Rainer Baumann

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 644 citations indexed

About

Rainer Baumann is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Political Science and International Relations and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Baumann has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 644 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rainer Baumann's work include Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks (9 papers), Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (9 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (5 papers). Rainer Baumann is often cited by papers focused on Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks (9 papers), Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (9 papers) and International Relations and Foreign Policy (5 papers). Rainer Baumann collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Rainer Baumann's co-authors include Valeriy Naumov, Thomas R. Gross, Günther Hellmann, Martin May, Vincent Lenders, Simon Heimlicher, Philipp Sommer, Franck Legendre, Frank A. Stengel and Wolfgang Wagner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, Foreign Policy Analysis and Journal of International Relations and Development.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Baumann

22 papers receiving 570 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.

  1. An evaluation of inter-vehicle ad hoc networks based on realistic vehicular traces
    2006 381 citations Valeriy Naumov, Rainer Baumann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rainer Baumann Switzerland 10 473 411 97 53 25 23 644
Wolfgang H. Schulz Germany 6 151 0.3× 183 0.4× 8 0.1× 9 0.2× 30 1.2× 27 294
Miklós Molnár France 11 219 0.5× 263 0.6× 28 0.3× 28 0.5× 72 431
Ali Hammad United Kingdom 11 184 0.4× 239 0.6× 4 0.0× 6 0.1× 4 0.2× 37 333
Gaurav Agrawal India 8 99 0.2× 57 0.1× 12 0.1× 15 0.3× 2 0.1× 29 221
Nicholas Palmer Australia 8 125 0.3× 40 0.1× 27 0.3× 29 0.5× 5 0.2× 21 218
Maryam Vahabi Sweden 9 145 0.3× 70 0.2× 12 0.1× 9 0.2× 2 0.1× 37 198
Gregory C. Staple United States 5 240 0.5× 179 0.4× 8 0.1× 19 0.4× 2 0.1× 8 331
Jedrzej Rybicki Germany 9 169 0.4× 170 0.4× 35 0.7× 24 1.0× 19 339
Nathaniel J. Davis United States 10 162 0.3× 82 0.2× 4 0.0× 13 0.2× 2 0.1× 29 242
Stefan Schiffner Germany 9 41 0.1× 32 0.1× 8 0.1× 63 1.2× 4 0.2× 19 169

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rainer Baumann

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rainer Baumann

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hellmann, Günther, Wolfgang Wagner, & Rainer Baumann. (2014). Deutsche Außenpolitik. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 9 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer & Klaus Dingwerth. (2014). Global governance vs empire: Why world order moves towards heterarchy and hierarchy. Journal of International Relations and Development. 18(1). 104–128. 10 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer & Frank A. Stengel. (2013). Foreign policy analysis, globalisation and non-state actors: state-centric after all?. Journal of International Relations and Development. 17(4). 489–521. 13 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer, Peter Mayer, & Bernhard Zangl. (2011). International Relations: The Great Debates. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer & Frank A. Stengel. (2010). Globalization and Foreign Policy Analysis: Neglect of or Successful Adaption to Changing Political Practices?. 1–38. 3 indexed citations
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Lenders, Vincent & Rainer Baumann. (2008). Link-Diversity Routing: A Robust Routing Paradigm for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. 2585–2590. 8 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer, Franck Legendre, & Philipp Sommer. (2008). Generic mobility simulation framework (GMSF). 49–56. 46 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer, et al.. (2007). Neuerscheinungen. Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen. 14(1). 201–203. 1 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer, Simon Heimlicher, Vincent Lenders, & Martin May. (2007). Routing Packets into Wireless Mesh Networks. 24. 38–38. 25 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer. (2007). Building scalable and robust wireless mesh networks. Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich). 2 indexed citations
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Heimlicher, Simon, Rainer Baumann, Martin May, & Bernhard Plattner. (2007). The Transport Layer Revisited. 1–8. 7 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer. (2006). Der Wandel des deutschen Multilateralismus : eine diskursanalytische Untersuchung deutscher Außenpolitik. Nomos eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Naumov, Valeriy, Rainer Baumann, & Thomas R. Gross. (2006). An evaluation of inter-vehicle ad hoc networks based on realistic vehicular traces. 108–119. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heimlicher, Simon, Rainer Baumann, Martin May, & Bernhard Plattner. (2006). SaFT: Reliable Transport in Mobile Networks. 477–480. 5 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer & U. Fiedler. (2006). Towards connecting base stations over metro gigabit ethernets. 37–37. 3 indexed citations
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Hellmann, Günther, et al.. (2005). De-Europeanization by Default? Germany's EU Policy in Defense and Asylum. Foreign Policy Analysis. 1(1). 143–164. 16 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer, et al.. (2004). All solid state imaging infrared/imaging LADAR sensor system. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5459. 171–171. 1 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer. (2002). The Transformation of German Multilateralism: Changes in Foreign Policy Discourse since Unification. German Politics & Society. 20(4). 1–26. 9 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer & Günther Hellmann. (2001). Germany and the use of military force: ‘total war’, the ‘culture of restraint’ and the quest for normality. German Politics. 10(1). 61–82. 46 indexed citations
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Baumann, Rainer & Wolfgang Malisch. (1986). Ouebergangsmetall-substituierte phosphane, arsane und stibane. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 303(2). C33–C37. 8 indexed citations

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