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Researcher · Rogers (United States) · United States

Kirk K. Nielson

Kirk K. Nielson publishes mostly in Radiation, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, on topics such as Radioactivity and Radon Measurements, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

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World rank
#1,986,850
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#603,688
of 1,627,098
Works
95
Citations
1.7k
Citations per work
17.6
h-index
21
i10-index 31Top 12% in Radiation
Kirk K. Nielson

What does Kirk K. Nielson research?

Kirk K. Nielson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (20%), Engineering (20%), Health Professions (14%).

Physical Sciences: 43 works · 45.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 works · 19.8% of their workRadiation: 19 works · 19.8% of their workEngineering: 19 works · 19.7% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 works · 10.7% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 works · 4.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 4.3% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 5.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 6 works · 5.9% of their workEverything else: 39 works · 40.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 13 works · 13.8% of their workHealth Professions: 13 works · 13.8% of their workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 13 works · 13.8% of their workTHEIR WORKKirk K. Nielson95works
Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences14%

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. Physics and Astronomy1919.8%
    2. Engineering1919.7%
    3. Materials Science65.9%
  2. Everything else3940.8%
    1. Health Professions1313.8%
  1. 1Radiation20% of their works
  2. 2Radiological and Ultrasound Technology14% of their works
  3. 3Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality11% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kirk K. Nielson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Health Effects, Radionuclides, Ionizing Radiation, Radon, Spectroscopy, X-ray Absorption, Nuclear Fuel and Radiation Protection.

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. Health Effects442 topics
  2. Radionuclides442 topics
  3. Ionizing Radiation351 topic
  4. Radon351 topic
  5. Spectroscopy291 topic
  6. X-ray Absorption291 topic
  7. Nuclear Fuel271 topic
  8. Radiation Protection271 topic
  9. Neutron Imaging191 topic
  10. Small-Angle Scattering191 topic
  11. Dual-Energy CT91 topic
  12. Fukushima Daiichi91 topic
  13. Material Differentiation91 topic
  14. Soil Hydraulic Properties91 topic
  15. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics91 topic
  16. nuclear accident91 topic
  17. Hazard81 topic
  18. Landslide81 topic

Where does Kirk K. Nielson work?

Kirk K. Nielson's main affiliation in the publication record is Rogers (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Kirk K. Nielson have?

OpenAlex counts 95 works and 1,674 citations for Kirk K. Nielson, an h-index of 21, ranking #1,986,850 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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