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42
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Kenneth Holmberg publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Holmberg sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 163 publications — 33rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Kenneth Holmberg D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth Holmberg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kenneth Holmberg is affiliated with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and works primarily in the field of engineering. Their research spans several specialized subfields, including mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and biomedical engineering.

Their work covers a range of topics related to friction, wear, and surface interactions. Key areas of focus include adhesion, friction, and surface interactions; metal and thin film mechanics; tribology and wear analysis; tribology and lubrication engineering; lubricants and their additives; diamond and carbon-based materials research; and force microscopy techniques and applications.

Kenneth Holmberg has contributed to a number of recent publications. Selected papers include:

  • Topography orientation effects on friction and wear in sliding DLC and steel contacts, part 3: Experiments under dry and lubricated conditions, 2021, published in Wear
  • History of Tribology in Finland 1881 - 2023 and the Finnish Society for Tribology 1977 - 2023, 2023, published in Tribologia - Finnish Journal of Tribology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Holmberg include:

  • Anssi Laukkanen
  • Helena Ronkainen
  • Tomi Suhonen
  • Timo J. Hakala
  • Teemu Hakala

Holmberg's work has appeared in various scientific journals and venues, including Wear, Tribology International, Lubricants, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, and Tribologia - Finnish Journal of Tribology.

Best Publications

  • Influence of tribology on global energy consumption, costs and emissions

    Kenneth Holmberg;Ali Erdemir

  • Global energy consumption due to friction in passenger cars

    Kenneth Holmberg;Peter Andersson;Ali Erdemir

  • Coatings tribology: a concept, critical aspects and future directions

    Kenneth Holmberg;Allan Mathews

  • Coatings tribology—contact mechanisms and surface design

    Kenneth Holmberg;Allan Matthews;Helena Ronkainen

  • The impact of tribology on energy use and CO2 emission globally and in combustion engine and electric cars

    Kenneth Holmberg;Ali Erdemir

  • Global energy consumption due to friction in trucks and buses

    Kenneth Holmberg;Peter Andersson;Nils-Olof Nylund;Kari Mäkelä

  • Global energy consumption due to friction and wear in the mining industry

    Kenneth Holmberg;Päivi Kivikytö-Reponen;Pirita Härkisaari;Kati Valtonen

  • Coatings Tribology: Properties, Mechanisms, Techniques and Applications in Surface Engineering

    Kenneth Holmberg;Allan Matthews

  • Tribology of thin coatings

    Kenneth Holmberg;Helena Ronkainen;Allan Matthews

  • Friction and wear properties in dry, water- and oil-lubricated DLC against alumina and DLC against steel contacts

    Helena Ronkainen;Simo Varjus;Kenneth Holmberg

  • Friction and wear of coated surfaces — scales, modelling and simulation of tribomechanisms

    Kenneth Holmberg;Helena Ronkainen;Anssi Laukkanen;Kim Wallin

  • Differentiating the tribological performance of hydrogenated and hydrogen-free DLC coatings

    Helena Ronkainen;Simo Varjus;Jari Koskinen;Kenneth Holmberg

  • A model for stresses, crack generation and fracture toughness calculation in scratched TiN-coated steel surfaces

    Kenneth Holmberg;Anssi Laukkanen;Helena Ronkainen;Kim Wallin

  • Tribological contact analysis of a rigid ball sliding on a hard coated surface. Part I: Modelling stresses and strains

    Kenneth Holmberg;Anssi Laukkanen;Helena Ronkainen;Kim Wallin

  • Tribological performance of different DLC coatings in water-lubricated conditions

    Helena Ronkainen;Simo Varjus;Kenneth Holmberg

  • Tribological coatings: contact mechanisms and selection

    A Matthews;S Franklin;K Holmberg

  • Residual stresses in TiN, DLC and MoS2 coated surfaces with regard to their tribological fracture behaviour

    Kenneth Holmberg;Helena Ronkainen;Anssi Laukkanen;Kim Wallin

  • Tribological properties of plasma nitrided and hard coated AISI 4140 steel

    B Podgornik;J Vižintin;O Wänstrand;M Larsson

  • Global impact of friction on energy consumption, economy and environment

    Kenneth Holmberg;Ali Erdemir

  • Global energy consumption due to friction in paper machines

    Kenneth Holmberg;Roope Siilasto;Tarja Laitinen;Peter Andersson

  • Tribological contact analysis of a rigid ball sliding on a hard coated surface. Part II: Material deformations influence of coating thickness and young's modulus

    Kenneth Holmberg;Anssi Laukkanen;Helena Ronkainen;Kim Wallin

  • Design aspects for advanced tribological surface coatings

    A. Matthews;A. Leyland;K. Holmberg;H. Ronkainen

Frequent Co-Authors

Allan Matthews
Allan Matthews University of Manchester
Ali Erdemir
Ali Erdemir Texas A&M University
Markus Linder
Markus Linder Aalto University
Adrian Leyland
Adrian Leyland University of Sheffield
Mark Gee
Mark Gee National Physical Laboratory
Jože Vižintin
Jože Vižintin University of Ljubljana
Sture Hogmark
Sture Hogmark Uppsala University
Terence G. Langdon
Terence G. Langdon University of Southern California
Staffan Jacobson
Staffan Jacobson Uppsala University

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