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Researcher · University of Leeds · United Kingdom

Ian Macmillan Ward

Ian Macmillan Ward publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Polymer crystallization and properties, Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties and Mechanical Behavior of Composites.

ORCID 0000-0001-8398-4911 OpenAlex
World rank
#81,880
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#7,052
of 367,258
Works
996
Citations
34k
Citations per work
34.2
h-index
85
i10-index 579Top 0.2% in Polymers and Plastics
Ian Macmillan Ward

What does Ian Macmillan Ward research?

Ian Macmillan Ward's work is mostly in Materials Science (34%), Engineering (24%), Social Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 585 works · 58.7% of their workMaterials Science: 343 works · 34.4% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 307 works · 30.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 36 works · 3.6% of their workEngineering: 242 works · 24.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 133 works · 13.4% of their workMechanical Engineering: 78 works · 7.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 31 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 352 works · 35.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 60 works · 6.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 60 works · 6.0% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 60 works · 6.0% of their workTHEIR WORKIan MacmillanWard996works
Physical Sciences59%Social Sciences6%

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. Materials Science34334.4%
    2. Engineering24224.3%
  2. Everything else35235.3%
    1. Social Sciences606.0%
  1. 1Polymers and Plastics31% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials13% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian Macmillan Ward's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Nanoparticles, Recycling, Rheology, Polymer Blends, Polymer Crystallization, Environmental Impact and Composite Materials.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties6443 topics
  2. Nanoparticles5952 topics
  3. Recycling5612 topics
  4. Rheology4622 topics
  5. Polymer Blends4171 topic
  6. Polymer Crystallization4171 topic
  7. Environmental Impact2272 topics
  8. Composite Materials1932 topics
  9. Nanocomposites1781 topic
  10. Polymer1781 topic
  11. Cohesive Zone Models1761 topic
  12. Delamination1761 topic
  13. Carbon Fiber1441 topic
  14. Polymer Composites1441 topic
  15. Material Modeling1262 topics
  16. Composites831 topic
  17. Natural Fibers831 topic
  18. Fiber Networks771 topic
  19. Paper Mechanics771 topic
  20. Heterogeneous Materials491 topic
  21. Multi-Scale491 topic
  22. Complex Fluids451 topic
  23. Polymers451 topic

Where does Ian Macmillan Ward work?

Ian Macmillan Ward's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Ian Macmillan Ward have?

OpenAlex counts 996 works and 34,050 citations for Ian Macmillan Ward, an h-index of 85, ranking #81,880 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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