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Dirk Drees

Dirk Drees publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Tribology and Wear Analysis and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications.

World rank
#695,994
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#8,468
of 18,604
Works
32
Citations
68
Citations per work
2.1

What does Dirk Drees research?

Mechanics of Materials: 38.2%Materials Chemistry: 20.6%Mechanical Engineering: 11.8%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11.8%other fields: 17.6%38%top field
Mechanics of Materials38.2%Materials Chemistry20.6%Mechanical Engineering11.8%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics11.8%other fields17.6%

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

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials38% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry21% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dirk Drees's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Adhesion, Atomic Force Microscopy, Force Spectroscopy, Gecko, Polymer Tribology and Wear Behavior.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties93 topics
  2. Nanocomposites62 topics
  3. Adhesion41 topic
  4. Atomic Force Microscopy41 topic
  5. Force Spectroscopy41 topic
  6. Gecko41 topic
  7. Polymer Tribology41 topic
  8. Wear Behavior41 topic
  9. Cryogenic Treatment31 topic
  10. Finite Element Simulation31 topic
  11. Fretting Wear31 topic
  12. Microstructure31 topic
  13. Nanodiamonds21 topic
  14. Nanoindentation21 topic
  15. Quantum Sensing21 topic
  16. Thin Films21 topic
  17. Chemical Mechanical Planarization11 topic
  18. Material Removal Mechanism11 topic

Where does Dirk Drees work?

Dirk Drees's main affiliation in the publication record is Falex Tribology (Belgium), Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Dirk Drees have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 68 citations for Dirk Drees, ranking #695,994 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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