Olaf Sauer

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Olaf Sauer is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf Sauer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 6 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Olaf Sauer's work include Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (15 papers), Digital Transformation in Industry (8 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (6 papers). Olaf Sauer is often cited by papers focused on Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (15 papers), Digital Transformation in Industry (8 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (6 papers). Olaf Sauer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Hungary and Austria. Olaf Sauer's co-authors include László Monostori, Kazushi Ueda, Soundar Kumara, G. Reinhart, Shinsuke Kondoh, Günther Schuh, Wilfried Sihn, Thomas Bauernhansl, Botond Kádár and Miriam Schleipen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, CIRP Annals and Computing & Control Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Olaf Sauer

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Cyber-physical systems in manufacturing 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olaf Sauer Germany 7 1.1k 155 117 116 102 20 1.3k
Theodor Borangiu Romania 18 656 0.6× 113 0.7× 146 1.2× 107 0.9× 111 1.1× 102 1.1k
Cunbo Zhuang China 14 1.3k 1.2× 146 0.9× 100 0.9× 114 1.0× 108 1.1× 44 1.7k
Mathias Schmitt Germany 5 709 0.7× 170 1.1× 88 0.8× 109 0.9× 103 1.0× 10 983
Ekaterini Vlachou Greece 15 609 0.6× 120 0.8× 79 0.7× 107 0.9× 112 1.1× 19 893
SangSu Choi South Korea 12 990 0.9× 208 1.3× 82 0.7× 124 1.1× 230 2.3× 33 1.3k
Ji Yeon Son South Korea 4 842 0.8× 163 1.1× 66 0.6× 98 0.8× 196 1.9× 7 1.1k
Shohin Aheleroff New Zealand 7 652 0.6× 83 0.5× 107 0.9× 105 0.9× 91 0.9× 10 948
Zhiqian Sang China 9 596 0.5× 120 0.8× 69 0.6× 82 0.7× 113 1.1× 18 938
Weinan Sha China 5 605 0.6× 105 0.7× 97 0.8× 85 0.7× 110 1.1× 8 895
Xudong Chai China 12 449 0.4× 156 1.0× 164 1.4× 124 1.1× 89 0.9× 90 882

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tolio, Tullio, László Monostori, József Váncza, & Olaf Sauer. (2023). Platform-based manufacturing. CIRP Annals. 72(2). 697–723. 18 indexed citations
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Usländer, Thomas, Michaël Baumann, Stefan Boschert, et al.. (2022). Symbiotic Evolution of Digital Twin Systems and Dataspaces. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 378–399. 13 indexed citations
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Sauer, Olaf, et al.. (2022). Engineering of production monitoring & control systems. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft).
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Sauer, Olaf, et al.. (2022). Plug-and-work von Produktionsanlagen und übergeordneter Software. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 331–338. 1 indexed citations
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Pfrommer, Julius, Miriam Schleipen, Thomas Usländer, et al.. (2022). Begrifflichkeiten um Industrie 4.0 - Ordnung im Sprachwirrwarr. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft).
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Sauer, Olaf. (2018). The Digital Twin - An Essential Key Technology for Industrie 4.0.. ERCIM news/ERCIM news online edition. 2018. 2 indexed citations
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Sauer, Olaf, et al.. (2018). Kollaboration und Interdisziplinarität: Die Triebfedern der Industrie 4.0. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 113(3). 170–172. 1 indexed citations
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Monostori, László, Botond Kádár, Thomas Bauernhansl, et al.. (2016). Cyber-physical systems in manufacturing. CIRP Annals. 65(2). 621–641. 1107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beyerer, Jürgen, Jürgen Jasperneite, & Olaf Sauer. (2015). Industrie 4.0. at - Automatisierungstechnik. 63(10). 751–752. 13 indexed citations
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Schleipen, Miriam, Arndt Lüder, Olaf Sauer, Holger Flatt, & Jürgen Jasperneite. (2015). Requirements and concept for Plug-and-Work. at - Automatisierungstechnik. 63(10). 801–820. 80 indexed citations
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Frey, Christian W., Michael Heizmann, Jürgen Jasperneite, et al.. (2014). IKT in der Fabrik der Zukunft. atp magazin. 56(4). 42–53. 1 indexed citations
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Frey, Christian W., Michael Heizmann, Jürgen Jasperneite, et al.. (2014). IKT in der Fabrik der Zukunft. atp magazin. 56(4). 42–42. 1 indexed citations
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Sauer, Olaf. (2014). Information Technology for the Factory of the Future – State of the Art and Need for Action. Procedia CIRP. 25. 293–296. 20 indexed citations
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Sauer, Olaf. (2014). Developments and trends in shopfloor-related ICT systems. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 59. 1352–1356. 6 indexed citations
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Sauer, Olaf. (2011). Informationstechnik in der Fabrik der Zukunft: Fabrik 4.0. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 106(12). 955–962. 4 indexed citations
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Beyerer, Jürgen & Olaf Sauer. (2011). Interoperabilität. at - Automatisierungstechnik. 59(7). 395–396. 2 indexed citations
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Schleipen, Miriam, et al.. (2011). Interoperabilität von Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). at - Automatisierungstechnik. 59(7). 413–424. 4 indexed citations
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Sauer, Olaf & Jürgen Jasperneite. (2010). Wandlungsfähige Informationstechnik in der Fabrik. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 105(9). 819–824. 1 indexed citations
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Schleipen, Miriam, Rainer Drath, & Olaf Sauer. (2008). The system-independent data exchange format CAEX for supporting an automatic configuration of a production monitoring and control system. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1786–1791. 37 indexed citations
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Sauer, Olaf, et al.. (2006). Agent-based control. Computing & Control Engineering Journal. 17(3). 32–37. 6 indexed citations

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