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Researcher · British Hydromechanics Research Group · United Kingdom

Bernard S. Nau

Bernard S. Nau publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering, on topics such as Tribology and Lubrication Engineering, Lubricants and Their Additives and Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems.

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World rank
#4,002,614
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#255,875
of 367,258
Works
65
Citations
556
Citations per work
8.6
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 46% in Mechanical Engineering
Bernard S. Nau

What does Bernard S. Nau research?

Bernard S. Nau's work is mostly in Engineering (84%), Medicine (2%), Arts and Humanities (2%).

Physical Sciences: 55 works · 84.4% of their workEngineering: 55 works · 84.4% of their workMechanical Engineering: 39 works · 60.6% of their workMechanics of Materials: 10 works · 15.6% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 works · 4.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 2 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 11.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 1.9% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 1.9% of their workSurgery: 1 works · 1.9% of their workSocial Sciences: 1 works · 1.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 1 works · 1.9% of their workArcheology: 1 works · 1.9% of their workTHEIR WORKBernard S. Nau65works
Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences2%

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. Engineering5584.4%
  2. Everything else811.8%
    1. Medicine11.9%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.9%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering61% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials16% of their works
  3. 3Civil and Structural Engineering4% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  5. 5Surgery2% of their works
  6. 6Archeology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Bernard S. Nau's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tribological Performance, Friction Reduction, Laser Surface Texturing, Friction, Lubricants, Tribology, Control and Hydraulic Systems.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Tribological Performance502 topics
  2. Friction Reduction411 topic
  3. Laser Surface Texturing411 topic
  4. Friction242 topics
  5. Lubricants151 topic
  6. Tribology151 topic
  7. Control121 topic
  8. Hydraulic Systems121 topic
  9. Adhesion91 topic
  10. Gear Dynamics91 topic
  11. Gecko91 topic
  12. Mesh Stiffness91 topic
  13. Polymer Tribology91 topic
  14. Wear Behavior91 topic
  15. Finite Element Analysis81 topic
  16. Threaded Fasteners81 topic
  17. Failure Analysis71 topic
  18. Fracture Mechanisms71 topic

Where does Bernard S. Nau work?

Bernard S. Nau's main affiliation in the publication record is British Hydromechanics Research Group, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Bernard S. Nau have?

OpenAlex counts 65 works and 556 citations for Bernard S. Nau, an h-index of 10, ranking #4,002,614 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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