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Researcher · Ruhr University Bochum · Germany

Torsten Wichtmann

Torsten Wichtmann publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, on topics such as Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization.

ORCID 0000-0002-9250-7014 OpenAlex
World rank
#250,223
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#12,652
of 364,343
Works
226
Citations
5.4k
Citations per work
23.7
h-index
37
i10-index 114Top 2.6% in Civil and Structural Engineering
Torsten Wichtmann

What does Torsten Wichtmann research?

Torsten Wichtmann's work is mostly in Engineering (89%), Environmental Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 211 works · 93.2% of their workEngineering: 201 works · 89.1% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 179 works · 79.2% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 works · 4.2% of their workMechanics of Materials: 7 works · 2.9% of their workComputational Mechanics: 3 works · 1.4% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 1.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 4.1% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 15 works · 6.8% of their workTHEIR WORKTorsten Wichtmann226works
Physical Sciences93%

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. Engineering20189.1%
    2. Environmental Science94.1%
  2. Everything else156.8%
  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering79% of their works
  2. 2Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4% of their works
  3. 3Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law4% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials3% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics1% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering1% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Torsten Wichtmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Liquefaction, Tunnel, Liquefaction Resistance, Particle Shape Effects, Analysis, Seismic, Geosynthetics and Soil 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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Liquefaction1662 topics
  2. Tunnel1662 topics
  3. Liquefaction Resistance1621 topic
  4. Particle Shape Effects1621 topic
  5. Analysis1411 topic
  6. Seismic1411 topic
  7. Geosynthetics1231 topic
  8. Soil Reinforcement1231 topic
  9. Soil Hydraulic Properties301 topic
  10. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics301 topic
  11. Slope Stability Analysis281 topic
  12. Spatial Variability281 topic
  13. Hazard271 topic
  14. Landslide271 topic
  15. Cementitious251 topic
  16. Grouting251 topic
  17. Embankment Dams101 topic
  18. Internal Erosion101 topic

Where does Torsten Wichtmann work?

Torsten Wichtmann's main affiliation in the publication record is Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Torsten Wichtmann have?

OpenAlex counts 226 works and 5,363 citations for Torsten Wichtmann, an h-index of 37, ranking #250,223 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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