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Researcher · The University of Texas at Austin · United States

Donald R. Paul

Donald R. Paul publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Polymer crystallization and properties, Membrane Separation and Gas Transport and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties.

ORCID 0000-0003-1546-8514 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,596
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,277
of 1,627,098
Works
496
Citations
38k
Citations per work
76.3
h-index
103
i10-index 377Top 0.1% in Polymers and Plastics
Donald R. Paul

What does Donald R. Paul research?

Donald R. Paul's work is mostly in Materials Science (38%), Engineering (32%), Environmental Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 369 works · 74.3% of their workMaterials Science: 189 works · 38.1% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 155 works · 31.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 34 works · 6.9% of their workEngineering: 156 works · 31.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 80 works · 16.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 38 works · 7.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 38 works · 7.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 23 works · 4.7% of their workWater Science and Technology: 23 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 127 works · 25.7% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald R. Paul496works
Physical Sciences74%

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. Materials Science18938.1%
    2. Engineering15631.5%
    3. Environmental Science234.7%
  2. Everything else12725.7%
  1. 1Polymers and Plastics31% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  6. 6Water Science and Technology5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald R. Paul's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanoparticles, Polymer Blends, Polymer Crystallization, Membrane Gas Separation, Mixed Matrix Membranes, Nanocomposites, Layered Silicate and Polymer.

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. Nanoparticles2802 topics
  2. Polymer Blends1751 topic
  3. Polymer Crystallization1751 topic
  4. Membrane Gas Separation1701 topic
  5. Mixed Matrix Membranes1701 topic
  6. Nanocomposites1422 topics
  7. Layered Silicate1051 topic
  8. Polymer1051 topic
  9. Elemental Sulfur771 topic
  10. Polyimides771 topic
  11. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes741 topic
  12. Proton Exchange Membranes741 topic
  13. Desalination651 topic
  14. Membrane Technology651 topic
  15. Capacitive Deionization561 topic
  16. Water Desalination561 topic
  17. Biodegradable Polymers371 topic
  18. Polylactic Acid371 topic

Where does Donald R. Paul work?

Donald R. Paul's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Texas at Austin, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald R. Paul have?

OpenAlex counts 496 works and 37,828 citations for Donald R. Paul, an h-index of 103, ranking #6,596 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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