W. Karpen

823 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

W. Karpen is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Karpen has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 4 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W. Karpen's work include Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (12 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (4 papers) and Optical measurement and interference techniques (3 papers). W. Karpen is often cited by papers focused on Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (12 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (4 papers) and Optical measurement and interference techniques (3 papers). W. Karpen collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. W. Karpen's co-authors include G. Busse, D. Wu, H. Walther, Duane A. Morrow, Patrick S. Cottler, Kenton R. Kaufman, Dianhua Wu, W. Arnold, U. Netzelmann and Karsten Haupt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Analytica Chimica Acta and Review of Scientific Instruments.

In The Last Decade

W. Karpen

14 papers receiving 570 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Thermal wave imaging with phase sensitive modulated thermography

1992 504 citations G. Busse, D. Wu et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Karpen Germany	9	586	263	145	140	70	14	627
S. K. Lau United States	8	344 0.6×	172 0.7×	72 0.5×	80 0.6×	52 0.7×	16	397
P. K. Kuo United States	8	330 0.6×	101 0.4×	160 1.1×	51 0.4×	60 0.9×	15	370
G. Mayr Austria	12	399 0.7×	113 0.4×	208 1.4×	80 0.6×	21 0.3×	45	450
Jean Christophe Batsale France	4	180 0.3×	80 0.3×	55 0.4×	60 0.4×	55 0.8×	6	368
A. Déom France	9	194 0.3×	76 0.3×	38 0.3×	59 0.4×	55 0.8×	23	277
L. Liu Hong Kong	6	208 0.4×	41 0.2×	34 0.2×	108 0.8×	18 0.3×	14	334
Samuel Legoupil France	9	323 0.6×	107 0.4×	114 0.8×	58 0.4×	184 2.6×	29	481
R. F. Hellbaum United States	4	177 0.3×	232 0.9×	104 0.7×	185 1.3×	35 0.5×	11	404
Yunlai Gao China	8	340 0.6×	41 0.2×	33 0.2×	96 0.7×	16 0.2×	12	464
Hongjun Sun China	13	177 0.3×	28 0.1×	157 1.1×	59 0.4×	92 1.3×	75	482

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Karpen

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Cottler, Patrick S., W. Karpen, Duane A. Morrow, & Kenton R. Kaufman. (2009). Performance Characteristics of a New Generation Pressure Microsensor for Physiologic Applications. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 37(8). 1638–1645. 14 indexed citations

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Karpen, W., et al.. (2005). Numerical filters as a tool for defect characterization in pulsed thermography. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 125. 531–533. 2 indexed citations

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Karpen, W., D. Wu, & G. Busse. (1999). A Theoretical Model for the Measurement of Fiber Orientation with Thermal Waves. Research in Nondestructive Evaluation. 11(4). 179–197. 14 indexed citations

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Karpen, W., D. Wu, & G. Busse. (1999). Invited Article A Theoretical Model for the Measurement of Fiber Orientation with Thermal Waves. Research in Nondestructive Evaluation. 11(4). 179–197. 9 indexed citations

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Karpen, W., et al.. (1998). Characterization of Electric and Magnetic Material Properties with Eddy-Current Measurements. Nondestructive Testing And Evaluation. 15(2). 93–107. 4 indexed citations

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Wu, D., et al.. (1996). Nondestructive Inspection of Turbine Blades with Lock-In Thermography. Materials science forum. 210-213. 289–294. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, D., W. Karpen, Karsten Haupt, H. Walther, & G. Busse. (1994). Applications of phase sensitive thermography for nondestructive evaluation. Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings). 4(C7). C7–567. 5 indexed citations

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Walther, H. & W. Karpen. (1994). Characterization of interfaces by photothermal methods. Analytica Chimica Acta. 297(1-2). 87–96. 1 indexed citations

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Karpen, W., et al.. (1994). Depth profiling of orientation in laminates with local lockin thermography. 9 indexed citations

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Walther, H., et al.. (1993). Proposal for photothermal characterization of boundaries between layer and substrate. Research in Nondestructive Evaluation. 5(1). 31–39. 8 indexed citations

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Walther, H., et al.. (1993). Proposal for Photothermal Characterization of Boundaries Between Layer and Substrate. Research in Nondestructive Evaluation. 5(1). 31–39. 14 indexed citations

12.

Walther, H., et al.. (1992). Application of modulated photothermal radiometry to infrared transparent samples. Review of Scientific Instruments. 63(11). 5479–5480. 27 indexed citations

13.

Busse, G., D. Wu, & W. Karpen. (1992). Thermal wave imaging with phase sensitive modulated thermography. Journal of Applied Physics. 71(8). 3962–3965. 504 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, D., W. Karpen, & G. Busse. (1992). Lockin thermography for multiplex photothermal non destructive evaluation. 1 indexed citations

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