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Bernd Wetzel

Bernd Wetzel publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Tribology and Wear Analysis, Lubricants and Their Additives and Polymer Science and Applications.

World rank
#381,591
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#22,775
of 86,443
Works
23
Citations
124
Citations per work
5.4

What does Bernd Wetzel research?

Mechanical Engineering: 25.9%Mechanics of Materials: 25.9%Polymers and Plastics: 18.5%Materials Chemistry: 11.1%other fields: 18.6%26%top field
Mechanical Engineering25.9%Mechanics of Materials25.9%Polymers and Plastics18.5%Materials Chemistry11.1%other fields18.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials26% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics18% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry11% of their works
  5. 5Catalysis4% of their works
  6. 6Building and Construction4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bernd Wetzel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Friction, Polymer Tribology, Wear Behavior, Ionic Liquids and Lubricants.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties92 topics
  2. Nanoparticles93 topics
  3. Nanocomposites82 topics
  4. Friction72 topics
  5. Polymer Tribology61 topic
  6. Wear Behavior61 topic
  7. Ionic Liquids52 topics
  8. Lubricants41 topic
  9. Tribology41 topic
  10. Epoxy Composites31 topic
  11. Reinforcement31 topic
  12. Elemental Sulfur21 topic
  13. Layered Silicate21 topic
  14. Nanodiamonds21 topic
  15. Polyimides21 topic
  16. Polymer21 topic
  17. Quantum Sensing21 topic
  18. Catalysis11 topic
  19. Construction11 topic
  20. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites11 topic
  21. Solvents11 topic

Where does Bernd Wetzel work?

Bernd Wetzel's main affiliation in the publication record is Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Bernd Wetzel have?

Science Explorer counts 23 works and 124 citations for Bernd Wetzel, ranking #381,591 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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