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Researcher · University of Malta · Malta

Joseph Buhagiar

Joseph Buhagiar publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

ORCID 0000-0001-6517-7331 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,171,265
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Malta
#94
of 946
Works
88
Citations
1.8k
Citations per work
20.8
h-index
23
i10-index 47Top 11% in Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Buhagiar

What does Joseph Buhagiar research?

Joseph Buhagiar's work is mostly in Engineering (41%), Materials Science (15%), Medicine (8%).

Physical Sciences: 49 works · 56.0% of their workEngineering: 36 works · 41.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 18 works · 21.0% of their workMechanics of Materials: 9 works · 10.7% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 4.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 4.8% of their workMaterials Science: 13 works · 14.7% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 13 works · 14.7% of their workEverything else: 31 works · 35.7% of their workHealth Sciences: 7 works · 8.3% of their workMedicine: 7 works · 8.3% of their workSurgery: 7 works · 8.3% of their workTHEIR WORKJoseph Buhagiar88works
Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences8%

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. Engineering3641.3%
    2. Materials Science1314.7%
  2. Everything else3135.7%
    1. Medicine78.3%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering21% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry15% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials11% of their works
  4. 4Surgery8% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Joseph Buhagiar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Nanoindentation, Thin Films, Microstructure, Corrosion Inhibitors, Hip Arthroplasty, Metal Corrosion and Total Hip Replacement.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties554 topics
  2. Nanoindentation241 topic
  3. Thin Films241 topic
  4. Microstructure212 topics
  5. Corrosion Inhibitors141 topic
  6. Hip Arthroplasty141 topic
  7. Metal Corrosion141 topic
  8. Total Hip Replacement141 topic
  9. Cemented Carbides111 topic
  10. Sintering111 topic
  11. Additive Manufacturing101 topic
  12. Gas Turbine Engines101 topic
  13. Hydrogen Embrittlement101 topic
  14. Metallic Components101 topic
  15. Passive Films101 topic
  16. Thermal Barrier Coatings101 topic
  17. Biodegradable Materials81 topic
  18. Magnesium Alloys81 topic

Where does Joseph Buhagiar work?

Joseph Buhagiar's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Malta, Malta.

How many publications and citations does Joseph Buhagiar have?

OpenAlex counts 88 works and 1,828 citations for Joseph Buhagiar, an h-index of 23, ranking #1,171,265 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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