Markus H. Thoma

6.4k total citations
223 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Markus H. Thoma is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus H. Thoma has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 88 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 62 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Markus H. Thoma's work include Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (109 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (67 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (50 papers). Markus H. Thoma is often cited by papers focused on Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (109 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (67 papers) and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (50 papers). Markus H. Thoma collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and United States. Markus H. Thoma's co-authors include Eric Braaten, Munshi G. Mustafa, Carsten Greiner, Miklós Gyulassy, A. V. Zobnin, В. Е. Фортов, Klaus Schertler, Hubertus M. Thomas, G. E. Morfill and M. Kretschmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Markus H. Thoma

206 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Markus H. Thoma Germany 35 2.2k 2.1k 1.9k 1.0k 336 223 4.3k
F. Käppeler Germany 39 4.3k 2.0× 901 0.4× 2.1k 1.1× 267 0.3× 150 0.4× 232 6.2k
Mártin Lampe United States 29 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 687 0.7× 924 2.8× 97 3.0k
Paul M. Bellan United States 27 1.6k 0.7× 677 0.3× 2.4k 1.2× 254 0.3× 480 1.4× 177 3.3k
G. Murtaza Pakistan 30 1.3k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 777 0.8× 403 1.2× 258 3.5k
Glenn Joyce United States 27 747 0.3× 1.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 606 0.6× 575 1.7× 65 2.8k
Predhiman Kaw India 27 1.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 397 0.4× 229 0.7× 120 2.2k
H. Ikezi United States 29 1.1k 0.5× 2.5k 1.2× 1.7k 0.9× 765 0.8× 615 1.8× 98 3.5k
D. F. DuBois United States 31 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.7× 935 0.5× 375 0.4× 363 1.1× 73 3.1k
G. E. Morfill Germany 36 426 0.2× 4.1k 2.0× 3.4k 1.8× 2.3k 2.3× 502 1.5× 135 4.8k
S. Ratynskaia Sweden 24 771 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 962 0.5× 516 0.5× 566 1.7× 111 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Markus H. Thoma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Markus H. Thoma

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

All Works

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Williams, Jeremiah, Saikat Chakraborty Thakur, Uwe Konopka, et al.. (2025). Experiments and modeling of dust particle heating resulting from changes in polarity switching in the PK-4 microgravity laboratory. Physics of Plasmas. 32(5). 1 indexed citations
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Kretschmer, M., A. M. Lipaev, Mike Schwarz, et al.. (2025). Impact of particle charge and electrorheology-effects on dust-acoustic waves in low pressure complex plasma under microgravity. New Journal of Physics. 27(3). 33001–33001. 1 indexed citations
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Kretschmer, M., et al.. (2025). Determination of the Electric Field by Particle Tracking in a Plasma Sheath Region during Free Fall. Microgravity Science and Technology. 37(1).
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Thoma, Markus H., et al.. (2024). Particle-resolved study of the onset of turbulence. Physical Review Research. 6(1). 6 indexed citations
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Pustylnik, Mikhail, et al.. (2023). Recrystallization in string-fluid complex plasmas. Physical Review Research. 5(1). 11 indexed citations
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Thoma, Markus H., Hubertus M. Thomas, Christina A. Knapek, A. Melzer, & Uwe Konopka. (2023). Complex plasma research under microgravity conditions. npj Microgravity. 9(1). 13–13. 9 indexed citations
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Kretschmer, M., et al.. (2023). Dust Cloud Convections in Inhomogeneously Heated Plasmas in Microgravity. Microgravity Science and Technology. 35(2). 5 indexed citations
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Thoma, Markus H., et al.. (2022). A Novel Approach on Dielectric Barrier Discharge Using Printed Circuit Boards. IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences. 7(3). 307–313. 1 indexed citations
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Knapek, Christina A., Lénaïc Couëdel, Andrew P. Dove, et al.. (2022). COMPACT—a new complex plasma facility for the ISS. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 64(12). 124006–124006. 11 indexed citations
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Matthews, Lorin, Péter Hartmann, M. Rosenberg, et al.. (2022). Influence of temporal variations in plasma conditions on the electric potential near self-organized dust chains. Physics of Plasmas. 29(2). 12 indexed citations
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Matthews, Lorin, Péter Hartmann, M. Rosenberg, et al.. (2021). Effect of ionization waves on dust chain formation in a DC discharge. Journal of Plasma Physics. 87(6). 13 indexed citations
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Sann, Joachim, et al.. (2021). Cold Atmospheric Plasma Decontamination of FFP3 Face Masks and Long-Term Material Effects. IEEE Transactions on Radiation and Plasma Medical Sciences. 6(4). 493–502. 4 indexed citations
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Mitic, Slobodan, Mikhail Pustylnik, A. M. Lipaev, et al.. (2021). Long-term evolution of the three-dimensional structure of string-fluid complex plasmas in the PK-4 experiment. Physical review. E. 103(6). 63212–63212. 12 indexed citations
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Thoma, Markus H., et al.. (2020). Simulation of electrorheological plasmas with superthermal ion drift. Physics of Plasmas. 27(10). 11 indexed citations
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Thoma, Markus H., et al.. (2019). In vitro comparison of direct plasma treatment and plasma activated water on Escherichia coli using a surface micro-discharge. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(5). 55201–55201. 20 indexed citations
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Kretschmer, M., et al.. (2018). fcc-bcc phase transition in plasma crystals using time-resolved measurements. Physical review. E. 97(4). 43203–43203. 11 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, J. L., Tetsuji Shimizu, G. E. Morfill, et al.. (2016). Cold atmospheric plasma technology for decontamination of space equipment. elib (German Aerospace Center). 41. 2 indexed citations
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Thoma, Markus H., et al.. (2016). Investigation and improvement of three-dimensional plasma crystal analysis. Physical review. E. 94(3). 33207–33207. 6 indexed citations
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Mitic, Slobodan, B. A. Klumov, Uwe Konopka, Markus H. Thoma, & G. E. Morfill. (2008). Structural Properties of Complex Plasmas in a Homogeneous dc Discharge. Physical Review Letters. 101(12). 125002–125002. 41 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Peter, G. E. Morfill, Hubertus M. Thomas, et al.. (2008). Complex plasma research on ISS: PK-3 Plus, PK-4 and impact/plasmalab. Acta Astronautica. 63(1-4). 53–60. 1 indexed citations

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