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Researcher · University of Manchester · United Kingdom

M. J. Lighthill

M. J. Lighthill publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, on topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

OpenAlex
World rank
#17,177
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,590
of 90,785
Works
41
Citations
1k
Citations per work
24.9

What does M. J. Lighthill research?

Computational Mechanics: 29.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9.8%Applied Mathematics: 7.3%other fields: 43.8%29%top field
Computational Mechanics29.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9.8%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics9.8%Applied Mathematics7.3%other fields43.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Computational Mechanics29% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  3. 3Statistical and Nonlinear Physics10% of their works
  4. 4Applied Mathematics7% of their works
  5. 5Astronomy and Astrophysics5% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe M. J. Lighthill's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heat Transfer, Turbulent Flows, Vortex Dynamics, Boltzmann Equation, Kinetic Theory, Dusty Plasmas, Experimental Tools and Fluid Dynamics.

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. Heat Transfer62 topics
  2. Turbulent Flows41 topic
  3. Vortex Dynamics41 topic
  4. Boltzmann Equation31 topic
  5. Kinetic Theory31 topic
  6. Dusty Plasmas21 topic
  7. Experimental Tools21 topic
  8. Fluid Dynamics21 topic
  9. GRACE21 topic
  10. High-Order Schemes21 topic
  11. Ionosphere21 topic
  12. Magnetosphere21 topic
  13. Mechanics21 topic
  14. Quantum Plasma Physics21 topic
  15. Sea Level Rise21 topic
  16. Smartphones21 topic
  17. Turbulence Modeling21 topic

Where does M. J. Lighthill work?

M. J. Lighthill's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Manchester, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does M. J. Lighthill have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 1,019 citations for M. J. Lighthill, ranking #17,177 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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