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Researcher · Magna International (Germany) · Germany

Gunter Figner

Gunter Figner publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and General Materials Science, on topics such as Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis, Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties.

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World rank
#4,890,944
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#251,472
of 364,343
Works
30
Citations
135
Citations per work
4.5
h-index
3
i10-index 2Top 94% in Mechanical Engineering
Gunter Figner

What does Gunter Figner research?

Gunter Figner's work is mostly in Engineering (73%), Materials Science (15%), Social Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 27 works · 88.5% of their workEngineering: 22 works · 73.1% of their workMechanical Engineering: 20 works · 66.7% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 3.8% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 works · 2.6% of their workMaterials Science: 5 works · 15.4% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 3 works · 10.3% of their workGeneral Materials Science: 2 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 8.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 2.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 2.6% of their workSociology and Political Science: 1 works · 2.6% of their workTHEIR WORKGunter Figner30works
Physical Sciences88%Social Sciences3%

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. Engineering2273.1%
    2. Materials Science515.4%
  2. Everything else38.9%
    1. Social Sciences12.6%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering67% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3General Materials Science5% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science3% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gunter Figner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Friction Stir Welding, Processing, Residual Stress, Welding, Metal Matrix Composites and Reinforcement.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Microstructure354 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties323 topics
  3. Friction Stir Welding181 topic
  4. Processing181 topic
  5. Residual Stress91 topic
  6. Welding91 topic
  7. Metal Matrix Composites81 topic
  8. Reinforcement81 topic
  9. Cryogenic Treatment61 topic
  10. Wear Resistance61 topic
  11. Automotive Engineering51 topic
  12. Lightweight Materials51 topic
  13. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics41 topic
  14. Polymer Composite Materials41 topic
  15. Electro-Spark Alloying31 topic
  16. High-Strength Steels31 topic
  17. Martensite Transformation31 topic
  18. Surface Coatings31 topic

Where does Gunter Figner work?

Gunter Figner's main affiliation in the publication record is Magna International (Germany), Germany.

How many publications and citations does Gunter Figner have?

OpenAlex counts 30 works and 135 citations for Gunter Figner, an h-index of 3, ranking #4,890,944 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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