Frank Walther

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
410 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Frank Walther is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Walther has authored 410 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 267 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 126 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 79 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank Walther's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (82 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (62 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (46 papers). Frank Walther is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (82 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (62 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (46 papers). Frank Walther collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Russia and Switzerland. Frank Walther's co-authors include Shafaqat Siddique, Claus Emmelmann, Eric Wycisk, Jochen Tenkamp, Mustafa Awd, D. Eifler, Dietmar Eifler, Dirk Herzog, Muhammad� Imran and Peter Starke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Blood and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Frank Walther

386 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of Defects in Laser Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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. Effects of Defects in Laser Additive Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V on Fatigue Properties
    2014 389 citations Frank Walther 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
Frank Walther Germany 38 4.6k 2.1k 1.4k 1.2k 647 410 6.5k
Sara Bagherifard Italy 46 4.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 2.1k 1.7× 1.2k 1.8× 161 6.9k
Barbara Previtali Italy 42 4.3k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 717 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 974 1.5× 253 5.7k
Wolfgang Tillmann Germany 34 4.1k 0.9× 660 0.3× 2.5k 1.8× 2.7k 2.2× 779 1.2× 470 6.5k
Fengchun Jiang China 38 3.6k 0.8× 645 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 2.3k 1.9× 514 0.8× 196 5.1k
Mario Guagliano Italy 53 7.2k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 2.8k 2.1× 3.3k 2.7× 505 0.8× 242 9.0k
Jamie J. Kruzic Australia 52 4.2k 0.9× 813 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 2.3k 1.9× 1.5k 2.4× 216 8.3k
T.B. Sercombe Australia 43 5.6k 1.2× 3.0k 1.4× 404 0.3× 2.3k 1.9× 1.2k 1.9× 83 6.8k
Wei Xu China 47 7.2k 1.5× 2.6k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 4.6k 3.8× 1.9k 2.9× 248 9.7k
F.S. Silva Portugal 47 4.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 1.2× 2.2k 1.8× 3.1k 4.8× 399 9.1k
Qingsong Wei China 44 5.8k 1.3× 3.7k 1.8× 424 0.3× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 2.0× 116 7.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Walther

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Walther

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All Works

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Awd, Mustafa, et al.. (2025). Transferability of anomaly data to fatigue properties of PBF-LB AlSi10Mg parts with different volumes. International Journal of Fatigue. 195. 108852–108852. 3 indexed citations
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Kanoun, Olfa, Frank Walther, Sebastian Münstermann, Volker Schulze, & Surinder Singh. (2024). Advanced eddy-current electromagnetic measurements for real-time non-destructive metal monitoring. Measurement. 239. 115339–115339. 1 indexed citations
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Biermann, Dirk, et al.. (2024). Numerical modelling of the BTA deep hole drilling process. Procedia CIRP. 123. 470–475.
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Hühne, Christian, et al.. (2024). Modified cure cycles for increased fatigue performance of fiber metal laminates. Composite Structures. 351. 118631–118631. 3 indexed citations
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Wagner, Guntram, et al.. (2024). Very high cycle fatigue assessment of thermoplastic-based hybrid fiber metal laminate by using a high-frequency resonant testing system. International Journal of Fatigue. 186. 108361–108361. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Yefeng, Xiaowei Wang, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2024). An approach to estimate the low cycle fatigue probabilistic curves of PBF-LB/M 316L steel from small size datasets using the remora optimization algorithm. International Journal of Fatigue. 185. 108375–108375. 1 indexed citations
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Scholz, Ronja, et al.. (2024). Role of processing procedures and molecular weight and their link to quasistatic and fatigue properties of polyamide 6. Polymer. 300. 127012–127012. 1 indexed citations
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Awd, Mustafa, et al.. (2023). A review on the enhancement of failure mechanisms modeling in additively manufactured structures by machine learning. Engineering Failure Analysis. 151. 107403–107403. 15 indexed citations
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Biermann, Dirk, et al.. (2023). Failure analysis of formed internal threads in flow drilled bores of AlSi10Mg cast profiles. Engineering Failure Analysis. 151. 107413–107413. 1 indexed citations
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Starke, Peter, et al.. (2023). Fatigue life evaluation of metastable austenitic stainless steel AISI 347 based on nondestructive testing methods for different environmental conditions. International Journal of Fatigue. 179. 108056–108056. 4 indexed citations
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Awd, Mustafa, et al.. (2023). Quantum Mechanical-Based Fracture Behavior of L-PBF/SLM Ti-6Al-4V in the Very High Cycle Fatigue Regime. Materials Performance and Characterization. 12(2). 2–10. 1 indexed citations
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Tenkamp, Jochen, et al.. (2022). Fabrication of Rectangular Micro-Channels by Ultrashort Pulse Ablation Using a Bessel Beam. Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering. 3 indexed citations
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Marquardt, Axel, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the high-temperature behavior of PBF-EB/M manufactured γ titanium aluminides. Progress in Additive Manufacturing. 7(3). 471–480. 12 indexed citations
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Scholz, Ronja, et al.. (2020). In Situ Characterization of Damage Development in Cottonid Due to Quasi-Static Tensile Loading. Materials. 13(9). 2180–2180. 7 indexed citations
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Walther, Frank, et al.. (2013). Tensile and Fatigue Properties of Fiber-Bragg-Grating (FBG) Sensors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Walther, Frank & Dietmar Eifler. (2008). PHYBAL — Kurzzeitverfahren zur Berechnung der Lebensdauer metallischer Werkstoffe auf der Basis physikalischer Messgrößen. Materials Testing. 50(3). 142–149. 3 indexed citations

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