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Wolfgang Wagermaier

Wolfgang Wagermaier

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
45
Citations
7735
World Ranking
11737
National Ranking
643

Wolfgang Wagermaier 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 Wolfgang Wagermaier sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 114 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wolfgang Wagermaier 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 Wolfgang Wagermaier sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wolfgang Wagermaier is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Materials Science. Their work spans subfields including Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Genetics, and Spectroscopy.

Their research focuses on topics such as bone health and osteoporosis research, bone tissue engineering materials, calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, aerogels and thermal insulation, connective tissue disorders research, bone metabolism and diseases, and orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Recent publications by Wolfgang Wagermaier include the following:

  • Mineralization generates megapascal contractile stresses in collagen fibrils, 2022, Science
  • The mechanoresponse of bone is closely related to the osteocyte lacunocanalicular network architecture, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bioinspired Functionally Graded Composite Assembled Using Cellulose Nanocrystals and Genetically Engineered Proteins with Controlled Biomineralization, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Breast cancer-secreted factors perturb murine bone growth in regions prone to metastasis, 2021, Science Advances
  • Newly formed and remodeled human bone exhibits differences in the mineralization process, 2020, Acta Biomaterialia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wolfgang Wagermaier are:

  • Peter Fratzl
  • Ernesto Scoppola
  • Victoria Schemenz
  • Richard Weinkamer
  • Stéphane Blouin

Wolfgang Wagermaier often publishes in venues including:

  • Bone Reports
  • Advanced Materials
  • Science Advances
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Best Publications

  • Cooperative deformation of mineral and collagen in bone at the nanoscale

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

  • Nanoscale deformation mechanisms in bone.

    H. Gupta;S. Krauss;J. Seto;W. Wagermaier

  • Architecture of the osteocyte network correlates with bone material quality.

    Michael Kerschnitzki;Philip Kollmannsberger;Manfred Burghammer;Georg N Duda

  • A customizable software for fast reduction and analysis of large X-ray scattering data sets: applications of the new DPDAK package to small-angle X-ray scattering and grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering

    Gunthard Benecke;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Chenghao Li;Matthias Schwartzkopf

  • Spiral twisting of fiber orientation inside bone lamellae

    W. Wagermaier;H. S. Gupta;A. Gourrier;M. Burghammer

  • The organization of the osteocyte network mirrors the extracellular matrix orientation in bone

    Michael Kerschnitzki;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Paul Roschger;Jong Seto

  • Self-assembly of amorphous calcium carbonate microlens arrays

    Kyubock Lee;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Admir Masic;Krishna P. Kommareddy

  • One-Step Process for Creating Triple-Shape Capability of AB Polymer Networks

    Marc Behl;Ingo Bellin;Steffen Kelch;Wolfgang Wagermaier

  • Mechanical modulation at the lamellar level in osteonal bone

    H. S. Gupta;U. Stachewicz;W. Wagermaier;P. Roschger

  • Non-contact actuation of triple-shape effect in multiphase polymer network nanocomposites in alternating magnetic field

    U. Narendra Kumar;K. Kratz;W. Wagermaier;M. Behl

  • Temperature-memory polymer networks with crystallizable controlling units.

    Karl Kratz;Samy A. Madbouly;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Andreas Lendlein

  • Characterization Methods for Shape-Memory Polymers

    Wolfgang Wagermaier;Karl Kratz;Matthias Heuchel;Andreas Lendlein

  • Physisorbed films in periodic mesoporous silica studied by in situ synchrotron small-angle diffraction

    Gerald A. Zickler;Susanne Jähnert;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Sérgio S. Funari

  • Porous scaffold architecture guides tissue formation.

    Amaia Cipitria;Claudia Lange;Hanna Schell;Wolfgang Wagermaier

  • The mechanoresponse of bone is closely related to the osteocyte lacunocanalicular network architecture.

    Alexander Franciscus van Tol;Alexander Franciscus van Tol;Victoria Schemenz;Victoria Schemenz;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Andreas Roschger;Andreas Roschger

  • Fibrillar level fracture in bone beyond the yield point

    Himadri S. Gupta;Wolfgang Wagermaier;Gerald A. Zickler;Jürgen Hartmann

  • Evidence for an elementary process in bone plasticity with an activation enthalpy of 1 eV

    Himadri S Gupta;Peter Fratzl;Michael Kerschnitzki;Gunthard Benecke

  • Aligning cellulose nanofibril dispersions for tougher fibers.

    Pezhman Mohammadi;Matti S. Toivonen;Olli Ikkala;Wolfgang Wagermaier

  • Fragility of Bone Material Controlled by Internal Interfaces

    Wolfgang Wagermaier;Klaus Klaushofer;Peter Fratzl

  • Biomimetic composites with enhanced toughening using silk-inspired triblock proteins and aligned nanocellulose reinforcements

    Pezhman Mohammadi;A. Sesilja Aranko;Christopher P. Landowski;Olli Ikkala

  • Mineral particle size in children with osteogenesis imperfecta type I is not increased independently of specific collagen mutations

    Nadja Fratzl-Zelman;Ingo Schmidt;Paul Roschger;Francis H. Glorieux

  • Phase transitions as intermediate steps in the formation of molecularly engineered protein fibers

    Pezhman Mohammadi;A. Sesilja Aranko;Laura Lemetti;Zoran Cenev

  • Scanning texture analysis of lamellar bone using microbeam synchrotron X-ray radiation

    Wolfgang Wagermaier;Himadri S. Gupta;Aurélien Gourrier;Oskar Paris

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society
Georg N. Duda
Georg N. Duda Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Manfred Burghammer
Manfred Burghammer European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Andreas Lendlein
Andreas Lendlein Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Klaus Klaushofer
Klaus Klaushofer University of Vienna
Oskar Paris
Oskar Paris University of Leoben
Dietmar W. Hutmacher
Dietmar W. Hutmacher Queensland University of Technology
Markus Linder
Markus Linder Aalto University
Marc Behl
Marc Behl Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
Olli Ikkala
Olli Ikkala Aalto University

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