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Researcher · Research Complex at Harwell · United Kingdom

M.G. Silk

M.G. Silk publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Radiation, on topics such as Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation, Non-Destructive Testing Techniques and Geophysical Methods and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,278,755
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#163,708
of 367,258
Works
49
Citations
1k
Citations per work
21.0
h-index
13
i10-index 14Top 34% in Mechanics of Materials
M.G. Silk

What does M.G. Silk research?

M.G. Silk's work is mostly in Engineering (64%), Physics and Astronomy (8%).

Physical Sciences: 35 works · 71.6% of their workEngineering: 31 works · 64.0% of their workMechanics of Materials: 14 works · 28.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 10 works · 20.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 works · 6.1% of their workOcean Engineering: 3 works · 5.3% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 works · 3.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 works · 7.6% of their workRadiation: 4 works · 7.6% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 28.4% of their workTHEIR WORKM.G. Silk49works
Physical Sciences72%

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. Engineering3164.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy47.6%
  2. Everything else1428.4%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials28% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering21% of their works
  3. 3Radiation8% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M.G. Silk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Non-Destructive Testing, Guided Lamb Waves, Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring, Eddy Current Testing, Non-Destructive Evaluation, Ground-Penetrating Radar, Sedimentology and Neutron Imaging.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Non-Destructive Testing302 topics
  2. Guided Lamb Waves231 topic
  3. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring231 topic
  4. Eddy Current Testing201 topic
  5. Non-Destructive Evaluation201 topic
  6. Ground-Penetrating Radar71 topic
  7. Sedimentology71 topic
  8. Neutron Imaging61 topic
  9. Small-Angle Scattering61 topic
  10. Flow Measurement51 topic
  11. Ultrasonic51 topic
  12. Fatigue Crack Closure41 topic
  13. Fracture Toughness Testing41 topic
  14. Molten Salt41 topic
  15. Nuclear Reactor41 topic
  16. Ductile Fracture31 topic
  17. Sheet Metal Forming31 topic

Where does M.G. Silk work?

M.G. Silk's main affiliation in the publication record is Research Complex at Harwell, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does M.G. Silk have?

OpenAlex counts 49 works and 1,028 citations for M.G. Silk, an h-index of 13, ranking #2,278,755 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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