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R. B. Rikards

R. B. Rikards publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization, Elasticity and Wave Propagation and Advanced Theoretical and Applied Studies in Material Sciences and Geometry.

World rank
#185,279
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Latvia
#11
of 618
Works
48
Citations
119
Citations per work
2.5

What does R. B. Rikards research?

Mechanics of Materials: 41.0%Civil and Structural Engineering: 15.4%Biomedical Engineering: 10.3%Materials Chemistry: 7.7%other fields: 25.6%41%top field
Mechanics of Materials41.0%Civil and Structural Engineering15.4%Biomedical Engineering10.3%Materials Chemistry7.7%other fields25.6%

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

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials41% of their works
  2. 2Civil and Structural Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6General Materials Science5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. B. Rikards's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Buckling Behavior, Mechanical Properties, Nanomaterials, Finite Element Method, Functionally Graded Materials, Finite Element Analysis, Mechanical Behavior and Fracture.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Buckling Behavior82 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties82 topics
  3. Nanomaterials72 topics
  4. Finite Element Method61 topic
  5. Functionally Graded Materials61 topic
  6. Finite Element Analysis52 topics
  7. Mechanical Behavior52 topics
  8. Fracture41 topic
  9. Mechanics41 topic
  10. Cohesive Zone Models31 topic
  11. Delamination31 topic
  12. Geometric Modeling31 topic
  13. Mathematical Simulation31 topic
  14. Sulfur Nanoparticles31 topic
  15. Synthesis31 topic
  16. Composite Springs21 topic
  17. Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes21 topic
  18. Form-Finding21 topic
  19. Structural Engineering21 topic
  20. Tensegrity21 topic
  21. Vehicle Suspension21 topic

Where does R. B. Rikards work?

R. B. Rikards's main affiliation in the publication record is Riga Technical University, Latvia.

How many publications and citations does R. B. Rikards have?

Science Explorer counts 48 works and 119 citations for R. B. Rikards, ranking #185,279 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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