Sven Niedner

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Sven Niedner is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Niedner has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, 5 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 1 paper in Communication. Recurrent topics in Sven Niedner's work include Magnetic confinement fusion research (6 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (5 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (3 papers). Sven Niedner is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic confinement fusion research (6 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (5 papers) and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics (3 papers). Sven Niedner collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Sven Niedner's co-authors include Guido Hertel, U. Stroth, C. Lechte, B. Scott, M. Ramisch, A. Alonso, J. Stöber, E. Ascasíbar, Heinz Georg Schuster and T. Klinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Review of Scientific Instruments and New Journal of Physics.

In The Last Decade

Sven Niedner

7 papers receiving 905 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Motivation of software developers in Open Source projects: an Internet-based survey of contributors to the Linux kernel

2003 863 citations Guido Hertel, Sven Niedner et al. Research Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sven Niedner Germany	5	666	441	202	198	143	8	1.0k
Jan Μ. Pawlowski Germany	18	483 0.7×	248 0.6×	283 1.4×	141 0.7×	48 0.3×	106	1.3k
Bryce Allen United States	18	59 0.1×	137 0.3×	489 2.4×	128 0.6×	45 0.3×	48	1.3k
Jukka Huhtamäki Finland	20	78 0.1×	182 0.4×	104 0.5×	256 1.3×	5 0.0×	89	1.3k
Mark N. Wexler Canada	9	66 0.1×	84 0.2×	69 0.3×	84 0.4×	3 0.0×	33	476
David Edge United Kingdom	10	17 0.0×	23 0.1×	53 0.3×	141 0.7×	15 0.1×	44	683
Peter Suber United States	14	136 0.2×	70 0.2×	403 2.0×	80 0.4×		118	1.1k
Michael H. Goldhaber United States	5	34 0.1×	111 0.3×	27 0.1×	171 0.9×	67 0.5×	8	496
Anders Hjalmarsson Sweden	10	35 0.1×	17 0.0×	33 0.2×	91 0.5×	52 0.4×	59	398
Vivek Agrawal India	16	15 0.0×	10 0.0×	49 0.2×	97 0.5×	396 2.8×	68	1.2k
Suzanne Iacono United States	10	74 0.1×	166 0.4×	77 0.4×	375 1.9×		19	656

Countries citing papers authored by Sven Niedner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sven Niedner

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

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Ramisch, M., U. Stroth, Sven Niedner, & B. Scott. (2003). On the detection of Reynolds stress as a driving and damping mechanism of geodesic acoustic modes and zonal flows. New Journal of Physics. 5. 12–12. 34 indexed citations

2.

Hertel, Guido, et al.. (2003). Motivation of software developers in Open Source projects: an Internet-based survey of contributors to the Linux kernel. Research Policy. 32(7). 1159–1177. 863 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stroth, U., et al.. (2002). Turbulence and wave experiments with the low-temperature plasma in the torsatron TJ-K.

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Lechte, C., Sven Niedner, & U. Stroth. (2002). Comparison of turbulence measurements and simulations of the low-temperature plasma in the torsatron TJ-K. New Journal of Physics. 4. 34–34. 32 indexed citations

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Lechte, C., J. Stöber, U. Stroth, et al.. (2002). The Torsatron TJ-K, an experiment for the investigation of turbulence in a toroidal low-temperature plasma. Review of Scientific Instruments. 73(10). 3474–3481. 56 indexed citations

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Niedner, Sven, B. Scott, & U. Stroth. (2002). Statistical properties of drift wave turbulence in low-temperature plasmas. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 44(4). 397–408. 29 indexed citations

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Niedner, Sven, et al.. (2001). Experiments on turbulence in toroidal plasmas and comparison with simulations. APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting Abstracts. 43. 202. 1 indexed citations

8.

Niedner, Sven, et al.. (1999). Symmetry breaking in ionization wave turbulence. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(1). 52–59. 4 indexed citations

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