Valentin Heller

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Valentin Heller is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentin Heller has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 22 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 21 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Valentin Heller's work include Landslides and related hazards (22 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (15 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers). Valentin Heller is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (22 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (15 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers). Valentin Heller collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and Greece. Valentin Heller's co-authors include Willi H. Hager, Johannes Spinneken, Hans‐Erwin Minor, Riccardo Briganti, Benedict D. Rogers, Savvas P. Triantafyllou, Barbara Turnbull, Grant E. Hearn, F. J. M. Farley and Fan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Earth-Science Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Valentin Heller

49 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Scale effects in physical hydraulic engineering models 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400
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. Scale effects in physical hydraulic engineering models
    2011 471 citations Valentin Heller Journal of Hydraulic Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Valentin Heller United Kingdom 23 1.0k 954 795 538 521 54 2.1k
Hans‐Erwin Minor Switzerland 17 785 0.7× 656 0.7× 396 0.5× 565 1.1× 223 0.4× 31 1.4k
Marcello Di Risio Italy 20 382 0.4× 487 0.5× 331 0.4× 254 0.5× 516 1.0× 69 1.2k
Paolo De Girolamo Italy 20 453 0.4× 506 0.5× 388 0.5× 193 0.4× 576 1.1× 65 1.3k
Hervé Capart Taiwan 24 427 0.4× 596 0.6× 982 1.2× 771 1.4× 283 0.5× 64 1.9k
Jasim Imran United States 30 612 0.6× 300 0.3× 289 0.4× 1.1k 2.1× 1.8k 3.4× 76 2.7k
Luigi Fraccarollo Italy 19 379 0.4× 640 0.7× 877 1.1× 728 1.4× 210 0.4× 44 1.7k
Alberto Lamberti Italy 24 348 0.3× 362 0.4× 310 0.4× 573 1.1× 812 1.6× 115 1.6k
Yarko Niño Chile 22 379 0.4× 247 0.3× 454 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 608 1.2× 69 1.8k
Aronne Armanini Italy 21 449 0.4× 789 0.8× 774 1.0× 1.0k 1.9× 259 0.5× 49 1.9k
Scott McDougall Canada 21 869 0.8× 2.1k 2.2× 401 0.5× 395 0.7× 74 0.1× 57 2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Valentin Heller

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive prediction of subaerial landslide-tsunamis via slide model- and water body geometry-invariant machine learning techniques. Ocean Engineering. 320. 120197–120197. 4 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2025). NUMERICAL MODELLING OF TSUNAMI PROPAGATION IN IDEALISED CONVERGING CHANNELS. Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 61–61.
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2023). Scaling approaches and scale effects in wave–flexible structure interaction. Journal of Fluids and Structures. 123. 103987–103987. 13 indexed citations
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Briganti, Riccardo, et al.. (2023). Numerical validation of novel scaling laws for air–water flows including compressibility and heat transfer. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 61(4). 517–531. 4 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2023). Wave impact on rigid and flexible plates. Coastal Engineering. 182. 104302–104302. 21 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2022). New physical insight into landslide-tsunamis using non-linear wave decomposition. Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress. 6234–6243.
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Gao, Ming, Martin P. Lüthi, Valentin Heller, et al.. (2021). A glacier–ocean interaction model for tsunami genesis due to iceberg calving. Communications Earth & Environment. 2(1). 21 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2021). Numerical characterisation and efficient prediction of landslide-tsunami propagation over a wide range of idealised bathymetries. Coastal Engineering. 167. 103854–103854. 19 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin. (2020). THE NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN SUBAERIAL LANDSLIDE-TSUNAMI RESEARCH. Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 36–36. 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2019). Large-scale experiments into the tsunamigenic potential of different iceberg calving mechanisms. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 861–861. 24 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin & Johannes Spinneken. (2015). On the effect of the water body geometry on landslide–tsunamis: Physical insight from laboratory tests and 2D to 3D wave parameter transformation. Coastal Engineering. 104. 113–134. 128 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2011). Geometrical Effects on Landslide-Generated Tsunamis. Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 138(4). 286–298. 28 indexed citations
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Chaplin, J.R., Valentin Heller, F. J. M. Farley, Grant E. Hearn, & R. C. T. Rainey. (2011). Laboratory testing the Anaconda. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 370(1959). 403–424. 36 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, J.R. Chaplin, F. J. M. Farley, Martyn Hann, & Grant E. Hearn. (2010). Physical model tests of the anaconda wave energy converter. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 13 indexed citations
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Chaplin, J.R., et al.. (2010). Hydrodynamic performance of the Anaconda wavepower device. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin. (2009). Test 7. Subaerial landslide generated impulse waves in a wave channel: experimental SPH validation. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton).
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Heller, Valentin, Willi H. Hager, & Hans‐Erwin Minor. (2007). Hydraulics of ski jumps. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 1 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, et al.. (2006). Closure to "Ski Jump Hydraulics". ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Valentin, Willi H. Hager, & Hans‐Erwin Minor. (2006). Closure to “Ski Jump Hydraulics” by Valentin Heller, Willi H. Hager, and Hans-Erwin Minor. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 132(10). 1117–1117. 3 indexed citations

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