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Researcher · Central Electricity Generating Board · United Kingdom

P. T. Heald

P. T. Heald publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Microstructure and mechanical properties, Fatigue and fracture mechanics and High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior.

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World rank
#1,474,540
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#113,521
of 367,258
Works
39
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
33.7
h-index
19
i10-index 23Top 32% in Materials Chemistry
P. T. Heald

What does P. T. Heald research?

P. T. Heald's work is mostly in Materials Science (46%), Engineering (34%), Physics and Astronomy (3%).

Physical Sciences: 34 works · 86.0% of their workMaterials Science: 18 works · 46.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 18 works · 46.0% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 33.7% of their workMechanics of Materials: 8 works · 19.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 6 works · 14.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 works · 2.7% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 2.7% of their workComputer Science: 1 works · 1.8% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 works · 1.8% of their workMathematics: 1 works · 1.8% of their workNumerical Analysis: 1 works · 1.8% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 14.0% of their workTHEIR WORKP. T. Heald39works
Physical Sciences86%

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. Materials Science1846.0%
    2. Engineering1333.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.7%
    4. Computer Science11.8%
    5. Mathematics11.8%
  2. Everything else514.0%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry46% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials20% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering14% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics3% of their works
  5. 5Computational Theory and Mathematics2% of their works
  6. 6Numerical Analysis2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe P. T. Heald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hydrogen Embrittlement, Nanocrystalline Materials, Severe Plastic Deformation, Fatigue Crack Closure, Fracture Toughness Testing, Dynamic Deformation, High Strain Rate and fusion materials.

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. Hydrogen Embrittlement122 topics
  2. Nanocrystalline Materials121 topic
  3. Severe Plastic Deformation121 topic
  4. Fatigue Crack Closure111 topic
  5. Fracture Toughness Testing111 topic
  6. Dynamic Deformation101 topic
  7. High Strain Rate101 topic
  8. fusion materials91 topic
  9. radiation damage91 topic
  10. Gas Pipeline71 topic
  11. Material Degradation71 topic
  12. Nuclear Waste Disposal61 topic
  13. Pyrochlore61 topic
  14. Accident Tolerant Fuels51 topic
  15. Fuel Cladding51 topic
  16. Ductile Fracture41 topic
  17. Sheet Metal Forming41 topic

Where does P. T. Heald work?

P. T. Heald's main affiliation in the publication record is Central Electricity Generating Board, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does P. T. Heald have?

OpenAlex counts 39 works and 1,314 citations for P. T. Heald, an h-index of 19, ranking #1,474,540 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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