Olaf Nairz

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Olaf Nairz is a scholar working on Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Nairz has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Radiation, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Olaf Nairz's work include Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (12 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (5 papers). Olaf Nairz is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques (12 papers), Quantum Information and Cryptography (6 papers) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (5 papers). Olaf Nairz collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Olaf Nairz's co-authors include Anton Zeilinger, Markus Arndt, Claudia Keller, A. G. White, Paul G. Kwiat, Jay Mitchell, Felix Sedlmayer, H. Deutschmann, Gregor Weihs and Harald Weinfurter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review A.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Nairz

26 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Wave–particle duality of C60 molecules

1999 694 citations Markus Arndt, Olaf Nairz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Olaf Nairz Austria	15	1.1k	583	221	192	136	27	1.5k
Gabriel F. Calvo Spain	19	587 0.6×	83 0.1×	19 0.1×	212 1.1×	46 0.3×	71	1.2k
E. Milotti Italy	20	631 0.6×	62 0.1×	75 0.3×	109 0.6×	15 0.1×	109	1.5k
Martin Kretzschmar Germany	24	694 0.7×	35 0.1×	203 0.9×	87 0.5×	74 0.5×	77	1.9k
Mingsheng Zhan China	31	2.9k 2.8×	1.2k 2.0×	29 0.1×	228 1.2×	28 0.2×	231	3.5k
Michael J. Fitch United States	21	838 0.8×	679 1.2×	36 0.2×	16 0.1×	37 0.3×	62	2.1k
Sebastian Hild Germany	16	2.4k 2.3×	661 1.1×	165 0.7×	522 2.7×	117 0.9×	23	2.7k
Prabhakar Pradhan United States	14	297 0.3×	78 0.1×	30 0.1×	24 0.1×	62 0.5×	58	854
Walter Dittrich Germany	22	531 0.5×	34 0.1×	32 0.1×	160 0.8×	24 0.2×	81	1.5k
Haitan Xu United States	16	1.5k 1.4×	480 0.8×	8 0.0×	452 2.4×	21 0.2×	44	2.1k
Matthias Neubert United States	64	264 0.2×	199 0.3×	22 0.1×	188 1.0×	11 0.1×	203	13.3k

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Deininger, Susanne, et al.. (2024). Real-Time Dosimetry in Endourology: Tracking Staff Radiation Risks. Diagnostics. 14(16). 1763–1763.

Nairz, Olaf, et al.. (2017). PO-1024: Effectiveness of couch coordinate constraints to reduce error rates in radiation therapy delivery. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 123. S564–S565. 2 indexed citations

Zehentmayr, Franz, Gerd Fastner, G. Oberascher, et al.. (2014). Hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy of acoustic neuroma. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 190(9). 798–805. 14 indexed citations

Nairz, Olaf, Marcus Winter, Peter Heeg, & Oliver Jäkel. (2013). Accuracy of robotic patient positioners used in ion beam therapy. Radiation Oncology. 8(1). 124–124. 13 indexed citations

Jensen, Alexandra D, Marcus Winter, Sabine Kühn, et al.. (2012). Robotic-based carbon ion therapy and patient positioning in 6 degrees of freedom: setup accuracy of two standard immobilization devices used in carbon ion therapy and IMRT. Radiation Oncology. 7(1). 51–51. 22 indexed citations

Wurstbauer, Karl, Hannes Weise, H. Deutschmann, et al.. (2010). Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Stages I–IIIB. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 186(10). 551–557. 17 indexed citations

Wurstbauer, Karl, H. Deutschmann, Peter Kopp, et al.. (2009). Nonresected Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Stages I Through IIIB: Accelerated, Twice-Daily, High-Dose Radiotherapy—A Prospective Phase I/II Trial With Long-Term Follow-Up. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 77(5). 1345–1351. 10 indexed citations

Nairz, Olaf & Felix Sedlmayer. (2009). Accelerated partial breast irradiation as part of breast conserving therapy of early breast carcinoma: A systematic review. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 94(3). 388–389. 11 indexed citations

Nairz, Olaf, Florian Merz, H. Deutschmann, et al.. (2008). A strategy for the use of image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) on linear accelerators and its impact on treatment margins for prostate cancer patients. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 184(12). 663–667. 36 indexed citations

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Deutschmann, H., Philipp Steininger, Olaf Nairz, et al.. (2008). “Augmented Reality” in Conventional Simulation by Projection of 3-D Structures into 2-D Images. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 184(2). 93–99. 21 indexed citations

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Wurstbauer, Karl, H. Deutschmann, Peter Kopp, et al.. (2007). P3-047: NSCLC: Primary tumor size – radiation dose related accelerated, twice daily radiotherapy by target splitting, preceded by 2 cycles of chemotherapy: First results of a prospective study. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2(8). S626–S627. 3 indexed citations

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Reitsamer, Roland, Felix Sedlmayer, Michael Kopp, et al.. (2007). Concepts and techniques of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) for breast cancer. Breast Cancer. 15(1). 40–46. 28 indexed citations

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Wurstbauer, Karl, H. Deutschmann, Peter Kopp, et al.. (2007). NSCLC: Primary Tumor Size – Radiation Dose-related Accelerated, Twice Daily Radiotherapy by Target Splitting, Preceded by 2 Cycles of Chemotherapy – First Results of a Prospective Study. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 183(S2). 38–40. 7 indexed citations

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Nairz, Olaf, H. Deutschmann, Michael Kopp, et al.. (2006). A Dosimetric Comparison of IORT Techniques in Limited-Stage Breast Cancer. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 182(6). 342–348. 43 indexed citations

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Reitsamer, Roland, Felix Sedlmayer, Michael Kopp, et al.. (2005). The Salzburg concept of intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: Results and considerations. International Journal of Cancer. 118(11). 2882–2887. 40 indexed citations

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Nairz, Olaf, Markus Arndt, & Anton Zeilinger. (2002). Experimental verification of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle for fullerene molecules. Physical Review A. 65(3). 53 indexed citations

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Arndt, Markus, et al.. (2001). High contrast interference with C and C. 2(4). 581–585. 6 indexed citations

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Nairz, Olaf, et al.. (2001). Diffraction of Complex Molecules by Structures Made of Light. Physical Review Letters. 87(16). 160401–160401. 76 indexed citations

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Kwiat, Paul G., A. G. White, Jay Mitchell, et al.. (1999). High-Efficiency Quantum Interrogation Measurements via the Quantum Zeno Effect. Physical Review Letters. 83(23). 4725–4728. 139 indexed citations

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White, A. G., Paul G. Kwiat, Olaf Nairz, Gregor Weihs, & Anton Zeilinger. (1998). "Interaction-free" quantum measurements. 104. 21–22. 6 indexed citations

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