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Stefan Zaefferer

Stefan Zaefferer

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 64 5837 5647 341 329 411 16271

Stefan Zaefferer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stefan Zaefferer between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stefan Zaefferer published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 13.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2014. 14 of the 451 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2014. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 9 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 36 publications 2014: 39 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 33 publications 2018: 24 publications 2019: 34 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 10 publications
1993 2025

451 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stefan Zaefferer: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 9
1995 0
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 1
2001 2
2002 2
2003 14
2004 12
2005 14
2006 10
2007 15
2008 14
2009 17
2010 10
2011 14
2012 27
2013 36
2014 39
2015 24
2016 24
2017 33
2018 24
2019 34
2020 13
2021 15
2022 12
2023 19
2024 4
2025 10
Total 451
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Stefan Zaefferer 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 Stefan Zaefferer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 410–429 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 411 publications — 79th percentile

79% 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
410–429 256 411
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
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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Stefan Zaefferer 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 Stefan Zaefferer sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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 64
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
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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Overview

Stefan Zaefferer is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily intersects the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant focus on Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry as subfields. Additional areas of study include Biomedical Engineering, Metals and Alloys, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass:

  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep

Stefan Zaefferer has been published frequently in several venues including:

  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Scripta Materialia
  • Nature Communications

Among recent publications by Stefan Zaefferer are:

  • "Reducing hot tearing by grain boundary segregation engineering in additive manufacturing: example of an AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy," 2020, Acta Materialia
  • "Current Challenges and Opportunities in Microstructure-Related Properties of Advanced High-Strength Steels," 2020, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  • "Hierarchical nature of hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron oxides," 2022, Scripta Materialia
  • "Thermodynamics-guided alloy and process design for additive manufacturing," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Delineating dislocation structures and residual stresses in additively manufactured alloys," 2023, Acta Materialia

The scholar collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Dierk Raabe
  • Baptiste Gault
  • Dirk Ponge
  • Binhan Sun
  • Shao-Pu Tsai

Best Publications

  • On the role of non-basal deformation mechanisms for the ductility of Mg and Mg–Y alloys

    S. Sandlöbes;S. Zaefferer;I. Schestakow;S. Yi

  • The effect of grain size and grain orientation on deformation twinning in a Fe-22 wt.% Mn-0.6 wt.% C TWIP steel

    I. Gutierrez-Urrutia;S. Zaefferer;D. Raabe

  • The relation between ductility and stacking fault energies in Mg and Mg–Y alloys

    S. Sandlöbes;M. Friák;S. Zaefferer;A. Dick

  • A study of microstructure, transformation mechanisms and correlation between microstructure and mechanical properties of a low alloyed TRIP steel

    S. Zaefferer;J. Ohlert;W. Bleck

  • Micromechanical and macromechanical effects in grain scale polycrystal plasticity experimentation and simulation

    Dierk Raabe;Michael I. Sachtleber;Zisu Zhao;Franz Roters

  • Assessment of geometrically necessary dislocation levels derived by 3D EBSD

    Peter Joachim Konijnenberg;Stefan Zaefferer;Dierk Raabe

  • A study of active deformation systems in titanium alloys: dependence on alloy composition and correlation with deformation texture

    S Zaefferer

  • Atomic-Scale Quantification of Grain Boundary Segregation in Nanocrystalline Material

    Michael Herbig;D. Raabe;Yujiao Li;Pyuck-Pa Choi

  • Strain hardening by dynamic slip band refinement in a high-Mn lightweight steel

    E. Welsch;D. Ponge;S.M. Hafez Haghighat;S. Sandlöbes;S. Sandlöbes

  • Three dimensional investigation of the texture and microstructure below a nanoindent in a Cu single crystal using 3D EBSD and crystal plasticity finite element simulations

    Nader Zaafarani;Dierk Raabe;Ripandeep N. Singh;F. Roters

  • Investigation of the indentation size effect through the measurement of the geometrically necessary dislocations beneath small indents of different depths using EBSD tomography

    Eralp Demir;Dierk Raabe;Nader Zaafarani;Stefan Zaefferer

  • Ductility improvement of Mg alloys by solid solution: Ab initio modeling, synthesis and mechanical properties

    Stefanie Sandlöbes;Zongrui Pei;Martin Friák;Li-Fang Zhu

  • Strengthening and strain hardening mechanisms in a precipitation-hardened high-Mn lightweight steel

    Mengji Yao;Emanuel David Welsch;Dirk Ponge;Seyed Masood Hafez Haghighat

  • Three-Dimensional Orientation Microscopy in a Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope: A New Dimension of Microstructure Characterization

    S. Zaefferer;S. I. Wright;D. Raabe

  • Electron channeling contrast imaging of twins and dislocations in twinning-induced plasticity steels under controlled diffraction conditions in a scanning electron microscope

    I. Gutierrez-Urrutia;S. Zaefferer;D. Raabe

  • Reducing hot tearing by grain boundary segregation engineering in additive manufacturing: example of an AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy

    Zhongji Sun;Zhongji Sun;Xipeng Tan;Chengcheng Wang;Marion Descoins

  • Retention of the Goss orientation between microbands during cold rolling of an Fe3%Si single crystal

    Dorothée Dorner;Stefan Zaefferer;Dierk Raabe

  • On the influence of the grain boundary misorientation on the plastic deformation of aluminum bicrystals

    S. Zaefferer;J.-C. Kuo;Z. Zhao;M. Winning

  • Investigation of orientation gradients around a hard Laves particle in a warm-rolled Fe3Al-based alloy using a 3D EBSD-FIB technique

    J. Konrad;S. Zaefferer;D. Raabe

  • Determination of phase equilibria in the Co-rich Co–Al–W ternary system with a diffusion-couple technique

    Satoru Kobayashi;Yuki Tsukamoto;Takayuki Takasugi;Takayuki Takasugi;Hibiki Chinen

  • Relation between microstructure and mechanical properties of a low-alloyed TRIP steel

    K. Davut;S. Zaefferer;D. Raabe;W. Bleck

Frequent Co-Authors

Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Pyuck-Pa Choi
Pyuck-Pa Choi Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dirk Ponge
Dirk Ponge Max Planck Society
Franz Roters
Franz Roters Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Christina Scheu
Christina Scheu Max Planck Society
Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin
Oana Cojocaru-Mirédin University of Freiburg
Jörg Neugebauer
Jörg Neugebauer Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Wolfgang Bleck
Wolfgang Bleck RWTH Aachen University
Tilmann Hickel
Tilmann Hickel Max Planck Society
Reiner Kirchheim
Reiner Kirchheim University of Göttingen

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