Lothar Schäfer

515 total papers · 10.8k total citations
352 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Lothar Schäfer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Lothar Schäfer has authored 352 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 172 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 129 papers in Spectroscopy and 76 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Lothar Schäfer’s work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (137 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (86 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (53 papers). Lothar Schäfer is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (137 papers), Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure (86 papers) and Crystallography and molecular interactions (53 papers). Lothar Schäfer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Belgium. Lothar Schäfer's co-authors include Christian Van Alsenoy, John D. Ewbank, J.N. Scarsdale, Valentine J. Klimkowski, Harrell Sellers, Khamis Siam, Franz Wegner, Susan Q. Newton, R. A. Bonham and Brian J. Teppen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lothar Schäfer

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

Lothar Schäfer

345 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Lothar Schäfer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Lothar Schäfer

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