Walter Schimmerling

2.5k total citations
66 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Walter Schimmerling is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Schimmerling has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Radiation and 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Walter Schimmerling's work include Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (50 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (17 papers) and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (10 papers). Walter Schimmerling is often cited by papers focused on Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (50 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (17 papers) and Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (10 papers). Walter Schimmerling collaborates with scholars based in United States. Walter Schimmerling's co-authors include John Wilson, Francis A. Cucinotta, Premkumar B. Saganti, J. F. Dicello, L. E. Peterson, J. Miller, Gautam D. Badhwar, Kirby G. Vosburgh, C. Zeitlin and L. Heilbronn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Medical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Walter Schimmerling

64 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Schimmerling United States 21 991 463 356 247 222 66 1.5k
E. V. Benton United States 17 764 0.8× 581 1.3× 207 0.6× 103 0.4× 157 0.7× 88 1.3k
J. Miller United States 27 1.2k 1.2× 707 1.5× 245 0.7× 310 1.3× 172 0.8× 93 1.9k
Steve R. Blattnig United States 25 1.0k 1.0× 391 0.8× 236 0.7× 208 0.8× 202 0.9× 98 1.5k
J. F. Dicello United States 18 645 0.7× 315 0.7× 384 1.1× 170 0.7× 158 0.7× 62 1.1k
E. R. Benton United States 23 1.0k 1.1× 947 2.0× 254 0.7× 147 0.6× 200 0.9× 88 1.8k
F. A. Cucinotta United States 17 741 0.7× 241 0.5× 304 0.9× 73 0.3× 139 0.6× 50 1.0k
Lisa C. Simonsen United States 21 882 0.9× 230 0.5× 336 0.9× 86 0.3× 376 1.7× 67 1.5k
Tony C. Slaba United States 26 1.2k 1.2× 440 1.0× 285 0.8× 164 0.7× 338 1.5× 96 1.7k
L. Heilbronn United States 27 1.2k 1.2× 954 2.1× 268 0.8× 523 2.1× 98 0.4× 133 2.1k
P. Nieminen Netherlands 19 1.1k 1.1× 883 1.9× 272 0.8× 267 1.1× 52 0.2× 91 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Schimmerling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Schimmerling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Schimmerling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Schimmerling 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 Walter Schimmerling. Walter Schimmerling 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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Cucinotta, Francis A., Walter Schimmerling, Eleanor A. Blakely, & Tom K. Hei. (2021). A proposed change to astronaut exposures limits is a giant leap backwards for radiation protection. Life Sciences in Space Research. 31. 59–70. 17 indexed citations
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Schimmerling, Walter & Francis A. Cucinotta. (2006). Dose and dose rate effectiveness of space radiation. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 122(1-4). 349–353. 20 indexed citations
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Cucinotta, F. A., Walter Schimmerling, John Wilson, et al.. (2004). Uncertainties in estimates of the risks of late effects from space radiation. Advances in Space Research. 34(6). 1383–1389. 43 indexed citations
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John, Walter, et al.. (2003). Effects of Radiobiological Uncertainty on Vehicle and Habitat Shield Design for Missions to the Moon and Mars. STIN. 94. 12875. 3 indexed citations
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Schimmerling, Walter, Francis A. Cucinotta, & John Wilson. (2003). Radiation risk and human space exploration. Advances in Space Research. 31(1). 27–34. 55 indexed citations
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Saganti, Premkumar B., Francis A. Cucinotta, John Wilson, & Walter Schimmerling. (2002). Visualization of Particle Flux in the Human Body on the Surface of Mars. Journal of Radiation Research. 43(S). S119–S124. 10 indexed citations
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Cucinotta, Francis A., Walter Schimmerling, John Wilson, et al.. (2001). Space Radiation Cancer Risks and Uncertainties for Mars Missions. Radiation Research. 156(5). 682–688. 244 indexed citations
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Wilson, John, Judy L. Shinn, R. K. Tripathi, et al.. (2001). Issues in deep space radiation protection. Acta Astronautica. 49(3-10). 289–312. 56 indexed citations
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Miller, J., C. Zeitlin, L. Heilbronn, et al.. (1998). Ground-based simulations of cosmic ray heavy ion interactions in spacecraft and planetary habitat shielding materials. Acta Astronautica. 42(1-8). 389–394. 7 indexed citations
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Zeitlin, C., L. Heilbronn, J. Miller, et al.. (1997). Heavy fragment production cross sections from 1.05 GeV/nucleon 56Fe in C, Al, Cu, Pb, and CH2 targets. Physical Review C. 56(1). 388–397. 129 indexed citations
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Schimmerling, Walter, John Wilson, John E. Nealy, et al.. (1996). Shielding against galactic cosmic rays. Advances in Space Research. 17(2). 31–36. 16 indexed citations
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Shinn, Judy L., John Wilson, Walter Schimmerling, et al.. (1995). A Green's function method for heavy ion beam transport. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 34(3). 155–159. 3 indexed citations
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Schimmerling, Walter. (1995). Space and radiation protection: Scientific requirements for space research. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 34(3). 133–137. 21 indexed citations
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Wilson, John, Myung‐Hee Y. Kim, Walter Schimmerling, et al.. (1995). Issues in Space Radiation Protection. Health Physics. 68(1). 50–58. 90 indexed citations
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Zeitlin, C., Kenneth A. Frankel, W. G. Gong, et al.. (1994). A modular solid state detector for measuring high energy heavy ion fragmentation near the beam axis. Radiation Measurements. 23(1). 65–81. 27 indexed citations
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Wilson, John, John E. Nealy, & Walter Schimmerling. (1993). Effects of radiobiological uncertainty on shield design for a 60-day lunar mission. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 93. 18014. 4 indexed citations
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Schimmerling, Walter. (1992). Radiobiological problems in space. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. 31(3). 197–203. 31 indexed citations
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Schimmerling, Walter, Mark H. Phillips, Bernhard Ludewigt, et al.. (1990). The multiple Coulomb scattering of very heavy charged particles. Medical Physics. 17(2). 163–171. 19 indexed citations
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Gabor, George, Walter Schimmerling, D. Greiner, F. Bieser, & Peter Lindström. (1975). High resolution spectrometry for relativistic heavy ions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 130(1). 65–71. 41 indexed citations
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Awschalom, M., et al.. (1969). Activation of air near a target bombarded by 3 GeV protons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 75(1). 93–102. 6 indexed citations

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