Richard Wünsch

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Wünsch is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Instrumentation. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Wünsch has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 12 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 5 papers in Instrumentation. Recurrent topics in Richard Wünsch's work include Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (68 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (40 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (25 papers). Richard Wünsch is often cited by papers focused on Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (68 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (40 papers) and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (25 papers). Richard Wünsch collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Germany and United Kingdom. Richard Wünsch's co-authors include Stefanie Walch, Thorsten Naab, Philipp Girichidis, Simon C. O. Glover, Ralf S. Klessen, D. A. Hubber, Thomas G. Bisbas, Jan Palouš, A. P. Whitworth and Christian Baczynski and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

Richard Wünsch

76 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

The SILCC (SImulating the LifeCycle of molecular Clouds) project – I. Chemical evolution of the supernova-driven ISM

2015 269 citations Stefanie Walch, Philipp Girichidis et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers

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Philipp Girichidis Germany

A. Noriega‐Crespo United States

Daniel Seifried Germany

F. P. Israel Netherlands

M.-A. Miville-Deschênes France

Simón Casassus Chile

J. E. Dale Germany

R. Kuiper Germany

Robert A. Benjamin United States

T. M. Dame United States

Philipp Girichidis Germany

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557 ×2.0

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211 ×0.8

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165 ×0.8

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144 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Richard Wünsch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Wünsch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Richard Wünsch. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Richard Wünsch. The network helps show where Richard Wünsch may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Wünsch

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

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Zimmermann, B., et al.. (2025). Feedback and star formation efficiency in high-mass star-forming regions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 544(2). 2136–2159.

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Silich, Sergiy, et al.. (2025). The bright, dusty aftermath of giant eruptions and H-rich supernovae. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 695. A271–A271. 1 indexed citations

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Walch, Stefanie, Thorsten Naab, Philipp Girichidis, et al.. (2025). The impact of cosmic-ray heating on the cooling of the low-metallicity interstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 537(1). 482–499. 2 indexed citations

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Walch, Stefanie, Thorsten Naab, Philipp Girichidis, et al.. (2025). SILCC – IX. The multiphase interstellar medium at low metallicity. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 543(4). 4286–4311.

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Whitworth, A. P., F D Priestley, Richard Wünsch, & Jan Palouš. (2024). The minimum mass for star formation by dynamical fragmentation: dependence on epoch, dust abundance, and environment. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 529(4). 3712–3728. 3 indexed citations

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Naab, Thorsten, et al.. (2023). SILCC – VII. Gas kinematics and multiphase outflows of the simulated ISM at high gas surface densities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(2). 1843–1862. 40 indexed citations

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Walch, Stefanie, et al.. (2023). Tree-based solvers for adaptive mesh refinement code flash – IV. An X-ray radiation scheme to couple discrete and diffuse X-ray emission sources to the thermochemistry of the interstellar medium. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 522(3). 4674–4690. 3 indexed citations

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Wünsch, Richard, et al.. (2023). Simulations of pre-supernova feedback in spherical clouds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(4). 5686–5698. 5 indexed citations

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Palouš, Jan, et al.. (2023). Ionized regions in the central arcsecond of NGC 1068. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 678. A206–A206. 1 indexed citations

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Wünsch, Richard, et al.. (2022). X-Ray Emission from Star-cluster Winds in Starburst Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 927(2). 212–212. 8 indexed citations

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Palouš, Jan, et al.. (2022). How to create Sgr A East. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 668. A124–A124. 4 indexed citations

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Szécsi, Dorottya, et al.. (2021). Bonn Optimized Stellar Tracks (BoOST). Astronomy and Astrophysics. 658. A125–A125. 39 indexed citations

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Ascasíbar, Y., et al.. (2021). Impact of the ERF on the structure and evolution of SNRs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 505(4). 5301–5310. 3 indexed citations

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Langlois, M., F. Vakili, Paul C. Clark, et al.. (2021). Extreme adaptive optics astrometry of R136. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 649. L8–L8. 2 indexed citations

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Langlois, M., Paul C. Clark, F. Vakili, et al.. (2021). High-contrast and resolution near-infrared photometry of the core of R136. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 503(1). 292–311. 10 indexed citations

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Palouš, Jan, et al.. (2020). Can supernova shells feed supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei?. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 5 indexed citations

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Douglas, Kevin A., et al.. (2014). Exploring GLIMPSE bubble N107. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 565. A6–A6. 8 indexed citations

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Wünsch, Richard, Pavel Jáchym, Jan Palouš, et al.. (2011). The Carina Flare. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 539. A116–A116. 10 indexed citations

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Bisbas, Thomas G., Richard Wünsch, A. P. Whitworth, & D. A. Hubber. (2009). Smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of expanding H II regions. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 497(2). 649–659. 58 indexed citations

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Wünsch, Richard & Jan Palouš. (2001). Gravitational instability of expanding shells. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 374(2). 746–755. 12 indexed citations

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