Simon Plätzer

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Simon Plätzer is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Plätzer has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 2 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Simon Plätzer's work include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (51 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (40 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (40 papers). Simon Plätzer is often cited by papers focused on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (51 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (40 papers) and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (40 papers). Simon Plätzer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United Kingdom. Simon Plätzer's co-authors include Stefan Gieseke, Michael H. Seymour, Peter Richardson, D. Grellscheid, M. Bähr, Oluseyi Latunde-Dada, M. Gigg, K. Hamilton, A. Sherstnev and B.R. Webber and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Computer Physics Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon Plätzer

51 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Herwig++ physics and manual 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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. Herwig++ physics and manual
    2008 668 citations M. Bähr, Stefan Gieseke et al. The European Physical Journal C profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon Plätzer 1.8k 164 108 58 33 55 1.8k
Frank J. Tackmann 2.8k 1.6× 142 0.9× 84 0.8× 50 0.9× 35 1.1× 69 2.9k
Christine O. Rasmussen 2.0k 1.1× 308 1.9× 166 1.5× 47 0.8× 37 1.1× 5 2.0k
J. Christiansen 2.1k 1.2× 310 1.9× 165 1.5× 46 0.8× 40 1.2× 9 2.2k
Richard Corke 2.0k 1.1× 311 1.9× 167 1.5× 47 0.8× 41 1.2× 3 2.1k
Stefan Ask 1.9k 1.1× 313 1.9× 165 1.5× 46 0.8× 37 1.1× 4 2.0k
Andrew J. Larkoski 1.4k 0.8× 184 1.1× 130 1.2× 46 0.8× 15 0.5× 63 1.5k
Marek Schönherr 2.8k 1.6× 197 1.2× 147 1.4× 95 1.6× 75 2.3× 48 2.9k
Stefan Gieseke 1.5k 0.8× 150 0.9× 57 0.5× 45 0.8× 24 0.7× 38 1.5k
J. de Favereau 1.8k 1.0× 383 2.3× 216 2.0× 54 0.9× 26 0.8× 2 1.8k
M. Selvaggi 1.9k 1.1× 403 2.5× 238 2.2× 58 1.0× 32 1.0× 17 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Plätzer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Plätzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Simon Plätzer. 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 Simon Plätzer. The network helps show where Simon Plätzer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Plätzer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Plätzer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Plätzer 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 Simon Plätzer. Simon Plätzer 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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Campanario, Francisco, et al.. (2025). NLO QCD parton shower matching for pp→e+νeμ−ν¯μγ+X. Physical review. D. 111(9).
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Forshaw, J. R., et al.. (2025). Fully differential soft gluon evolution at the amplitude level. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2025(9). 2 indexed citations
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Plätzer, Simon. (2024). Amplitude and colour evolution. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Kulkarni, Suchita, et al.. (2024). Dark sector showers and hadronisation in Herwig 7. The European Physical Journal C. 84(11). 1210–1210. 2 indexed citations
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Keppeler, Stefan, Simon Plätzer, & Malin Sjödahl. (2024). Wigner 6j symbols with gluon lines: completing the set of 6j symbols required for color decomposition. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2024(5). 2 indexed citations
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Plätzer, Simon & Malin Sjödahl. (2024). Amplitude factorization in the electroweak standard model. Physical review. D. 110(5). 1 indexed citations
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Maas, Axel, et al.. (2024). Subleading Higgs effects at lepton colliders. 56–56. 1 indexed citations
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Ravasio, Silvia Ferrario, Stefan Gieseke, M. R. Masouminia, et al.. (2024). Herwig 7.3 release note. The European Physical Journal C. 84(10). 18 indexed citations
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Keppeler, Stefan, et al.. (2023). Wigner 6j symbols for SU(N): Symbols with at least two quark-lines. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 64(2). 3 indexed citations
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Plätzer, Simon. (2023). Colour evolution and infrared physics. Journal of High Energy Physics. 2023(7). 12 indexed citations
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Buckley, A. G., Xuan Chen, Juan Cruz–Martinez, et al.. (2021). A comparative study of Higgs boson production from vector-boson fusion. BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca). 21 indexed citations
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Plätzer, Simon, et al.. (2020). Towards Colour Flow Evolution at Two Loops. arXiv (Cornell University). 15 indexed citations
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Bellm, Johannes, A. G. Buckley, Xuan Chen, et al.. (2020). Jet cross sections at the LHC and the quest for higher precision. The European Physical Journal C. 80(2). 93–93. 18 indexed citations
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Bellm, Johannes, Stefan Gieseke, D. Grellscheid, et al.. (2017). NLO efforts in Herwig++. Homo Politicus (Academy of Humanities and Economics in Lodz). 1 indexed citations
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Fischer, Nadine, Stefan Gieseke, S. Kluth, Simon Plätzer, & Peter Skands. (2015). Measurement of observables sensitive to coherence effects in hadronic Z decays with the OPAL detector at LEP. The European Physical Journal C. 75(12). 2 indexed citations
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Fischer, Nadine, Stefan Gieseke, Simon Plätzer, & Peter Skands. (2014). Revisiting radiation patterns in $e^+e^-$ $e^+ e^-$ collisions. DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron). 6 indexed citations
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Plätzer, Simon. (2013). Controlling inclusive cross sections in parton shower + matrix element merging. DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron). 44 indexed citations
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Campanario, Francisco, Terrance Figy, Simon Plätzer, & Malin Sjödahl. (2013). Electroweak Higgs Boson Plus Three Jet Production at Next-to-Leading-Order QCD. Physical Review Letters. 111(21). 211802–211802. 36 indexed citations
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Plätzer, Simon. (2012). ExSample—a library for sampling Sudakov-type distributions. The European Physical Journal C. 72(3). 11 indexed citations
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Bähr, M., Stefan Gieseke, M. Gigg, et al.. (2008). Herwig++ physics and manual. The European Physical Journal C. 58(4). 639–707. 668 indexed citations breakdown →

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