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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 71 4287 4151 243 235 463 16303

Gerhard Wilde publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gerhard Wilde between 1994 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gerhard Wilde published across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025, averaging 17.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 45 publications in 2024. 73 of the 564 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1994 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 45. Peak 45 publications in 2024. 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 6 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 22 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 25 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 25 publications 2015: 36 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 40 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 26 publications 2023: 35 publications 2024: 45 publications 2025: 28 publications
1994 2025

564 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gerhard Wilde: publications per year, 1994 to 2025
Year Publications
1994 1
1995 2
1996 6
1997 3
1998 9
1999 12
2000 9
2001 3
2002 10
2003 9
2004 11
2005 17
2006 16
2007 22
2008 9
2009 10
2010 15
2011 25
2012 4
2013 15
2014 25
2015 36
2016 21
2017 26
2018 25
2019 22
2020 40
2021 27
2022 26
2023 35
2024 45
2025 28
Total 564
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Gerhard Wilde publications per year - data summary

  • Gerhard Wilde, a Materials Science scholar from University of Münster, has 564 publications recorded across 32 years, from 1994 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1994 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 45 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1994, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 17.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 17.6 per year counting only the 32 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 161 publications, 29% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1994-2004: 75 publications (6.8 per year); 2005-2015: 194 publications (17.6 per year); 2016-2025: 295 publications (29.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Gerhard Wilde publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerhard Wilde sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 450–469 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 463 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216 463
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Gerhard Wilde publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Gerhard Wilde, a Materials Science scholar from University of Münster, records 463 publications - the 83rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 83% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Gerhard Wilde, and about 17% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Gerhard Wilde ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Gerhard Wilde D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gerhard Wilde sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378 71
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Gerhard Wilde D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Gerhard Wilde, a Materials Science scholar from University of Münster, records 71 D-Index - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Gerhard Wilde, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Gerhard Wilde ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Gerhard Wilde is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany, focusing on engineering and materials science disciplines. Their research contributions span a broad range of topics predominantly within mechanical engineering and materials chemistry subfields.

The main fields of study associated with Wilde's work include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Subfields of particular focus encompass:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

Key topics of Wilde's research address:

  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Phase-change materials and chalcogenides
  • Material Dynamics and Properties

Significant recent publications include:

  • Nanomaterials by severe plastic deformation: review of historical developments and recent advances, 2022, Materials Research Letters
  • Grain boundary diffusion and grain boundary structures of a Ni-Cr-Fe-alloy: Evidences for grain boundary phase transitions, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • Zr diffusion in BCC refractory high entropy alloys: A case of 'non-sluggish' diffusion behavior, 2022, Acta Materialia
  • Dislocation exhaustion and ultra-hardening of nanograined metals by phase transformation at grain boundaries, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Tracer diffusion in single crystalline CoCrFeNi and CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloys: Kinetic hints towards a low-temperature phase instability of the solid-solution?, 2020, Scripta Materialia

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Wilde consist of:

  • Sergiy V. Divinski
  • Martin Peterlechner
  • Harald Rösner
  • Zongde Kou
  • Sven Hilke

Wilde's research has appeared frequently in the following venues:

  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Scripta Materialia
  • BIO Web of Conferences

Best Publications

  • Grain boundaries in ultrafine grained materials processed by severe plastic deformation and related phenomena

    X. Sauvage;G. Wilde;S. V. Divinski;Zenji Horita

  • Bulk tracer diffusion in CoCrFeNi and CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloys

    M. Vaidya;M. Vaidya;K.G. Pradeep;B.S. Murty;G. Wilde;G. Wilde

  • Highly ordered nanostructures with tunable size, shape and properties : A new way to surface nano-patterning using ultra-thin alumina masks

    Yong Lei;Weiping Cai;Gerhard Wilde

  • Ni tracer diffusion in CoCrFeNi and CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloys

    M. Vaidya;M. Vaidya;S. Trubel;B.S. Murty;G. Wilde

  • Ultra-fast diffusion channels in pure Ni severely deformed by equal-channel angular pressing

    Sergiy V. Divinski;Gerrit Reglitz;Harald Rösner;Yuri Estrin;Yuri Estrin

  • The innovation potential of bulk nanostructured materials

    R. Z. Valiev;M. J. Zehetbauer;Y. Estrin;H. W. Höppel

  • Surface patterning using templates: concept, properties and device applications.

    Yong Lei;Shikuan Yang;Minghong Wu;Gerhard Wilde

  • Grain boundary width, energy and self-diffusion in nickel: Effect of material purity

    D. Prokoshkina;V.A. Esin;V.A. Esin;G. Wilde;S.V. Divinski

  • Al3(Sc,Zr)-based precipitates in Al–Mg alloy: Effect of severe deformation

    Yu. Buranova;V. Kulitskiy;M. Peterlechner;A. Mogucheva

  • Grain boundary self-diffusion in polycrystalline nickel of different purity levels

    Sergiy V. Divinski;Gerrit Reglitz;Gerhard Wilde

  • Salt-Concentration Dependence of the Glass Transition Temperature in PEO–NaI and PEO–LiTFSI Polymer Electrolytes

    Nicolaas A. Stolwijk;Christian Heddier;Manuel Reschke;Manfred Wiencierz

  • Thermodynamic properties of Pd-based glass-forming alloys

    I.-R Lu;G Wilde;G.P Görler;R Willnecker

  • Nanomagnonic devices based on the spin-transfer torque

    S. Urazhdin;V. E. Demidov;H. Ulrichs;T. Kendziorczyk

  • Quantitative Measurement of Density in a Shear Band of Metallic Glass Monitored Along its Propagation Direction.

    Vitalij Schmidt;Harald Rösner;Martin Peterlechner;Gerhard Wilde

  • Radioactive isotopes reveal a non sluggish kinetics of grain boundary diffusion in high entropy alloys

    M. Vaidya;M. Vaidya;K. G. Pradeep;B. S. Murty;G. Wilde;G. Wilde

  • Density changes in shear bands of a metallic glass determined by correlative analytical transmission electron microscopy.

    Harald Rösner;Martin Peterlechner;Christian Kübel;Vitalij Schmidt

  • Thermodynamic properties of Pd40Ni40P20 in the glassy, liquid, and crystalline states

    G. Wilde;G. P. Görler;R. Willnecker;G. Dietz

  • Calorimetric, thermomechanical, and rheological characterizations of bulk glass-forming Pd40Ni40P20

    G. Wilde;G. P. Görler;R. Willnecker;H. J. Fecht

  • Template-Confined Dewetting Process to Surface Nanopatterns: Fabrication, Structural Tunability, and Structure-Related Properties

    Shikuan Yang;Feng Xu;Stefan Ostendorp;Gerhard Wilde

  • Glass formation versus nanocrystallization in AN Al92Sm8 alloy

    G Wilde;H Sieber;J.H Perepezko

  • The competing crystalline and amorphous solid solutions in the Ag–Cu system

    H.W Sheng;G Wilde;E Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Sergiy V. Divinski
Sergiy V. Divinski University of Münster
John H. Perepezko
John H. Perepezko University of Wisconsin–Madison
Yong Lei
Yong Lei Ilmenau University of Technology
Jörg Weissmüller
Jörg Weissmüller Hamburg University of Technology
Ruslan Z. Valiev
Ruslan Z. Valiev Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Yuri Estrin
Yuri Estrin Monash University
Lanhong Dai
Lanhong Dai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael J. Zehetbauer
Michael J. Zehetbauer University of Vienna
Eugen Rabkin
Eugen Rabkin Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Annett Gebert
Annett Gebert Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden

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