Frank Will

959 total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 738 citations indexed

About

Frank Will is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Will has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 738 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 7 papers in Automotive Engineering and 7 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Frank Will's work include Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (6 papers), Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (5 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (4 papers). Frank Will is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (6 papers), Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (5 papers) and Vehicle emissions and performance (4 papers). Frank Will collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Frank Will's co-authors include Jens Otto, Viktor Mechtcherine, Martín Krause, Venkatesh Naidu Nerella, André Katterfeld, Alberto Boretti, Thomas Roessler, Thomas Rößler, Abbas Amini and Nishar Hameed and has published in prestigious journals such as Nanoscale, Fuel and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

In The Last Decade

Frank Will

28 papers receiving 720 citations

Hit Papers

Large-scale digital concrete construction – CONPrint3D co... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Large-scale digital concrete construction – CONPrint3D concept for on-site, monolithic 3D-printing
    2019 310 citations Viktor Mechtcherine, Venkatesh Naidu Nerella et al. Automation in Construction 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 Will Germany 10 321 309 244 205 166 28 738
Bin Huang China 14 98 0.3× 136 0.4× 166 0.7× 142 0.7× 133 0.8× 70 762
Marko Kegl Slovenia 15 58 0.2× 131 0.4× 289 1.2× 148 0.7× 75 0.5× 44 739
Abdulwahab A. Alnaqi Kuwait 19 105 0.3× 104 0.3× 680 2.8× 44 0.2× 165 1.0× 38 1.1k
Zhihao Liu China 14 55 0.2× 98 0.3× 273 1.1× 170 0.8× 53 0.3× 60 592
Hongtao Liu China 16 292 0.9× 37 0.1× 94 0.4× 518 2.5× 45 0.3× 74 858
Tingting Zhu China 24 126 0.4× 76 0.2× 757 3.1× 103 0.5× 70 0.4× 71 1.2k
Liang Pu China 23 196 0.6× 43 0.1× 1.1k 4.7× 168 0.8× 232 1.4× 61 1.8k
Chaokui Qin China 11 61 0.2× 62 0.2× 118 0.5× 80 0.4× 99 0.6× 49 456
Tahsin Engın Türkiye 15 46 0.1× 55 0.2× 610 2.5× 464 2.3× 249 1.5× 46 1.2k
Kuo Huang China 14 34 0.1× 224 0.7× 235 1.0× 39 0.2× 151 0.9× 27 727

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Will

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Will

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Frank Will. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Frank Will. The network helps show where Frank Will may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Will

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

All Works

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Will, Frank, et al.. (2024). Compensation Manipulator for Concrete 3D Printing Based on the CONPrint3D. ES Materials & Manufacturing. 4 indexed citations
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Otto, Jens, et al.. (2023). Electric-impulse-technology: results of a basic investigation into the use of the technology as a selective demolition method in the construction industry. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering. 24(7). 1981–1995. 1 indexed citations
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Mechtcherine, Viktor, et al.. (2022). 3D‐gedruckte monolithische Stahlbetonwände im CONPrint3D‐reinforced Verfahren. Beton- und Stahlbetonbau. 117(4). 235–244. 4 indexed citations
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Will, Frank, et al.. (2020). Miniature hydraulics for a mechatronic lower limb prosthesis. 173–179. 1 indexed citations
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Voigt, Matthias, et al.. (2020). Electric Impulse Technology – Breaking Rock. 9 indexed citations
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Mechtcherine, Viktor, et al.. (2019). Large-scale digital concrete construction – CONPrint3D concept for on-site, monolithic 3D-printing. Automation in Construction. 107. 102933–102933. 310 indexed citations breakdown →
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Will, Frank, et al.. (2018). Regelungstechnische Stabilisierung mehrgliedriger Ausleger bei einer Autobetonpumpe. 11(3). 46–51. 2 indexed citations
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Amini, Abbas, Chun Cheng, Minoo Naebe, et al.. (2013). Temperature variations at nano-scale level in phase transformed nanocrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys adjacent to graphene layers. Nanoscale. 5(14). 6479–6479. 10 indexed citations
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Holzer, Frank, et al.. (2012). In Situ Radio‐Frequency Heating for Soil Remediation at a Former Service Station: Case Study and General Aspects. Chemical Engineering & Technology. 35(8). 1534–1544. 25 indexed citations
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Amini, Abbas, Hossein Beladi, Nishar Hameed, & Frank Will. (2012). Effects of dynamic loading on nano-scale depth-recovery and damping property of single crystal CuAlNi shape memory alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 545. 222–224. 11 indexed citations
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Amini, Abbas, Nishar Hameed, Jeffrey S. Church, et al.. (2012). Effect of graphene layers on the thermomechanical behaviour of a NiTi shape memory alloy during the nanoscale phase transition. Scripta Materialia. 68(6). 420–423. 14 indexed citations
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Will, Frank, et al.. (2011). Tomorrow's Car - For Today's People: Can Tilting Three Wheeled Vehicles be a Solution for the Problems of Today and the Future?. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 7 indexed citations
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Will, Frank. (2010). A novel exhaust heat recovery system to reduce fuel consumption. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 1–10. 3 indexed citations
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Will, Frank. (2008). The importance of advanced test processes to reduce emissions and fuel consumption. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 3 indexed citations
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Boretti, Alberto, et al.. (2008). Comparison of static and dynamic engine models on the transient performance of a passenger vehicle powertrain. Deakin Research Online (Deakin University). 7. 3 indexed citations

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