Waloddi Weibull

12.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Waloddi Weibull is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Waloddi Weibull has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 3 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Waloddi Weibull's work include Fatigue and fracture mechanics (4 papers), Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (2 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (2 papers). Waloddi Weibull is often cited by papers focused on Fatigue and fracture mechanics (4 papers), Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (2 papers) and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (2 papers). Waloddi Weibull collaborates with scholars based in Sweden and United Kingdom. Waloddi Weibull's co-authors include K. C. Rockey, Lars–Gunnar Svensson, Folke K. G. Odqvist, Niels C. Lind and Alfred M. Freudenthal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control and Archive of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Waloddi Weibull

10 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability

1951 8.6k citations Waloddi Weibull Journal of Applied Mechanics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Waloddi Weibull Sweden	6	2.8k	2.1k	1.6k	1.5k	767	11	9.0k
Bernard D. Coleman United States	56	4.7k 1.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.4k 1.5×	833 0.5×	237 0.3×	173	12.9k
Ser Tong Quek Singapore	49	2.4k 0.9×	942 0.4×	927 0.6×	4.5k 3.0×	462 0.6×	207	8.2k
Robert L. Taylor United States	65	12.8k 4.5×	4.5k 2.1×	2.4k 1.5×	7.4k 4.9×	1.3k 1.7×	292	24.0k
Ying Zhang China	50	796 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.7×	404 0.3×	1.5k 2.0×	510	9.8k
Fang Wang China	42	1.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.9×	880 0.5×	1.4k 0.9×	692 0.9×	383	5.8k
Alberto Carpinteri Italy	58	8.2k 2.9×	1.8k 0.8×	2.0k 1.2×	5.6k 3.7×	266 0.3×	545	14.3k
C.M. Wang Singapore	64	9.0k 3.2×	1.7k 0.8×	8.2k 5.1×	6.6k 4.3×	1.2k 1.6×	659	18.8k
Liu Y China	47	901 0.3×	3.4k 1.6×	967 0.6×	659 0.4×	3.1k 4.0×	630	9.1k
Dietrich E. Wolf Germany	45	788 0.3×	513 0.2×	1.9k 1.2×	910 0.6×	811 1.1×	219	8.4k
Lin Ye China	81	11.4k 4.1×	9.5k 4.5×	5.3k 3.3×	6.2k 4.1×	2.3k 3.0×	924	28.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Waloddi Weibull

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Waloddi Weibull

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All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Lind, Niels C., et al.. (2011). Probabilistic Methods in the Mechanics of Solids and Structures: Symposium Stockholm, Sweden June 19-21, 1984 To the Memory of Waloddi Weibull. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Svensson, Lars–Gunnar & Waloddi Weibull. (1984). Stability and efficiency from a Neo-Keynesian viewpoint. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 7(3). 349–362. 1 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi. (1977). References on the Weibull distribution. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Freudenthal, Alfred M., et al.. (1963). FIRST SEMINAR ON FATIGUE AND FATIGUE DESIGN.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi. (1963). A theory of fatigue Crack Propagation in sheet specimens. Acta Metallurgica. 11(7). 745–752. 27 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi & K. C. Rockey. (1962). Fatigue Testing and Analysis of Results. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 29(3). 607–608. 308 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi. (1959). Zur Abh�ngigkeit der Festigkeit von der Probengr��e. Archive of Applied Mechanics. 28(1). 360–362. 44 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi & Folke K. G. Odqvist. (1956). Colloquium on Fatigue / Colloque de Fatigue / Kolloquium über Ermüdungsfestigkeit. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi. (1952). Statistical Design of Fatigue Experiments. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 19(1). 109–113. 21 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi. (1952). Closure to “Discussions of ‘A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability’” (1952, ASME J. Appl. Mech., 19, pp. 233–234). Journal of Applied Mechanics. 19(2). 234–234. 8 indexed citations

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Weibull, Waloddi. (1951). A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 18(3). 293–297. 8630 indexed citations breakdown →

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