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James W. Ball

James W. Ball publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Flow Measurement and Analysis, Hydraulic flow and structures and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.

World rank
#1,266,782
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#305,971
of 358,040
Works
21
Citations
16
Citations per work
0.8

What does James W. Ball research?

Civil and Structural Engineering: 19.2%Mechanics of Materials: 15.4%Computational Mechanics: 15.4%Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 11.5%other fields: 38.5%19%top field
Civil and Structural Engineering19.2%Mechanics of Materials15.4%Computational Mechanics15.4%Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation11.5%other fields38.5%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering19% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials15% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics15% of their works
  4. 4Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation12% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James W. Ball's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Two-Phase Flow, Flow Measurement, Ultrasonic, Control, High-Order Schemes, Hydraulic Engineering, Hydraulic Systems and Scale Effects.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Two-Phase Flow52 topics
  2. Flow Measurement31 topic
  3. Ultrasonic31 topic
  4. Control21 topic
  5. High-Order Schemes21 topic
  6. Hydraulic Engineering21 topic
  7. Hydraulic Systems21 topic
  8. Scale Effects21 topic
  9. Turbulence Modeling21 topic
  10. Aerodynamics11 topic
  11. Footbridges11 topic
  12. High-Speed Trains11 topic
  13. Leak Detection11 topic
  14. Seismic11 topic
  15. Tunnel11 topic
  16. Vibration Serviceability11 topic
  17. Water Distribution Networks11 topic

Where does James W. Ball work?

James W. Ball's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Bureau of Reclamation, United States.

How many publications and citations does James W. Ball have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 16 citations for James W. Ball, ranking #1,266,782 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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