Ralf Petrich

933 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 781 citations indexed

About

Ralf Petrich is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Petrich has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 781 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 7 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Ralf Petrich's work include Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (10 papers), Glass properties and applications (7 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (4 papers). Ralf Petrich is often cited by papers focused on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (10 papers), Glass properties and applications (7 papers) and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (4 papers). Ralf Petrich collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Ralf Petrich's co-authors include R. B. Schwarz, C. K. Saw, O. Stenzel, Olaf Stenzel, Alexander V. Tikhonravov, V. Hopfe, F. Rozpłoch, Z. F. Krasil’nik, Christian von Borczyskowski and Nikolai G. Kalugin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, Thin Solid Films and Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Petrich

21 papers receiving 724 citations

Hit Papers

The synthesis of amorphous NiTi alloy powders by mechanic... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 100 200 300 400 500
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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. The synthesis of amorphous NiTi alloy powders by mechanical alloying
    1985 504 citations R. B. Schwarz, Ralf Petrich et al. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralf Petrich Germany 9 525 493 137 96 86 23 781
H.J. Höfler United States 13 473 0.9× 477 1.0× 200 1.5× 105 1.1× 74 0.9× 21 718
K. Przybylski Poland 18 473 0.9× 767 1.6× 90 0.7× 188 2.0× 72 0.8× 60 1.2k
Wanghe Wei China 13 468 0.9× 628 1.3× 66 0.5× 189 2.0× 75 0.9× 40 865
P. Fielitz Germany 18 253 0.5× 564 1.1× 228 1.7× 166 1.7× 104 1.2× 56 761
Naoto Sumida Japan 12 267 0.5× 390 0.8× 46 0.3× 85 0.9× 88 1.0× 35 600
J.P. Larpin France 21 690 1.3× 889 1.8× 173 1.3× 230 2.4× 53 0.6× 62 1.3k
F. H. Hayes United Kingdom 15 501 1.0× 378 0.8× 335 2.4× 113 1.2× 58 0.7× 36 824
P. C. Clapp United States 14 431 0.8× 568 1.2× 42 0.3× 76 0.8× 64 0.7× 37 770
Wensheng Lai China 17 454 0.9× 839 1.7× 112 0.8× 143 1.5× 61 0.7× 63 1.1k
U. Broßmann Germany 12 246 0.5× 466 0.9× 56 0.4× 160 1.7× 53 0.6× 31 642

Countries citing papers authored by Ralf Petrich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ralf Petrich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ralf Petrich

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ralf Petrich. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ralf Petrich based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ralf Petrich. Ralf Petrich is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Mayer, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Membrane inlet—ion mobility spectrometry with automatic spectra evaluation as online monitoring tool for the process control of microalgae cultivation. Engineering in Life Sciences. 23(4). e2200039–e2200039. 3 indexed citations
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Petrich, Ralf, Heike Bartsch, Katja Tonisch, et al.. (2019). Investigation of ScAlN for piezoelectric and ferroelectric applications. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Müller, Wolfgang, et al.. (2015). Erwiderung der Kritik von Schenk an AUSTAL2000 in Immissionsschutz 01/2015. 3 indexed citations
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Borsdorf, Helko, et al.. (2014). The correlation of odors in the environment with ion mobility spectra patterns. International Journal for Ion Mobility Spectrometry. 18(1-2). 1–7. 8 indexed citations
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Wilbrandt, Steffen, Ralf Petrich, & Olaf Stenzel. (1999). <title>Optical interference coating characterization using neural networks</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3738. 517–528. 1 indexed citations
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Petrich, Ralf. (1998). Contributions to Spectrophotometric Characterisation of Thin Films Showing Considerable Optical Losses. Qucosa - Monarch (Chemnitz University of Technology).
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Stenzel, O., et al.. (1995). The dielectric function of the diphthalocyanines of rare earth metals as a thin film material. Journal of Molecular Structure. 349. 195–198. 3 indexed citations
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Stenzel, Olaf, et al.. (1995). <title>Linear optical constants of ultrathin copperphthalocyanine films from transmittance and reflectance data: error function minimization when the film thickness is below 20 nm</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2554. 284–292. 2 indexed citations
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Stenzel, Olaf & Ralf Petrich. (1994). <title>MIR/NIR/VIS spectrophotometric investigation of absorbing thin-film materials based on error function minimization by the method of conjugated gradients</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2262. 149–162. 1 indexed citations
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Stenzel, O., Ralf Petrich, Christian von Borczyskowski, et al.. (1993). The effect of nitrogenation on the electrical properties of amorphous hydrogenated carbon layers. physica status solidi (a). 140(1). 179–188. 25 indexed citations
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Stenzel, Olaf & Ralf Petrich. (1993). Optical performance of amorphous carbon layers: nonuniformity of transmittance, reflectance, and scattering. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1782. 279–279. 1 indexed citations
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Stenzel, O., et al.. (1993). The effect of nitrogenation on the IR optical constants of amorphous hydrogenated carbon layers. Optical Materials. 2(1). 21–24. 5 indexed citations
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Stenzel, O., et al.. (1993). Determination of the optical constants of fine grained diamond layers on silicon substrates using curve-fitting procedures. Diamond and Related Materials. 2(5-7). 704–707. 6 indexed citations
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Stenzel, O., et al.. (1992). A hybrid method for determination of optical thin film constants. Thin Solid Films. 207(1-2). 324–329. 23 indexed citations
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Stenzel, Olaf, et al.. (1992). <title>Nonuniformity of the dielectric response of amorphous carbon layers: correlation with atomic composition and structure</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1759. 123–134.
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Schwarz, R. B. & Ralf Petrich. (1988). Calorimetry study of the synthesis of amorphous Ni-Ti alloys by mechanical alloying. Journal of the Less Common Metals. 140. 171–184. 102 indexed citations
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Schwarz, R. B., Ralf Petrich, & C. K. Saw. (1985). The synthesis of amorphous NiTi alloy powders by mechanical alloying. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 76(2-3). 281–302. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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