Wolfgang Weil

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Weil is a scholar working on Applied Mathematics, Geometry and Topology and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Weil has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Applied Mathematics, 22 papers in Geometry and Topology and 9 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Weil's work include Point processes and geometric inequalities (62 papers), Mathematics and Applications (14 papers) and Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (9 papers). Wolfgang Weil is often cited by papers focused on Point processes and geometric inequalities (62 papers), Mathematics and Applications (14 papers) and Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows (9 papers). Wolfgang Weil collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Wolfgang Weil's co-authors include Rolf Schneider, Paul Goodey, Daniel Hug, Richard J. Gardner, Günter Last, Deping Ye, Markus Kiderlen, Erwin Lutwak, Joseph Mecke and Dietrich Stoyan and has published in prestigious journals such as Pattern Recognition, Lecture notes in mathematics and Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Weil

82 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Stochastic and Integral Geometry 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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. Stochastic and Integral Geometry
    2008 524 citations Wolfgang Weil 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
Wolfgang Weil Germany 23 1.6k 539 249 195 193 84 2.0k
Keith Ball United Kingdom 22 953 0.6× 382 0.7× 332 1.3× 98 0.5× 203 1.1× 38 1.5k
Erwin Lutwak United States 35 5.2k 3.2× 1.6k 3.0× 353 1.4× 647 3.3× 117 0.6× 80 5.4k
C. A. Rogers United Kingdom 27 816 0.5× 815 1.5× 695 2.8× 79 0.4× 154 0.8× 114 2.4k
H. Groemer United States 16 637 0.4× 321 0.6× 156 0.6× 76 0.4× 33 0.2× 82 1.0k
H. Hadwiger Switzerland 16 658 0.4× 416 0.8× 166 0.7× 61 0.3× 34 0.2× 59 1.5k
Dmitri Burago United States 12 942 0.6× 969 1.8× 582 2.3× 28 0.1× 50 0.3× 32 1.7k
Günter Last Germany 17 527 0.3× 153 0.3× 399 1.6× 103 0.5× 327 1.7× 87 1.1k
Sergey G. Bobkov United States 22 1.2k 0.8× 302 0.6× 479 1.9× 59 0.3× 668 3.5× 81 2.0k
A. Meir Canada 18 238 0.1× 768 1.4× 347 1.4× 26 0.1× 196 1.0× 75 1.7k
E. G. Straus United States 24 392 0.2× 504 0.9× 337 1.4× 42 0.2× 66 0.3× 102 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Weil

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Weil

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Weil

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Weil. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Weil 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 Wolfgang Weil. Wolfgang Weil 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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Weil, Wolfgang. (2015). Integral geometry of translation invariant functionals, I: The polytopal case. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 66. 46–79. 2 indexed citations
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Gardner, Richard J., Daniel Hug, Wolfgang Weil, & Deping Ye. (2015). The dual Orlicz–Brunn–Minkowski theory. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 430(2). 810–829. 57 indexed citations
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Gardner, Richard J., Daniel Hug, & Wolfgang Weil. (2013). Operations between sets in geometry. Journal of the European Mathematical Society. 15(6). 2297–2352. 56 indexed citations
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Goodey, Paul & Wolfgang Weil. (2011). Local properties of intertwining operators on the sphere. Advances in Mathematics. 227(3). 1144–1164. 4 indexed citations
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Goodey, Paul & Wolfgang Weil. (2011). A uniqueness result for mean section bodies. Advances in Mathematics. 229(1). 596–601. 4 indexed citations
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Goodey, Paul & Wolfgang Weil. (2009). Generalized averages of section and projection functions. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 44(2). 111–123.
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Goodey, Paul & Wolfgang Weil. (2005). Average section functions for star-shaped sets. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 36(1). 70–84. 12 indexed citations
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Goodey, Paul & Wolfgang Weil. (2003). Translative and Kinematic Integral Formulae for Support Functions II. Geometriae Dedicata. 99(1). 103–125. 1 indexed citations
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Goodey, Paul, Markus Kiderlen, & Wolfgang Weil. (1998). Section and projection means of convex bodies. Monatshefte für Mathematik. 126(1). 37–54. 19 indexed citations
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Goodey, Paul, et al.. (1997). Spherical Projections and Centrally Symmetric Sets. Advances in Mathematics. 129(2). 301–322. 25 indexed citations
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Weil, Wolfgang. (1995). Translative and kinematic integral formulae for support functions. Geometriae Dedicata. 57(1). 91–103. 12 indexed citations
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Campi, Stefano, et al.. (1994). Approximation of zonoids by zonotopes in fixed directions. Discrete & Computational Geometry. 11(4). 419–431. 11 indexed citations
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Weil, Wolfgang. (1993). The determination of shape and mean shape from sections and projections. Image Analysis & Stereology. 4 indexed citations
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Goodey, Paul & Wolfgang Weil. (1992). The determination of convex bodies from the mean of random sections. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 112(2). 419–430. 30 indexed citations
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Weil, Wolfgang. (1989). Collision probabilities for convex sets. Journal of Applied Probability. 26(3). 649–654. 2 indexed citations
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Ambartzumian, R. V. & Wolfgang Weil. (1984). Stochastic geometry, geometric statistics, stereology : proceedings of a conference held at Oberwolfach, 1983. 6 indexed citations
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Weil, Wolfgang, et al.. (1984). Densities for stationary random sets and point processes. Advances in Applied Probability. 16(2). 324–346. 45 indexed citations
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Weil, Wolfgang. (1982). An application of the central limit theorem for banach-space-valued random variables to the theory of random sets. Probability Theory and Related Fields. 60(2). 203–208. 36 indexed citations
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Weil, Wolfgang. (1975). On Mixed Volumes of Nonconvex Sets. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 53(1). 191–191. 2 indexed citations
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Weil, Wolfgang. (1975). Einschachtelung konvexer K�rper. Archiv der Mathematik. 26(1). 666–669. 8 indexed citations

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