Peter Fratzl publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Peter Fratzl between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Peter Fratzl published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 18.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 44 publications in 2014. 40 of the 837 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

10 20 30 40

1981 2025

837 publications in total across all disciplines

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Peter Fratzl: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year	Publications
1981	2
1982	1
1983	3
1984	3
1985	1
1986	4
1987	2
1988	1
1989	4
1990	2
1991	8
1992	4
1993	7
1994	11
1995	13
1996	9
1997	13
1998	13
1999	19
2000	17
2001	16
2002	17
2003	28
2004	27
2005	29
2006	32
2007	22
2008	23
2009	39
2010	42
2011	36
2012	30
2013	36
2014	44
2015	37
2016	30
2017	27
2018	21
2019	30
2020	24
2021	28
2022	27
2023	15
2024	19
2025	21
Total	837

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Peter Fratzl 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 Peter Fratzl sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

200 400 600 800

50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 675 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.

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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
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	675
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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Peter Fratzl 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 Peter Fratzl sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

200 400 600

40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 127 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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
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	127
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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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Germany Leader Award
2012 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2008 - Max Planck Research Award Biomaterials

Overview

Peter Fratzl is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their work primarily focuses on materials science, engineering, and medicine with significant contributions in biomaterials and biomedical engineering, particularly related to bone tissue engineering and cellular mechanics.

Their main research topics include:

Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
Bone health and osteoporosis research
Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
Bone Metabolism and Diseases
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Silk-based biomaterials and applications

Peter Fratzl has published extensively, often contributing to fields like biomaterials and orthopedics, as well as molecular and cell biology. The subfields of study frequently engaged in include biomaterials, biomedical engineering, orthopedics and sports medicine, molecular biology, and cell biology.

Their frequent co-authors are:

Wolfgang Wagermaier
Luca Bertinetti
Richard Weinkamer
Stéphane Blouin
Ernesto Scoppola

Peter Fratzl's work has been published in a variety of venues, with a significant presence in:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Advanced Materials
Nature Communications
Advanced Science
SSRN Electronic Journal

Important recent papers by Peter Fratzl include:

"Mineralization generates megapascal contractile stresses in collagen fibrils" (2022) in Science
"Curvature in Biological Systems: Its Quantification, Emergence, and Implications across the Scales" (2022) in Advanced Materials
"The mechanoresponse of bone is closely related to the osteocyte lacunocanalicular network architecture" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Hierarchically-structured metalloprotein composite coatings biofabricated from co-existing condensed liquid phases" (2020) in Nature Communications
"Natural load-bearing protein materials" (2020) in Progress in Materials Science

In recognition of their contributions, Peter Fratzl has received several awards including being named Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2012, and the Max Planck Research Award in 2008 for work related to biomaterials.

Best Publications

Nature’s hierarchical materials

Peter Fratzl;Richard Weinkamer

3151
Citations
Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: lessons from nature.

Huajian Gao;Baohua Ji;Ingomar L. Jäger;Eduard Arzt;Eduard Arzt

2217
Citations
Structure and mechanical quality of the collagen–mineral nano-composite in bone

P. Fratzl;H. S. Gupta;E. P. Paschalis;P. Roschger

1485
Citations
Skeleton of Euplectella sp.: Structural Hierarchy from the Nanoscale to the Macroscale

Joanna Aizenberg;James C. Weaver;James C. Weaver;James C. Weaver;Monica S. Thanawala;Monica S. Thanawala;Monica S. Thanawala;Vikram C. Sundar;Vikram C. Sundar;Vikram C. Sundar

1294
Citations
Collagen: Structure and Mechanics, an Introduction

P. Fratzl

1222
Citations
Iron-Clad Fibers: A Metal-Based Biological Strategy for Hard Flexible Coatings

Matthew J. Harrington;Admir Masic;Niels Holten-Andersen;Niels Holten-Andersen;J. Herbert Waite

1048
Citations
Mineralized Collagen Fibrils: A Mechanical Model with a Staggered Arrangement of Mineral Particles

Ingomar Jäger;Peter Fratzl

961
Citations
Fibrillar structure and mechanical properties of collagen

Peter Fratzl;Klaus Misof;Ivo Zizak;Gert Rapp

825
Citations
Nucleation and growth of magnetite from solution.

Jens Baumgartner;Archan Dey;Paul H. H. Bomans;Cécile Le Coadou

770
Citations
Collagen : structure and mechanics

Peter Fratzl

767
Citations
Biomimetic materials research: what can we really learn from nature's structural materials?

Peter Fratzl

745
Citations
Biomaterial systems for mechanosensing and actuation

Peter Fratzl;Friedrich G. Barth

744
Citations
Cooperative deformation of mineral and collagen in bone at the nanoscale

Himadri S. Gupta;Jong Seto;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Paul Zaslansky

743
Citations
Reversible Switching of Hydrogel-Actuated Nanostructures into Complex Micropatterns

Alexander Sidorenko;Tom Krupenkin;Ashley Taylor;Peter Fratzl

634
Citations
Cell-wall recovery after irreversible deformation of wood

Jozef Keckes;Ingo Burgert;Klaus Frühmann;Martin Müller

585
Citations
Viscoelastic properties of collagen: synchrotron radiation investigations and structural model

R. Puxkandl;I. Zizak;O. Paris;J. Keckes

584
Citations
The effect of geometry on three-dimensional tissue growth

Monika Rumpler;Alexander Woesz;John W.C Dunlop;Joost T van Dongen

562
Citations
From brittle to ductile fracture of bone

Herwig Peterlik;Paul Roschger;Klaus Klaushofer;Peter Fratzl

555
Citations
Size-controlled hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as self-organized organic-inorganic composite materials

Viorel Marin Rusu;Chuen-How Ng;Max Wilke;Brigitte Tiersch

484
Citations
Mapping amorphous calcium phosphate transformation into crystalline mineral from the cell to the bone in zebrafish fin rays.

Julia Mahamid;Barbara Aichmayer;Eyal Shimoni;Roy Ziblat

478
Citations