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Researcher · National Institute of Standards and Technology · United States

Brian R. Lawn

Brian R. Lawn publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Ceramics and Composites and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Advanced ceramic materials synthesis, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics and Advanced materials and composites.

ORCID 0000-0002-2978-9514 OpenAlex
World rank
#7,801
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,662
of 1,627,098
Works
389
Citations
45k
Citations per work
116.1
h-index
94
i10-index 292Top 0.1% in Mechanics of Materials
Brian R. Lawn

What does Brian R. Lawn research?

Brian R. Lawn's work is mostly in Engineering (40%), Materials Science (25%), Dentistry (8%).

Physical Sciences: 254 works · 65.4% of their workEngineering: 157 works · 40.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 78 works · 20.1% of their workMechanical Engineering: 47 works · 12.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 32 works · 8.3% of their workMaterials Science: 97 works · 25.0% of their workCeramics and Composites: 65 works · 16.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 33 works · 8.4% of their workEverything else: 105 works · 26.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 30 works · 7.7% of their workDentistry: 30 works · 7.7% of their workOrthodontics: 30 works · 7.7% of their workTHEIR WORKBrian R. Lawn389works
Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences8%

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. Engineering15740.4%
    2. Materials Science9725.0%
  2. Everything else10526.9%
    1. Dentistry307.7%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials20% of their works
  2. 2Ceramics and Composites17% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Orthodontics8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Brian R. Lawn's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Sintering, Spark Plasma Sintering, Mechanical Properties, Ceramic Materials, High-Temperature Applications, Nanoindentation, Thin Films and Cemented Carbides.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Sintering2572 topics
  2. Spark Plasma Sintering2572 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties1842 topics
  4. Ceramic Materials1741 topic
  5. High-Temperature Applications1741 topic
  6. Nanoindentation1011 topic
  7. Thin Films1011 topic
  8. Cemented Carbides831 topic
  9. Nanostructured Materials831 topic
  10. Dental Materials791 topic
  11. Restorative Dentistry791 topic
  12. Chemical Mechanical Planarization751 topic
  13. Material Removal Mechanism751 topic
  14. Dynamic Deformation431 topic
  15. High Strain Rate431 topic
  16. Dental Implants341 topic
  17. Peri-implant Diseases341 topic
  18. Fracture301 topic
  19. Rock Mechanics301 topic

Where does Brian R. Lawn work?

Brian R. Lawn's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Brian R. Lawn have?

OpenAlex counts 389 works and 45,169 citations for Brian R. Lawn, an h-index of 94, ranking #7,801 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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