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Researcher · Aalto University · Finland

Pedro Vilaça

Pedro Vilaça publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis, Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses.

ORCID 0000-0003-4749-3036 OpenAlex
World rank
#309,394
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#1,778
of 37,370
Works
182
Citations
4.9k
Citations per work
27.2
h-index
40
i10-index 92Top 2.2% in Mechanical Engineering
Pedro Vilaça

What does Pedro Vilaça research?

Pedro Vilaça's work is mostly in Engineering (84%), Materials Science (7%).

Physical Sciences: 165 works · 90.9% of their workEngineering: 153 works · 84.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 112 works · 61.8% of their workMechanics of Materials: 18 works · 10.0% of their workAerospace Engineering: 13 works · 7.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 3.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 2.1% of their workMaterials Science: 12 works · 6.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 12 works · 6.6% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 9.1% of their workTHEIR WORKPedro Vilaça182works
Physical Sciences91%

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. Engineering15384.3%
    2. Materials Science126.6%
  2. Everything else179.1%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering62% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials10% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering7% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Pedro Vilaça's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Friction Stir Welding, Processing, Metal Matrix Composites, Reinforcement, Microstructural Evolution and Residual Stress.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties2153 topics
  2. Microstructure1782 topics
  3. Friction Stir Welding1161 topic
  4. Processing1161 topic
  5. Metal Matrix Composites621 topic
  6. Reinforcement621 topic
  7. Microstructural Evolution482 topics
  8. Residual Stress471 topic
  9. Welding471 topic
  10. Aerospace Applications371 topic
  11. Aluminium Alloys371 topic
  12. Ductile Fracture331 topic
  13. Sheet Metal Forming331 topic
  14. Eddy Current Testing221 topic
  15. Non-Destructive Evaluation221 topic
  16. Guided Lamb Waves121 topic
  17. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring121 topic
  18. Dynamic Recrystallization111 topic
  19. Hot Deformation111 topic

Where does Pedro Vilaça work?

Pedro Vilaça's main affiliation in the publication record is Aalto University, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Pedro Vilaça have?

OpenAlex counts 182 works and 4,948 citations for Pedro Vilaça, an h-index of 40, ranking #309,394 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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