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Researcher · Glenn Research Center · United States

L. D. Nichols

L. D. Nichols publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Rocket and propulsion systems research, Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics and Plasma Diagnostics and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,565,814
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#488,337
of 1,627,098
Works
41
Citations
351
Citations per work
8.6
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 38% in Aerospace Engineering
L. D. Nichols

What does L. D. Nichols research?

L. D. Nichols's work is mostly in Engineering (60%), Physics and Astronomy (13%).

Physical Sciences: 30 works · 73.0% of their workEngineering: 25 works · 60.0% of their workAerospace Engineering: 11 works · 26.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 works · 16.0% of their workComputational Mechanics: 4 works · 10.0% of their workMechanical Engineering: 3 works · 8.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 13.0% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 works · 7.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 works · 6.0% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 27.0% of their workTHEIR WORKL. D. Nichols41works
Physical Sciences73%

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. Engineering2560.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy513.0%
  2. Everything else1127.0%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics10% of their works
  4. 4Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics7% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe L. D. Nichols's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Combustion Instabilities, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion, Regression Rate Behavior, Aerodynamic Flow Control, Coronal Mass Ejections, Plasma Actuators, Plasma Etching and Semiconductor Industry.

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. Combustion Instabilities92 topics
  2. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion61 topic
  3. Regression Rate Behavior61 topic
  4. Aerodynamic Flow Control51 topic
  5. Coronal Mass Ejections51 topic
  6. Plasma Actuators51 topic
  7. Plasma Etching51 topic
  8. Semiconductor Industry51 topic
  9. Solar Dynamics Observatory51 topic
  10. Cryogenic Storage41 topic
  11. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)41 topic
  12. Steam Generation41 topic
  13. Thermal Conductivity41 topic
  14. Detonation Propulsion31 topic
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation31 topic
  16. Pulse Detonation Engines31 topic
  17. Turbulent Flames31 topic

Where does L. D. Nichols work?

L. D. Nichols's main affiliation in the publication record is Glenn Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does L. D. Nichols have?

OpenAlex counts 41 works and 351 citations for L. D. Nichols, an h-index of 8, ranking #1,565,814 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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