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Ingo Burgert

Ingo Burgert

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
75
Citations
16212
World Ranking
3530
National Ranking
61

Ingo Burgert 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 Ingo Burgert sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 207 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ingo Burgert 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 Ingo Burgert sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ingo Burgert is a researcher affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland, specializing in engineering and materials science. Their research primarily focuses on wood treatment and properties, advanced cellulose research, and natural fiber reinforced composites, with significant contributions to building and construction, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering.

Their published work includes studies on advanced materials and mechanics, lignin and wood chemistry, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, as well as surface modification and superhydrophobicity. These topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach within engineering fields, integrating mechanical engineering and polymers and plastics research.

Burgert's research outputs have appeared frequently in journals such as ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Adsorption. The number of publications in each venue highlights a sustained engagement with materials science and engineering disciplines.

Frequent coauthors collaborate with Burgert, including Tobias Keplinger, Guido Panzarasa, Christopher H. Dreimol, Kunkun Tu, and Yong Ding. These collaborative efforts indicate a broad network spanning different subfields related to sustainable and engineered wood materials.

Key recent papers authored by Burgert include:

  • Structure-property-function relationships of natural and engineered wood, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Lightweight, strong, moldable wood via cell wall engineering as a sustainable structural material, 2021, Science
  • Scalable aesthetic transparent wood for energy efficient buildings, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Emerging Engineered Wood for Building Applications, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Sustainable and Biodegradable Wood Sponge Piezoelectric Nanogenerator for Sensing and Energy Harvesting Applications, 2020, ACS Nano

These publications cover a range of innovative wood engineering topics emphasizing sustainability, structural applications, transparency in wood materials, and energy harvesting technologies.

Best Publications

  • Structure-property-function relationships of natural and engineered wood

    Chaoji Chen;Yudi Kuang;Shuze Zhu;Ingo Burgert;Ingo Burgert

  • Cell-wall recovery after irreversible deformation of wood

    Jozef Keckes;Ingo Burgert;Klaus Frühmann;Martin Müller

  • Bioinspired Wood Nanotechnology for Functional Materials.

    Lars A. Berglund;Ingo Burgert;Ingo Burgert

  • Disrupting Two Arabidopsis thaliana Xylosyltransferase Genes Results in Plants Deficient in Xyloglucan, a Major Primary Cell Wall Component

    David M. Cavalier;Olivier Lerouxel;Lutz Neumetzler;Kazuchika Yamauchi

  • Actuation systems in plants as prototypes for bioinspired devices

    Ingo Burgert;Peter Fratzl

  • Cell wall features with regard to mechanical performance. A review. : COST Action E35 2004-2008 : Wood machining - Micromechanics and fracture

    Lennart Salmén;Ingo Burgert

  • Lightweight, strong, moldable wood via cell wall engineering as a sustainable structural material.

    Shaoliang Xiao;Chaoji Chen;Qinqin Xia;Yu Liu

  • Scalable aesthetic transparent wood for energy efficient buildings.

    Ruiyu Mi;Chaoji Chen;Tobias Keplinger;Yong Pei

  • Origami-like unfolding of hydro-actuated ice plant seed capsules

    Matthew J. Harrington;Khashayar Razghandi;Friedrich Ditsch;Lorenzo Guiducci

  • Exploring the micromechanical design of plant cell walls.

    Ingo Burgert

  • Delignified and Densified Cellulose Bulk Materials with Excellent Tensile Properties for Sustainable Engineering

    Marion Frey;Marion Frey;Daniel Widner;Daniel Widner;Jana S. Segmehl;Jana S. Segmehl;Kirstin Casdorff;Kirstin Casdorff

  • In Situ FT-IR Microscopic Study on Enzymatic Treatment of Poplar Wood Cross-Sections

    Notburga Gierlinger;Luna Goswami;Martin Schmidt;Ingo Burgert

  • Plant Stems: Functional Design and Mechanics

    Thomas Speck;Ingo Burgert

  • Sustainable and Biodegradable Wood Sponge Piezoelectric Nanogenerator for Sensing and Energy Harvesting Applications.

    Jianguo Sun;Jianguo Sun;Hengyu Guo;Javier Ribera;Changsheng Wu

  • Plants control the properties and actuation of their organs through the orientation of cellulose fibrils in their cell walls

    Ingo Burgert;Peter Fratzl

  • On the role of interface polymers for the mechanics of natural polymeric composites

    Peter Fratzl;Ingo Burgert;Himadri S. Gupta

  • CHITINASE-LIKE1/POM-POM1 and Its Homolog CTL2 Are Glucan-Interacting Proteins Important for Cellulose Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

    Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez;Stefan Bauer;Kian Hématy;Friederike Saxe

  • Molecular changes during tensile deformation of single wood fibers followed by Raman microscopy.

    Notburga Gierlinger;Manfred Schwanninger;and Antje Reinecke;Ingo Burgert

  • Green Synthesis of Hierarchical Metal-Organic Framework/Wood Functional Composites with Superior Mechanical Properties.

    Kunkun Tu;Kunkun Tu;Begoña Puértolas;Maria Adobes-Vidal;Maria Adobes-Vidal;Yaru Wang;Yaru Wang

  • Hybrid wood materials with improved fire retardance by bio-inspired mineralisation on the nano- and submicron level

    Vivian Merk;Vivian Merk;Munish Chanana;Munish Chanana;Tobias Keplinger;Tobias Keplinger;Sabyasachi Gaan

  • Cell wall structure and formation of maturing fibres of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) increase buckling resistance

    Xiaoqing Wang;Haiqing Ren;Bo Zhang;Benhua Fei

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society
Jozef Keckes
Jozef Keckes University of Leoben
Oskar Paris
Oskar Paris University of Leoben
Markus Pauly
Markus Pauly Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Helmut Schlaad
Helmut Schlaad University of Potsdam
Andreas Fery
Andreas Fery Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V.
Wout Boerjan
Wout Boerjan Ghent University
Lars Berglund
Lars Berglund Royal Institute of Technology
Sabyasachi Gaan
Sabyasachi Gaan Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

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