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2026

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D-Index
82
Citations
22724
World Ranking
187
National Ranking
6

Paul Steinmann publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Steinmann sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 813 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Paul Steinmann D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 95th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2006 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Paul Steinmann is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany, concentrating their academic work primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research spans subfields including Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main research topics covered by Steinmann include:

  • Numerical methods in engineering
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties
  • Polymer crystallization and properties
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows

Steinmann has published extensively in multiple venues, with significant numbers of publications appearing in:

  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Frequent collaborators include Julia Mergheim, Andrew McBride, Ali Javili, Sebastian Pfaller, and M. Ries, reflecting an established network in their research community.

Some recent papers authored by or associated with Steinmann are:

  • "Hybrid magnetorheological elastomers enable versatile soft actuators" (2022), published in npj Computational Materials
  • "Homogenization of Composites With Extended General Interfaces: Comprehensive Review and Unified Modeling" (2021), published in Applied Mechanics Reviews
  • "Modeling the porous and viscous responses of human brain tissue behavior" (2020), published in Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  • "Alginate-based hydrogels show the same complex mechanical behavior as brain tissue" (2020), published in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
  • "A new micro-macro transition for hyperelastic materials" (2022), published in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Steinmann has contributed to book publications with Springer Nature (Netherlands) and Springer International Publishing, including titles like "Spatial and Material Forces in Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics" (2022) and "NUMISHEET 2022" (2022).

Recognition of their contributions includes the award of Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Mechanical properties of gray and white matter brain tissue by indentation.

    Silvia Budday;Richard Nay;Rijk de Rooij;Paul Steinmann

  • Mechanical characterization of human brain tissue.

    S Budday;Gerhard Sommer;C Birkl;C Langkammer

  • Hyperelastic models for rubber-like materials: consistent tangent operators and suitability for Treloar’s data

    Paul Steinmann;Mokarram Hossain;Gunnar Possart

  • Fifty Shades of Brain: A Review on the Mechanical Testing and Modeling of Brain Tissue

    Silvia Budday;Timothy C. Ovaert;Gerhard A. Holzapfel;Paul Steinmann;Paul Steinmann

  • Physical biology of human brain development.

    Silvia Budday;Paul Steinmann;Ellen Kuhl

  • A finite element method for the computational modelling of cohesive cracks

    J. Mergheim;E. Kuhl;P. Steinmann

  • The role of mechanics during brain development

    Silvia Budday;Paul Steinmann;Ellen Kuhl

  • Brain stiffness increases with myelin content.

    J. Weickenmeier;R. de Rooij;S. Budday;P. Steinmann

  • Application of material forces to hyperelastostatic fracture mechanics. I. Continuum mechanical setting

    Paul Steinmann

  • Numerical modelling of non-linear electroelasticity

    D. K. Vu;P. Steinmann;G. Possart

  • Application of material forces to hyperelastostatic fracture mechanics. II. Computational setting

    P. Steinmann;D. Ackermann;F.J. Barth

  • Aspects of Computational Homogenization at Finite Deformations: A Unifying Review From Reuss' to Voigt's Bound

    Saba Saeb;Paul Steinmann;Ali Javili

  • A micropolar theory of finite deformation and finite rotation multiplicative elastoplasticity

    Paul Steinmann

  • Frame‐indifferent beam finite elements based upon the geometrically exact beam theory

    P. Betsch;P. Steinmann

  • Thermomechanics of Solids With Lower-Dimensional Energetics: On the Importance of Surface, Interface, and Curve Structures at the Nanoscale. A Unifying Review

    A. Javili;A. McBride;P. Steinmann

  • On the continuum formulation of higher gradient plasticity for single and polycrystals

    A. Menzel;P. Steinmann

  • Geometrically nonlinear higher-gradient elasticity with energetic boundaries

    A. Javili;F. dell'Isola;P. Steinmann

  • Experimental study and numerical modelling of VHB 4910 polymer

    Mokarram Hossain;Duc Khoi Vu;Paul Steinmann

  • Views on multiplicative elastoplasticity and the continuum theory of dislocations

    P. Steinmann

  • Rheological characterization of human brain tissue.

    S. Budday;G. Sommer;J. Haybaeck;P. Steinmann

  • On boundary potential energies in deformational and configurational mechanics

    Paul Steinmann

  • Conservation properties of a time FE method—part II: Time-stepping schemes for non-linear elastodynamics

    P. Betsch;P. Steinmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ellen Kuhl
Ellen Kuhl Stanford University
Ali Javili
Ali Javili Bilkent University
Andreas Menzel
Andreas Menzel TU Dortmund University
Mokarram Hossain
Mokarram Hossain Swansea University
Peter Betsch
Peter Betsch Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jan C. Aurich
Jan C. Aurich Technical University of Kaiserslautern
Erwin Stein
Erwin Stein University of Hannover
Gerhard A. Holzapfel
Gerhard A. Holzapfel Graz University of Technology
Stefan Schindler
Stefan Schindler Umweltbundesamt, Austria
Kaspar Willam
Kaspar Willam University of Houston

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