Michael Schmidt

19.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
647 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Schmidt is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Schmidt has authored 647 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 260 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 219 papers in Computational Mechanics and 175 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Schmidt's work include Laser Material Processing Techniques (183 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (139 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (117 papers). Michael Schmidt is often cited by papers focused on Laser Material Processing Techniques (183 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (139 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (117 papers). Michael Schmidt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Michael Schmidt's co-authors include Hod Lipson, Andreas Otto, Kristian Cvecek, Isamu Miyamoto, Ekkehard Fehling, Marion Merklein, Margit Zacharias, J. Heitmann, Michael Karg and Thomas Frick and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Michael Schmidt

622 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

Distilling Free-Form Natu... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2009 2002 2017 2014 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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. Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data
    2009 1.8k citations Michael Schmidt et al. profile →
  2. Size-controlled highly luminescent silicon nanocrystals: A SiO/SiO2 superlattice approach
    2002 644 citations Michael Schmidt et al. profile →
  3. Laser based additive manufacturing in industry and academia
    2017 460 citations Michael Schmidt, Tino Hausotte et al. profile →
  4. Turbomachinery component manufacture by application of electrochemical, electro-physical and photonic processes
    2014 346 citations Michael Schmidt et al. profile →
  5. Metal Ablation with Short and Ultrashort Laser Pulses
    2011 305 citations Michael Schmidt et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Schmidt 5.0k 3.6k 3.2k 2.5k 2.4k 647 13.9k
Weihua Li 6.5k 1.3× 10.7k 3.0× 1.4k 0.4× 2.3k 0.9× 4.3k 1.8× 835 27.2k
Yong Chen 4.2k 0.8× 6.8k 1.9× 1.1k 0.4× 6.0k 2.4× 3.2k 1.3× 730 19.7k
Cheng Li 3.8k 0.8× 6.6k 1.8× 1.9k 0.6× 939 0.4× 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 18.6k
Fengzhou Fang 6.1k 1.2× 7.1k 2.0× 2.1k 0.7× 719 0.3× 3.1k 1.3× 431 12.4k
Yuwen Zhang 5.7k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 3.3k 1.0× 1.3k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 514 13.1k
Hui Li 4.5k 0.9× 2.7k 0.7× 4.6k 1.5× 414 0.2× 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 30.0k
Peter Lee 11.2k 2.2× 4.0k 1.1× 965 0.3× 3.2k 1.3× 2.0k 0.8× 818 28.8k
Xiangqian Jiang 4.7k 0.9× 1.8k 0.5× 2.5k 0.8× 928 0.4× 988 0.4× 528 8.7k
Jun Wang 6.4k 1.3× 4.9k 1.4× 1.7k 0.5× 433 0.2× 2.2k 0.9× 670 13.2k
Wing Kam Liu 6.1k 1.2× 3.9k 1.1× 9.8k 3.1× 1.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 389 29.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Schmidt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Schmidt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Schmidt

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schmidt, Jochen, et al.. (2025). Thermo‐Optical Analysis of Surface‐ and Volume‐Additivated Polymer Powders for Near‐Infrared Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Advanced Photonics Research. 6(7). 1 indexed citations
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Winter, Jan, et al.. (2025). Improving FEM-based solid mechanics simulations for ultrashort pulse laser ablation by integrating an equation of state and material separation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 241. 126714–126714. 2 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Michael, et al.. (2024). Laser driven melt pool resonances through dynamically oscillating energy inputs. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 131. 1624–1630. 1 indexed citations
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Spurk, Christoph, Marc Hummel, Alexander Olowinsky, et al.. (2024). In-situ observation of end crater crack mechanisms in AA7075 during laser beam welding using synchrotron radiation. Procedia CIRP. 124. 464–467. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Michael, et al.. (2024). Near-infrared surface sensitizing of PA12 to enable diode laser-based Powder Bed Fusion. Procedia CIRP. 124. 69–73. 6 indexed citations
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Bayat, Mohamad, Aleksandr Zinoviev, O. Zinovieva, et al.. (2024). Exploring spatial beam shaping in laser powder bed fusion: High-fidelity simulation and in-situ monitoring. Additive manufacturing. 93. 104420–104420. 8 indexed citations
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Ziefuß, Anna Rosa, et al.. (2024). Correlation of optical energy onto nano-additivated CuS/PA12 and LaB6/PA12 powder with depth of fusion in PBF-LB/P. Procedia CIRP. 124. 61–64. 2 indexed citations
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Hentschel, Oliver, et al.. (2024). Functional polyetheretherketone coatings fabricated by laser-based directed energy deposition. Surface and Coatings Technology. 496. 131629–131629. 1 indexed citations
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Klämpfl, Florian, et al.. (2023). Full-optical photoacoustic imaging using speckle analysis and resolution enhancement by orthogonal pump patterns projection. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 18081–18081. 1 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Michael, et al.. (2023). Directed Energy Deposition of Low‐Alloyed Steels: An Insight on Microstructural and Mechanical Properties. steel research international. 94(8). 6 indexed citations
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Chechik, Lova, et al.. (2023). A Brief History of the Progress of Laser Powder Bed Fusion of Metals in Europe. Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering. 145(10). 3 indexed citations
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Greiner, Sandra, Michael Schmidt, Dietmar Drummer, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of Additively-Manufactured Internal Geometrical Features Using X-ray-Computed Tomography. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 7(3). 95–95. 4 indexed citations
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Huber, Florian, et al.. (2023). Revealing bulk metallic glass crystallization kinetics during laser powder bed fusion by a combination of experimental and numerical methods. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 619. 122532–122532. 6 indexed citations
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Roider, Clemens, et al.. (2020). Diffractive tunable lens for remote focusing in high-NA optical systems. Optics Express. 28(18). 26336–26336. 15 indexed citations
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Kreiß, Lucas, Martin Hohmann, Florian Klämpfl, et al.. (2019). Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy for label-free molecular characterization and automated detection of human cartilage and subchondral bone. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 301. 127121–127121. 11 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Michael, et al.. (2005). Automatic test data generation for TTCN-3 using CTE. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 3 indexed citations

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