Jens Wittenburg

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Jens Wittenburg is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Hardware and Architecture and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jens Wittenburg has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 9 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 5 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jens Wittenburg's work include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers), Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (9 papers) and Embedded Systems Design Techniques (7 papers). Jens Wittenburg is often cited by papers focused on Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (9 papers), Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (9 papers) and Embedded Systems Design Techniques (7 papers). Jens Wittenburg collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and South Sudan. Jens Wittenburg's co-authors include P. W. Likins, Robert E. Roberson, P. Pirsch, Martin Ohmacht, Ursula Wolz, Mladen Bereković, Georg Meyer, H.-J. Stolberg, Eduard Pestel and Hans Albert Richard and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits and Acta Astronautica.

In The Last Decade

Jens Wittenburg

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamics of Systems of Ri... 1977 2026 1993 2009 1977 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Dynamics of Systems of Rigid Bodies
    1977 888 citations Jens Wittenburg profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jens Wittenburg Germany 9 849 278 213 183 176 40 1.3k
David A. Levinson United States 14 1.3k 1.5× 366 1.3× 343 1.6× 309 1.7× 348 2.0× 41 2.0k
J. Baumgarte Germany 5 994 1.2× 421 1.5× 142 0.7× 132 0.7× 94 0.5× 20 1.3k
Robert E. Roberson United States 13 782 0.9× 315 1.1× 129 0.6× 363 2.0× 268 1.5× 60 1.3k
Robert H. Cannon United States 18 1.8k 2.2× 699 2.5× 379 1.8× 244 1.3× 358 2.0× 63 2.3k
Brad Paden United States 16 985 1.2× 249 0.9× 180 0.8× 160 0.9× 330 1.9× 38 1.4k
T. R. Kane United States 17 1.2k 1.4× 253 0.9× 211 1.0× 399 2.2× 441 2.5× 85 1.7k
Mohamed Zribi Kuwait 27 2.3k 2.7× 436 1.6× 172 0.8× 248 1.4× 199 1.1× 121 3.0k
Donald T. Greenwood United States 7 429 0.5× 147 0.5× 127 0.6× 97 0.5× 201 1.1× 17 780
Stephen L. Dickerson United States 8 786 0.9× 219 0.8× 56 0.3× 61 0.3× 102 0.6× 19 969
Mohammad Eghtesad Iran 21 909 1.1× 275 1.0× 236 1.1× 365 2.0× 231 1.3× 147 1.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wittenburg, Jens. (2016). Kinematics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 18 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens, Hans Albert Richard, Jürgen Zierep, & Karl Bühler. (2013). Das Ingenieurwissen: Technische Mechanik. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 2 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (2003). Closure conditions for spatial mechanisms: a non-recursive formulation. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 72(11). 933–948.
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Wittenburg, Jens, P. Pirsch, & Georg Meyer. (2003). A multithreaded architecture approach to parallel DSPs for high performance image processing applications. 241–250. 7 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens, et al.. (2002). HiPAR-DSP 16, a scalable highly parallel DSP core for system on a chip video- and image processing applications. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing. III–3112. 6 indexed citations
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Pirsch, P., et al.. (2001). Architecture Concepts for Multimedia Signal Processing. The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal Image and Video Technology. 29(3). 157–165. 4 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens, et al.. (1999). A 1.3 GOPS parallel DSP for high performance image processing applications. European Solid-State Circuits Conference. 102–105. 1 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens, et al.. (1998). Realization of a programmable parallel DSP for high performance image processing applications. 56–61. 8 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (1998). Inverses of tridiagonal Toeplitz and periodic matrices with applications to mechanics. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. 62(4). 575–587. 13 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (1996). Schwingungslehre. Springer-Lehrbuch. 6 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens, et al.. (1989). Kinematics, Dynamics, and Control of Omnidirectional Vehicles with Mecanum Wheels. Mechanics of Structures and Machines. 17(2). 165–177. 20 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens & Ursula Wolz. (1985). MESA VERDE Ein Computerprogramm zur Simulation der nichtlinearen Dynamik von Vielkörpersystemen.. 1(1). 7–18. 7 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (1982). A New Correction Formula for Euler‐Rodrigez Parameters. ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 62(9). 495–497. 3 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens & P. W. Likins. (1978). Dynamics of Systems of Rigid Bodies. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 45(2). 458–458. 132 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (1972). Sto�vorg�nge in r�umlichen Mechanismen Eine Analogie zwischen Kreiseldynamik und Elastostatik. Acta Mechanica. 14(4). 309–330. 2 indexed citations
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Roberson, Robert E., et al.. (1971). Rotational Dynamics of Orbiting Gyrostats. 1 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (1970). Ebene Bewegungen bei flächenhaft verteilten Reibungskräften. ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 50(10). 637–640. 3 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (1970). Der Sto� auf ein System gelenkig gekoppelter, starrer K�rper. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 39(4). 219–229. 4 indexed citations
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Wittenburg, Jens. (1968). Die Differentialgleichungen der Bewegung f�r eine Klasse von Systemen starrer K�rper im Gravitationsfeld. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 37(4). 221–242. 5 indexed citations
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Roberson, Robert E. & Jens Wittenburg. (1966). A dynamical formalism for an arbitrary number of interconnected rigid bodies, with reference to the problem of satellite attitude control.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1. 92 indexed citations

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