Michael Drack

5.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
19 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Drack is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Drack has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Michael Drack's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (6 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (5 papers). Michael Drack is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (12 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (6 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (5 papers). Michael Drack collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Japan. Michael Drack's co-authors include Martin Kaltenbrunner, Siegfried Bauer, Reinhard Schwödiauer, Ingrid Graz, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Takao Someya, Tomoyuki Yokota, Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Kazunori Kuribara and Jonathan T. Reeder and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Drack

19 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An ultra-lightweight design for imperceptible plastic electronics

2013 2.1k citations Martin Kaltenbrunner, Tsuyoshi Sekitani et al. Nature profile →
Flexible high power-per-weight perovskite solar cells with chromium oxide–metal contacts for improved stability in air

2015 854 citations Martin Kaltenbrunner, Getachew Adam Workneh et al. Nature Materials profile →
Instant tough bonding of hydrogels for soft machines and electronics

2017 411 citations Daniela Wirthl, Robert Pichler et al. Science Advances profile →
A bimodal soft electronic skin for tactile and touchless interaction in real time

2019 272 citations Ge Jin, Xu Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Drack Austria	15	3.1k	2.1k	1.8k	846	803	19	4.6k
Seungyong Han South Korea	33	3.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	906 1.1×	689 0.9×	78	4.8k
Ingrid Graz Austria	25	4.7k 1.5×	2.5k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	867 1.0×	832 1.0×	53	6.0k
Min‐Cheol Lee South Korea	20	3.5k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	434 0.5×	654 0.8×	87	4.8k
Phillip Won South Korea	30	3.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	872 0.5×	871 1.0×	433 0.5×	42	3.9k
Shanshan Yao United States	29	4.3k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	737 0.9×	77	5.5k
Yei Hwan Jung United States	27	3.1k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	518 0.6×	585 0.7×	58	4.3k
Yongtaek Hong South Korea	35	2.6k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	572 0.7×	853 1.1×	138	3.8k
Shuodao Wang United States	28	4.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.7×	797 1.0×	52	5.7k
Kyoseung Sim South Korea	24	2.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	690 0.8×	302 0.4×	57	3.2k
Myunghwan Byun South Korea	34	3.6k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 2.1×	1.4k 1.8×	73	5.4k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Mao, Guoyong, David Schiller, Doris Danninger, et al.. (2022). Ultrafast small-scale soft electromagnetic robots. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4456–4456. 124 indexed citations

Lehner, Lukas E., Melanie Baumgartner, Michael Drack, et al.. (2022). 3D printing of resilient biogels for omnidirectional and exteroceptive soft actuators. Science Robotics. 7(63). eabk2119–eabk2119. 127 indexed citations

Stockinger, Thomas, Daniela Wirthl, Guoyong Mao, et al.. (2021). iSens: A Fiber‐Based, Highly Permeable and Imperceptible Sensor Design. Advanced Materials. 33(37). e2102736–e2102736. 23 indexed citations

Schwödiauer, Reinhard, Guoyong Mao, Daniela Wirthl, et al.. (2021). Elastocaloric heat pump with specific cooling power of 20.9 W g–1 exploiting snap-through instability and strain-induced crystallization. Nature Energy. 6(3). 260–267. 100 indexed citations

Stockinger, Thomas, Daniela Wirthl, Guoyong Mao, et al.. (2021). iSens: A Fiber‐Based, Highly Permeable and Imperceptible Sensor Design (Adv. Mater. 37/2021). Advanced Materials. 33(37). 2 indexed citations

Mao, Guoyong, Michael Drack, Daniela Wirthl, et al.. (2020). Soft electromagnetic actuators. Science Advances. 6(26). eabc0251–eabc0251. 163 indexed citations

Kettlgruber, Gerald, Doris Danninger, Richard Moser, et al.. (2020). Stretch‐Safe: Magnetic Connectors for Modular Stretchable Electronics. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(8). 10 indexed citations

Wang, Xu, Guoyong Mao, Ge Jin, et al.. (2020). Untethered and ultrafast soft-bodied robots. Communications Materials. 1(1). 115 indexed citations

Jin, Ge, Xu Wang, Michael Drack, et al.. (2019). A bimodal soft electronic skin for tactile and touchless interaction in real time. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4405–4405. 272 indexed citations breakdown →

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Drack, Michael, Florian Hartmann, Siegfried Bauer, & Martin Kaltenbrunner. (2018). The importance of open and frugal labware. Nature Electronics. 1(9). 484–486. 10 indexed citations

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Hartmann, Florian, Michael Drack, & Martin Kaltenbrunner. (2018). Meant to merge: Fabrication of stretchy electronics for robotics. Science Robotics. 3(18). 21 indexed citations

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Pichler, Robert, Daniela Wirthl, Michael Drack, et al.. (2017). A hybrid, low-cost tissue-like epidural needle insertion simulator. PubMed. 56. 42–45. 6 indexed citations

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Wirthl, Daniela, Robert Pichler, Michael Drack, et al.. (2017). Instant tough bonding of hydrogels for soft machines and electronics. Science Advances. 3(6). e1700053–e1700053. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moser, Richard, Gerald Kettlgruber, Christian M. Siket, et al.. (2016). From Playroom to Lab: Tough Stretchable Electronics Analyzed with a Tabletop Tensile Tester Made from Toy‐Bricks. Advanced Science. 3(4). 1500396–1500396. 51 indexed citations

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Kaltenbrunner, Martin, Getachew Adam Workneh, Eric Daniel Głowacki, et al.. (2015). Flexible high power-per-weight perovskite solar cells with chromium oxide–metal contacts for improved stability in air. Nature Materials. 14(10). 1032–1039. 854 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schausberger, Stefan E., Rainer Kaltseis, Michael Drack, et al.. (2015). Cost-Efficient Open Source Desktop Size Radial Stretching System With Force Sensor. IEEE Access. 3. 556–561. 22 indexed citations

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Drack, Michael, Ingrid Graz, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, et al.. (2015). Flexible Electronics: An Imperceptible Plastic Electronic Wrap (Adv. Mater. 1/2015). Advanced Materials. 27(1). 1–1. 34 indexed citations

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Drack, Michael, Ingrid Graz, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, et al.. (2014). An Imperceptible Plastic Electronic Wrap. Advanced Materials. 27(1). 34–40. 145 indexed citations

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Kaltenbrunner, Martin, Tsuyoshi Sekitani, Jonathan T. Reeder, et al.. (2013). An ultra-lightweight design for imperceptible plastic electronics. Nature. 499(7459). 458–463. 2120 indexed citations breakdown →

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