Gerhard Schweitzer

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Gerhard Schweitzer is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Schweitzer has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Schweitzer's work include Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics (13 papers), Tribology and Lubrication Engineering (7 papers) and Electric Motor Design and Analysis (5 papers). Gerhard Schweitzer is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics (13 papers), Tribology and Lubrication Engineering (7 papers) and Electric Motor Design and Analysis (5 papers). Gerhard Schweitzer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Gerhard Schweitzer's co-authors include Eric H. Maslen, Hannes Bleuler, Joseph K. Davidson, Roland Siegwart, D. Vischer, Rolf Enzler, P. E. Schmid, Michael Bajka, Peter F. Niederer and Jürg Dual and has published in prestigious journals such as Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Schweitzer

39 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic Bearings 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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. Magnetic Bearings
    2009 662 citations Gerhard Schweitzer 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
Gerhard Schweitzer Switzerland 15 915 644 273 206 131 41 1.2k
Jianhua Wu China 19 803 0.9× 532 0.8× 212 0.8× 164 0.8× 135 1.0× 72 1.3k
G. Magnani Italy 18 848 0.9× 572 0.9× 159 0.6× 262 1.3× 57 0.4× 104 1.1k
Haifeng Ma China 22 564 0.6× 674 1.0× 398 1.5× 339 1.6× 133 1.0× 94 1.5k
Gary M. Bone Canada 23 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 278 1.0× 714 3.5× 52 0.4× 74 1.8k
An‐Chen Lee Taiwan 23 804 0.9× 879 1.4× 271 1.0× 221 1.1× 115 0.9× 93 1.4k
Paul I. Ro United States 22 452 0.5× 839 1.3× 157 0.6× 251 1.2× 266 2.0× 80 1.5k
Zhiyuan Liu China 22 788 0.9× 472 0.7× 198 0.7× 84 0.4× 351 2.7× 113 1.6k
Dawei Ma China 18 1.8k 2.0× 1.6k 2.5× 228 0.8× 148 0.7× 165 1.3× 51 2.3k
Sabri Cetinkunt United States 17 565 0.6× 391 0.6× 123 0.5× 210 1.0× 46 0.4× 54 902
Sang-Moon Hwang South Korea 21 794 0.9× 432 0.7× 956 3.5× 327 1.6× 93 0.7× 101 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Gerhard Schweitzer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gerhard Schweitzer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard Schweitzer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerhard Schweitzer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerhard Schweitzer 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 Gerhard Schweitzer. Gerhard Schweitzer 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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Schweitzer, Gerhard. (2005). Safety and Reliability Aspects for Active Magnetic Bearing Applications - A Survey. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I Journal of Systems and Control Engineering. 219(6). 383–392. 25 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (2002). Vision supported operation of a concrete spraying robot for tunneling work. 230–233. 3 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (2001). The service robot MOPS: First operating experiences. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 34(2-3). 165–173. 17 indexed citations
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Székely, Gábor, Ch. Brechbühler, Jürg Dual, et al.. (2000). Virtual Reality-Based Simulation of Endoscopic Surgery. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 9(3). 310–333. 55 indexed citations
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Székely, Gábor J., Michael Bajka, Christian Brechbühler, et al.. (1999). Virtual reality based surgery simulation for endoscopic gynaecology.. PubMed. 62. 351–7. 21 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1998). Operating Experiences with Service Robots - Examples from Mail Distribution. 3 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1994). Active magnetic bearings : basics, properties and applications of active magnetc bearings. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 88 indexed citations
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Bleuler, Hannes, et al.. (1994). New concepts for cost-effective magnetic bearing control. Automatica. 30(5). 871–876. 32 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1993). Magnetlager. 18 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1992). On-Line Thermal Balancing Technique for a Large Turbo-Generator. Journal of vibration and acoustics. 114(1). 60–66. 1 indexed citations
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Siegwart, Roland, D. Vischer, R. Larsonneur, et al.. (1991). Control Concepts for Active Magnetic Bearings. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 401–422. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Guangluan, et al.. (1990). Application of neural networks on robot grippers. 337–342 vol.3. 8 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard. (1990). Magnetic bearings-applications, concepts and theory.. JSME international journal Ser 3 Vibration control engineering engineering for industry. 33(1). 13–18. 8 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard. (1985). Magnetic bearings for vibration control. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 7 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard. (1977). Angefachte Schwingungen einer elastischen Fahrbahn bei der �berfahrt eines langen Zuges. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 46(1). 53–64. 2 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1973). Attitude control of a spinning flexible spacecraft. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 1(3). 323–339. 3 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1973). Attitude Control of a Spinning Skylab. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 10(3). 200–207. 5 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1972). Stabilizing a Spinning Skylab. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 5(1). 57–63. 8 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard. (1972). Critical Speeds of Gyroscopes. 2 indexed citations
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Schweitzer, Gerhard, et al.. (1972). Attitude control of a spinning Skylab. Guidance and Control Conference.

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