Benjamin Schleich

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
176 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Schleich is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Schleich has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 70 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 39 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Schleich's work include Manufacturing Process and Optimization (112 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (38 papers) and Design Education and Practice (31 papers). Benjamin Schleich is often cited by papers focused on Manufacturing Process and Optimization (112 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (38 papers) and Design Education and Practice (31 papers). Benjamin Schleich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and United States. Benjamin Schleich's co-authors include Sandro Wartzack, Nabil Anwer, Luc Mathieu, Stefan Goetz, Kristina Wärmefjord, Rikard Söderberg, Benjamin Haefner, Reiner Anderl, Andreas Kuhnle and Gisela Lanza and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Journal of Operational Research and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Schleich

168 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Shaping the digital twin for design and production engineering

2017 879 citations Benjamin Schleich, Sandro Wartzack et al. profile →
Artificial Intelligence-Based Cyber Security in the Context of Industry 4.0—A Survey

2023 75 citations Reiner Anderl, Benjamin Schleich et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Schleich Germany	23	2.3k	895	601	347	337	176	3.0k
Nabil Anwer France	27	3.2k 1.4×	1.3k 1.5×	1.1k 1.8×	293 0.8×	536 1.6×	136	4.2k
Rikard Söderberg Sweden	28	2.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	815 1.4×	684 2.0×	179 0.5×	269	3.4k
Jean‐Yves Dantan France	25	1.5k 0.7×	704 0.8×	395 0.7×	521 1.5×	182 0.5×	117	2.2k
Jaime A. Camelio United States	27	1.5k 0.7×	714 0.8×	417 0.7×	229 0.7×	126 0.4×	85	2.5k
Ramy Harik United States	25	1.3k 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	650 1.1×	226 0.7×	199 0.6×	108	2.7k
Dariusz Ceglarek United Kingdom	38	3.6k 1.6×	2.2k 2.5×	570 0.9×	931 2.7×	479 1.4×	198	5.3k
Richard A. Wysk United States	33	2.7k 1.2×	576 0.6×	389 0.6×	223 0.6×	222 0.7×	170	3.8k
Paul Maropoulos United Kingdom	28	1.4k 0.6×	1.8k 2.0×	162 0.3×	313 0.9×	403 1.2×	143	3.1k
Deyi Xue Canada	33	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	187 0.3×	1.0k 2.9×	371 1.1×	139	3.2k
Guanghui Zhou China	30	1.6k 0.7×	678 0.8×	224 0.4×	141 0.4×	58 0.2×	106	2.8k

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Jung, Do-Hyun, et al.. (2025). A universal Recycling Index to quantify the recyclability of products: A case study. Procedia CIRP. 135. 480–485.

Metternich, Joachim, et al.. (2025). Using the Integral Digital Twin for Product Carbon Footprint calculation. Cleaner Environmental Systems. 16. 100258–100258. 1 indexed citations

Schleich, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Knowledge-based feedback of product information into product design. Procedia CIRP. 136. 582–587.

Roth, Martin, et al.. (2024). Generating Manufacturing Distributions for Sampling-based Tolerance Analysis using Deep Learning Models. Procedia CIRP. 129. 103–108. 1 indexed citations

Kempf, Florian, Klaus Schilling, Thomas Hulin, et al.. (2024). AI-enabled Cyber–Physical In-Orbit Factory - AI approaches based on digital twin technology for robotic small satellite production. Acta Astronautica. 217. 1–17. 7 indexed citations

Bartz, Marcel, et al.. (2024). Method for the consideration of statistically distributed geometrical deviations in the design of cylindrical roller bearing arrangements. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen. 88(1). 3 indexed citations

Schleich, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Understanding the relations between part deviations and part deformations for tolerance analysis – an ontology-based approach. Procedia CIRP. 129. 97–102.

Schleich, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Integrating Views of Digital Twins in the Strategic Planning of Cyber-Physical Products. AHFE international. 1 indexed citations

Winter, Sven, et al.. (2023). PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT WITH DIGITAL TWINS FOR PRODUCT GENERATION DEVELOPMENT. Proceedings of the Design Society. 3. 2955–2964. 3 indexed citations

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Anderl, Reiner, et al.. (2023). FRAMEWORK FOR COMPARISON OF PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINTS OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING SCENARIOS. Proceedings of the Design Society. 3. 1935–1944. 4 indexed citations

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Campean, Felician, et al.. (2023). PERSPECTIVES ON ROBUST DESIGN – AN OVERVIEW OF CHALLENGES AND RESEARCH AREAS ACROSS INDUSTRY FIELDS. Proceedings of the Design Society. 3. 2885–2894. 4 indexed citations

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Anderl, Reiner, et al.. (2023). FILE FORMAT SELECTION FOR EFFICIENT DIGITAL PROCESS CHAINS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING. Proceedings of the Design Society. 3. 1875–1884. 2 indexed citations

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Goetz, Stefan, Martin Roth, & Benjamin Schleich. (2021). Early Robust Design—Its Effect on Parameter and Tolerance Optimization. Applied Sciences. 11(20). 9407–9407. 11 indexed citations

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Schleich, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Process and machine selection in sampling-based tolerance-cost optimisation for dimensional tolerancing. International Journal of Production Research. 60(17). 5201–5216. 15 indexed citations

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Lechner, Michael, et al.. (2021). Functional Analysis of Components Manufactured by a Sheet-Bulk Metal Forming Process. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 5(2). 49–49. 2 indexed citations

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Schleich, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Comparative evaluation of WIMP and immersive natural finger interaction: a user study on CAD assembly modeling. Virtual Reality. 26(1). 143–158. 9 indexed citations

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Schleich, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). DIGITAL TWINS - DEFINITIONS, CLASSES AND BUSINESS SCENARIOS FOR DIFFERENT INDUSTRY SECTORS. Proceedings of the Design Society. 1. 1293–1302. 34 indexed citations

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Miehling, Jörg, Benjamin Schleich, & Sandro Wartzack. (2020). Digitale Zwillinge und Digitale Zwillingspaare im Kontext des Digital Engineerings. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 115(s1). 55–57. 5 indexed citations

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Marian, Max, et al.. (2020). tribAIn—Towards an Explicit Specification of Shared Tribological Understanding. Applied Sciences. 10(13). 4421–4421. 21 indexed citations

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Wartzack, Sandro, et al.. (2017). Toleranzmanagement im Kontext von Industrie 4.0. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 112(3). 170–172. 4 indexed citations

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