Alfons Fischer

4.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Alfons Fischer is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Surgery and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alfons Fischer has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 54 papers in Surgery and 53 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alfons Fischer's work include Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (49 papers), Advanced materials and composites (44 papers) and Metal Alloys Wear and Properties (28 papers). Alfons Fischer is often cited by papers focused on Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (49 papers), Advanced materials and composites (44 papers) and Metal Alloys Wear and Properties (28 papers). Alfons Fischer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Poland. Alfons Fischer's co-authors include Markus A. Wimmer, Robin Pourzal, Joshua J. Jacobs, R. Büscher, Hans Berns, Matthias Wimmer, Laurence D. Marks, Mathew T. Mathew, Christoph M. Sprecher and Yijun Liao and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alfons Fischer

121 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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Reactive wear protection through strong and deformable oxide nanocomposite surfaces

2021 164 citations Chang Liu, Zhiming Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers

Alfons Fischer

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Rubens Caram Brazil

L. Llanes Spain

A. Igual Muñoz Spain

Pierre Ponthiaux France

T. Gloriant France

M. Anglada Spain

V. Amigó Spain

Takayuki Narushima Japan

J.J. Roa Spain

E. Jiménez‐Piqué Spain

Rubens Caram Brazil

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alfons Fischer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alfons Fischer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alfons Fischer. Alfons Fischer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fischer, Alfons, et al.. (2024). Performance of Austenitic High-Nitrogen Steels under Gross Slip Fretting Corrosion in Bovine Serum. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 15(4). 110–110. 1 indexed citations

Wimmer, Markus A., et al.. (2024). Protein-metal interactions due to fretting corrosion at the taper junction of hip implants: An in vitro investigation using Raman spectroscopy. Acta Biomaterialia. 189. 621–632. 2 indexed citations

Fischer, Alfons, Philippe Télouk, & Markus A. Wimmer. (2023). The gross slip fretting corrosion mechanisms of biomedical ceramic-metal couples. Biotribology. 35-36. 100252–100252. 5 indexed citations

Fischer, Alfons, et al.. (2023). Topography rules the ultra-mild wear regime under boundary lubricated gross-slip fretting corrosion. Wear. 522. 204716–204716. 6 indexed citations

Markovics, Adrienn, John L. Hamilton, Roberto Chiesa, et al.. (2023). Electrophoretic deposition of gentamicin and chitosan into titanium nanotubes to target periprosthetic joint infection. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 111(9). 1697–1704. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, Zhiming Li, Wenjun Lu, et al.. (2021). Reactive wear protection through strong and deformable oxide nanocomposite surfaces. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5518–5518. 164 indexed citations breakdown →

Hall, Deborah J., Nicholas B. Frisch, Mathew T. Mathew, et al.. (2021). Microstructure and Electrochemical Behavior of Contemporary Ti6Al4V Implant Alloys. Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion. 8(1). 10 indexed citations

Wimmer, Markus A., et al.. (2021). Fretting-corrosion of CoCr-alloys against TiAl6V4: The importance of molybdenum in oxidative biological environments. Wear. 477. 203813–203813. 22 indexed citations

Zachariah, Zita, Shanoob Balachandran, Zhilong Liu, et al.. (2021). On the Formation Mechanism of Column Damage Within Modular Taper Junctions. The Journal of Arthroplasty. 36(7). 2603–2611.e2. 9 indexed citations

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Becerikli, Mustafa, Christoph Wallner, Johannes Maximilian Wagner, et al.. (2019). P2000 - A high-nitrogen austenitic steel for application in bone surgery. PLoS ONE. 14(3). e0214384–e0214384. 16 indexed citations

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Pourzal, Robin, Mathew T. Mathew, Carol A. Pacione, et al.. (2014). Design of a Tribocorrosion Bioreactor for the Analysis of Immune Cell Response to in Situ Generated Wear Products. Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants. 24(1). 65–76. 9 indexed citations

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Bishop, Nicholas E., et al.. (2013). Wear patterns of taper connections in retrieved large diameter metal‐on‐metal bearings. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 31(7). 1116–1122. 87 indexed citations

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Liao, Yijun, Robin Pourzal, Priska Stemmer, et al.. (2012). New insights into hard phases of CoCrMo metal-on-metal hip replacements. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 12. 39–49. 94 indexed citations

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Ranjbarnodeh, Eslam, S. Serajzadeh, A.H. Kokabi, & Alfons Fischer. (2011). Prediction of temperature distribution in dissimilar arc welding of stainless steel to carbon steel. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture. 226(1). 117–125. 10 indexed citations

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Wimmer, Markus A., Alfons Fischer, R. Büscher, et al.. (2009). Wear mechanisms in metal-on-metal bearings: The importance of tribochemical reaction layers. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 28(4). n/a–n/a. 137 indexed citations

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Pourzal, Robin, et al.. (2008). Subsurface changes of a MoM hip implant below different contact zones. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 2(2). 186–191. 42 indexed citations

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Dudziński, W., et al.. (2006). Microstructure of Laser Hardened Martensitic High Nitrogen Steel Subsurfaces. Practical Metallography. 43(7). 364–372. 5 indexed citations

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Knoch, Marius von, Thomas Pandorf, R. Büscher, et al.. (2006). Der acetabuläre Pressfit bei äquatorialer Beschichtung der zementfreien Hüftpfanne – eine finite-Elemente-Analyse Pressfit of equatorially roughened cementless acetabular components – a finite elements analysis. Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering. 51(1). 21–26. 2 indexed citations

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Büscher, R., et al.. (2005). Durchstrahlungselektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an explantierten Metall-Metall Hüftgelenken. Practical Metallography. 42(1). 15–34. 4 indexed citations

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Berns, Hans & Alfons Fischer. (1997). Microstructure of Fe-Cr-C Hardfacing Alloys with Additions of Nb, Ti and, B. Materials Characterization. 39(2-5). 499–527. 56 indexed citations

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