Joachim Curtius

21.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Joachim Curtius is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Joachim Curtius has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Atmospheric Science, 49 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 34 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Joachim Curtius's work include Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (81 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (44 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (38 papers). Joachim Curtius is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (81 papers), Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (44 papers) and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (38 papers). Joachim Curtius collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Joachim Curtius's co-authors include Edward R. Lovejoy, Stephan Borrmann, Frank Drewnick, K. D. Froyd, Andreas Kürten, Silke S. Hings, Johannes Schneider, G. P. Frank, Ulrike Dusek and Meinrat O. Andreae and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Joachim Curtius

95 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Size Matters More Than Chemistry for Cloud-Nucleating Ability of Aerosol Particles

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joachim Curtius Germany	35	3.5k	2.5k	1.5k	353	270	98	4.2k
Harald Saathoff Germany	41	5.9k 1.7×	3.9k 1.6×	2.5k 1.7×	455 1.3×	240 0.9×	138	6.8k
Ulrich K. Krieger Switzerland	37	3.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	284 0.8×	143 0.5×	100	4.5k
Timothy H. Bertram United States	43	4.5k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.4×	701 2.0×	301 1.1×	124	5.3k
Claudia Marcolli Switzerland	46	5.0k 1.4×	3.4k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	284 0.8×	281 1.0×	102	6.5k
V. Faye McNeill United States	36	3.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.5×	829 2.3×	314 1.2×	100	4.7k
Stephan Borrmann Germany	49	7.3k 2.1×	5.6k 2.2×	2.9k 1.9×	941 2.7×	144 0.5×	210	8.9k
R. S. Gao United States	42	5.8k 1.6×	4.1k 1.6×	1.9k 1.3×	363 1.0×	362 1.3×	132	6.3k
Rajan K. Chakrabarty United States	32	3.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	497 1.4×	96 0.4×	113	4.6k
S. G. Jennings Ireland	29	3.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	319 0.9×	134 0.5×	67	3.8k
G. Reischl Austria	30	1.7k 0.5×	905 0.4×	969 0.6×	381 1.1×	140 0.5×	57	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joachim Curtius

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Schneider, Lisa, Jann Schrod, Daniel Weber, et al.. (2025). Analyzing the chemical composition, morphology, and size of ice-nucleating particles by coupling a scanning electron microscope to an offline diffusion chamber. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 18(19). 5223–5245.

McLeod, Robert S., Christina J. Hopfe, Eberhard Bodenschatz, et al.. (2022). A multi‐layered strategy for COVID ‐19 infection prophylaxis in schools: A review of the evidence for masks, distancing, and ventilation. Indoor Air. 32(10). e13142–e13142. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Rongjie, Hong‐Bin Xie, Fangfang Ma, et al.. (2022). Critical Role of Iodous Acid in Neutral Iodine Oxoacid Nucleation. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(19). 14166–14177. 26 indexed citations

Zauner-Wieczorek, Marcel, Martin Heinritzi, Manuel Granzin, et al.. (2022). Mass spectrometric measurements of ambient ions and estimation of gaseous sulfuric acid in the free troposphere and lowermost stratosphere during the CAFE-EU/BLUESKY campaign. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(17). 11781–11794. 2 indexed citations

Zauner-Wieczorek, Marcel, Joachim Curtius, & Andreas Kürten. (2022). The ion–ion recombination coefficient α : comparison of temperature- and pressure-dependent parameterisations for the troposphere and stratosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(18). 12443–12465. 9 indexed citations

Caudillo, Lucía, Florian Ditas, Mario Simon, et al.. (2022). Nucleation of jet engine oil vapours is a large source of aviation-related ultrafine particles. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 20 indexed citations

Wang, Mingyi, Xu‐Cheng He, Henning Finkenzeller, et al.. (2021). Measurement of iodine species and sulfuric acid using bromide chemical ionization mass spectrometers. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(6). 4187–4202. 12 indexed citations

Zauner-Wieczorek, Marcel, Joachim Curtius, & Andreas Kürten. (2021). The ion-ion recombination coefficient α: Comparison of temperature- and pressure-dependent parameterisations for the troposphere and lower stratosphere. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 3 indexed citations

Voigt, Christiane, Jos Lelieveld, Hans Schlager, et al.. (2021). Aerosol and Cloud Changes during the Corona Lockdown in 2020 – First highlights from the BLUESKY campaign. 1 indexed citations

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Finkenzeller, Henning, Siddharth Iyer, Theodore K. Koenig, et al.. (2021). Iodic acid formation and yield from iodine photolysis at the CERN CLOUD chamber. 1 indexed citations

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Schrod, Jann, Erik S. Thomson, Daniel Weber, et al.. (2020). Long-term INP measurements from four stations across the globe. 1 indexed citations

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Schrod, Jann, Erik S. Thomson, Daniel Weber, et al.. (2020). Long-term deposition and condensation ice-nucleating particle measurements from four stations across the globe. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(24). 15983–16006. 32 indexed citations

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Gute, Ellen, Larissa Lacher, Zamin A. Kanji, et al.. (2019). Field evaluation of a Portable Fine Particle Concentrator (PFPC) for ice nucleating particle measurements. Aerosol Science and Technology. 53(9). 1067–1078. 9 indexed citations

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Wagner, Andrea C., Anton Bergen, Sophia Brilke, et al.. (2018). Size-resolved online chemical analysis of nanoaerosol particles: a thermal desorption differential mobility analyzer coupled to a chemical ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(10). 5489–5506. 14 indexed citations

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Schrod, Jann, Daniel Weber, Erik S. Thomson, et al.. (2017). Ice nucleating particles from a large-scale sampling network: insight into geographic and temporal variability. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 13773. 1 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Susann, Johannes Schneider, Thomas Klimach, et al.. (2015). In-situ single submicron particle composition analysis of ice residuals from mountain-top mixed-phase clouds in Central Europe. Publication Server of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt). 6 indexed citations

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Wimmer, Daniela, Katrianne Lehtipalo, Tuomo Nieminen, et al.. (2015). Technical Note: Using DEG-CPCs at upper tropospheric temperatures. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 15(13). 7547–7555. 6 indexed citations

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Engel, Andreas, et al.. (2008). Quantifying transport into the lowermost stratosphere using simultaneous in-situ measurements of SF6 and CO2. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 5 indexed citations

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Kamphus, Michael, et al.. (2008). Comparison of Two Aerodynamic Lenses as an Inlet for a Single Particle Laser Ablation Mass Spectrometer. Aerosol Science and Technology. 42(11). 970–980. 21 indexed citations

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Curtius, Joachim, K. D. Froyd, & Edward R. Lovejoy. (2001). Cluster Ion Thermal Decomposition: Experimental Kinetics Study, Ab Initio Calculations and Master Equation Modeling for HSO 4 - (H 2 SO 4 ) x (HNO 3 ) y. AGUFM. 2001. 2 indexed citations

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