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Alan Cottrell

Alan Cottrell publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Microstructure and mechanical properties, Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics and Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques.

World rank
#7,046
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#592
of 90,785
Works
58
Citations
1.2k
Citations per work
20.7

What does Alan Cottrell research?

Mechanical Engineering: 28.8%Materials Chemistry: 18.6%Mechanics of Materials: 10.2%Biomedical Engineering: 8.5%other fields: 33.9%29%top field
Mechanical Engineering28.8%Materials Chemistry18.6%Mechanics of Materials10.2%Biomedical Engineering8.5%other fields33.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering29% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry19% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials10% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5General Materials Science7% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alan Cottrell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Grain Refinement, Grain Boundary Engineering, Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Nanocrystalline Materials, Severe Plastic Deformation, Corrosion Behavior and Metallurgy.

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.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Grain Refinement123 topics
  2. Grain Boundary Engineering102 topics
  3. Microstructure83 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties73 topics
  5. Nanocrystalline Materials71 topic
  6. Severe Plastic Deformation71 topic
  7. Corrosion Behavior52 topics
  8. Metallurgy41 topic
  9. Thermochemical41 topic
  10. Atom Probe Tomography31 topic
  11. High-Strength Steels31 topic
  12. High-Temperature Alloys31 topic
  13. Hydrogen Embrittlement31 topic
  14. Martensite Transformation31 topic
  15. Passive Films31 topic
  16. Superalloys31 topic
  17. Three-Dimensional Analysis31 topic
  18. Aerospace Applications21 topic
  19. Aluminium Alloys21 topic
  20. Concrete21 topic
  21. High-Temperature21 topic

Where does Alan Cottrell work?

Alan Cottrell's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Alan Cottrell have?

Science Explorer counts 58 works and 1,203 citations for Alan Cottrell, ranking #7,046 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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