Karl Alexander Heufer

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
109 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

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Karl Alexander Heufer is a scholar working on Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl Alexander Heufer has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, 68 papers in Computational Mechanics and 34 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karl Alexander Heufer's work include Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (86 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (56 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (26 papers). Karl Alexander Heufer is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (86 papers), Combustion and flame dynamics (56 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (26 papers). Karl Alexander Heufer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Ireland. Karl Alexander Heufer's co-authors include Henry J. Curran, H. Olivier, Ultan Burke, Wayne K. Metcalfe, John Bugler, Eric L. Petersen, Ajoy Ramalingam, William J. Pitz, Olivier Mathieu and Heinz Pitsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

Karl Alexander Heufer

100 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

An experimental and detailed chemical kinetic modeling study of hydrogen and syngas mixture oxidation at elevated pressures

2013 649 citations Alan Kéromnès, Karl Alexander Heufer et al. Combustion and Flame profile →
An updated experimental and kinetic modeling study of n-heptane oxidation

2016 340 citations Henry J. Curran, Olivier Herbinet et al. Combustion and Flame profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karl Alexander Heufer Germany	28	3.3k	2.6k	1.2k	968	911	109	4.0k
Guillaume Dayma France	39	2.9k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	706 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	122	3.6k
Matthew A. Oehlschlaeger United States	40	4.3k 1.3×	3.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.7k 1.8×	958 1.1×	103	5.4k
Olivier Mathieu United States	31	3.5k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	507 0.5×	1.2k 1.4×	110	4.3k
Wayne K. Metcalfe Ireland	32	4.8k 1.4×	3.8k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.5×	1.3k 1.4×	46	5.7k
Casimir Togbé France	36	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.8×	470 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	989 1.1×	54	3.7k
Kuiwen Zhang United States	30	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	496 0.4×	701 0.7×	773 0.8×	47	2.7k
Kieran P. Somers Ireland	22	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	684 0.6×	688 0.7×	899 1.0×	40	3.0k
Sang Hee Won United States	41	3.5k 1.1×	3.5k 1.4×	1.9k 1.6×	726 0.8×	718 0.8×	118	5.1k
Ravi X. Fernandes Germany	26	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	435 0.4×	784 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	60	3.1k
Fabian Mauß Germany	36	4.3k 1.3×	3.3k 1.3×	888 0.8×	815 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	160	4.9k

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Zhang, Jiaqi, Heiko Minwegen, Florian vom Lehn, et al.. (2025). Insights into the underlying reaction kinetics of gasoline–ethanol interactions and their effects on the auto-ignition characteristics of gasoline/ethanol blends. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science. 22. 100333–100333. 1 indexed citations

Nagy, Tibor, et al.. (2025). A focus on the first-stage ignition of n-pentane. Combustion and Flame. 277. 114207–114207. 3 indexed citations

Jacobs, Sascha, Chaimae Bariki, Joachim Beeckmann, et al.. (2025). Combustion kinetics of the e-fuels methyl formate and dimethyl carbonate: A modeling and experimental study. Combustion and Flame. 276. 114112–114112. 1 indexed citations

Vanhove, Guillaume, et al.. (2024). Low-temperature ignition and oxidation mechanisms of tetrahydropyran. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 40(1-4). 105528–105528. 1 indexed citations

Murakami, Yuki, et al.. (2024). Advancing the C4 low-temperature oxidation chemistry through species measurements in a rapid compression machine. Part B: n-Butane. Combustion and Flame. 272. 113861–113861.

Minwegen, Heiko, et al.. (2024). Oxidation and decomposition chemistry of the n-pentanol esters pentyl nitrite and pentyl nitrate: A detailed kinetic modeling study. Combustion and Flame. 273. 113914–113914.

Kang, Daniel, Song Cheng, S. Scott Goldsborough, et al.. (2024). Finding a common ground for RCM experiments. Part B: Benchmark study on ethanol ignition. Combustion and Flame. 262. 113338–113338. 10 indexed citations

Heufer, Karl Alexander, et al.. (2023). New insights into the pre-ignition behavior of methane behind reflected shock waves. Shock Waves. 33(4). 315–328. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaochao, Dapeng Zhou, Stefan Pischinger, et al.. (2023). Influence of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconium Oxide Thermal Swing Coating on the Flame-Wall Interaction in Spark Ignition Engines. Energies. 16(6). 2872–2872. 2 indexed citations

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Döntgen, Malte, Can Huang, Benoîte Lefort, et al.. (2022). Solving the riddle of the high-temperature chemistry of 1,3-dioxolane. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 39(1). 705–713. 11 indexed citations

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Panigrahy, Snehasish, Sarah N. Elliott, Stephen J. Klippenstein, et al.. (2022). A wide range experimental study and further development of a kinetic model describing propane oxidation. Combustion and Flame. 248. 112562–112562. 27 indexed citations

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Fenard, Yann, Olivier Herbinet, Jérémy Bourgalais, et al.. (2022). Experimental and modeling study of acetone combustion. Combustion and Flame. 257. 112416–112416. 16 indexed citations

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Goldsmith, C. Franklin, et al.. (2021). The impact of NO _x addition on the ignition behaviour of n -pentane. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 6(11). 2191–2203. 11 indexed citations

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Cai, Liming, Mathis Bode, Sascha Jacobs, et al.. (2020). Oxymethylene ether – n-dodecane blend spray combustion: Experimental study and large-eddy simulations. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 38(2). 3417–3425. 21 indexed citations

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Fenard, Yann, Alan Kéromnès, Benoîte Lefort, et al.. (2020). An experimental and kinetic modeling study on the oxidation of 1,3-dioxolane. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 38(1). 543–553. 32 indexed citations

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Döntgen, Malte, Wassja A. Kopp, Florian vom Lehn, et al.. (2020). Updated thermochemistry for renewable transportation fuels: New groups and group values for acetals and ethers, their radicals, and peroxy species. International Journal of Chemical Kinetics. 53(2). 299–307. 13 indexed citations

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Schulz, Christof, et al.. (2017). Quantitative nitrogen oxide measurements by laser-induced fluorescence in diesel-like n-heptane jets with enhanced premixing. Combustion and Flame. 188. 250–261. 10 indexed citations

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Heufer, Karl Alexander. (2014). Quasi-global kinetic modeling of different alkane and alcohol fuels. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations

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Heufer, Karl Alexander, et al.. (2009). Effect of Injector Shape on Film Cooling in Hypersonic Flow. ESASP. 659. 64. 1 indexed citations

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Heufer, Karl Alexander & H. Olivier. (2006). Film Cooling for Hypersonic Flow Conditions. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 631. 34. 5 indexed citations

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