Walter Metzner

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Walter Metzner is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Metzner has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 78 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 42 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Walter Metzner's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (86 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (61 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (42 papers). Walter Metzner is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (86 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (61 papers) and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (42 papers). Walter Metzner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Walter Metzner's co-authors include D. Vollhardt, K. Schönhammer, V. Meden, Hiroyuki Yamase, C. Di Castro, Carsten Honerkamp, Daniel Rohe, Fabrizio Gabbiani, Sabine Andergassen and Manfred Salmhofer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Walter Metzner

155 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

Correlated Lattice Fermions ind=∞Dimensions 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 2012 2021 500 1000 1.5k
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. Correlated Lattice Fermions ind=∞Dimensions
    1989 1.8k citations Walter Metzner et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Functional renormalization group approach to correlated fermion systems
    2012 513 citations Walter Metzner, Manfred Salmhofer et al. profile →
  3. The nonperturbative functional renormalization group and its applications
    2021 349 citations Walter Metzner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Metzner Germany 47 5.5k 4.1k 1.9k 992 879 158 8.6k
Kazuo Ueda Japan 42 5.4k 1.0× 2.6k 0.6× 2.7k 1.4× 170 0.2× 167 0.2× 214 8.0k
Steven L. Johnson Switzerland 40 474 0.1× 1.4k 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 284 0.3× 847 1.0× 158 5.5k
Andrea Cavagna Italy 35 2.6k 0.5× 340 0.1× 218 0.1× 967 1.0× 233 0.3× 88 7.1k
Hugues Chaté France 57 6.2k 1.1× 709 0.2× 85 0.0× 348 0.4× 138 0.2× 164 10.5k
J. Leo van Hemmen Germany 40 533 0.1× 553 0.1× 281 0.1× 144 0.1× 152 0.2× 202 6.7k
Ernesto P. Raposo Brazil 35 503 0.1× 841 0.2× 80 0.0× 941 0.9× 555 0.6× 130 5.1k
Alexander Kaiser Germany 27 211 0.0× 678 0.2× 275 0.1× 240 0.2× 490 0.6× 139 2.6k
Takashi Hotta Japan 29 2.2k 0.4× 556 0.1× 1.7k 0.9× 182 0.2× 61 0.1× 145 3.0k
Alan J. McKane United Kingdom 41 833 0.2× 604 0.1× 36 0.0× 1.2k 1.2× 802 0.9× 144 6.0k
Arthur T. Winfree United States 43 946 0.2× 1.2k 0.3× 96 0.1× 512 0.5× 124 0.1× 90 12.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Walter Metzner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Metzner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Metzner

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All Works

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Metzner, Walter, et al.. (2022). Spin stiffness, spectral weight, and Landau damping of magnons in metallic spiral magnets. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kangkang, Tong Liu, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2021). Separating overlapping bat calls with a bi‐directional long short‐term memory network. Integrative Zoology. 17(5). 741–751. 4 indexed citations
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Eberlein, Andreas, Walter Metzner, Subir Sachdev, & Hiroyuki Yamase. (2016). Fermi Surface Reconstruction and Drop in the Hall Number due to Spiral Antiferromagnetism in High-Tc Cuprates. Physical Review Letters. 117(18). 187001–187001. 41 indexed citations
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Yamase, Hiroyuki, Andreas Eberlein, & Walter Metzner. (2016). Coexistence of Incommensurate Magnetism and Superconductivity in the Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model. Physical Review Letters. 116(9). 96402–96402. 45 indexed citations
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Taranto, Ciro, Sabine Andergassen, J. Bauer, et al.. (2014). From Infinite to Two Dimensions through the Functional Renormalization Group. Physical Review Letters. 112(19). 196402–196402. 107 indexed citations
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Hage, Steffen R. & Walter Metzner. (2013). Potential effects of anthropogenic noise on echolocation behavior in horseshoe bats. Communicative & Integrative Biology. 6(4). e24753–e24753. 15 indexed citations
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Jakubczyk, Paweł, Walter Metzner, & Hiroyuki Yamase. (2009). Turning a First Order Quantum Phase Transition Continuous by Fluctuations: General Flow Equations and Application tod-Wave Pomeranchuk Instability. Physical Review Letters. 103(22). 220602–220602. 25 indexed citations
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Jakubczyk, Paweł, Philipp Strack, A. A. Katanin, & Walter Metzner. (2008). Renormalization group theory for symmetry-broken phases near quantum critical points. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Metzner, Walter, et al.. (2007). Duration-Sensitive Neurons in the Inferior Colliculus of Horseshoe Bats: Adaptations for Using CF-FM Echolocation Pulses. Journal of Neurophysiology. 99(1). 284–296. 30 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael, et al.. (2006). A Mechanism for Vocal-Respiratory Coupling in the Mammalian Parabrachial Nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(18). 4860–4869. 52 indexed citations
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Lauscher, O., Manfred Salmhofer, Carsten Honerkamp, & Walter Metzner. (2005). Renormalization group flows into phases with broken symmetry. 40(4). 115. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Jie, et al.. (2004). Differences in diet and echolocation in four sympatric bat species and their respective ecological niches. 50(2). 145–150. 2 indexed citations
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Smotherman, Michael & Walter Metzner. (2003). Fine control of call frequency by horseshoe bats. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 189(6). 435–446. 7 indexed citations
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Krahe, Rüdiger, Gabriel Kreiman, Fabrizio Gabbiani, Christof Koch, & Walter Metzner. (2002). Stimulus encoding and feature extraction by multiple pyramidal cells in the hindbrain of weakly electric fish. Journal of Neuroscience. 1 indexed citations
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Metzner, Walter, et al.. (2001). Dynamical Mean-Field Theory for Pairing and Spin Gap in the Attractive Hubbard Model. Physical Review Letters. 86(20). 4612–4615. 95 indexed citations
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Heiligenberg, Walter, et al.. (1996). Motor control of the jamming avoidance response of Apteronotus leptorhynchus: evolutionary changes of a behavior and its neuronal substrates. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 179(5). 653–674. 87 indexed citations
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Metzner, Walter. (1995). Korrelierte Fermionen in hohen Dimensionen. Physikalische Blätter. 51(7-8). 665–670.
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Metzner, Walter. (1989). A possible neuronal basis for Doppler-shift compensation in echo-locating horseshoe bats. Nature. 341(6242). 529–532. 48 indexed citations

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