Kai Willner

81 papers and 947 indexed citations
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About

Kai Willner is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Willner has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 947 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 46 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 11 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Kai Willner’s work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (31 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (24 papers) and Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (19 papers). Kai Willner is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (31 papers), Metal Forming Simulation Techniques (24 papers) and Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (19 papers). Kai Willner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and United States. Kai Willner's co-authors include Olivier Dulieu, F. Masnou-Seeuws, Barbara Wohlmuth, Hartmut Hetzler, Michael Hanss, Paul Steinmann, F. A. Gianturco, Christoph Schwingshackl, Jason Armand and Loïc Salles and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Physical Review A and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Willner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Willner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Willner 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 Kai Willner. Kai Willner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Willner

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kai Willner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kai Willner. The network helps show where Kai Willner may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Willner

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