Michael Zaiser

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Zaiser is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Zaiser has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Materials Chemistry, 61 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 60 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Zaiser's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (85 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (31 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (25 papers). Michael Zaiser is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (85 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (31 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (25 papers). Michael Zaiser collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and China. Michael Zaiser's co-authors include Stefano Zapperi, F. Csikor, István Groma, Vasileios Koutsos, Stefan Sandfeld, Peter Gumbsch, Thomas Hochrainer, Mingjun Yang, Peter Hähner and D. Weygand and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Michael Zaiser

173 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Dislocation Avalanches, Strain Bursts, and the Problem of... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 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. Dislocation Avalanches, Strain Bursts, and the Problem of Plastic Forming at the Micrometer Scale
    2007 484 citations D. Weygand, Michael Zaiser 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
Michael Zaiser Germany 40 3.9k 2.1k 1.7k 785 522 179 5.5k
Min Zhou United States 43 4.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 3.3k 1.9× 422 0.5× 147 0.3× 235 7.7k
H.J. Frost United States 27 2.6k 0.7× 2.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 241 0.3× 206 0.4× 65 4.5k
Michael D. Uchic United States 37 6.4k 1.6× 4.8k 2.3× 3.2k 1.9× 1.2k 1.6× 214 0.4× 115 9.1k
C. Fressengeas France 31 2.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 276 0.4× 276 0.5× 98 2.8k
F. Louchet France 27 1.5k 0.4× 1.4k 0.7× 546 0.3× 414 0.5× 156 0.3× 124 2.5k
E. Louis Spain 38 2.2k 0.6× 2.4k 1.1× 551 0.3× 1.9k 2.4× 676 1.3× 265 6.0k
Peter Gumbsch Germany 64 10.0k 2.6× 6.4k 3.0× 5.1k 3.0× 2.3k 3.0× 481 0.9× 306 15.2k
Ellad B. Tadmor United States 38 4.7k 1.2× 1.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.8× 1.3k 1.7× 231 0.4× 87 6.9k
E. Bouchaud France 35 1.3k 0.3× 739 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 394 0.5× 999 1.9× 88 3.6k
L.P. Kubin France 51 9.1k 2.3× 6.9k 3.3× 4.3k 2.5× 1.6k 2.0× 719 1.4× 172 12.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Zaiser

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Zaiser

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Ronghai & Michael Zaiser. (2025). Dislocations in the elastic fields of randomly distributed defects. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 204. 106264–106264.
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Yang, Mingjun, et al.. (2024). Mechanical Properties of Interfaces between Mg and SiC: An Ab Initio Study. Metals. 14(4). 467–467. 2 indexed citations
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Zaiser, Michael, et al.. (2024). Multiscale modeling of dislocations: combining peridynamics with gradient elasticity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 2 indexed citations
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Zaiser, Michael, et al.. (2024). Determining thermal activation parameters for ferroelectric domain nucleation in BaTiO3 from molecular dynamics simulations. Applied Physics Letters. 124(13). 5 indexed citations
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Wendler, Frank, et al.. (2024). Parameterization of a phase field model for ferroelectrics from molecular dynamics data. Acta Materialia. 283. 120513–120513. 1 indexed citations
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Moretti, Paolo, et al.. (2023). Enhanced fault tolerance in biomimetic hierarchical materials: A simulation study. Physical Review Materials. 7(5). 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Xi, Ke Zhao, Yuanli Bai, et al.. (2022). Evading strength and ductility trade-off in an inverse nacre structured magnesium matrix nanocomposite. Acta Materialia. 228. 117730–117730. 87 indexed citations
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Zaiser, Michael, Paolo Moretti, Tero Mäkinen, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical Slice Patterns Inhibit Crack Propagation in Brittle Sheets. Physical Review Applied. 18(4). 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Kai, et al.. (2022). Atomistic aspects of load transfer and fracture in CNT-reinforced aluminium. Materialia. 22. 101376–101376. 9 indexed citations
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Fan, Haidong, Qingyuan Wang, Jaafar A. El‐Awady, Dierk Raabe, & Michael Zaiser. (2021). Author Correction: Strain rate dependency of dislocation plasticity. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2470–2470. 6 indexed citations
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Moretti, Paolo, et al.. (2021). Beam network model for fracture of materials with hierarchical microstructure. International Journal of Fracture. 227(2). 243–257. 8 indexed citations
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Moretti, Paolo, et al.. (2019). A Beam Network Model Approach to Strength Optimization of Disordered Fibrous Materials. Advanced Engineering Materials. 22(9). 5 indexed citations
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Koutsos, Vasileios, et al.. (2015). Statistical analysis and stochastic dislocation-based modeling of microplasticity. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 24(3-4). 105–113. 8 indexed citations
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Zaiser, Michael. (2013). Statistical aspects of microplasticity: experiments, discrete dislocation simulations and stochastic continuum models. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 22(3-4). 89–100. 10 indexed citations
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Heierli, Joachim, Alec van Herwijnen, Peter Gumbsch, & Michael Zaiser. (2008). ANTICRACKS: A NEW THEORY OF FRACTURE INITIATION AND FRACTURE PROPAGATION IN SNOW. 385(9964). 9–7. 11 indexed citations
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Avlonitis, Markos, Michael Zaiser, & Elias C. Aifantis. (2007). Nucleation And Non-Linear Strain Localization During Cyclic Plastic Deformation. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 18(1). 69–79. 2 indexed citations
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Schwerdtfeger, Jan, et al.. (2007). Fracture Toughness of Snow: The Influence of Layered Microstructure. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 18(3). 195–215. 1 indexed citations
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Zaiser, Michael. (2006). Scale invariance in plastic flow of crystalline solids. Advances In Physics. 55(1-2). 185–245. 255 indexed citations
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Zaiser, Michael, et al.. (2004). Shear Bands and Damage Clusters in Slope Failure - A One-Dimensional Model. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 15(3). 185–202. 4 indexed citations
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Zaiser, Michael & Elias C. Aifantis. (2003). Avalanches and Slip Patterning in Plastic Deformation. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 14(4-5). 255–270. 11 indexed citations

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