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David Rafaja

David Rafaja publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, on topics such as Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research and Advanced materials and composites.

World rank
#319,314
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#19,153
of 86,443
Works
80
Citations
429
Citations per work
5.4

What does David Rafaja research?

Materials Chemistry: 25.0%Mechanics of Materials: 13.7%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 12.1%Mechanical Engineering: 11.3%other fields: 37.9%25%top field
Materials Chemistry25.0%Mechanics of Materials13.7%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials12.1%Mechanical Engineering11.3%other fields37.9%

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

  1. 1Materials Chemistry25% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials14% of their works
  3. 3Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials12% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering11% of their works
  5. 5Condensed Matter Physics8% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Rafaja's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Nanoindentation, Thin Films, Sintering, Spark Plasma Sintering, Microstructure, Nanodiamonds and Quantum Sensing.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties232 topics
  2. Nanoindentation171 topic
  3. Thin Films171 topic
  4. Sintering112 topics
  5. Spark Plasma Sintering112 topics
  6. Microstructure102 topics
  7. Nanodiamonds101 topic
  8. Quantum Sensing101 topic
  9. Cemented Carbides61 topic
  10. III-Nitrides61 topic
  11. Nanostructured Materials61 topic
  12. Semiconductors61 topic
  13. Atomic Layer Deposition51 topic
  14. Ceramic Materials51 topic
  15. High-Temperature Applications51 topic
  16. High-k Dielectrics51 topic
  17. High-Strength Steels41 topic
  18. Magnetocaloric Materials41 topic
  19. Martensite Transformation41 topic
  20. Perovskites41 topic

Where does David Rafaja work?

David Rafaja's main affiliation in the publication record is TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany.

How many publications and citations does David Rafaja have?

Science Explorer counts 80 works and 429 citations for David Rafaja, ranking #319,314 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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