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Peter Furrer

Peter Furrer publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties and Engineering and Materials Science Studies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,624,807
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#54,428
of 183,316
Works
34
Citations
315
Citations per work
9.3
h-index
7
i10-index 7Top 66% in Mechanical Engineering
Peter Furrer

What does Peter Furrer research?

Peter Furrer's work is mostly in Engineering (61%), Materials Science (25%).

Physical Sciences: 29 works · 85.4% of their workEngineering: 21 works · 60.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 15 works · 42.7% of their workAerospace Engineering: 5 works · 13.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 2 works · 4.5% of their workMaterials Science: 8 works · 24.7% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 5 works · 15.7% of their workGeneral Materials Science: 2 works · 5.6% of their workCeramics and Composites: 1 works · 3.4% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 14.6% of their workTHEIR WORKPeter Furrer34works
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. Engineering2160.7%
    2. Materials Science824.7%
  2. Everything else514.6%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering43% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry16% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering14% of their works
  4. 4General Materials Science6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  6. 6Ceramics and Composites3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Peter Furrer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Aerospace Applications, Microstructural Evolution, Metal Matrix Composites, Reinforcement, Aluminium Alloys, Automotive Industry and Structural Properties.

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 Properties242 topics
  2. Aerospace Applications152 topics
  3. Microstructural Evolution152 topics
  4. Metal Matrix Composites131 topic
  5. Reinforcement131 topic
  6. Aluminium Alloys111 topic
  7. Automotive Industry111 topic
  8. Structural Properties82 topics
  9. Automotive Engineering61 topic
  10. Lightweight Materials61 topic
  11. Failure Analysis51 topic
  12. Fracture Mechanisms51 topic
  13. Amorphous Alloys41 topic
  14. Bulk Metallic Glasses41 topic
  15. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics41 topic
  16. Ductile Fracture41 topic
  17. Dynamic Recrystallization41 topic
  18. Hot Deformation41 topic
  19. Polymer Composite Materials41 topic
  20. Sheet Metal Forming41 topic

Where does Peter Furrer work?

Peter Furrer's main affiliation in the publication record is Novelis (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does Peter Furrer have?

OpenAlex counts 34 works and 315 citations for Peter Furrer, an h-index of 7, ranking #1,624,807 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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