Ian McKenna
Ian McKenna publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies.
- World rank
- #3,564,728 of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #993,901 of 1,627,098
- Works
- 34
- Citations
- 201
- Citations per work
- 5.9
What does Ian McKenna research?
Ian McKenna's work is mostly in Engineering (24%), Physics and Astronomy (22%).
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
- Everything else1854.2%
- Physical Sciences1645.8%
- Engineering823.6%
- Physics and Astronomy822.2%
- 1Aerospace Engineering12% of their works
- 2Astronomy and Astrophysics8% of their works
- 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics8% of their works
- 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
- 5Radiation6% of their works
- 6Computational Mechanics4% of their works
Research topics
- Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
- Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics
- Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
- High-pressure geophysics and materials
- Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
- Laser Design and Applications
Which keywords describe Ian McKenna's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Electron Beams, Laser-Plasma Accelerators, Aerodynamic Flow Control, Plasma Actuators, Inorganic Scintillators, Scintillation Detectors, Crystal Structure Prediction and Electric Discharge.
- Turbulence Modeling
- Spectroscopic Databases
- Mantle Dynamics
- Huntington's Disease
- Electric Discharge
- Scintillation Detectors
- Plasma Actuators
- Laser-Plasma Accelerators
- Electron Beams
- Aerodynamic Flow Control
- Inorganic Scintillators
- Crystal Structure Prediction
- High-Order Schemes
- Laser Oscillation
- Protein Aggregation
- Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers
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 16 words, with their numbers
- Electron Beams51 topic
- Laser-Plasma Accelerators51 topic
- Aerodynamic Flow Control41 topic
- Plasma Actuators41 topic
- Inorganic Scintillators31 topic
- Scintillation Detectors31 topic
- Crystal Structure Prediction21 topic
- Electric Discharge21 topic
- High-Order Schemes21 topic
- Huntington's Disease21 topic
- Laser Oscillation21 topic
- Mantle Dynamics21 topic
- Protein Aggregation21 topic
- Spectroscopic Databases21 topic
- Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers21 topic
- Turbulence Modeling21 topic
Where does Ian McKenna work?
Ian McKenna's main affiliation in the publication record is National Security Technologies (United States), United States.
How many publications and citations does Ian McKenna have?
OpenAlex counts 34 works and 201 citations for Ian McKenna, an h-index of 5, ranking #3,564,728 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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