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Ralf Methling

Ralf Methling publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Vacuum and Plasma Arcs, Plasma Diagnostics and Applications and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics.

World rank
#422,429
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#25,216
of 86,443
Works
22
Citations
50
Citations per work
2.3

What does Ralf Methling research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 27.8%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 27.8%Mechanics of Materials: 16.7%Analytical Chemistry: 5.6%other fields: 22.1%28%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering27.8%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics27.8%Mechanics of Materials16.7%Analytical Chemistry5.6%other fields22.1%

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

  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering28% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics28% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials17% of their works
  4. 4Analytical Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralf Methling's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thermal Plasma, Vacuum Arcs, Mechanical Properties, Plasma Etching, Semiconductor Industry, Nanoindentation, Thin Films and Arc Fault.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Thermal Plasma51 topic
  2. Vacuum Arcs51 topic
  3. Mechanical Properties32 topics
  4. Plasma Etching31 topic
  5. Semiconductor Industry31 topic
  6. Nanoindentation21 topic
  7. Thin Films21 topic
  8. Arc Fault11 topic
  9. CMOS Technology11 topic
  10. Cemented Carbides11 topic
  11. Detection11 topic
  12. ESD Protection11 topic
  13. High Temperature Sensors11 topic
  14. Molecularly Imprinted Polymers11 topic
  15. Sintering11 topic
  16. Solid-Phase Microextraction11 topic
  17. Thin Film Thermocouples11 topic

Where does Ralf Methling work?

Ralf Methling's main affiliation in the publication record is Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Ralf Methling have?

Science Explorer counts 22 works and 50 citations for Ralf Methling, ranking #422,429 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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