Joachim Wittmer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Joachim Wittmer is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Joachim Wittmer has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Materials Chemistry, 3 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Joachim Wittmer's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (7 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (3 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (2 papers). Joachim Wittmer is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (7 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (3 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (2 papers). Joachim Wittmer collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Italy. Joachim Wittmer's co-authors include Philippe Claudin, Michael E. Cates, Jean‐Philippe Bouchaud, A. Johner, J.-F. Joanny, Anna Cavallo, J. Baschnagel, H. Meyer, Paul van der Schoot and Jean‐François Joanny and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Macromolecules and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Joachim Wittmer

12 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Jamming, Force Chains, an... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 250 500 750
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. Jamming, Force Chains, and Fragile Matter
    1998 776 citations Michael E. Cates, Joachim Wittmer 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
Joachim Wittmer France 11 568 424 218 179 172 12 1.3k
Xiang Cheng United States 27 883 1.6× 803 1.9× 539 2.5× 254 1.4× 143 0.8× 68 2.3k
J. Ravi Prakash Australia 21 399 0.7× 407 1.0× 208 1.0× 593 3.3× 148 0.9× 67 1.2k
Tamás Börzsönyi Hungary 22 833 1.5× 763 1.8× 151 0.7× 67 0.4× 364 2.1× 68 1.8k
Frédéric Restagno France 24 427 0.8× 504 1.2× 443 2.0× 149 0.8× 43 0.3× 85 1.6k
Romain Mari France 15 1.1k 2.0× 1.0k 2.5× 242 1.1× 661 3.7× 127 0.7× 35 1.9k
Serge Mora France 21 349 0.6× 308 0.7× 328 1.5× 188 1.1× 16 0.1× 56 1.4k
J.-M. di Meglio France 21 517 0.9× 353 0.8× 281 1.3× 97 0.5× 30 0.2× 39 1.5k
Christopher Ness United Kingdom 18 526 0.9× 493 1.2× 129 0.6× 374 2.1× 64 0.4× 41 948
Phil Segre United States 13 1.0k 1.8× 364 0.9× 405 1.9× 276 1.5× 17 0.1× 19 1.7k
V. Prasad United States 17 1.1k 2.0× 286 0.7× 517 2.4× 225 1.3× 17 0.1× 39 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Joachim Wittmer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joachim Wittmer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joachim Wittmer

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Wittmer, Joachim, Anna Cavallo, Hòng Xu, et al.. (2011). Scale-Free Static and Dynamical Correlations in Melts of Monodisperse and Flory-Distributed Homopolymers. Journal of Statistical Physics. 145(4). 1017–1126. 29 indexed citations
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Wittmer, Joachim, et al.. (2007). Intramolecular long-range correlations in polymer melts: The segmental size distribution and its moments. Physical Review E. 76(1). 11803–11803. 110 indexed citations
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Wittmer, Joachim, et al.. (2007). Are polymer melts “ideal”?. Computer Physics Communications. 177(1-2). 146–149. 10 indexed citations
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Tanguy, Anne, Fabien Léonforte, Joachim Wittmer, & Jean‐Louis Barrat. (2004). Vibrations of amorphous nanometric structures: when does the classical continuum theory apply?. Applied Surface Science. 226(1-3). 282–288. 7 indexed citations
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Wittmer, Joachim, et al.. (1999). Jamming and stress propagation in particulate matter. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 263(1-4). 354–361. 34 indexed citations
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Cates, Michael E., Joachim Wittmer, J. P. Bouchaud, & Philippe Claudin. (1999). Jamming and static stress transmission in granular materials. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 9(3). 511–522. 57 indexed citations
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Schoot, Paul van der & Joachim Wittmer. (1999). Linear aggregation revisited: Rods, rings and worms. Macromolecular Theory and Simulations. 8(5). 428–432. 33 indexed citations
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Cates, Michael E., Joachim Wittmer, Jean‐Philippe Bouchaud, & Philippe Claudin. (1998). Jamming, Force Chains, and Fragile Matter. Physical Review Letters. 81(9). 1841–1844. 776 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wittmer, Joachim, A. Johner, & Jean‐François Joanny. (1995). Precipitation of Polyelectrolytes in the Presence of Multivalent Salts. Journal de Physique II. 5(4). 635–654. 50 indexed citations
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Déjardin, Philippe, et al.. (1994). Adsorption Rate in the Convection-Diffusion Model. Langmuir. 10(10). 3898–3901. 13 indexed citations
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Wittmer, Joachim, A. Johner, & J.-F. Joanny. (1993). Random and Alternating Polyampholytes. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 24(4). 263–268. 110 indexed citations
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Wittmer, Joachim, Wolfgang Paul, & Kurt Binder. (1992). Rouse and reptation dynamics at finite temperatures: a Monte Carlo simulation. Macromolecules. 25(26). 7211–7219. 46 indexed citations

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