W. Heitler

120 total papers · 6.6k total citations
19 papers, 952 citations indexed

About

W. Heitler is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, History and Philosophy of Science and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Heitler has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 952 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 3 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 3 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in W. Heitler's work include Quantum Mechanics and Applications (3 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (3 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (2 papers). W. Heitler is often cited by papers focused on Quantum Mechanics and Applications (3 papers), Philosophy, Science, and History (3 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (2 papers). W. Heitler collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Ireland. W. Heitler's co-authors include Yasushi Takahashi, L. O’Raifeartaigh and H. Primakoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics Today, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry and Helvetica Chimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

W. Heitler

16 papers receiving 858 citations

Hit Papers

The quantum theory of rad... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 250 500 750
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The quantum theory of radiation
    1997 840 citations W. Heitler International Journal of Quantum Chemistry profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
W. Heitler 514 244 149 142 112 19 952
J. Humblet 586 1.1× 480 2.0× 111 0.7× 56 0.4× 136 1.2× 25 1.0k
G. A. Rebka 467 0.9× 348 1.4× 145 1.0× 385 2.7× 138 1.2× 24 1.2k
Brian Odom 825 1.6× 295 1.2× 72 0.5× 136 1.0× 54 0.5× 33 1.2k
M. H. Holzscheiter 569 1.1× 168 0.7× 206 1.4× 70 0.5× 70 0.6× 68 870
K. Borer 267 0.5× 679 2.8× 79 0.5× 224 1.6× 101 0.9× 50 1.1k
V. W. Hughes 546 1.1× 513 2.1× 102 0.7× 115 0.8× 120 1.1× 39 1.0k
R. W. Hayward 477 0.9× 668 2.7× 191 1.3× 212 1.5× 102 0.9× 12 1.2k
G. Saathoff 982 1.9× 182 0.7× 55 0.4× 124 0.9× 158 1.4× 42 1.2k
Wu-yang Tsai 579 1.1× 586 2.4× 108 0.7× 277 2.0× 116 1.0× 45 1.2k
Giulio Racah 677 1.3× 156 0.6× 94 0.6× 38 0.3× 93 0.8× 16 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Heitler

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Heitler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Heitler

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

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