2026 Franz Dieter Fischer: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	75	3496	3378	15	14	475	18368

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18368

Overview

Franz Dieter Fischer is affiliated with the University of Leoben in Austria. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with a substantial focus on specialized subfields such as materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, atmospheric science, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work covers various main topics, including:

Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Microstructure and mechanical properties
Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena
Composite Material Mechanics
Elasticity and Material Modeling
Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials

Franz Dieter Fischer has contributed to multiple recent publications, demonstrating ongoing research activity. Notable papers include:

Surface Energy of Au Nanoparticles Depending on Their Size and Shape, 2020, published in Nanomaterials
Materials science-based guidelines to develop robust hard thin film materials, 2024, published in Progress in Materials Science
Surface stress of gold nanoparticles revisited, 2021, published in International Journal of Solids and Structures
Thermodynamic trapping and diffusion model for multiple species in systems with multiple sorts of traps, 2022, published in Acta Materialia
Generalization of classical Hillert's grain growth and LSW theories to a wide family of kinetic evolution equations and stationary distribution functions, 2022, published in Acta Materialia

The scientist frequently publishes in several established venues, with multiple contributions to:

Acta Materialia
SSRN Electronic Journal
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Scripta Materialia

Frequent co-authors associated with their work include Gerald A. Zickler, Klaus Hackl, Jiří Svoboda, and H.J. Böhm.

In addition to articles, Franz Dieter Fischer has published books with Wochenschau Verlag, including at least two editions titled "Weimar bilingual" released in 2023.

Best Publications

A new view on transformation induced plasticity (TRIP)

F. D. Fischer;G. Reisner;E. Werner;K. Tanaka

699
Citations
Modeling concepts for intermetallic titanium aluminides

F. Appel;H. Clemens;F.D. Fischer

494
Citations
Final Results of GERDA on the Search for Neutrinoless Double-β Decay.

M. Agostini;M. Agostini;G. R. Araujo;A. M. Bakalyarov;M. Balata

403
Citations
Size effects on the martensitic phase transformation of NiTi nanograins

T. Waitz;T. Antretter;F.D. Fischer;F.D. Fischer;N.K. Simha

378
Citations
Modelling of kinetics in multi-component multi-phase systems with spherical precipitates I. – Theory

J Svoboda;F.D Fischer;F.D Fischer;P Fratzl;P Fratzl;Ernst Kozeschnik

373
Citations
Fracture statistics of brittle materials: Weibull or normal distribution.

Chunsheng Lu;Chunsheng Lu;Robert Danzer;Franz Dieter Fischer

363
Citations
On the role of surface energy and surface stress in phase-transforming nanoparticles

F.D. Fischer;T. Waitz;D. Vollath;N.K. Simha

331
Citations
Hindered Crack Propagation in Materials with Periodically Varying Young's Modulus—Lessons from Biological Materials†

Peter Fratzl;Himadri S. Gupta;Franz Dieter Fischer;Otmar Kolednik

310
Citations
Transformation-Induced Plasticity (TRIP)

F. D. Fischer;Q.-P. Sun;K. Tanaka

307
Citations
Modelling of kinetics in multi-component multi-phase systems with spherical precipitates: II: Numerical solution and application

Ernst Kozeschnik;J Svoboda;P Fratzl;P Fratzl;F.D Fischer;F.D Fischer

270
Citations
Molecular‐beam epitaxy of beryllium‐chalcogenide‐based thin films and quantum‐well structures

A. Waag;F. Fischer;H. J. Lugauer;Th. Litz

264
Citations
Bioinspired Design Criteria for Damage‐Resistant Materials with Periodically Varying Microstructure

Otmar Kolednik;Jozef Predan;Franz Dieter Fischer;Peter Fratzl

260
Citations
On the relation between the principle of maximum dissipation and inelastic evolution given by dissipation potentials

Klaus Hackl;Franz Dieter Fischer

243
Citations
Surface energy of nanoparticles - influence of particle size and structure.

Dieter Vollath;Franz Dieter Fischer;David Holec

229
Citations
J-integral and crack driving force in elastic–plastic materials

N.K. Simha;F.D. Fischer;G.X. Shan;C.R. Chen

219
Citations
Applicability of the Hertz contact theory to rail-wheel contact problems

W. Yan;F. D. Fischer

214
Citations
Intermetallic β‐Solidifying γ‐TiAl Based Alloys − From Fundamental Research to Application

Svea Mayer;Petra Erdely;Franz Dieter Fischer;David Holec

209
Citations
Inhomogeneity effects on the crack driving force in elastic and elastic–plastic materials

N.K Simha;F.D Fischer;O Kolednik;C.R Chen

202
Citations
Application of the thermodynamic extremal principle to modeling of thermodynamic processes in material sciences

Jiri Svoboda;Ilja Turek;Franz Dieter Fischer

199
Citations
Buckling of stretched strips

N Friedl;F.G Rammerstorfer;F.D Fischer

198
Citations
Size effects on martensitic phase transformations in nanocrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys

T. Waitz;T. Antretter;F. D. Fischer;H. P. Karnthaler

185
Citations