Kay Plötner

835 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 564 citations indexed

About

Kay Plötner is a scholar working on General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Aerospace Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kay Plötner has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 564 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 3 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kay Plötner's work include Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (8 papers), Air Traffic Management and Optimization (6 papers) and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (3 papers). Kay Plötner is often cited by papers focused on Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (8 papers), Air Traffic Management and Optimization (6 papers) and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (3 papers). Kay Plötner collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United Kingdom. Kay Plötner's co-authors include Anna Straubinger, Raoul Rothfeld, Kai-Daniel Büchter, Michael Shamiyeh, Constantinos Antoniou, Christelle Al Haddad, Emmanouil Chaniotakis, Mirko Hornung, Michael Schmidt and Mengying Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, Journal of Air Transport Management and European journal of transport and infrastructure research.

In The Last Decade

Kay Plötner

11 papers receiving 542 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.

An overview of current research and developments in urban air mobility – Setting the scene for UAM introduction

2020 287 citations Anna Straubinger, Raoul Rothfeld et al. Journal of Air Transport Management profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kay Plötner Germany	6	309	231	171	162	78	11	564
Michael Shamiyeh Germany	6	232 0.8×	186 0.8×	116 0.7×	110 0.7×	49 0.6×	15	449
Parker D. Vascik United States	9	315 1.0×	180 0.8×	139 0.8×	103 0.6×	43 0.6×	17	445
Anna Straubinger Germany	11	420 1.4×	367 1.6×	295 1.7×	282 1.7×	114 1.5×	19	841
Raoul Rothfeld Germany	10	376 1.2×	397 1.7×	286 1.7×	337 2.1×	88 1.1×	17	810
Christelle Al Haddad Germany	10	169 0.5×	269 1.2×	134 0.8×	196 1.2×	107 1.4×	24	532
Antony Evans United States	14	373 1.2×	139 0.6×	247 1.4×	79 0.5×	71 0.9×	56	622
Tom Reynolds United States	19	702 2.3×	186 0.8×	332 1.9×	83 0.5×	113 1.4×	67	920
Obrad Babić Serbia	12	211 0.7×	56 0.2×	159 0.9×	76 0.5×	28 0.4×	23	346
Álvaro Rodríguez–Sanz Spain	12	257 0.8×	31 0.1×	136 0.8×	47 0.3×	58 0.7×	45	558
Zhen Guo China	8	183 0.6×	46 0.2×	85 0.5×	49 0.3×	21 0.3×	21	376

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kay Plötner

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Haddad, Christelle Al, Mengying Fu, Anna Straubinger, Kay Plötner, & Constantinos Antoniou. (2020). Choosing Suitable Indicators for the Assessment of Urban Air Mobility: A Case Study of Upper Bavaria, Germany. European journal of transport and infrastructure research. 20(4). 11 indexed citations

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Straubinger, Anna, et al.. (2020). An overview of current research and developments in urban air mobility – Setting the scene for UAM introduction. Journal of Air Transport Management. 87. 101852–101852. 287 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haddad, Christelle Al, Emmanouil Chaniotakis, Anna Straubinger, Kay Plötner, & Constantinos Antoniou. (2019). Factors affecting the adoption and use of urban air mobility. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 132. 696–712. 222 indexed citations

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Plötner, Kay, et al.. (2017). Modelling the European Air Transport System: A System Dynamics Approach. 3 indexed citations

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Plötner, Kay, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of Airport Capacity Optimization Measures. AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference. 2 indexed citations

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Rothfeld, Raoul, et al.. (2016). Multi-Modal Transport Hub Concept for Inner-City Airport Operation. 2 indexed citations

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Plötner, Kay, et al.. (2016). Using Airport Fast-Time Simulation Models to Increase the Quality of Airport Capacity Utilization Studies. AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference. 2 indexed citations

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Plötner, Kay, et al.. (2015). Impact of short- to medium-haul aircraft block time changes on airline yields. CEAS Aeronautical Journal. 6(4). 599–611. 1 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Michael, Kay Plötner, Clément Pornet, Askin T. Isikveren, & Mirko Hornung. (2013). CONTRIBUTIONS OF CABIN RELATED AND GROUND OPERATION TECHNOLOGIES TOWARDS FLIGHTPATH 2050. 7 indexed citations

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Plötner, Kay, et al.. (2013). Identification of key aircraft and operational parameters affecting airport charges. 2(1/2). 91–91. 5 indexed citations

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Plötner, Kay, et al.. (2009). An all-composite, all-electric, morphing trailing edge device for flight control on a blended-wing-body airliner. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 224(1). 1–9. 22 indexed citations

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