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Researcher · Solvay (Belgium) · Belgium

Lothar Zipfel

Lothar Zipfel publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Polymer Foaming and Composites, Combustion and Detonation Processes and Fire dynamics and safety research.

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World rank
#5,261,202
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#46,788
of 67,186
Works
15
Citations
69
Citations per work
4.6
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 92% in Polymers and Plastics
Lothar Zipfel

What does Lothar Zipfel research?

Lothar Zipfel's work is mostly in Materials Science (50%), Engineering (32%), Chemistry (3%).

Physical Sciences: 13 works · 85.2% of their workMaterials Science: 8 works · 50.0% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 7 works · 44.1% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 5.9% of their workEngineering: 5 works · 32.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 14.7% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 8.8% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 works · 8.8% of their workChemistry: 0 works · 2.9% of their workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 works · 2.9% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 14.8% of their workTHEIR WORKLothar Zipfel15works
Physical Sciences85%

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. Materials Science850.0%
    2. Engineering532.3%
    3. Chemistry02.9%
  2. Everything else214.8%
  1. 1Polymers and Plastics44% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality9% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Analytical Chemistry3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Lothar Zipfel's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Polymer Foaming, Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Detonation Propulsion, Fire-Retardant Materials, Flame Retardant Polymers, Pulse Detonation Engines, Smoke Control and Tunnel Fires.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Polymer Foaming111 topic
  2. Supercritical Carbon Dioxide111 topic
  3. Detonation Propulsion31 topic
  4. Fire-Retardant Materials31 topic
  5. Flame Retardant Polymers31 topic
  6. Pulse Detonation Engines31 topic
  7. Smoke Control31 topic
  8. Tunnel Fires31 topic
  9. Laminated Glass21 topic
  10. Structural Adhesives21 topic
  11. Asphaltenes11 topic
  12. CNC Systems11 topic
  13. Extraction11 topic
  14. Machine Tools11 topic
  15. Petroleum11 topic
  16. Supercritical Fluids11 topic

Where does Lothar Zipfel work?

Lothar Zipfel's main affiliation in the publication record is Solvay (Belgium), Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Lothar Zipfel have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 69 citations for Lothar Zipfel, an h-index of 5, ranking #5,261,202 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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