Alexander Kirchner

857 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 646 citations indexed

About

Alexander Kirchner is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Kirchner has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 646 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Automotive Engineering and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alexander Kirchner's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (11 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (7 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (6 papers). Alexander Kirchner is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (11 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (7 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (6 papers). Alexander Kirchner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and India. Alexander Kirchner's co-authors include Thomas Weißgärber, Burghardt Klöden, Bernd Kieback, Silvia Vock, Claudio Francesco Badini, Sara Biamino, Paolo Fino, Daniele Ugues, Matteo Pavese and Michael Mertig and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Materials Science and Engineering A.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Kirchner

26 papers receiving 620 citations

Hit Papers

Powders for powder bed fusion: a review 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Powders for powder bed fusion: a review
    2019 350 citations Burghardt Klöden, Alexander Kirchner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Kirchner Germany 8 508 339 162 59 57 29 646
G. X. Chen China 16 507 1.0× 130 0.4× 169 1.0× 234 4.0× 82 1.4× 48 842
Cameron Crook United States 6 364 0.7× 151 0.4× 132 0.8× 216 3.7× 73 1.3× 10 678
Derek Siddel United States 9 502 1.0× 436 1.3× 78 0.5× 113 1.9× 39 0.7× 12 675
Xiaohu Chen China 14 193 0.4× 103 0.3× 73 0.5× 153 2.6× 36 0.6× 50 546
S. Habib Alavi United States 15 427 0.8× 114 0.3× 118 0.7× 139 2.4× 121 2.1× 27 600
Matthew W. Priddy United States 13 348 0.7× 96 0.3× 315 1.9× 83 1.4× 26 0.5× 45 650
Silvia Vock Germany 8 312 0.6× 278 0.8× 81 0.5× 72 1.2× 41 0.7× 14 490
Dongqing Yang China 10 317 0.6× 144 0.4× 72 0.4× 114 1.9× 29 0.5× 25 544
Scott Roberts United States 15 825 1.6× 305 0.9× 257 1.6× 80 1.4× 66 1.2× 35 947
J. Y. Li China 13 403 0.8× 170 0.5× 125 0.8× 49 0.8× 31 0.5× 25 536

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Kirchner

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All Works

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Vikram, R.J., Alexander Kirchner, Burghardt Klöden, & Satyam Suwas. (2025). Optimized Heat Treatment for Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion Processed IN718: Correlating Microstructure, Texture, and Mechanical Properties. Advanced Engineering Materials. 27(9). 1 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2022). Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion of Water Atomized Iron and Powder Blends. Materials. 15(4). 1567–1567.
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Mirz, Markus, et al.. (2022). PBF-EB of Fe-Cr-V Alloy for Wear Applications. Materials. 15(5). 1679–1679. 5 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Time is honey. 39(1). 32–33. 1 indexed citations
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Lindemann, J., Alexander Kirchner, Martin Franke, et al.. (2021). Designing advanced intermetallic titanium aluminide alloys for additive manufacturing. Intermetallics. 131. 107109–107109. 57 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Assessing Porosity in Selective Electron Beam Melting Manufactured Ti–6Al–4V by Nonlinear Impact Modulation Spectroscopy. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation. 39(4). 2 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Processing of High‐Carbon Steel by Selective Electron Beam Melting. steel research international. 91(5). 5 indexed citations
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Terner, Mathieu, Sara Biamino, Burghardt Klöden, et al.. (2015). Titanium aluminides for automotive applications processed by Electron Beam Melting. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 5 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Solubility of Carbon in Nanocrystalline α-Iron. MRS Proceedings. 1526. 1 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander & Bernd Kieback. (2012). Solubility of Carbon in Nanocrystalline α‐Iron. Journal of Nanomaterials. 2012(1). 5 indexed citations
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Riedl, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Preparation of high‐quality ultrathin transmission electron microscopy specimens of a nanocrystalline metallic powder. Microscopy Research and Technique. 75(6). 711–719. 4 indexed citations
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Hüttl, Regina, Frank Ullrich, G. Wolf, et al.. (2009). Catalytic Carbon Monoxide Oxidation Using Bio-Templated Platinum Clusters. Catalysis Letters. 132(3-4). 383–388. 7 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2007). Analysis of sensor and fusion schedules of a time-triggered sensor fusion system. 53. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Altendorfer, Richard, et al.. (2007). Optimization of Sensor, Bus, and Fusion Schedules of a Time-Triggered Sensor Fusion System. 53. 570–575. 3 indexed citations
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Elmenreich, Wilfried, et al.. (2006). Out-of-Sequence Measurements Treatment in Sensor Fusion Applications: Buffering versus Advanced Algorithms. 3 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2005). Ein fortgeschrittenes Kollisionsvermeidungssystem. ATZ - Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift. 107(1). 60–67. 3 indexed citations
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Vyalikh, D. V., S. Danzenbächer, Michael Mertig, et al.. (2004). Electronic Structure of Regular Bacterial Surface Layers. Physical Review Letters. 93(23). 238103–238103. 36 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2002). Medientraining für Manager. Gabler Verlag eBooks.
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Kirchner, Alexander, et al.. (2000). The Emergency Braking Module for an Electronic Copilot Design and First Results. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 33(9). 459–464. 1 indexed citations

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