Thomas Bergs

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
444 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Bergs is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bergs has authored 444 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 327 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 160 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 123 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bergs's work include Advanced machining processes and optimization (246 papers), Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (153 papers) and Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques (110 papers). Thomas Bergs is often cited by papers focused on Advanced machining processes and optimization (246 papers), Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques (153 papers) and Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques (110 papers). Thomas Bergs collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Thomas Bergs's co-authors include Max Schwenzer, Dirk Abel, Muzaffer Ay, Daniel Schraknepper, A. Klink, Fritz Klocke, Thorsten Augspurger, Daniel Trauth, Benjamin Döbbeler and Sebastian Barth and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bergs

388 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Review on model predictive control: an engineering perspe... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 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. Review on model predictive control: an engineering perspective
    2021 499 citations Thomas Bergs, Dirk Abel et al. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Bergs Germany 22 2.0k 984 921 807 418 444 3.3k
Garret E. O’Donnell Ireland 26 2.4k 1.2× 882 0.9× 886 1.0× 717 0.9× 185 0.4× 75 3.2k
Marek Balazinski Canada 32 1.9k 1.0× 707 0.7× 945 1.0× 447 0.6× 261 0.6× 132 2.7k
Kunpeng Zhu China 33 2.7k 1.4× 677 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 430 1.0× 95 3.4k
Dilip Kumar Pratihar India 34 1.8k 0.9× 880 0.9× 470 0.5× 332 0.4× 609 1.5× 229 3.9k
Nabil Gindy United Kingdom 37 1.9k 1.0× 734 0.7× 705 0.8× 1.6k 2.0× 337 0.8× 146 3.9k
George-Christopher Vosniakos Greece 23 1.9k 1.0× 762 0.8× 836 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 353 0.8× 139 3.2k
Jürgen Fleischer Germany 30 1.8k 0.9× 807 0.8× 875 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 572 1.4× 421 3.7k
Thomas R. Kurfess United States 31 2.4k 1.2× 598 0.6× 678 0.7× 1.6k 2.0× 1.1k 2.7× 248 4.5k
Svetan Ratchev United Kingdom 29 1.7k 0.9× 848 0.9× 626 0.7× 1.7k 2.1× 253 0.6× 199 3.2k
Yiming Rong China 37 2.4k 1.2× 936 1.0× 387 0.4× 1.8k 2.2× 202 0.5× 217 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Bergs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Bergs

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All Works

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Bobzin, Kirsten, et al.. (2025). A case study on extended approach for wear analysis of TiAlCrSiN coated cutting inserts. Wear. 572-573. 206040–206040. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Hui, Markus Meurer, & Thomas Bergs. (2025). Experimental and Finite Element Analysis of adapted cutting fluid supply on tool temperature and wear progression in Inconel 718 turning. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 137. 166–180. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiali, et al.. (2025). Numerical investigation of influencing factors on binder migration in the powder bed during metal binder jetting. Progress in Additive Manufacturing. 11(1). 1295–1315.
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Alexopoulos, Charalampos, et al.. (2024). Experimental validation of the plane-based penetration calculation for the gear skiving of internal gears. Procedia CIRP. 126. 1047–1052.
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Meurer, Markus, et al.. (2024). Deep Learning Based Tool Wear Estimation Considering Cutting Conditions. Procedia CIRP. 130. 133–138. 1 indexed citations
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Herrig, Tim, et al.. (2024). Identification of surface roughness parameters for the function-oriented description of EDMed surfaces. Procedia CIRP. 123. 131–136. 1 indexed citations
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Herrig, Tim, et al.. (2024). Surface integrity analysis of single discharge characteristics derived from the continuous wire EDM process. Procedia CIRP. 123. 203–208. 3 indexed citations
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Meurer, Markus, et al.. (2024). Surface Roughness Prediction in Hard Turning (Finishing) of 16MnCr5 Using a Model Ensemble Approach. Procedia CIRP. 126. 504–507. 2 indexed citations
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Shaqour, Bahaa, et al.. (2024). Investigating the Impact of Process Parameters on Bead Geometry in Laser Wire-Feed Metal Additive Manufacturing. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. 8(5). 204–204. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Hui, Markus Meurer, & Thomas Bergs. (2024). Effect of cutting fluid supply conditions on tool loads during continuous and interrupted orthogonal cutting. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 135(11-12). 5141–5155.
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Schmitt, Robert, et al.. (2023). Potential of prediction in manufacturing process and inspection sequences for scrap reduction. CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology. 44. 55–69. 1 indexed citations
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Barth, Sebastian, et al.. (2023). Design of demand-oriented flexible manufacturing process sequences under consideration of future and uncertain component variants. Manufacturing Letters. 36. 68–71. 2 indexed citations
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Stemmler, Sebastian, et al.. (2023). Model-Based Determination Of Process Force In Multi-Axis Milling. Proceedings of the World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering.
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Müller, Martina, et al.. (2019). Investigation of different tribological systems during full forward impact extrusion of aluminum alloy EN AW 6082. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. 72(6). 709–712.
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Bergs, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Modell zur typenbasierten Gestaltung von firmeninternen Inkubatoren. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations

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