Thomas Otto

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas Otto is a scholar working on Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Otto has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Radiation, 16 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 14 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Otto's work include Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (13 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (12 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (12 papers). Thomas Otto is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (13 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (12 papers) and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (12 papers). Thomas Otto collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas Otto's co-authors include G. Bollen, H. Stolzenberg, G. Savard, Matthias König, H.‐J. Kluge, Robert B. Moore, L. Schweikhard, J. Szerypo, G. Bollen and St. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters A and Nuclear Physics A.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Otto

52 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

A new cooling technique f... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300 400
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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. A new cooling technique for heavy ions in a Penning trap
    1991 440 citations G. Savard, G. Bollen et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Thomas Otto 999 802 523 438 113 55 1.6k
O. Tengblad 1.6k 1.6× 861 1.1× 579 1.1× 213 0.5× 59 0.5× 131 1.9k
C.A.N. Conde 856 0.9× 967 1.2× 1.3k 2.5× 224 0.5× 73 0.6× 193 1.9k
M. Matoba 1.0k 1.0× 451 0.6× 623 1.2× 135 0.3× 50 0.4× 143 1.4k
G. Mukherjee 1.4k 1.4× 681 0.8× 489 0.9× 140 0.3× 27 0.2× 157 1.6k
K. Beckert 713 0.7× 904 1.1× 362 0.7× 171 0.4× 22 0.2× 69 1.4k
M. S. Dewey 714 0.7× 954 1.2× 573 1.1× 128 0.3× 37 0.3× 79 1.5k
D.A. Landis 689 0.7× 358 0.4× 687 1.3× 82 0.2× 45 0.4× 67 1.4k
Β. Blank 2.1k 2.1× 946 1.2× 860 1.6× 133 0.3× 39 0.3× 120 2.3k
M. J. LeVine 1.1k 1.1× 539 0.7× 559 1.1× 142 0.3× 30 0.3× 73 1.6k
M. Breitenfeldt 541 0.5× 354 0.4× 228 0.4× 174 0.4× 31 0.3× 46 819

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Otto

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Otto

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Otto

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Otto. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Otto 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 Thomas Otto. Thomas Otto 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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Otto, Thomas. (2024). ICRU Report 95: new operational quantities for external radiation exposure. Annals of the ICRP. 53(1_suppl). 74–79. 1 indexed citations
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Caresana, M., et al.. (2021). Impact of new operational dosimetric quantities on individual monitoring services. Journal of Radiological Protection. 41(4). 1110–1121. 7 indexed citations
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Clement, C. H., Thomas Otto, Roger Coates, et al.. (2021). The Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety—30 years of international coordination of radiation protection and safety matters. Journal of Radiological Protection. 41(4). 1381–1389. 1 indexed citations
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Behrens, R. & Thomas Otto. (2020). Conversion coefficients from total air kerma to the newly proposed ICRU/ICRP operational quantities for radiation protection for photon reference radiation qualities. Journal of Radiological Protection. 42(1). 11519–11519. 8 indexed citations
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Otto, Thomas. (2019). Response of photon dosimeters and survey instruments to new operational quantities proposed by ICRU RC26. Journal of Instrumentation. 14(1). P01010–P01010. 17 indexed citations
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Otto, Thomas. (2014). Personal dose-equivalent conversion coefficients for 1252 radionuclides. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 168(1). 1–10. 8 indexed citations
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Otto, Thomas, et al.. (2010). The thermoluminescence efficiency of Li2B4O7:Cu and of CaSO4:Tm for photons. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 144(1-4). 234–238. 6 indexed citations
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Theis, Chris, et al.. (2007). Field calibration studies for ionisation chambers in mixed high-energy radiation fields. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 126(1-4). 299–305. 3 indexed citations
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Mayer, Sabine, et al.. (2004). Dose equivalent measurements in a strongly pulsed high-energy radiation field. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 110(1-4). 759–762. 9 indexed citations
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Forkel‐Wirth, D., Sabine Mayer, Alfred Müller, et al.. (2004). PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MONITORING PULSED, MIXED RADIATION FIELDS AROUND HIGH-ENERGY ACCELERATORS. 3 indexed citations
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Luszik-Bhadra, M., M. Matzke, Thomas Otto, G. Reitz, & H. Schuhmacher. (1999). Personal neutron dosimetry in the space station MIR and the space shuttle. Radiation Measurements. 31(1-6). 425–430. 13 indexed citations
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Camps, J., J. Deutsch, Thomas Otto, et al.. (1998). Search for physics beyond the standard model via a polarization-asymmetry correlation experiment on In-107. Acta Physica Polonica B. 29(1). 457–461. 2 indexed citations
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Birattari, C., et al.. (1997). Recent results at the CERN-EC high energy reference field facility. CERN Bulletin. 20 indexed citations
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König, Matthias, G. Bollen, H.‐J. Kluge, Thomas Otto, & J. Szerypo. (1995). Quadrupole excitation of stored ion motion at the true cyclotron frequency. International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 142(1-2). 95–116. 344 indexed citations
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Holzscheiter, M. H., P. Dyer, Nicholas S. P. King, et al.. (1994). The PS 200 catching trap: A new tool for ultra-low energy antiproton physics. Physics of Atomic Nuclei. 57(10). 11–1809. 2 indexed citations
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Keyser, U., et al.. (1992). Experimental beta-decay energies of very neutron-rich isobars with mass numbers A=101 and A=102. The European Physical Journal A. 342(2). 125–132. 7 indexed citations
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Bollen, G., H. Hartmann, Matthias König, et al.. (1992). Towards a "perfect" Penning trap mass spectrometer for unstable isotopes. Physica Scripta. 46(6). 581–586. 17 indexed citations
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Bollen, G., H.‐J. Kluge, Matthias König, et al.. (1992). Resolution of nuclear ground and isomeric states by a Penning trap mass spectrometer. Physical Review C. 46(6). R2140–R2143. 107 indexed citations

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