Jürgen Blum

11.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
192 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Jürgen Blum is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jürgen Blum has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 22 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jürgen Blum's work include Astro and Planetary Science (142 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (97 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (89 papers). Jürgen Blum is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (142 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (97 papers) and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (89 papers). Jürgen Blum collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Jürgen Blum's co-authors include Bastian Gundlach, Gerhard Wurm, C. Güttler, C. P. Dullemond, Chris W. Ormel, Andras Zsom, Rainer Schräpler, T. Poppe, Yuri Skorov and Thomas Henning and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Jürgen Blum

188 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. The Growth Mechanisms of Macroscopic Bodies in Protoplanetary Disks
    2008 537 citations Jürgen Blum et al. profile →
  2. The outcome of protoplanetary dust growth: pebbles, boulders, or planetesimals?
    2010 369 citations C. Güttler, Jürgen Blum et al. Astronomy and Astrophysics profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jürgen Blum 5.8k 678 604 550 516 192 6.9k
C. Dominik 6.7k 1.2× 117 0.2× 342 0.6× 2.1k 3.8× 652 1.3× 193 7.5k
A. F. Cheng 5.8k 1.0× 632 0.9× 186 0.3× 92 0.2× 807 1.6× 285 6.2k
Gerhard Wurm 2.6k 0.5× 218 0.3× 226 0.4× 322 0.6× 246 0.5× 149 3.2k
Thomas Henning 12.7k 2.2× 228 0.3× 323 0.5× 2.6k 4.8× 1.3k 2.4× 525 13.8k
M. Horányi 8.5k 1.5× 683 1.0× 210 0.3× 105 0.2× 1.0k 2.0× 380 9.7k
E. Grün 6.6k 1.2× 588 0.9× 157 0.3× 135 0.2× 489 0.9× 255 7.1k
R. Srama 3.9k 0.7× 277 0.4× 148 0.2× 266 0.5× 586 1.1× 211 4.7k
Peter Jenniskens 4.1k 0.7× 578 0.9× 267 0.4× 252 0.5× 994 1.9× 282 5.3k
Hidekazu Tanaka 3.5k 0.6× 97 0.1× 211 0.3× 532 1.0× 453 0.9× 115 4.2k
D. N. C. Lin 11.9k 2.1× 125 0.2× 369 0.6× 1.0k 1.9× 367 0.7× 259 12.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Jürgen Blum

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jürgen Blum

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jürgen Blum

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meier, G., G. Kargl, Michel Goldmann, et al.. (2024). The strength of outgassed porous dust aggregates. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 688. A177–A177. 4 indexed citations
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Bürger, Johanna, P. O. Hayne, Bastian Gundlach, et al.. (2024). A Microphysical Thermal Model for the Lunar Regolith: Investigating the Latitudinal Dependence of Regolith Properties. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 129(3). 4 indexed citations
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Kimura, Yuki, et al.. (2023). Nucleation experiments on a titanium-carbon system imply nonclassical formation of presolar grains. Science Advances. 9(2). 3 indexed citations
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Blum, Jürgen, et al.. (2023). Brownian translation and rotation from the ballistic to the diffusive limit and derivation of the physical properties of dust agglomerates. Physical review. E. 107(3). 34136–34136. 1 indexed citations
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Blum, Jürgen, et al.. (2022). Formation of Comets. Universe. 8(7). 381–381. 21 indexed citations
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Bürger, Johanna, Anthony Lethuillier, Bastian Gundlach, et al.. (2022). Sub-mm/mm optical properties of real protoplanetary matter derived from Rosetta/MIRO observations of comet 67P. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 519(1). 641–665. 9 indexed citations
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Kühn, Jonas, A. Pommerol, D. Piazza, et al.. (2022). TEMPus VoLA: The timed Epstein multi-pressure vessel at low accelerations. Review of Scientific Instruments. 93(10). 4 indexed citations
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Trigo‐Rodríguez, J. M. & Jürgen Blum. (2021). Learning about comets from the study of mass distributions and fluxes of meteoroid streams. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 512(2). 2277–2289. 12 indexed citations
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Linke, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Thermal properties of lunar regolith simulant melting specimen. Acta Astronautica. 187. 429–437. 16 indexed citations
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Trigo‐Rodríguez, J. M., et al.. (2020). Comparing the reflectivity of ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites with those of short-period comets like 2P/Encke. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Fulle, M., Jürgen Blum, & A. Rotundi. (2020). CO-driven activity constrains the origin of comets. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 636. L3–L3. 12 indexed citations
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Muinonen, K., Timo Väisänen, Julia Martikainen, et al.. (2019). Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10 indexed citations
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Muinonen, K., Timo Väisänen, Julia Martikainen, et al.. (2019). Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations
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Hèrique, Alain, W. Kofman, Sonia Zine, et al.. (2019). Homogeneity of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by CONSERT: implication on composition and formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 630. A6–A6. 18 indexed citations
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Heißelmann, D., et al.. (2017). Low-velocity collision behaviour of clusters composed of sub-millimetre sized dust aggregates. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 13 indexed citations
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Gundlach, Bastian, Thomas F. Headen, Stanislav N. Gorb, et al.. (2017). Micrometer-sized Water Ice Particles for Planetary Science Experiments: Influence of Surface Structure on Collisional Properties. The Astrophysical Journal. 848(2). 96–96. 24 indexed citations
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Lambrechts, Michiel, et al.. (2016). Spontaneous concentrations of solids through two-way drag forces between gas and sedimenting particles. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Gundlach, Bastian, Jürgen Blum, H. U. Keller, & Yu. V. Skorov. (2015). What drives the dust activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 68 indexed citations
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Birnstiel, T., et al.. (2012). Planetesimal formation by sweep-up: how the bouncing barrier can be beneficial to growth. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 102 indexed citations
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Blum, Jürgen, et al.. (1951). The wave resistance of bodies of revolution /. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations

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