Wilhelm Meiners

9.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
61 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Wilhelm Meiners is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wilhelm Meiners has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 33 papers in Automotive Engineering and 14 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Wilhelm Meiners's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (40 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (33 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (15 papers). Wilhelm Meiners is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (40 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (33 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (15 papers). Wilhelm Meiners collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and United States. Wilhelm Meiners's co-authors include Konrad Wissenbach, Reinhart Poprawe, Dongdong Gu, Yves‐Christian Hagedorn, Damien Buchbinder, Norbert Pirch, Sebastian Bremen, Andrei Diatlov, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum and Christian Weingarten and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering A and Composites Science and Technology.

In The Last Decade

Wilhelm Meiners

60 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Laser additive manufacturing of metallic components: materials, processes and mechanisms

2012 2.6k citations Dongdong Gu, Wilhelm Meiners et al. profile →
Densification behavior, microstructure evolution, and wear performance of selective laser melting processed commercially pure titanium

2012 900 citations Dongdong Gu, Yves‐Christian Hagedorn et al. profile →
Formation and reduction of hydrogen porosity during selective laser melting of AlSi10Mg

2015 464 citations Damien Buchbinder, Norbert Pirch et al. profile →
Selective Laser Melting

2012 318 citations Wilhelm Meiners et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wilhelm Meiners Germany	26	6.5k	4.7k	1.1k	836	584	61	7.4k
Konrad Wissenbach Germany	32	7.1k 1.1×	4.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.2×	659 1.1×	96	8.2k
Igor Yadroitsev South Africa	40	7.4k 1.1×	5.2k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	889 1.5×	108	8.3k
Diego Manfredi Italy	44	4.6k 0.7×	3.6k 0.8×	923 0.9×	769 0.9×	466 0.8×	143	6.4k
Claus Emmelmann Germany	31	6.9k 1.1×	4.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	691 0.8×	841 1.4×	131	7.8k
Nesma T. Aboulkhair United Kingdom	27	5.9k 0.9×	4.3k 0.9×	736 0.7×	463 0.6×	357 0.6×	51	6.3k
Iain Todd United Kingdom	40	6.9k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	2.0k 1.9×	658 0.8×	349 0.6×	174	7.6k
Shifeng Wen China	39	4.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	353 0.6×	120	5.3k
Francisco Medina United States	32	6.2k 1.0×	4.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.7×	1.4k 1.6×	580 1.0×	77	7.6k
S.M. Gaytan United States	29	6.4k 1.0×	4.3k 0.9×	2.1k 2.0×	1.4k 1.7×	488 0.8×	45	7.7k
Khamis Essa United Kingdom	34	3.7k 0.6×	2.4k 0.5×	834 0.8×	937 1.1×	332 0.6×	126	4.7k

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Schopphoven, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Bayesian optimization for extreme high-speed laser material deposition. Journal of Laser Applications. 37(4).

Schopphoven, Thomas, et al.. (2024). AI-based spatially resolved parameter prediction in laser metal deposition for increased process stability. Journal of Laser Applications. 36(4). 1 indexed citations

Jauer, Lucas, Wilhelm Meiners, Andreas Pfister, et al.. (2019). Development of a solvent-free polylactide/calcium carbonate composite for selective laser sintering of bone tissue engineering scaffolds. Materials Science and Engineering C. 101. 660–673. 105 indexed citations

Liu, Xihe, Congcong Zhao, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2019). CNT-reinforced AlSi10Mg composite by selective laser melting: Microstructural and mechanical properties. Materials Science and Technology. 35(9). 1038–1045. 28 indexed citations

Jauer, Lucas, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach, et al.. (2018). Influence of the material properties of a poly(D,L-lactide)/β-tricalcium phosphate composite on the processability by selective laser sintering. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 87. 267–278. 25 indexed citations

Piller, Frank T., Reinhart Poprawe, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum, et al.. (2018). Introducing a Holistic Profitability Model for Additive Manufacturing: An Analysis of Laser-powder Bed Fusion. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 1730–1735. 7 indexed citations

Jauer, Lucas, et al.. (2015). Selective Laser Melting of magnesium alloys. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 30. 14 indexed citations

Gu, Dongdong, Hongqiao Wang, Donghua Dai, et al.. (2014). Densification behavior, microstructure evolution, and wear property of TiC nanoparticle reinforced AlSi10Mg bulk-form nanocomposites prepared by selective laser melting. Journal of Laser Applications. 27(S1). 80 indexed citations

Mingareev, Ilya, et al.. (2014). Post-processing of 3D-printed parts using femtosecond and picosecond laser radiation. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8970. 89700R–89700R. 3 indexed citations

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Gu, Dongdong, Hongqiao Wang, Donghua Dai, et al.. (2014). Rapid fabrication of Al-based bulk-form nanocomposites with novel reinforcement and enhanced performance by selective laser melting. Scripta Materialia. 96. 25–28. 240 indexed citations

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Gu, Dongdong, Hongqiao Wang, Fei Chang, et al.. (2014). Selective Laser Melting Additive Manufacturing of TiC/AlSi10Mg Bulk-form Nanocomposites with Tailored Microstructures and Properties. Physics Procedia. 56. 108–116. 124 indexed citations

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Hagedorn, Yves‐Christian, Jeroen Risse, Norbert Pirch, et al.. (2013). Processing of nickel based superalloy MAR M-247 by means of High-Temperature Selective Laser Melting (HT-SLT). RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 15 indexed citations

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Meiners, Wilhelm, et al.. (2013). Micro scale laser based additive manufacturing for metals. 661–666. 3 indexed citations

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Kapat, Jayanta, et al.. (2013). Fabrication and Analysis of Porous Superalloys for Turbine Components Using Laser Additive Manufacturing. 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference. 10 indexed citations

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Vogt, Felix, Simon Höges, Lucas Jauer, et al.. (2012). Development and characterization of a coronary polylactic acid stent prototype generated by selective laser melting. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 24(1). 241–255. 51 indexed citations

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Lindner, Markus, Wilhelm Meiners, Konrad Wissenbach, et al.. (2011). Manufacturing of individual biodegradable bone substitute implants using selective laser melting technique. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 97A(4). 466–471. 52 indexed citations

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Schleifenbaum, Johannes Henrich, et al.. (2011). Design of an Optical system for the In Situ Process Monitoring of Selective Laser Melting (SLM). Physics Procedia. 12. 683–690. 174 indexed citations

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Gu, Dongdong & Wilhelm Meiners. (2010). Microstructure characteristics and formation mechanisms of in situ WC cemented carbide based hardmetals prepared by Selective Laser Melting. Materials Science and Engineering A. 527(29-30). 7585–7592. 113 indexed citations

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Buchbinder, Damien, et al.. (2008). Rapid manufacturing of aluminium parts for serial production via selective laser melting (SLM). Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 21 indexed citations

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Meiners, Wilhelm, Konrad Wissenbach, & R. Poprawe. (1998). Direct generation of metal parts and tools by selective laser powder remelting (SLPR). E31–E37. 34 indexed citations

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