Jan Wehr

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Jan Wehr is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Wehr has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 19 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 13 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in Jan Wehr's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (11 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (10 papers). Jan Wehr is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (11 papers), Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (11 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (10 papers). Jan Wehr collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Germany. Jan Wehr's co-authors include Michael Aizenman, Giovanni Volpe, Maciej Lewenstein, Laurent Helden, Clemens Bechinger, Laurent Sanchez-Palencia, J. I. Cirac, Jack Xin, Mite Mijalkov and Sébastien Perseguers and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Jan Wehr

48 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Rounding of first-order phase transitions in systems with... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 100 200 300 400
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. Rounding of first-order phase transitions in systems with quenched disorder
    1989 429 citations Jan Wehr et al. Physical Review 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
Jan Wehr United States 19 830 584 539 381 196 50 1.5k
Sergio Caracciolo Italy 22 1.1k 1.4× 401 0.7× 378 0.7× 453 1.2× 68 0.3× 121 1.9k
Valentin A. Zagrebnov France 21 559 0.7× 638 1.1× 479 0.9× 599 1.6× 217 1.1× 167 1.6k
Luca Leuzzi Italy 22 796 1.0× 442 0.8× 463 0.9× 107 0.3× 166 0.8× 81 1.5k
Nicolas Sourlas France 15 953 1.1× 423 0.7× 555 1.0× 505 1.3× 66 0.3× 22 1.6k
Cécile Monthus France 27 1.5k 1.9× 1.1k 1.9× 996 1.8× 627 1.6× 124 0.6× 117 2.6k
Davide Gabrielli Italy 14 519 0.6× 286 0.5× 931 1.7× 355 0.9× 46 0.2× 27 1.2k
Pierre Le Doussal France 26 1.4k 1.7× 647 1.1× 380 0.7× 839 2.2× 75 0.4× 99 2.2k
Koji Hukushima Japan 19 937 1.1× 298 0.5× 328 0.6× 151 0.4× 100 0.5× 100 1.3k
H. J. Hilhorst France 23 1.2k 1.4× 456 0.8× 451 0.8× 506 1.3× 53 0.3× 91 1.7k
Daniel A. Stariolo Brazil 18 558 0.7× 367 0.6× 346 0.6× 79 0.2× 134 0.7× 73 1.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jan Wehr

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Wehr

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All Works

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Mavrogordatos, Th. K., Piotr Sierant, Miguel Ángel García-March, et al.. (2024). Telling different unravelings apart via nonlinear quantum-trajectory averages. Physical Review Research. 6(3). 1 indexed citations
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Wehr, Jan, et al.. (2024). Spectrum broadcast structures from von Neumann type interaction Hamiltonians. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 65(12).
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Lewenstein, Maciej, et al.. (2022). Haake–Lewenstein–Wilkens approach to spin-glasses revisited. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 55(45). 454002–454002. 1 indexed citations
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Terças, Hugo, et al.. (2021). Quantum dynamics of a Bose polaron in a d-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate. Physical review. A. 103(2). 20 indexed citations
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Wehr, Jan, et al.. (2018). Homogenization for a Class of Generalized Langevin Equations with an Application to Thermophoresis. Journal of Statistical Physics. 174(3). 656–691. 5 indexed citations
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Volpe, Giovanni & Jan Wehr. (2016). Effective drifts in dynamical systems with multiplicative noise: a review of recent progress. Reports on Progress in Physics. 79(5). 53901–53901. 65 indexed citations
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Herzog, David P. & Jan Wehr. (2016). Ergodic properties of a model for turbulent dispersion of inertial particles. 2 indexed citations
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Volpe, Giovanni, et al.. (2014). The Smoluchowski-Kramers Limit of Stochastic Differential Equations with Arbitrary State-Dependent Friction. Communications in Mathematical Physics. 336(3). 1259–1283. 40 indexed citations
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Pesce, Giuseppe, et al.. (2013). Stratonovich-to-Itô transition in noisy systems with multiplicative feedback. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2733–2733. 32 indexed citations
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Wehr, Jan, et al.. (2012). Ground State Energy of the One-Dimensional Discrete Random Schrödinger Operator with Bernoulli Potential. Journal of Statistical Physics. 147(3). 529–541. 5 indexed citations
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Herzog, David P., et al.. (2012). The transition from ergodic to explosive behavior in a family of stochastic differential equations. Stochastic Processes and their Applications. 122(4). 1519–1539. 8 indexed citations
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Volpe, Giovanni, et al.. (2011). Volpeet al.Reply:. Physical Review Letters. 107(7). 13 indexed citations
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Volpe, Giovanni, et al.. (2011). Force measurement in the presence of Brownian noise: Equilibrium-distribution method versus drift method. Physical Review E. 83(4). 41113–41113. 51 indexed citations
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Volpe, Giovanni, et al.. (2010). Influence of Noise on Force Measurements. Physical Review Letters. 104(17). 170602–170602. 104 indexed citations
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Schulte, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Disorder-Induced Order in Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates. Physical Review Letters. 100(3). 30403–30403. 45 indexed citations
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Perseguers, Sébastien, J. I. Cirac, Antonio Acín, Maciej Lewenstein, & Jan Wehr. (2008). Entanglement distribution in pure-state quantum networks. Physical Review A. 77(2). 58 indexed citations
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Wehr, Jan, et al.. (2006). 無秩序性効果とMermin-Wagner-Hohenberg効果:古典スピン系から極低温原子気体へ. Physical Review B. 74(22). 1–224448. 2 indexed citations
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Korbicz, J. K., J. I. Cirac, Jan Wehr, & Maciej Lewenstein. (2005). Hilbert’s 17th Problem and the Quantumness of States. Physical Review Letters. 94(15). 153601–153601. 33 indexed citations
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Wehr, Jan, et al.. (2001). Central Limit Theorems for Nonlinear Hierarchical Sequences of Random Variables. Journal of Statistical Physics. 104(3-4). 777–797. 4 indexed citations
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Wehr, Jan & Jack Xin. (1997). Front Speed in the Burgers Equation with a Random Flux. Journal of Statistical Physics. 88(3-4). 843–871. 11 indexed citations

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