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Researcher · Shell (United Kingdom) · United Kingdom

Robert Ian Taylor

Robert Ian Taylor publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Lubricants and Their Additives, Tribology and Lubrication Engineering and Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis.

ORCID 0000-0002-3132-8469 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,731,557
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#189,883
of 367,258
Works
115
Citations
2k
Citations per work
17.6
h-index
28
i10-index 55Top 6.6% in Mechanical Engineering
Robert Ian Taylor

What does Robert Ian Taylor research?

Robert Ian Taylor's work is mostly in Engineering (54%), Physics and Astronomy (10%), Chemical Engineering (5%).

Physical Sciences: 80 works · 69.8% of their workEngineering: 63 works · 54.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 43 works · 37.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 works · 6.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 7 works · 6.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 5 works · 4.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 works · 10.3% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 works · 10.3% of their workChemical Engineering: 6 works · 5.0% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 6 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 35 works · 30.2% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert Ian Taylor115works
Physical Sciences70%

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. Engineering6354.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1210.3%
    3. Chemical Engineering65.0%
  2. Everything else3530.2%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering38% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials6% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes5% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Ian Taylor's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Friction, Tribological Performance, Lubricants, Tribology, Friction Reduction, Laser Surface Texturing, Gear Dynamics and Mesh Stiffness.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Friction512 topics
  2. Tribological Performance452 topics
  3. Lubricants421 topic
  4. Tribology421 topic
  5. Friction Reduction371 topic
  6. Laser Surface Texturing371 topic
  7. Gear Dynamics271 topic
  8. Mesh Stiffness271 topic
  9. Emissions252 topics
  10. Quantum Dots161 topic
  11. Semiconductor161 topic
  12. Chemical Kinetics151 topic
  13. Combustion151 topic
  14. Biodiesel101 topic
  15. Transesterification101 topic
  16. Adhesion91 topic
  17. Gecko91 topic
  18. Polymer Tribology81 topic
  19. Wear Behavior81 topic

Where does Robert Ian Taylor work?

Robert Ian Taylor's main affiliation in the publication record is Shell (United Kingdom), United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Robert Ian Taylor have?

OpenAlex counts 115 works and 2,026 citations for Robert Ian Taylor, an h-index of 28, ranking #2,731,557 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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