Wolfram Klingsch

2.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Wolfram Klingsch is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfram Klingsch has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ocean Engineering, 7 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 6 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wolfram Klingsch's work include Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (9 papers), Traffic control and management (6 papers) and Transportation Planning and Optimization (5 papers). Wolfram Klingsch is often cited by papers focused on Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (9 papers), Traffic control and management (6 papers) and Transportation Planning and Optimization (5 papers). Wolfram Klingsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany. Wolfram Klingsch's co-authors include Armin Seyfried, Andreas Schadschneider, Jun Zhang, Christian Rogsch, Michael Schreckenberg, Tobias Rupprecht, Maik Boltes, O. Passon, Bernhard Steffen and B. Steffen and has published in prestigious journals such as Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, Transportation Science and Fire Safety Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wolfram Klingsch

17 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

New Insights into Pedestrian Flow Through Bottlenecks 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2009 2011 2012 100 200 300
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. New Insights into Pedestrian Flow Through Bottlenecks
    2009 347 citations Armin Seyfried, O. Passon et al. Transportation Science profile →
  2. Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008
    2009 315 citations Wolfram Klingsch, Christian Rogsch et al. Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich) profile →
  3. Transitions in pedestrian fundamental diagrams of straight corridors and T-junctions
    2011 298 citations Jun Zhang, Wolfram Klingsch et al. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment profile →
  4. Ordering in bidirectional pedestrian flows and its influence on the fundamental diagram
    2012 270 citations Jun Zhang, Wolfram Klingsch et al. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfram Klingsch Germany 6 1.3k 766 683 464 172 18 1.3k
Maik Boltes Germany 14 1.1k 0.8× 643 0.8× 453 0.7× 443 1.0× 114 0.7× 37 1.2k
Mohcine Chraibi Germany 18 856 0.7× 481 0.6× 384 0.6× 322 0.7× 132 0.8× 60 1.0k
L. Filippidis United Kingdom 18 1.2k 1.0× 472 0.6× 246 0.4× 414 0.9× 179 1.0× 61 1.4k
Claudio Feliciani Japan 21 925 0.7× 534 0.7× 434 0.6× 355 0.8× 127 0.7× 54 1.1k
Lizhong Yang China 16 960 0.8× 537 0.7× 379 0.6× 337 0.7× 146 0.8× 42 1.1k
Gerta Köster Germany 18 752 0.6× 361 0.5× 281 0.4× 312 0.7× 111 0.6× 45 893
Daichi Yanagisawa Japan 15 738 0.6× 395 0.5× 489 0.7× 324 0.7× 112 0.7× 57 889
M. Owen United Kingdom 10 642 0.5× 241 0.3× 194 0.3× 238 0.5× 87 0.5× 18 716
Zhijian Fu China 19 686 0.5× 399 0.5× 344 0.5× 304 0.7× 123 0.7× 43 792
Hua Kuang China 20 557 0.4× 272 0.4× 713 1.0× 545 1.2× 347 2.0× 52 974

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfram Klingsch

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfram Klingsch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfram Klingsch

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Seyfried, Armin, et al.. (2013). Performance of stairs – Fundamental diagram and topographical measurements. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 37. 268–278. 80 indexed citations
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Klingsch, Wolfram, et al.. (2012). Empirical study of turning and merging of pedestrian streams in T-junction. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jun, Wolfram Klingsch, Andreas Schadschneider, & Armin Seyfried. (2012). Ordering in bidirectional pedestrian flows and its influence on the fundamental diagram. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2012(2). P02002–P02002. 270 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Jun, Wolfram Klingsch, Andreas Schadschneider, & Armin Seyfried. (2011). Transitions in pedestrian fundamental diagrams of straight corridors and T-junctions. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2011(6). P06004–P06004. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klingsch, Wolfram, et al.. (2010). Improving Egress Design through Measurement and Correct Interpretation of the Fundamental Diagram for Stairs. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 1 indexed citations
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Rogsch, Christian & Wolfram Klingsch. (2010). Basics of Software-Tools for Pedestrian Movement—Identification and Results. Fire Technology. 48(1). 105–125. 4 indexed citations
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Seyfried, Armin, O. Passon, Bernhard Steffen, et al.. (2009). New Insights into Pedestrian Flow Through Bottlenecks. Transportation Science. 43(3). 395–406. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Klingsch, Wolfram, Christian Rogsch, Andreas Schadschneider, & Michael Schreckenberg. (2009). Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics 2008. Greenwich Academic Literature Archive (University of Greenwich). 315 indexed citations breakdown →
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Seyfried, Armin, B. Steffen, O. Passon, et al.. (2007). Capacity Estimation for Emergency Exits and Bottlenecks. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 5 indexed citations
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Rogsch, Christian, et al.. (2007). How reliable are commercial software-tools for evacuation calculation?. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 1 indexed citations
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Rupprecht, Tobias, Wolfram Klingsch, Maik Boltes, & Armin Seyfried. (2007). Bottleneck Capacity Estimation for Pedestrian Traffic. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 2 indexed citations
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Klingsch, Wolfram, et al.. (2001). Untersuchungen zum Schwelbrandverhalten von Mineraldämmstoffen. Bauphysik. 23(2). 81–85.
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Klingsch, Wolfram, et al.. (2000). Burning characteristics of building products in the light of European harmonization. Fire and Materials. 24(6). 253–258. 1 indexed citations
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Klingsch, Wolfram, et al.. (1997). Calculation Model For Predicting Fire Resistance Time Of Timber Members. Fire Safety Science. 5. 1201–1211. 4 indexed citations
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Klingsch, Wolfram, et al.. (1989). Structural Fire Engineering Of Complex Frames By Means Of Micro-computer Application. Fire Safety Science. 2. 729–738. 1 indexed citations
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Klingsch, Wolfram. (1981). Fire resistance of solid steel columns. Fire Safety Journal. 4(4). 237–241. 1 indexed citations
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Schneider, Ulrich, et al.. (1976). Zur Berechnung von Stahlbetonkonstruktionen im Brandfall. Digitale Bibliothek Braunschweig (Verbundzentrale Göttingen (VZG)). 2 indexed citations

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