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Researcher · RWTH Aachen University · Germany

Christian Westphal

Christian Westphal publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Health, on topics such as Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis, Advanced machining processes and optimization and Gun Ownership and Violence Research.

ORCID 0000-0002-7750-7825 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,555,134
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#329,201
of 364,343
Works
42
Citations
41
Citations per work
1.0
h-index
3
i10-index 0Top 94% in Mechanical Engineering
Christian Westphal

What does Christian Westphal research?

Christian Westphal's work is mostly in Engineering (59%), Social Sciences (7%), Psychology (6%).

Physical Sciences: 27 works · 64.2% of their workEngineering: 25 works · 59.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 18 works · 43.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 4 works · 9.2% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 works · 6.7% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 5.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 10 works · 23.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 12.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 6.7% of their workHealth: 3 works · 6.7% of their workPsychology: 2 works · 5.8% of their workClinical Psychology: 2 works · 5.8% of their workTHEIR WORKChristianWestphal42works
Physical Sciences64%Social Sciences12%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2559.2%
    2. Materials Science25.0%
  2. Everything else1023.3%
    1. Social Sciences36.7%
    2. Psychology25.8%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering43% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials9% of their works
  3. 3Health7% of their works
  4. 4Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Clinical Psychology6% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christian Westphal's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gear Dynamics, Mesh Stiffness, Machining, Surface Integrity, Youth Violence, Firearm Violence, Gun Ownership and Composite Springs.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Gear Dynamics141 topic
  2. Mesh Stiffness141 topic
  3. Machining131 topic
  4. Surface Integrity131 topic
  5. Youth Violence122 topics
  6. Firearm Violence81 topic
  7. Gun Ownership81 topic
  8. Composite Springs71 topic
  9. Suicidal Behavior71 topic
  10. Suicide71 topic
  11. Vehicle Suspension71 topic
  12. Cryogenic Treatment61 topic
  13. Microstructure61 topic
  14. Crime41 topic
  15. Health Care Spending41 topic
  16. Insurance Markets41 topic
  17. Social Structure41 topic

Where does Christian Westphal work?

Christian Westphal's main affiliation in the publication record is RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Christian Westphal have?

OpenAlex counts 42 works and 41 citations for Christian Westphal, an h-index of 3, ranking #6,555,134 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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