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Researcher · McMaster University · Canada

John Niven

John Niven publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, on topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Thin Films, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity and Thermal properties of materials.

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World rank
#3,652,606
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#114,890
of 183,316
Works
24
Citations
872
Citations per work
36.3
h-index
8
i10-index 6Top 80% in Materials Chemistry
John Niven

What does John Niven research?

John Niven's work is mostly in Materials Science (37%), Engineering (27%), Chemical Engineering (3%).

Physical Sciences: 16 works · 67.7% of their workMaterials Science: 9 works · 37.1% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 29.0% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 works · 8.1% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 27.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 4 works · 16.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 6.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 1 works · 4.8% of their workChemical Engineering: 1 works · 3.2% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 32.3% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn Niven24works
Physical Sciences68%

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 Science937.1%
    2. Engineering727.4%
    3. Chemical Engineering13.2%
  2. Everything else832.3%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry29% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics16% of their works
  3. 3Surfaces, Coatings and Films8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John Niven's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Dewetting, Graphene, Nanocomposites, Thin Films, Bioinspired Design, Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Boron Nitride and Carbon.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Dewetting81 topic
  2. Graphene82 topics
  3. Nanocomposites82 topics
  4. Thin Films81 topic
  5. Bioinspired Design51 topic
  6. Superhydrophobic Surfaces51 topic
  7. Boron Nitride41 topic
  8. Carbon41 topic
  9. Carbon Nanotubes41 topic
  10. Nanotubes41 topic
  11. Thermal Conductivity41 topic
  12. Two-Dimensional Materials41 topic
  13. Complex Fluids21 topic
  14. Form-Finding21 topic
  15. Heterogeneous21 topic
  16. Multiscale Methods21 topic
  17. Rheology21 topic
  18. Tensegrity21 topic

Where does John Niven work?

John Niven's main affiliation in the publication record is McMaster University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does John Niven have?

OpenAlex counts 24 works and 872 citations for John Niven, an h-index of 8, ranking #3,652,606 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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