Bernard Rolfe

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
247 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Bernard Rolfe is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernard Rolfe has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 178 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 152 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 56 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Bernard Rolfe's work include Metallurgy and Material Forming (112 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (109 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (47 papers). Bernard Rolfe is often cited by papers focused on Metallurgy and Material Forming (112 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (109 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (47 papers). Bernard Rolfe collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United Kingdom. Bernard Rolfe's co-authors include Michael P. Pereira, Matthias Weiß, Peter Hodgson, Ian Gibson, Mahyar Khorasani, Wenyi Yan, Ali Zolfagharian, Buddhika Abeyrathna, Mahdi Bodaghi and Hossein Beladi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Bernard Rolfe

232 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

Additive manufacturing a powerful tool for the aerospace ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Additive manufacturing a powerful tool for the aerospace industry
    2021 194 citations Mahyar Khorasani, Bernard Rolfe 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
Bernard Rolfe Australia 37 2.9k 1.9k 985 652 527 247 4.0k
B. Gangadhara Prusty Australia 31 1.5k 0.5× 2.2k 1.1× 594 0.6× 424 0.7× 442 0.8× 207 4.4k
Mohamed El Mansori France 43 4.6k 1.6× 1.3k 0.7× 905 0.9× 1.0k 1.5× 1.7k 3.3× 282 5.9k
Kamran A. Khan United Arab Emirates 34 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 491 0.5× 826 1.3× 1.0k 1.9× 183 4.0k
P.A.F. Martins Portugal 36 5.3k 1.8× 4.0k 2.1× 1.2k 1.2× 464 0.7× 848 1.6× 327 5.9k
Zhongqin Lin China 34 2.7k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 558 0.6× 206 0.3× 752 1.4× 210 4.1k
J.H.L. Pang Singapore 43 3.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.9× 1.0k 1.0× 195 0.3× 640 1.2× 236 6.4k
Bernd‐Arno Behrens Germany 27 3.2k 1.1× 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 154 0.2× 374 0.7× 489 4.1k
Stephen C. Veldhuis Canada 45 5.2k 1.8× 2.9k 1.5× 2.4k 2.5× 1.3k 1.9× 1.2k 2.4× 205 6.8k
Yanjin Guan China 32 2.1k 0.7× 946 0.5× 834 0.8× 401 0.6× 200 0.4× 169 2.9k
Phuong Tran Australia 43 4.0k 1.4× 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 2.0k 3.1× 1.4k 2.7× 114 7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Bernard Rolfe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bernard Rolfe

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bernard Rolfe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bernard Rolfe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bernard Rolfe 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 Bernard Rolfe. Bernard Rolfe is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zolfagharian, Ali, et al.. (2025). Bistable Mechanisms 3D Printing for Mechanically Programmable Vibration Control. Advanced Engineering Materials. 5 indexed citations
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Ghabraie, Kazem, et al.. (2025). Impact of vibrations on lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles: sources, degradation mechanisms, and testing standards. Journal of Physics Energy. 7(2). 22003–22003. 2 indexed citations
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Ghabraie, Kazem, et al.. (2025). Comparative study of vibrational behaviour of lithium-ion batteries under different axis orientations. 6. 100062–100062. 2 indexed citations
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Bodaghi, Mahdi, et al.. (2025). Rotary 4D Printing of Programmable Metamaterials on Sustainable 4D Mandrel. Advanced Materials Technologies. 11(1). 2 indexed citations
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Abeyrathna, Buddhika, et al.. (2024). Flexible roll forming of surface developable profiles from Dual Phase steel. Thin-Walled Structures. 204. 112271–112271.
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Khorasani, Mahyar, Martin Leary, David Downing, et al.. (2023). Numerical and experimental investigations on manufacturability of Al–Si–10Mg thin wall structures made by LB-PBF. Thin-Walled Structures. 188. 110814–110814. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Weijia, et al.. (2023). Segmentation-driven feature-preserving mesh denoising. The Visual Computer. 40(9). 6201–6217.
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Zolfagharian, Ali, et al.. (2023). Additive Manufacturing of Composite Foam Metamaterial Springs for Vibration Isolation. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(20). 37 indexed citations
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Zolfagharian, Ali, et al.. (2023). Multimaterial 4D printing with a tunable bending model. Smart Materials and Structures. 32(6). 65001–65001. 50 indexed citations
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Nuansing, Wiwat, et al.. (2023). Recent progress of 4D printing in cancer therapeutics studies. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 28(3). 127–141. 36 indexed citations
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Rolfe, Bernard, et al.. (2023). Sustainable Robots 4D Printing. Advanced Sustainable Systems. 7(12). 61 indexed citations
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Bernardo, Luís Filipe Almeida, et al.. (2023). Topology Optimisation of Structural Steel with Non-Penalisation SEMDOT: Optimisation, Physical Nonlinear Analysis, and Benchmarking. Applied Sciences. 13(20). 11370–11370. 4 indexed citations
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Zolfagharian, Ali, et al.. (2022). 3D-Printed Programmable Mechanical Metamaterials for Vibration Isolation and Buckling Control. Sustainability. 14(11). 6831–6831. 66 indexed citations
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Hodgson, Peter, et al.. (2019). Effect of initial microstructure and beta phase evolution on dynamic recrystallization behaviour of Ti6Al4V alloy - An EBSD based investigation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 793. 467–479. 47 indexed citations
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Fiedler, Klaus, et al.. (2017). Integrated Shape and Topology Optimization - Applications in Automotive Design and Manufacturing. SAE International Journal of Materials and Manufacturing. 10(3). 385–394. 9 indexed citations
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Pereira, Michael P., Matthias Weiß, Bernard Rolfe, & Tim Hilditch. (2012). The effect of the die radius profile accuracy on wear in sheet metal stamping. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture. 66. 44–53. 33 indexed citations
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Wiebenga, J.H., Matthias Weiß, Bernard Rolfe, & A.H. van den Boogaard. (2012). A numerical approach to robust in-line control of roll forming processes. University of Twente Research Information. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Lianhua, Bernard Rolfe, Qingsheng Yang, & Chunhui Yang. (2011). The configuration evolution and macroscopic elasticity of fluid-filled closed cell composites : micromechanics and multiscale homogenization modelling. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 79(2). 131–158. 7 indexed citations
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Pereira, Michael P., Paul C. Okonkwo, Wenyi Yan, & Bernard Rolfe. (2010). Deformation and frictional heating in relation to wear in sheet metal stamping. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 7 indexed citations
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Weiß, Matthias, Chunhui Yang, & Bernard Rolfe. (2010). Effect of skin passing on bending and tension: an experimental investigation. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 2 indexed citations

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