Helmut Bley

856 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 596 citations indexed

About

Helmut Bley is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Bley has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 596 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 5 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Helmut Bley's work include Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (12 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (10 papers) and Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (4 papers). Helmut Bley is often cited by papers focused on Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (12 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (10 papers) and Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (4 papers). Helmut Bley collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Norway and Austria. Helmut Bley's co-authors include Shaolong Hu, Terje K. Lien, George Chryssolouris, H.A. ElMaraghy, M. Shpitalni, Jeonghan Ko, N. Nasr, Yoram Koren, Mario Luca Bernardi and G. Reinhart and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Materials Processing Technology, CIRP Annals and The International Journal of African Historical Studies.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Bley

21 papers receiving 556 citations

Hit Papers

Assembly system design and operations for product variety 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 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. Assembly system design and operations for product variety
    2011 383 citations Shaolong Hu, Jeonghan Ko et al. CIRP Annals profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Helmut Bley Germany 7 469 188 106 58 44 26 596
A J Medland United Kingdom 12 195 0.4× 89 0.5× 217 2.0× 64 1.1× 34 0.8× 80 428
G. Sohlenius Sweden 7 212 0.5× 116 0.6× 150 1.4× 32 0.6× 29 0.7× 19 340
Vincent Thomson Canada 10 177 0.4× 137 0.7× 133 1.3× 33 0.6× 40 0.9× 36 371
Thomas L. De Fazio United States 8 461 1.0× 189 1.0× 154 1.5× 42 0.7× 26 0.6× 13 627
N. Nasr United States 4 362 0.8× 168 0.9× 63 0.6× 35 0.6× 38 0.9× 8 510
Aylmer Johnson United Kingdom 10 158 0.3× 128 0.7× 166 1.6× 37 0.6× 24 0.5× 27 310
F.-L. Krause Germany 9 281 0.6× 143 0.8× 135 1.3× 28 0.5× 38 0.9× 41 403
Torsten Kjellberg Sweden 10 264 0.6× 121 0.6× 127 1.2× 14 0.2× 41 0.9× 32 383
Hwai-En Tseng Taiwan 8 288 0.6× 168 0.9× 84 0.8× 16 0.3× 14 0.3× 13 401
Alain Etienne France 16 369 0.8× 183 1.0× 156 1.5× 22 0.4× 66 1.5× 52 578

Countries citing papers authored by Helmut Bley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Helmut Bley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helmut Bley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Helmut Bley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Helmut Bley 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 Helmut Bley. Helmut Bley 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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Bley, Helmut. (2021). Afrika.
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Hu, Shaolong, Jeonghan Ko, H.A. ElMaraghy, et al.. (2011). Assembly system design and operations for product variety. CIRP Annals. 60(2). 715–733. 383 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2008). MECHATRONIC-ORIENTED DESIGN OF AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE BODY SHOP. 1295–1302. 4 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2007). An Alternative Approach for the Cost-efficient Laser Welding of Zinc-coated Sheet Metal. CIRP Annals. 56(1). 17–20. 26 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2006). Die zwei Seiten der Digitalen Fabrik. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 101(1-2). 19–23. 1 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2006). Variant-oriented Assembly Planning. CIRP Annals. 55(1). 23–28. 13 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2005). Controlling the Surface Quality of a Steel Sheet by Monitoring the Lubricant Layer. steel research international. 76(2-3). 187–191. 1 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2005). Intelligent Manufacturing by Enhanced Product Models. Advanced materials research. 6-8. 295–302.
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2005). Metrological approaches for meeting the requirements of clean production. 1 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2004). Deutsch-deutsch-namibische Beziehungen von 1960 bis 1990.
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2004). Appropriate Human Involvement in Assembly and Disassembly. CIRP Annals. 53(2). 487–509. 81 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2004). Integration of Product Design and Assembly Planning in the Digital Factory. CIRP Annals. 53(1). 25–30. 31 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2003). Die Fabrik der Gegenwart – ein weltumspannendes Netzwerk. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 98(11). 583–588. 2 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2001). Oberflächenreinheitsmessung nach MMKS-Bearbeitung. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 96(11-12). 593–595.
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2001). Innovative high-performance process for dry manufacturing of sheet metal armatures and their integrated on-line cleanliness examination. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 115(1). 25–30. 3 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2000). New Strategies and Tools for Increasing Simulation Efficiency. CIRP Annals. 49(1). 339–342. 1 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (2000). Distributed model management system for material flow simulation. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 107(1-3). 478–484. 6 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (1997). Distributed Simulation Applied to Production Systems. CIRP Annals. 46(1). 361–364. 6 indexed citations
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Bley, Helmut, et al.. (1980). Namibische National Bibliographe 1971-1975. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 13(1). 148–148. 1 indexed citations

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