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Researcher · University of Guelph · Canada

Fantahun M. Defersha

Fantahun M. Defersha publishes mostly in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization, Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms and Assembly Line Balancing Optimization.

ORCID 0000-0002-7717-7686 OpenAlex
World rank
#272,504
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#9,408
of 183,316
Works
73
Citations
2k
Citations per work
27.6
h-index
25
i10-index 43Top 7.2% in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering)
Fantahun M. Defersha

What does Fantahun M. Defersha research?

Fantahun M. Defersha's work is mostly in Engineering (68%), Materials Science (7%).

Physical Sciences: 54 works · 74.5% of their workEngineering: 49 works · 67.6% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 38 works · 52.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 4 works · 5.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 5.1% of their workAutomotive Engineering: 3 works · 4.6% of their workMaterials Science: 5 works · 6.9% of their workBiomaterials: 3 works · 3.7% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 2 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 19 works · 25.5% of their workTHEIR WORKFantahun M.Defersha73works
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. Engineering4967.6%
    2. Materials Science56.9%
  2. Everything else1925.5%
  1. 1Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering52% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering6% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  4. 4Automotive Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials4% of their works
  6. 6Polymers and Plastics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Fantahun M. Defersha's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Genetic Algorithm, Order Picking, Warehouse Design, Manufacturing, Scheduling, Assembly Line Balancing, Optimization Methods and Cutting.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Genetic Algorithm382 topics
  2. Order Picking351 topic
  3. Warehouse Design351 topic
  4. Manufacturing241 topic
  5. Scheduling241 topic
  6. Assembly Line Balancing231 topic
  7. Optimization Methods231 topic
  8. Cutting141 topic
  9. Packing141 topic
  10. 3D Printing101 topic
  11. Additive Manufacturing101 topic
  12. Assembly Planning81 topic
  13. Design for Manufacture81 topic
  14. Biodegradable Polymers61 topic
  15. Polylactic Acid61 topic
  16. Composites51 topic
  17. Natural Fibers51 topic

Where does Fantahun M. Defersha work?

Fantahun M. Defersha's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Guelph, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Fantahun M. Defersha have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 2,016 citations for Fantahun M. Defersha, an h-index of 25, ranking #272,504 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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