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Materials Science

D-Index
99
Citations
35139
World Ranking
1111
National Ranking
61

Horst Hahn 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 Horst Hahn sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 717 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Horst Hahn 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 Horst Hahn sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the science and engineering of nanostructured materials with tailored and tunable properties.
  • 2012 - Heyn Commemorative Medal
  • 2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 1993 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Horst Hahn is affiliated with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, aerospace engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Horst Hahn has published extensively in various scientific venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • Advanced Materials
  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scripta Materialia

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Horst Hahn are:

  • High-entropy energy materials: challenges and new opportunities, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • High-Entropy Metal-Organic Frameworks for Highly Reversible Sodium Storage, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • High entropy oxides: The role of entropy, enthalpy and synergy, 2020, Scripta Materialia
  • High-entropy materials for energy and electronic applications, 2024, Nature Reviews Materials
  • High-Entropy Sulfides as Electrode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries, 2022, Advanced Energy Materials

Frequent co-authors contributing to Horst Hahn's research include:

  • Ben Breitung
  • Robert Kruk
  • Leonardo Velasco
  • Abhishek Sarkar
  • Simon Schweidler

Throughout their career, Horst Hahn has received several awards, including:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2019
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2017, for contributions to the science and engineering of nanostructured materials with tailored and tunable properties
  • Heyn Commemorative Medal, 2012
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2010
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1993

Best Publications

  • High entropy oxides for reversible energy storage

    Abhishek Sarkar;Leonardo Velasco;Di Wang;Qingsong Wang

  • High-Entropy Oxides: Fundamental Aspects and Electrochemical Properties.

    Abhishek Sarkar;Qingsong Wang;Alexander Schiele;Mohammed Reda Chellali

  • High-entropy energy materials: challenges and new opportunities

    Yanjiao Ma;Yuan Ma;Qingsong Wang;Simon Schweidler

  • Interactions between non-screw lattice dislocations and coherent twin boundaries in face-centered cubic metals

    Z. H. Jin;P. Gumbsch;K. Albe;E. Ma

  • Rare earth and transition metal based entropy stabilised perovskite type oxides

    Abhishek Sarkar;Ruzica Djenadic;Di Wang;Christina Hein

  • The interaction mechanism of screw dislocations with coherent twin boundaries in different face-centred cubic metals

    Z.-H. Jin;Z.-H. Jin;P. Gumbsch;E. Ma;K. Albe

  • Synthesis, characterization, and properties of nanophase TiO 2

    R. W. Siegel;S. Ramasamy;H. Hahn;Li Zongquan

  • Thick Electrodes for High Energy Lithium Ion Batteries

    Madhav Singh;Jörg Kaiser;Horst Hahn

  • Sintering characteristics of nanocrystalline TiO2

    H. Hahn;J. Logas;R. S. Averback

  • Ultra-large-scale directed assembly of single-walled carbon nanotube devices

    Aravind Vijayaraghavan;Sabine Blatt;Daniel Weissenberger;Matti Oron-Carl

  • Multi-anionic and -cationic compounds: New high entropy materials for advanced Li-ion batteries

    Qingsong Wang;Abhishek Sarkar;Di Wang;Leonardo Velasco

  • Luminescence properties of nanocrystalline Y2O3:Eu3+ in different host materials

    R. Schmechel;M. Kennedy;H. von Seggern;H. Winkler

  • The production of nanocrystalline powders by magnetron sputtering

    H. Hahn;Robert S Averback

  • Nanocrystalline multicomponent entropy stabilised transition metal oxides

    Abhishek Sarkar;Abhishek Sarkar;Ruzica Djenadic;Nandhini J. Usharani;Kevin P. Sanghvi

  • Multicomponent equiatomic rare earth oxides

    Ruzica Djenadic;Abhishek Sarkar;Oliver Clemens;Christoph Loho

  • Gold Mesostructures with Tailored Surface Topography and Their Self-Assembly Arrays for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Jixiang Fang;Shuya Du;Sergei Lebedkin;Zhiyuan Li

  • High-Entropy Metal-Organic Frameworks for Highly Reversible Sodium Storage.

    Yanjiao Ma;Yuan Ma;Sören Lukas Dreyer;Qingsong Wang

  • Plastic deformation of nanocrystalline materials

    H. Hahn;P. Mondal;K.A. Padmanabhan

  • High entropy oxides: The role of entropy, enthalpy and synergy

    Abhishek Sarkar;Ben Breitung;Horst Hahn

  • Surface plasmon polariton absorption modulator

    A. Melikyan;N. Lindenmann;S. Walheim;P. M. Leufke

  • Instability of irradiation induced defects in nanostructured materials

    M. Rose;A.G. Balogh;H. Hahn

  • A model for the deformation of nanocrystalline materials

    H. Hahn;K. A. Padmanabhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Di Wang
Di Wang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Christian Kübel
Christian Kübel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Maximilian Fichtner
Maximilian Fichtner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Robert S Averback
Robert S Averback University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sylvio Indris
Sylvio Indris Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Boris B. Straumal
Boris B. Straumal Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Torsten Brezesinski
Torsten Brezesinski Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Andrey Mazilkin
Andrey Mazilkin Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Michael Knapp
Michael Knapp Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Paul Heitjans
Paul Heitjans University of Hannover

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