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Researcher · VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland · Finland

Esa Kurkela

Esa Kurkela publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Catalysis, on topics such as Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing and Catalysts for Methane Reforming.

ORCID 0000-0002-2251-768X OpenAlex
World rank
#410,137
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#2,548
of 8,199
Works
36
Citations
110
Citations per work
3.1

What does Esa Kurkela research?

Mechanical Engineering: 33.3%Biomedical Engineering: 27.8%Catalysis: 8.3%Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8.3%other fields: 22.3%33%top field
Mechanical Engineering33.3%Biomedical Engineering27.8%Catalysis8.3%Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment8.3%other fields22.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering33% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering28% of their works
  3. 3Catalysis8% of their works
  4. 4Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment8% of their works
  5. 5Agronomy and Crop Science3% of their works
  6. 6Energy Engineering and Power Technology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Esa Kurkela's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Gasification, Renewable Fuels, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Pyrolysis, Environmental Impact, Coal Water Slurry and Rheology.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Gasification122 topics
  2. Renewable Fuels122 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency113 topics
  4. Biomass91 topic
  5. Pyrolysis91 topic
  6. Environmental Impact82 topics
  7. Coal Water Slurry51 topic
  8. Rheology51 topic
  9. Carbon Capture31 topic
  10. Catalytic31 topic
  11. Coal31 topic
  12. Hydrogenation31 topic
  13. Iron Oxides31 topic
  14. Reduction Kinetics31 topic
  15. Renewable Energy Sources31 topic
  16. Underground31 topic
  17. Asphaltenes11 topic
  18. Bioenergy Crops11 topic
  19. Petroleum11 topic
  20. Switchgrass11 topic

Where does Esa Kurkela work?

Esa Kurkela's main affiliation in the publication record is VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Esa Kurkela have?

Science Explorer counts 36 works and 110 citations for Esa Kurkela, ranking #410,137 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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