Roger Käppeli

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Roger Käppeli is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Applied Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Roger Käppeli has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Computational Mechanics, 8 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 7 papers in Applied Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Roger Käppeli's work include Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (10 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (7 papers) and Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (6 papers). Roger Käppeli is often cited by papers focused on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (10 papers), Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (7 papers) and Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (6 papers). Roger Käppeli collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Roger Käppeli's co-authors include M. Liebendörfer, Almudena Arcones, Siddhartha Mishra, Albino Perego, F.‐K. Thielemann, C. Winteler, Oleg Korobkin, Nicolas Vasset, Nobuya Nishimura and Rubén M. Cabezón and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Journal of Computational Physics and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Roger Käppeli

18 papers receiving 1.1k 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. MAGNETOROTATIONALLY DRIVEN SUPERNOVAE AS THE ORIGIN OF EARLY GALAXY r -PROCESS ELEMENTS?
    2012 321 citations C. Winteler, Roger Käppeli et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
  2. Neutrino-driven winds from neutron star merger remnants
    2014 281 citations Albino Perego, Rubén M. Cabezón et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roger Käppeli Switzerland 11 822 471 263 140 42 19 1.2k
Petros Tzeferacos United States 13 561 0.7× 400 0.8× 175 0.7× 67 0.5× 13 0.3× 53 941
Albert Fu United States 6 383 0.5× 188 0.4× 142 0.5× 141 1.0× 14 0.3× 10 636
C. Zanni Italy 16 1.9k 2.3× 532 1.1× 181 0.7× 46 0.3× 10 0.2× 31 2.1k
E. Audit France 23 1.6k 2.0× 200 0.4× 214 0.8× 108 0.8× 9 0.2× 64 1.8k
В. М. Чечеткин Russia 19 1.1k 1.4× 551 1.2× 86 0.3× 45 0.3× 4 0.1× 146 1.4k
Ernazar Abdikamalov United States 18 887 1.1× 473 1.0× 80 0.3× 51 0.4× 6 0.1× 41 1.1k
Z. Méliani France 22 1.4k 1.7× 752 1.6× 79 0.3× 18 0.1× 5 0.1× 68 1.5k
N. Bucciantini Italy 31 2.6k 3.2× 1.5k 3.1× 223 0.8× 70 0.5× 20 0.5× 102 2.8k
R. Walder France 19 1.2k 1.4× 420 0.9× 168 0.6× 36 0.3× 11 0.3× 61 1.3k
S. Massaglia Italy 19 2.0k 2.4× 915 1.9× 248 0.9× 60 0.4× 8 0.2× 105 2.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roger Käppeli

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Balsara, Dinshaw S., et al.. (2025). Physical Constraint Preserving Higher-order Finite Volume Schemes for Divergence-free Astrophysical MHD and RMHD. The Astrophysical Journal. 988(1). 134–134. 1 indexed citations
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Balsara, Dinshaw S., Roger Käppeli, Walter Boscheri, & Michael Dumbser. (2023). Curl Constraint-Preserving Reconstruction and the Guidance it Gives for Mimetic Scheme Design. Institutional Research Information System University of Ferrara (University of Ferrara). 10 indexed citations
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Käppeli, Roger. (2022). Well-balanced methods for computational astrophysics. PubMed. 8(1). 2–2. 4 indexed citations
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Käppeli, Roger, Dinshaw S. Balsara, Praveen Chandrashekar, & Arijit Hazra. (2020). Optimal, globally constraint-preserving, DG(TD)2 schemes for computational electrodynamics based on two-derivative Runge-Kutta timestepping and multidimensional generalized Riemann problem solvers – A von Neumann stability analysis. Journal of Computational Physics. 408. 109238–109238. 2 indexed citations
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Popov, Mikhail, R. Walder, Doris Folini, et al.. (2019). A well-balanced scheme for the simulation tool-kit A-MaZe: Implementation, tests, and first applications to stellar structure. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Balsara, Dinshaw S. & Roger Käppeli. (2018). von Neumann stability analysis of globally constraint-preserving DGTD and PNPM schemes for the Maxwell equations using multidimensional Riemann solvers. Journal of Computational Physics. 376. 1108–1137. 16 indexed citations
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Käppeli, Roger, et al.. (2018). High-order well-balanced finite volume schemes for the Euler equations with gravitation. Journal of Computational Physics. 378. 324–343. 30 indexed citations
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Balsara, Dinshaw S. & Roger Käppeli. (2017). Von Neumann stability analysis of globally divergence-free RKDG schemes for the induction equation using multidimensional Riemann solvers. Journal of Computational Physics. 336. 104–127. 29 indexed citations
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Käppeli, Roger & Siddhartha Mishra. (2016). A well-balanced finite volume scheme for the Euler equations with gravitation. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 587. A94–A94. 56 indexed citations
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Eichler, Marius, Almudena Arcones, Roger Käppeli, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Fission on R-Process Calculations. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 665. 12054–12054. 5 indexed citations
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Käppeli, Roger, et al.. (2015). Well-balanced Schemes for Gravitationally Stratified Media. ASPC. 498. 210. 1 indexed citations
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Fjordholm, Ulrik Skre, Roger Käppeli, Siddhartha Mishra, & Eitan Tadmor. (2015). Construction of Approximate Entropy Measure-Valued Solutions for Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws. Foundations of Computational Mathematics. 17(3). 763–827. 54 indexed citations
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Perego, Albino, Rubén M. Cabezón, Oleg Korobkin, et al.. (2014). Neutrino-driven winds from neutron star merger remnants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 443(4). 3134–3156. 281 indexed citations breakdown →
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Käppeli, Roger & Siddhartha Mishra. (2013). Well-balanced schemes for the Euler equations with gravitation. Journal of Computational Physics. 259. 199–219. 99 indexed citations
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Winteler, C., Roger Käppeli, Albino Perego, et al.. (2012). MAGNETOROTATIONALLY DRIVEN SUPERNOVAE AS THE ORIGIN OF EARLY GALAXY r -PROCESS ELEMENTS?. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 750(1). L22–L22. 321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thielemann, F.‐K., Almudena Arcones, Roger Käppeli, et al.. (2011). What are the astrophysical sites for the r-process and the production of heavy elements?. Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics. 66(2). 346–353. 182 indexed citations
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Käppeli, Roger, et al.. (2010). The influence of model parameters on the prediction of gravitational wave signals from stellar core collapse. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 64 indexed citations
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Liebendörfer, M., Tobias Fischer, Matthias Hempel, et al.. (2010). Neutrino Radiation-Hydrodynamics: General Relativistic versus Multidimensional Supernova Simulations. Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement. 186. 87–92. 2 indexed citations
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Whitehouse, S. C., et al.. (2010). Gravitational waves from supernova matter. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 27(11). 114101–114101. 21 indexed citations

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