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Hubertus M. Thomas's work include Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (240 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (168 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Hubertus M. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (240 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (168 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (69 papers). Hubertus M. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. Hubertus M. Thomas's co-authors include G. E. Morfill, Gregor E. Morfill, A. V. Ivlev, J. Goree, S. A. Khrapak, V. Demmel, D. Möhlmann, B. Feuerbacher, Uwe Konopka and G. E. Morfill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Hubertus M. Thomas

286 papers receiving 9.9k citations

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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.

Plasma Crystal: Coulomb Crystallization in a Dusty Plasma

1994 1.3k citations Hubertus M. Thomas, G. E. Morfill et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Melting dynamics of a plasma crystal

1996 513 citations Hubertus M. Thomas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hubertus M. Thomas Germany	51	8.4k	6.2k	4.6k	1.4k	1.0k	297	10.3k
J. Goree United States	61	10.3k 1.2×	7.2k 1.2×	5.3k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	393 0.4×	231	12.9k
В. Е. Фортов Russia	58	9.5k 1.1×	5.8k 0.9×	5.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	459 0.4×	566	13.4k
О. Ф. Петров Russia	40	5.5k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	908 0.7×	380 0.4×	261	6.6k
G. E. Morfill Germany	70	12.1k 1.4×	11.6k 1.9×	6.8k 1.5×	3.0k 2.2×	3.0k 2.9×	408	19.3k
Gregor E. Morfill Germany	36	2.8k 0.3×	2.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.9×	116	6.1k
M. Rosenberg Germany	40	5.8k 0.7×	4.4k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	906 0.7×	465 0.5×	352	8.6k
Satoshi Hamaguchi Japan	42	1.8k 0.2×	1.1k 0.2×	932 0.2×	2.9k 2.1×	1.2k 1.1×	252	6.3k
J. E. Allen United Kingdom	35	3.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.3×	838 0.2×	2.4k 1.8×	245 0.2×	164	4.9k
V. T. Tikhonchuk France	48	5.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.2×	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	57 0.1×	481	10.8k
P. M. Celliers United States	50	2.7k 0.3×	611 0.1×	4.4k 1.0×	411 0.3×	128 0.1×	206	7.3k

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Williams, Jeremiah, Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, Uwe Konopka, et al.. (2025). Experiments and modeling of dust particle heating resulting from changes in polarity switching in the PK-4 microgravity laboratory. Physics of Plasmas. 32(5). 1 indexed citations

Ivlev, A. V., Hartmut Löwen, V. Nosenko, et al.. (2025). Vibrational Modes and Particle Rearrangements in Sheared Quasi-Two-Dimensional Complex Plasmas. Physical Review Letters. 135(13). 135301–135301. 1 indexed citations

Pustylnik, Mikhail, et al.. (2023). Recrystallization in string-fluid complex plasmas. Physical Review Research. 5(1). 11 indexed citations

Hirabayashi, Masatoshi, Christine Hartzell, Paul M. Bellan, et al.. (2023). Electrostatic dust remediation for future exploration of the Moon. Acta Astronautica. 207. 392–402. 9 indexed citations

Thoma, Markus H., Hubertus M. Thomas, Christina A. Knapek, A. Melzer, & Uwe Konopka. (2023). Complex plasma research under microgravity conditions. npj Microgravity. 9(1). 13–13. 9 indexed citations

Knapek, Christina A., Lénaïc Couëdel, Andrew P. Dove, et al.. (2022). COMPACT—a new complex plasma facility for the ISS. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 64(12). 124006–124006. 11 indexed citations

Matthews, Lorin, Péter Hartmann, M. Rosenberg, et al.. (2022). Influence of temporal variations in plasma conditions on the electric potential near self-organized dust chains. Physics of Plasmas. 29(2). 12 indexed citations

Matthews, Lorin, Péter Hartmann, M. Rosenberg, et al.. (2021). Effect of ionization waves on dust chain formation in a DC discharge. Journal of Plasma Physics. 87(6). 13 indexed citations

Knapek, Christina A., et al.. (2021). “Zyflex”: Next generation plasma chamber for complex plasma research in space. Review of Scientific Instruments. 92(10). 103505–103505. 12 indexed citations

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Pustylnik, Mikhail, et al.. (2021). Heartbeat instability as auto-oscillation between dim and bright void regimes. Physical review. E. 104(4). 45212–45212. 2 indexed citations

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Mitic, Slobodan, Mikhail Pustylnik, A. M. Lipaev, et al.. (2021). Long-term evolution of the three-dimensional structure of string-fluid complex plasmas in the PK-4 experiment. Physical review. E. 103(6). 63212–63212. 12 indexed citations

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Pustylnik, Mikhail, et al.. (2019). Measurement of gas temperatures in dust-free and dusty argon discharges. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(7). 75203–75203. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Hubertus M., Mierk Schwabe, Mikhail Pustylnik, et al.. (2018). Complex plasma research on the International Space Station. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 61(1). 14004–14004. 25 indexed citations

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Knapek, Christina A., Hubertus M. Thomas, В. Е. Фортов, et al.. (2018). Ekoplasma - The future of complex plasma research aboard the International Space Station. elib (German Aerospace Center). 42. 1 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, J. L., Tetsuji Shimizu, G. E. Morfill, et al.. (2016). Cold atmospheric plasma technology for decontamination of space equipment. elib (German Aerospace Center). 41. 2 indexed citations

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Isbary, Georg, Tetsuji Shimizu, J.L. Zimmermann, et al.. (2013). Cold atmospheric plasma for local infection control and subsequent pain reduction in a patient with chronic post-operative ear infection. New Microbes and New Infections. 1(3). 41–43. 36 indexed citations

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Vasilyak, L. M., В. Е. Фортов, G. E. Morfill, et al.. (2010). Increase of Kinetic Energy of Dusty Cluster Particles Due to Parametric Instability Caused by Nanosecond Electric Pulses. Contributions to Plasma Physics. 51(6). 529–532. 3 indexed citations

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Hofmann, Peter, G. E. Morfill, Hubertus M. Thomas, et al.. (2008). Complex plasma research on ISS: PK-3 Plus, PK-4 and impact/plasmalab. Acta Astronautica. 63(1-4). 53–60. 1 indexed citations

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Yaroshenko, V. V., B. M. Annaratone, S. A. Khrapak, et al.. (2004). Electrostatic modes in collisional complex plasmas under microgravity conditions. Physical Review E. 69(6). 66401–66401. 53 indexed citations

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Khrapak, S. A., A. V. Ivlev, G. E. Morfill, & Hubertus M. Thomas. (2002). Ion drag force in complex plasmas. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 66(4). 46414–46414. 283 indexed citations

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