Dirk Schaefer

218 total papers · 5.1k total citations
96 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Dirk Schaefer is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Schaefer has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 17 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 17 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Dirk Schaefer’s work include Digital Transformation in Industry (21 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (18 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (13 papers). Dirk Schaefer is often cited by papers focused on Digital Transformation in Industry (21 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (18 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (13 papers). Dirk Schaefer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Dirk Schaefer's co-authors include David W. Rosen, Dazhong Wu, Lihui Wang, Hannah Forbes, Wai Ming Cheung, Ji Han, Jitesh H. Panchal, J. Lane Thames, Jelena Milisavljevic-Syed and Cheng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Journal of Mechanical Design and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dirk Schaefer

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

Dirk Schaefer

85 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Dirk Schaefer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Dirk Schaefer

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