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Researcher · Glenn Research Center · United States

Eldon W. Sams

Eldon W. Sams publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, on topics such as Heat Transfer and Optimization, Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,994,841
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,090,081
of 1,627,098
Works
16
Citations
42
Citations per work
2.6
h-index
3
i10-index 1Top 94% in Mechanical Engineering
Eldon W. Sams

What does Eldon W. Sams research?

Eldon W. Sams's work is mostly in Engineering (61%), Energy (8%), Environmental Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 13 works · 79.1% of their workEngineering: 10 works · 60.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 31.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 23.7% of their workComputational Mechanics: 1 works · 5.3% of their workEnergy: 1 works · 7.9% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 works · 7.9% of their workEnvironmental Science: 1 works · 5.3% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 works · 5.3% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 5.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 5.3% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 20.9% of their workTHEIR WORKEldon W. Sams16works
Physical Sciences79%

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. Engineering1060.6%
    2. Energy17.9%
    3. Environmental Science15.3%
    4. Materials Science15.3%
  2. Everything else320.9%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering32% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering24% of their works
  3. 3Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment8% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics5% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Eldon W. Sams's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heat Transfer, Heat Exchangers, Convective Heat Transfer, Friction Factor, Microchannel, Solar Air Heater, Molten Salt and Nuclear Reactor.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Heat Transfer103 topics
  2. Heat Exchangers62 topics
  3. Convective Heat Transfer41 topic
  4. Friction Factor41 topic
  5. Microchannel41 topic
  6. Solar Air Heater41 topic
  7. Molten Salt31 topic
  8. Nuclear Reactor31 topic
  9. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology31 topic
  10. Solar Thermal Collectors31 topic
  11. Boiling Heat Transfer21 topic
  12. Microchannels21 topic
  13. Nuclear Graphite21 topic
  14. Oxidation Behavior21 topic
  15. Passive Systems21 topic
  16. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis21 topic
  17. Chemical Kinetics11 topic
  18. Combustion11 topic

Where does Eldon W. Sams work?

Eldon W. Sams's main affiliation in the publication record is Glenn Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Eldon W. Sams have?

OpenAlex counts 16 works and 42 citations for Eldon W. Sams, an h-index of 3, ranking #3,994,841 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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