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Researcher · Building Research Establishment · United Kingdom

D. W. Hobbs

D. W. Hobbs publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Building and Construction, on topics such as Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Concrete Properties and Behavior and Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering.

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World rank
#340,623
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#30,248
of 367,258
Works
68
Citations
2.3k
Citations per work
34.0
h-index
23
i10-index 38Top 9.8% in Civil and Structural Engineering
D. W. Hobbs

What does D. W. Hobbs research?

D. W. Hobbs's work is mostly in Engineering (85%), Materials Science (2%).

Physical Sciences: 59 works · 87.3% of their workEngineering: 58 works · 85.1% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 works · 50.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 12 works · 18.2% of their workBuilding and Construction: 6 works · 9.4% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 5.0% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 works · 2.2% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 2.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 2.2% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 12.7% of their workTHEIR WORKD. W. Hobbs68works
Physical Sciences87%

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. Engineering5885.1%
    2. Materials Science12.2%
  2. Everything else912.7%
  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering50% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials18% of their works
  3. 3Building and Construction9% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality2% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe D. W. Hobbs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Rock Mechanics, Cementitious Materials, Geopolymer, Autogenous Shrinkage, Internal Curing, Seismicity, Wave Propagation and Acoustic Emission.

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. Rock Mechanics282 topics
  2. Cementitious Materials271 topic
  3. Geopolymer271 topic
  4. Autogenous Shrinkage201 topic
  5. Internal Curing201 topic
  6. Seismicity161 topic
  7. Wave Propagation161 topic
  8. Acoustic Emission121 topic
  9. Fiber Reinforced Concrete121 topic
  10. Fracture121 topic
  11. Mechanical Properties121 topic
  12. Grouting101 topic
  13. Tunnel101 topic
  14. Construction81 topic
  15. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites81 topic
  16. Corrosion51 topic
  17. Reinforced Concrete51 topic

Where does D. W. Hobbs work?

D. W. Hobbs's main affiliation in the publication record is Building Research Establishment, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does D. W. Hobbs have?

OpenAlex counts 68 works and 2,310 citations for D. W. Hobbs, an h-index of 23, ranking #340,623 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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