V. Metag

13.8k citations

378 papers · 10.1k · 1 hit paper · h-index 52

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics top 2%
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Astronomical and nuclear sciences
Radiation top 0.5%
- Nuclear Physics and Applications

Papers in

Nuclear and High Energy Physics 354
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 273
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies 213
- Nuclear physics research studies 182
- High-Energy Particle Collisions Research 164
Radiation 54
- Nuclear Physics and Applications 40
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies 19

Co-authors: U. Mosel (8 shared papers)Dietrich Habs (29 shared papers)W. Cassing (3 shared papers)Koji Niita (1 shared paper)Karsten Specht (11 shared papers)R. Beck (21 shared papers)R. Repnow (15 shared papers)R. S. Simon (16 shared papers)
Journals: The European Physical Journal A (74 papers)Physical Review Letters (64 papers)Physics Letters B (52 papers)Physical Review C (44 papers)Nuclear Physics A (32 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Russia Switzerland

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V. Metag

367 papers receiving 9.8k citations

V. Metag's Hit Papers

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Production of energetic particles in heavy-ion collisions 1990 · 433 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

1990 Physics Reports

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1	Production of energetic particles in heavy-ion collisions Physics Reports ·W. Cassing, V. Metag, U. Mosel, Koji Niita Hit paper breakdown →	1990	433
2	The high-acceptance dielectron spectrometer HADES The European Physical Journal A ·G. N. Agakichiev, C. Agodi, Hector Alvarez-Pol, E. Atkin, E. Badura, A. Balanda, Angelo Bassi, R. Bassini	2009	236
3	Near Threshold Photoproduction of η Mesons off the Proton Physical Review Letters ·Bernd Krusche, Jürgen Ahrens, Gisela Anton, R. Beck, Marc Fuchs, A. R. Gabler, F. Härter, S.J. Hall	1995	233
4	Neutron Skin of Pb 208 from Coherent Pion Photoproduction Physical Review Letters ·C. M. Tarbert, Daniel P. Watts, D. I. Glazier, P. Aguar, Jürgen Ahrens, J. R. M. Annand, H. J. Arends, R. Beck	2014	186
5	Response of TAPS to monochromatic photons with energies between 45 and 790 MeV Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment ·A. R. Gabler, Walter Döring, Marc Fuchs, Bernd Krusche, V. Metag, Rainer W Novotny, M. Röbig-Landau, H. Ströher	1994	177
6	Observation of In-Medium Modifications of the ω Meson Physical Review Letters ·D. Trnka, Gisela Anton, J. C. S. Bacelar, O. Bartholomy, D. E. Bayadilov, Y. A. Beloglazov, R. Bogendörfer, R. Castelijns	2005	145
7	HADRONS IN STRONGLY INTERACTING MATTER International Journal of Modern Physics E ·Stefan Leupold, V. Metag, U. Mosel	2010	123
8	Probing dense baryon-rich matter with virtual photons Nature Physics ·J. Adamczewski-Musch, O. Arnold, C. Behnke, A. Belounnas, Alexander Belyaev, J. C. Berger-Chen, J. Biernat, Alberto Blanco	2019	117
9	First observation of the Coulomb-excited double giant dipole resonance in Pb208 via double-γ decay Physical Review Letters ·James Ritman, F.D. van den Berg, W. Kühn, V. Metag, Radek Novotny, M. Notheisen, P. Paul, O. Schwalb	1993	114
10	Searching a dark photon with HADES Physics Letters B ·Geidar Agakishiev, A. Bałanda, D. Belver, Alexander Belyaev, J. C. Berger-Chen, Alberto Blanco, M. Böhmer, J. L. Boyard	2014	108
11	Photoproduction of η -Mesic He3 Physical Review Letters ·Jürgen Ahrens, J. R. M. Annand, R. Beck, G. Caselotti, S. Cherepnya, K. Föhl, L. S. Fog, D. Hornidge	2004	106
12	Low-energy Compton scattering and the polarizabilities of the proton The European Physical Journal A ·Vladimir León, F. Wissmann, Patrick Achenbach, Jürgen Ahrens, H. J. Arends, R. Beck, P. D. Harty, Volker Hejny	2001	104
13	Spectroscopic properties of fission isomers Physics Reports ·V. Metag, Dietrich Habs, Karsten Specht	1980	99
14	Measurement of the p(γ,π^{0}) cross section at threshold Physical Review Letters ·R. Beck, F. Kalleicher, B. Schoch, Johannes M. Vogt, G. E. Koch, H. Ströher, V. Metag, J. C. McGeorge	1990	98
15	Photoproduction of η and η' mesons off protons Physical Review C ·Volker Crede, A. McVeigh, A. V. Anisovich, J. C. S. Bacelar, R. Bantes, O. Bartholomy, D. E. Bayadilov, R. Beck	2009	96
16	Experimental study of the γp→ηp reaction with the Crystal Ball detector at the Mainz Microtron (MAMI-C) Physical Review C ·E. F. McNicoll, S. Prakhov, Igor Strakovsky, P. Aguar-Bartolomé, L. K. Akasoy, John R.M. Annand, H. J. Arends, R. A. Arndt	2010	95
17	Dielectron Production in C12+C12 Collisions at 2A GeV with the HADES Spectrometer Physical Review Letters ·G. N. Agakichiev, C. Agodi, Hector Alvarez-Pol, A. Bałanda, D. Bertini, Jaroslav Bielčík, G. Bellia, M. Böhmer	2007	94
18	The Reaction γp→π0γ′p and the Magnetic Dipole Moment of the Δ+(1232) Resonance Physical Review Letters ·MARTIN KOTULLA, Jürgen Ahrens, J. R. M. Annand, R. Beck, G. Caselotti, L. S. Fog, D. Hornidge, Stijn Janssen	2002	84
19	Near-threshold photoproduction of η-mesons from the deuteron Physics Letters B ·Bernd Krusche, Jürgen Ahrens, J. R. M. Annand, Gisela Anton, R. Beck, Marc Fuchs, A. R. Gabler, F. Härter	1995	81
20	Modification of the ω -Meson Lifetime in Nuclear Matter Physical Review Letters ·MARTIN KOTULLA, D. Trnka, Pascal Mühlich, Gisela Anton, J. C. S. Bacelar, O. Bartholomy, D. E. Bayadilov, Y. A. Beloglazov	2008	80

About V. Metag

V. Metag is a scholar working on Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Aerospace Engineering, having authored 378 papers that have together received 10.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (273 papers), Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (213 papers), Nuclear physics research studies (182 papers), High-Energy Particle Collisions Research (164 papers), Nuclear Physics and Applications (40 papers), Atomic and Molecular Physics (31 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (20 papers) and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (9.5k citations), Radiation (982 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.7k citations), Spectroscopy (399 citations) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (337 citations). V. Metag has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Russia and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include U. Mosel, Dietrich Habs, W. Cassing, Koji Niita, Karsten Specht, R. Beck, R. Repnow, R. S. Simon, Bernd Krusche and Peter von Brentano. Their work appears in journals such as The European Physical Journal A, Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters B, Physical Review C and Nuclear Physics A.

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