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Researcher · Delft University of Technology · Netherlands

Elvin Karana

Elvin Karana publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Design Education and Practice, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction and Material Selection and Properties.

ORCID 0000-0001-9598-2753 OpenAlex
World rank
#207,101
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Netherlands
#5,240
of 107,149
Works
107
Citations
4k
Citations per work
37.0
h-index
33
i10-index 60Top 4.1% in Mechanical Engineering
Elvin Karana

What does Elvin Karana research?

Elvin Karana's work is mostly in Engineering (32%), Computer Science (17%), Materials Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 62 works · 58.1% of their workEngineering: 34 works · 31.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 23 works · 21.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 5.6% of their workBuilding and Construction: 5 works · 4.8% of their workComputer Science: 18 works · 17.0% of their workHuman-Computer Interaction: 18 works · 17.0% of their workMaterials Science: 10 works · 9.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 10 works · 9.6% of their workEverything else: 40 works · 37.1% of their workLife Sciences: 5 works · 4.8% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 works · 4.8% of their workPlant Science: 5 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKElvin Karana107works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences58%

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. Engineering3431.5%
    2. Computer Science1817.0%
    3. Materials Science109.6%
  2. Everything else4037.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.8%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering21% of their works
  2. 2Human-Computer Interaction17% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science5% of their works
  6. 6Building and Construction5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Elvin Karana's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Design Thinking, Engineering Design, Sustainable Design, Product Design, Design Research, User Experience, Design Optimization and Materials Selection.

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. Design Thinking501 topic
  2. Engineering Design501 topic
  3. Sustainable Design362 topics
  4. Product Design332 topics
  5. Design Research311 topic
  6. User Experience311 topic
  7. Design Optimization251 topic
  8. Materials Selection251 topic
  9. Interaction Techniques131 topic
  10. Tangible User Interfaces131 topic
  11. Electrical Signals121 topic
  12. Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes121 topic
  13. Circular Economy111 topic
  14. Urban Development111 topic
  15. Craftivism91 topic
  16. Handicraft91 topic
  17. Color Psychology81 topic
  18. Kansei Engineering81 topic

Where does Elvin Karana work?

Elvin Karana's main affiliation in the publication record is Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.

How many publications and citations does Elvin Karana have?

OpenAlex counts 107 works and 3,962 citations for Elvin Karana, an h-index of 33, ranking #207,101 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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