Horst Biermann

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
344 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Horst Biermann is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Horst Biermann has authored 344 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 271 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 144 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 139 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Horst Biermann's work include Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (116 papers), Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (64 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (57 papers). Horst Biermann is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (116 papers), Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (64 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (57 papers). Horst Biermann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Hungary and Russia. Horst Biermann's co-authors include Anja Weidner, H. Mughrabi, Thomas Niendorf, Sebastian Henkel, Dominik Krewerth, Christos G. Aneziris, Johannes Günther, T. Lippmann, A. Borbély and T. Ungár and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Physics and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Horst Biermann

331 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Fatigue life of additively manufactured Ti–6Al–4V in the ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Fatigue life of additively manufactured Ti–6Al–4V in the very high cycle fatigue regime
    2016 382 citations Anja Weidner, Horst Biermann 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
Horst Biermann Germany 35 4.5k 2.5k 2.0k 726 692 344 5.7k
Kwai S. Chan United States 47 4.7k 1.0× 3.2k 1.3× 2.7k 1.3× 369 0.5× 916 1.3× 232 6.4k
P. Bowen United Kingdom 33 3.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 358 0.5× 669 1.0× 179 4.3k
Guilin Wu China 31 4.1k 0.9× 3.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.6× 352 0.5× 1.1k 1.6× 215 5.2k
Patrick Villechaise France 44 3.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.3× 2.5k 1.3× 574 0.8× 593 0.9× 117 5.1k
Kei Ameyama Japan 42 6.2k 1.4× 4.3k 1.8× 1.5k 0.8× 401 0.6× 1.4k 2.0× 292 7.1k
L. Edwards United Kingdom 42 3.8k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 2.2k 1.1× 546 0.8× 765 1.1× 202 5.5k
Y. Sun China 44 2.8k 0.6× 3.6k 1.5× 4.2k 2.1× 576 0.8× 682 1.0× 219 6.2k
Chongxiang Huang China 40 5.7k 1.3× 4.6k 1.9× 1.6k 0.8× 429 0.6× 1.3k 1.8× 161 6.8k
Hahn Choo United States 47 6.0k 1.3× 3.2k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 244 0.3× 1.2k 1.8× 195 6.9k
Hiroyuki Toda Japan 38 3.5k 0.8× 3.0k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 925 1.3× 1.5k 2.2× 309 5.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Horst Biermann

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All Works

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Dalke, Anke, et al.. (2026). Impact of nitrogen fraction in N2-H2 plasma nitrocarburizing on mechanical, tribological, and corrosion performance of AISI 316L. Surface and Coatings Technology. 522. 133172–133172.
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Dalibón, Eugenia L., Anke Dalke, Horst Biermann, & Sonia Patricia Brühl. (2024). Short time nitriding and nitrocarburizing of martensitic stainless steel. Surface and Coatings Technology. 485. 130931–130931. 6 indexed citations
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Dalke, Anke, et al.. (2024). Different approaches for plasma nitrocarburizing of austenitic stainless steel using a plasma-activated solid carbon precursor in a hot-wall reactor. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 34. 1791–1802. 5 indexed citations
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Manova, D., S. Mändl, Horst Biermann, & Anke Dalke. (2024). Surface segregation phenomena encountered during solid carbon active screen plasma nitrocarburizing of AISI 316L. Surface and Coatings Technology. 489. 131091–131091. 1 indexed citations
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Schmiedel, Alexander, Steffen Dudczig, Sebastian Henkel, et al.. (2024). Relation of nonmetallic inclusions to the cyclic properties of steel 42CrMo4 after steel melt cleaning by filtration and related processes. Materials Science and Engineering A. 892. 146070–146070. 3 indexed citations
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Gerstein, Gregory, Mykhaylo Motylenko, P. Krooß, et al.. (2024). Unraveling factors affecting the reversibility of martensitic phase transformation in FeNiCoAlTi shape memory alloys: Insights from HR-EBSD and acoustic emission analysis. Acta Materialia. 276. 120146–120146. 4 indexed citations
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Fritsch, Tobias, et al.. (2024). Fatigue Crack Segmentation and Characterization of Additively Manufactured Ti‐6Al‐4V Using X‐Ray Computed Tomography. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 48(1). 204–216. 1 indexed citations
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Seleznev, Mikhail, et al.. (2022). Microstructural evolution of the bonding zone in TRIP-TWIP laminate produced by accumulative roll bonding. Materials Science and Engineering A. 840. 142866–142866. 7 indexed citations
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Zienert, Tilo, et al.. (2022). High‐Temperature Compressive Behavior of Refractory Alumina–Niobium Composite Material. Advanced Engineering Materials. 24(8). 14 indexed citations
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Zienert, Tilo, Jana Hubálková, Patrick Gehre, et al.. (2022). Coarse‐Grained Refractory Composite Castables Based on Alumina and Niobium. Advanced Engineering Materials. 24(8). 10 indexed citations
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Weidner, Anja & Horst Biermann. (2021). Review on Strain Localization Phenomena Studied by High‐Resolution Digital Image Correlation. Advanced Engineering Materials. 23(4). 37 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyun‐Soo, Marcel Mandel, Anke Dalke, Horst Biermann, & Lutz Krüger. (2021). Effect of nitriding pre‐treatment on the tribocorrosion behavior of physical vapor deposition‐coated tool steel. Engineering Reports. 4(7-8). 2 indexed citations
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Schimpf, Christian, et al.. (2020). Effect of Nitriding Potential KN on the Formation and Growth of a “White Layer” on Iron Aluminide Alloy. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. 52(1). 414–424. 13 indexed citations
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Böhm, Robert, et al.. (2020). Determining the Damage and Failure Behaviour of Textile Reinforced Composites under Combined In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Loading. Materials. 13(21). 4772–4772. 9 indexed citations
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Seleznev, Mikhail, Anja Weidner, & Horst Biermann. (2020). On the formation of ridges and burnished debris along internal fatigue crack propagation in 42CrMo4 steel. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures. 43(7). 1567–1582. 12 indexed citations
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Dalke, Anke, et al.. (2020). Influence of the Active Screen Plasma Power during Afterglow Nitrocarburizing on the Surface Modification of AISI 316L. Coatings. 10(11). 1112–1112. 13 indexed citations
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Weidner, Anja, et al.. (2019). Mechanical High-Temperature Properties and Damage Behavior of Coarse-Grained Alumina Refractory Metal Composites. Materials. 12(23). 3927–3927. 18 indexed citations

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