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Researcher · Argonne National Laboratory · United States

F.A. Nichols

F.A. Nichols publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Nuclear Materials and Properties, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,188,447
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#381,537
of 1,627,098
Works
121
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
23.2
h-index
24
i10-index 40Top 21% in Materials Chemistry
F.A. Nichols

What does F.A. Nichols research?

F.A. Nichols's work is mostly in Engineering (51%), Materials Science (30%).

Physical Sciences: 97 works · 80.5% of their workEngineering: 62 works · 51.0% of their workMechanical Engineering: 21 works · 17.6% of their workMechanics of Materials: 21 works · 17.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 10 works · 8.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 5 works · 4.5% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 works · 2.8% of their workMaterials Science: 36 works · 29.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 36 works · 29.5% of their workEverything else: 24 works · 19.5% of their workTHEIR WORKF.A. Nichols121works
Physical Sciences80%

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. Engineering6251.0%
    2. Materials Science3629.5%
  2. Everything else2419.5%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry30% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering18% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials18% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  6. 6Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe F.A. Nichols's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding, Friction, Nanoindentation, Thin Films and Molten Salt.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties342 topics
  2. Nanocomposites342 topics
  3. Accident Tolerant Fuels321 topic
  4. Fuel Cladding321 topic
  5. Friction252 topics
  6. Nanoindentation191 topic
  7. Thin Films191 topic
  8. Molten Salt181 topic
  9. Nuclear Reactor181 topic
  10. Polymer Tribology151 topic
  11. Wear Behavior151 topic
  12. Lubricants141 topic
  13. Tribology141 topic
  14. Nanocrystalline Materials131 topic
  15. Severe Plastic Deformation131 topic
  16. Adhesion111 topic
  17. Gecko111 topic
  18. High-Temperature Alloys111 topic
  19. Superalloys111 topic

Where does F.A. Nichols work?

F.A. Nichols's main affiliation in the publication record is Argonne National Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does F.A. Nichols have?

OpenAlex counts 121 works and 2,813 citations for F.A. Nichols, an h-index of 24, ranking #1,188,447 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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