Sascha Kempf

8.4k citations

201 papers · 6.9k · 1 hit paper · h-index 43

Impact in

Astronomy and Astrophysics top 2%
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Origins and Evolution of Life
- Planetary Science and Exploration
Spectroscopy top 2%
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

Papers in

Astronomy and Astrophysics 137
- Astro and Planetary Science 119
- Planetary Science and Exploration 7
- Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies 5
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics 4
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics 2
Spectroscopy 3
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications 3

Co-authors: R. Srama (104 shared papers)Jürgen Schmidt (28 shared papers)Frank Postberg (60 shared papers)Eberhard Grün (55 shared papers)Jon K. Hillier (23 shared papers)M. Horányi (50 shared papers)G. Moragas‐Klostermeyer (36 shared papers)Nikolai V. Brilliantov (4 shared papers)
Journals: Planetary and Space Science (17 papers)Icarus (14 papers)Nature (8 papers)Science (8 papers)Space Science Reviews (7 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Sascha Kempf

194 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Sascha Kempf's Hit Papers

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Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus 2015 · 439 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

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1	Sodium salts in E-ring ice grains from an ocean below the surface of Enceladus Nature ·Frank Postberg, Sascha Kempf, Jürgen Schmidt, Nikolai V. Brilliantov, A. Beinsen, Bernd Abel, Udo Buck, R. Srama	2009	487
2	Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus Nature ·H. W. Hsu, Frank Postberg, Yasuhito Sekine, Takazo Shibuya, Sascha Kempf, M. Horányi, Antal Juhász, N. Altobelli Hit paper breakdown →	2015	439
3	A salt-water reservoir as the source of a compositionally stratified plume on Enceladus Nature ·Frank Postberg, Jürgen Schmidt, Jon K. Hillier, Sascha Kempf, R. Srama	2011	422
4	Macromolecular organic compounds from the depths of Enceladus Nature ·Frank Postberg, Nozair Khawaja, Bernd Abel, G. Choblet, Christopher R. Glein, Murthy S. Gudipati, Bryana L. Henderson, Hsiang‐Wen Hsu	2018	320
5	Cassini Dust Measurements at Enceladus and Implications for the Origin of the E Ring Science ·F. Spahn, Jürgen Schmidt, N. Albers, Marcel Hörning, Martin Makuch, M. Seiß, Sascha Kempf, R. Srama	2006	289
6	The Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyzer Space Science Reviews ·R. Srama, Thomas J. Ahrens, N. Altobelli, SIEGFRIED AUER, James G. Bradley, V. Dikarev, Thanasis E. Economou, H. Fechtig	2004	258
7	Growth and Form of Planetary Seedlings: Results from a Microgravity Aggregation Experiment Physical Review Letters ·Jürgen Blum, Gerhard Wurm, Sascha Kempf, Torsten Poppe, Hubert H. Klahr, Takashi Kozasa, M. Rott, Thomas K. Henning	2000	212
8	A permanent, asymmetric dust cloud around the Moon Nature ·M. Horányi, Jamey Szalay, Sascha Kempf, Jürgen Schmidt, Eberhard Grün, R. Srama, Z. Sternovsky	2015	190
9	Slow dust in Enceladus' plume from condensation and wall collisions in tiger stripe fractures Nature ·Jürgen Schmidt, Nikolai V. Brilliantov, F. Spahn, Sascha Kempf	2008	182
10	Low-mass nitrogen-, oxygen-bearing, and aromatic compounds in Enceladean ice grains Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ·Nozair Khawaja, Frank Postberg, Jon K. Hillier, Fabian Klenner, Sascha Kempf, Lenz Nölle, René Reviol, Zenghui Zou	2019	142
11	How the Enceladus dust plume feeds Saturn’s E ring Icarus ·Sascha Kempf, U. Beckmann, Jürgen Schmidt	2009	136
12	The E-ring in the vicinity of Enceladus Icarus ·Frank Postberg, Sascha Kempf, Jon K. Hillier, R. Srama, Simon Green, Neil McBride, Eberhard Grün	2007	132
13	The E ring in the vicinity of Enceladus Icarus ·Sascha Kempf, U. Beckmann, G. Moragas‐Klostermeyer, Frank Postberg, R. Srama, Thanasis E. Economou, Jürgen Schmidt, F. Spahn	2007	131
14	N-Particle-Simulations of Dust Growth I. Growth Driven by Brownian Motion Icarus ·Sascha Kempf	1999	118
15	Flux and composition of interstellar dust at Saturn from Cassini’s Cosmic Dust Analyzer Science ·N. Altobelli, Frank Postberg, K. Fiege, M. Trieloff, Hiroshi Kimura, Veerle Sterken, Hsiang‐Wen Hsu, J. K. Hillier	2016	108
16	Detection of phosphates originating from Enceladus’s ocean Nature ·Frank Postberg, Yasuhito Sekine, Fabian Klenner, Christopher R. Glein, Zenghui Zou, Bernd Abel, Jon K. Hillier, Nozair Khawaja	2023	105
17	The Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) Onboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Mission Space Science Reviews ·M. Horányi, Z. Sternovsky, Mark R. Lankton, Charles Dumont, S. Gagnard, David Gathright, Eberhard Grün, D. Hansen	2014	100
18	Fine jet structure of electrically charged grains in Enceladus' plume Geophysical Research Letters ·Geraint H. Jones, Christopher Stephen Arridge, Andrew J. Coates, Gethyn R. Lewis, Sheila Kanani, Anne Wellbrock, D. T. Young, F. J. Crary	2009	91
19	An Evolving View of Saturn’s Dynamic Rings Science ·Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, Joseph A. Burns, S. Charnoz, R. N. Clark, J. E. Colwell, Luke Dones B, L. W. Esposito, G. Filacchione	2010	90
20	High-velocity streams of dust originating from Saturn Nature ·Sascha Kempf, R. Srama, M. Horányi, Marcia E. Burton, G. Moragas‐Klostermeyer, Mou Roy, Eberhard Grün +1 other	2005	83

About Sascha Kempf

Sascha Kempf is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 201 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Astro and Planetary Science (119 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (7 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (5 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (4 papers), Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena (3 papers), Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications (3 papers), Particle Detector Development and Performance (2 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (4.4k citations), Spectroscopy (183 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (368 citations), Nuclear Energy and Engineering (1 citation) and Instrumentation (10 citations). Sascha Kempf has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include R. Srama, Jürgen Schmidt, Frank Postberg, Eberhard Grün, Jon K. Hillier, M. Horányi, G. Moragas‐Klostermeyer, Nikolai V. Brilliantov, F. Spahn and N. Altobelli. Their work appears in journals such as Planetary and Space Science, Icarus, Nature, Science and Space Science Reviews.

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