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W. Kurz

W. Kurz publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Solidification and crystal growth phenomena, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics.

World rank
#18,458
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#451
of 19,404
Works
43
Citations
684
Citations per work
15.9

What does W. Kurz research?

Mechanical Engineering: 29.5%Materials Chemistry: 29.5%Aerospace Engineering: 15.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 6.8%other fields: 18.3%30%top field
Mechanical Engineering29.5%Materials Chemistry29.5%Aerospace Engineering15.9%Electrical and Electronic Engineering6.8%other fields18.3%

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

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering30% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry30% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering16% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  6. 6Atmospheric Science2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Kurz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Crystal Growth, Aerospace Applications, Mechanical Properties, Phase-Field Models, Solidification, Aluminium Alloys, Automotive Industry and Metallurgy.

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. Crystal Growth102 topics
  2. Aerospace Applications92 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties92 topics
  4. Phase-Field Models91 topic
  5. Solidification91 topic
  6. Aluminium Alloys71 topic
  7. Automotive Industry71 topic
  8. Metallurgy41 topic
  9. Microstructure42 topics
  10. Thermochemical41 topic
  11. Design Optimization21 topic
  12. Dynamic Recrystallization21 topic
  13. High-Temperature Alloys21 topic
  14. Hot Deformation21 topic
  15. Intermetallic Alloys21 topic
  16. Materials Selection21 topic
  17. Superalloys21 topic
  18. TiAl Alloys21 topic
  19. Ice Nucleation11 topic
  20. Melting11 topic

Where does W. Kurz work?

W. Kurz's main affiliation in the publication record is École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does W. Kurz have?

Science Explorer counts 43 works and 684 citations for W. Kurz, ranking #18,458 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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