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Researcher · Aalto University · Finland

Mikko J. Alava

Mikko J. Alava publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as Theoretical and Computational Physics, Material Dynamics and Properties and Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions.

ORCID 0000-0001-9249-5079 OpenAlex
World rank
#555,681
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#3,441
of 8,199
Works
74
Citations
217
Citations per work
2.9

What does Mikko J. Alava research?

Mechanics of Materials: 14.9%Materials Chemistry: 12.6%Condensed Matter Physics: 12.6%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 6.9%other fields: 53.0%15%top field
Mechanics of Materials14.9%Materials Chemistry12.6%Condensed Matter Physics12.6%Electrical and Electronic Engineering6.9%other fields53.0%

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

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials15% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics13% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Mathematical Physics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Mikko J. Alava's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Critical Phenomena, Phase Transitions, Glass Transition, Supercooled Liquids, Adhesion, Gecko, Interacting Particle Systems and Scaling Limits.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Critical Phenomena111 topic
  2. Phase Transitions111 topic
  3. Glass Transition61 topic
  4. Supercooled Liquids61 topic
  5. Adhesion51 topic
  6. Gecko51 topic
  7. Interacting Particle Systems51 topic
  8. Scaling Limits51 topic
  9. Nanoindentation41 topic
  10. Thin Films41 topic
  11. Tokamak41 topic
  12. Turbulence41 topic
  13. Fiber Networks31 topic
  14. Paper Mechanics31 topic
  15. Negative Ion Sources21 topic
  16. Superconducting Cavities21 topic

Where does Mikko J. Alava work?

Mikko J. Alava's main affiliation in the publication record is Aalto University, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Mikko J. Alava have?

Science Explorer counts 74 works and 217 citations for Mikko J. Alava, ranking #555,681 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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