Hans Berns

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Hans Berns is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans Berns has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 72 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 67 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hans Berns's work include Metal Alloys Wear and Properties (58 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (56 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (48 papers). Hans Berns is often cited by papers focused on Metal Alloys Wear and Properties (58 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (56 papers) and Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (48 papers). Hans Berns collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Ukraine and Russia. Hans Berns's co-authors include V.G. Gavriljuk, Alfons Fischer, B. D. Shanina, W. Theisen, Yu. N. Petrov, A. I. Tyshchenko, Stefan Koch, A. Sozinov, Sinésio Domingues Franco and Dieter Weichert and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering A and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

Hans Berns

124 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

High Nitrogen Steels 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400
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. High Nitrogen Steels
    1999 433 citations V.G. Gavriljuk, Hans Berns profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hans Berns Germany 29 2.5k 1.8k 1.2k 817 270 129 2.8k
D. Eylon United States 28 2.4k 1.0× 2.5k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 394 0.5× 294 1.1× 113 3.1k
L. Rémy France 28 2.7k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 544 0.7× 526 1.9× 61 3.0k
L. Krüger Germany 18 2.3k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 700 0.6× 570 0.7× 247 0.9× 53 2.5k
Lothar Meyer Germany 21 2.4k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 946 0.8× 414 0.5× 406 1.5× 80 2.8k
T. N. Baker United Kingdom 34 3.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 548 0.7× 511 1.9× 134 3.7k
Yvan Houbaert Belgium 28 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 748 0.6× 311 0.4× 372 1.4× 182 2.8k
G. Krauß United States 34 3.5k 1.4× 2.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 127 0.5× 106 3.7k
Seok-Jae Lee South Korea 26 2.7k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 862 0.7× 808 1.0× 266 1.0× 128 2.9k
M. Pouranvari Iran 41 5.2k 2.1× 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 522 0.6× 848 3.1× 150 5.3k
M. Calcagnotto Germany 9 3.1k 1.3× 2.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 764 0.9× 390 1.4× 11 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hans Berns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hans Berns

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hans Berns. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hans Berns 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 Hans Berns. Hans Berns 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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Berns, Hans, et al.. (2011). Study on nitrogen in martensitic stainless steels. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 66(3). 150–164. 13 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans. (2010). Die Bedeutung der t 10/7 -Zeit für die Wärmebehandlung hochlegierter Stähle. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 65(4). 182–188. 7 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans & W. Theisen. (2008). Ferrous Materials. 7 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (2008). Zusammenhang zwischen Konstitution und Wärmebehandelbarkeit hochfester austenitischer Stähle. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 63(6). 337–341. 7 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (2008). Wärmebehandlung hochfester, nichtrostender Austenite*. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 63(2). 84–94. 8 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans. (2007). Increasing the wear resistance of stainless steels. Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. 38(6). 464–472. 8 indexed citations
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Weber, Sebastian & Hans Berns. (2006). In-situ-Nitridbildung in korrosions- und verschleißbeständigem Metallmatrix-Verbundwerkstoff. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 61(4). 215–221. 1 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (2005). Fortschritte beim Stickstoff-Einsatzhärten von nichtrostenden Stählen nach dem SolNit®-Verfahren ∗. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 60(1). 6–11. 2 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (2004). Steigerung der Härte nichtrostender martensitischer Stähle∗. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 59(2). 87–97. 1 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1999). Verfahrenstechnik und Stähle für das Randaufsticken. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 54(3). 128–135.
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1997). Precipitation during tempering of chromium-rich iron-based martensite alloyed with carbon and nitrogen. Zeitschrift für Metallkunde. 88(2). 109–116. 8 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1997). Stickstofflegierte nichtrostende Dualphasenstähle. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 52(5). 281–290. 4 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans & Sinésio Domingues Franco. (1997). Effect of coarse hard particles on high-temperature sliding abrasion of new metal matrix composites. Wear. 203-204. 608–614. 34 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans & Alfons Fischer. (1997). Microstructure of Fe-Cr-C Hardfacing Alloys with Additions of Nb, Ti and, B. Materials Characterization. 39(2-5). 499–527. 56 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1997). Improvement of Cavitation Resistance of Stainless Steels by Solution Nitriding. Defect and diffusion forum/Diffusion and defect data, solid state data. Part A, Defect and diffusion forum. 143-147. 1625–1630. 6 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1994). Randaufsticken nichtrostender Stähle. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 49(2). 123–129. 7 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1990). Einfluß der Carbidorientierung auf Bruchzähigkeit und abrasiven Verschleißwiderstand ledeburitischer Kaltarbeitsstähle. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 45(4). 217–222. 3 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1987). Umlaufbiege- und Zugschwellermüdung des Stahles 100 Cr 6. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 42(4). 211–216. 3 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1985). Schwingungsrißausbreitung im Warmarbeitsstahl X 40 CrMoV 51 in Abhängigkeit von der Gefügeausbildung. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 40(3). 115–121. 1 indexed citations
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Berns, Hans, et al.. (1984). Einfluß der Erzeugung und Wärmebehandlung auf Gefüge und Zähigkeit des Warmarbeitsstahles X 40 CrMoV 5 1. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 39(3). 120–125. 2 indexed citations

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