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Researcher · Micro Materials (United Kingdom) · United Kingdom

Gerard A. Bell

Gerard A. Bell publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Tribology and Wear Analysis and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,323,977
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#271,004
of 367,258
Works
21
Citations
255
Citations per work
12.1
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 56% in Mechanics of Materials
Gerard A. Bell

What does Gerard A. Bell research?

Gerard A. Bell's work is mostly in Engineering (51%), Materials Science (18%), Medicine (7%).

Physical Sciences: 14 works · 68.8% of their workEngineering: 11 works · 50.8% of their workMechanics of Materials: 7 works · 31.1% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 13.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 6.6% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 18.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 9.8% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 2 works · 8.2% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 24.6% of their workHealth Sciences: 1 works · 6.6% of their workMedicine: 1 works · 6.6% of their workSurgery: 1 works · 6.6% of their workTHEIR WORKGerard A. Bell21works
Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences7%

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. Engineering1150.8%
    2. Materials Science418.0%
  2. Everything else524.6%
    1. Medicine16.6%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials31% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Polymers and Plastics8% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Surgery7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gerard A. Bell's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Nanoindentation, Thin Films, Polymer Tribology, Wear Behavior, Nanodiamonds and Nanoparticles.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties234 topics
  2. Nanocomposites203 topics
  3. Nanoindentation101 topic
  4. Thin Films101 topic
  5. Polymer Tribology81 topic
  6. Wear Behavior81 topic
  7. Nanodiamonds61 topic
  8. Nanoparticles63 topics
  9. Quantum Sensing61 topic
  10. Cemented Carbides31 topic
  11. Cryogenic Storage31 topic
  12. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)31 topic
  13. Sintering31 topic
  14. Layered Silicate21 topic
  15. Lubricants21 topic
  16. Polymer21 topic
  17. Polymer Blends21 topic
  18. Polymer Crystallization21 topic
  19. Tribology21 topic

Where does Gerard A. Bell work?

Gerard A. Bell's main affiliation in the publication record is Micro Materials (United Kingdom), United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Gerard A. Bell have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 255 citations for Gerard A. Bell, an h-index of 9, ranking #4,323,977 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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