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Researcher · Callaghan Innovation · New Zealand

Alan Caughley

Alan Caughley publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines, Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies.

ORCID 0000-0003-4701-8059 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,978,013
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in New Zealand
#10,925
of 21,128
Works
38
Citations
171
Citations per work
4.5
h-index
8
i10-index 6Top 59% in Mechanical Engineering
Alan Caughley

What does Alan Caughley research?

Alan Caughley's work is mostly in Engineering (84%), Physics and Astronomy (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%).

Physical Sciences: 34 works · 90.0% of their workEngineering: 32 works · 84.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 22 works · 57.3% of their workAerospace Engineering: 8 works · 20.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 4.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 1.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 works · 5.5% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 works · 5.5% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 6.4% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 3.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 3.6% of their workPhysiology: 1 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKAlan Caughley38works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences90%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3284.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy25.5%
  2. Everything else26.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.6%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering57% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering21% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics6% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Physiology4% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan Caughley's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thermodynamic Analysis, Stirling Engines, Thermoacoustic, Cryogenic Storage, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Ejectors, Refrigerants and Nb3Sn Conductor.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Thermodynamic Analysis513 topics
  2. Stirling Engines271 topic
  3. Thermoacoustic271 topic
  4. Cryogenic Storage201 topic
  5. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)201 topic
  6. Ejectors191 topic
  7. Refrigerants191 topic
  8. Nb3Sn Conductor51 topic
  9. Organic Rankine Cycle51 topic
  10. Superconducting Magnets51 topic
  11. Waste Heat Recovery51 topic
  12. Cuprate Superconductors41 topic
  13. High-Temperature Superconductivity41 topic
  14. Magnetic Fields41 topic
  15. Water Treatment41 topic
  16. Heat Transfer31 topic
  17. Microchannel31 topic

Where does Alan Caughley work?

Alan Caughley's main affiliation in the publication record is Callaghan Innovation, New Zealand.

How many publications and citations does Alan Caughley have?

OpenAlex counts 38 works and 171 citations for Alan Caughley, an h-index of 8, ranking #2,978,013 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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