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Researcher · Iowa State University · United States

R. L. Handy

R. L. Handy publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Environmental Engineering, on topics such as Soil and Unsaturated Flow, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization and Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering.

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World rank
#4,996,735
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,296,983
of 1,627,098
Works
67
Citations
534
Citations per work
8.0
h-index
15
i10-index 19Top 23% in Civil and Structural Engineering
R. L. Handy

What does R. L. Handy research?

R. L. Handy's work is mostly in Engineering (54%), Environmental Science (14%), Materials Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 48 works · 71.1% of their workEngineering: 36 works · 53.9% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 works · 44.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 6 works · 9.5% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 13.6% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 works · 5.3% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 works · 4.7% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 works · 3.6% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 3.6% of their workBiomaterials: 2 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 19 works · 28.9% of their workTHEIR WORKR. L. Handy67works
Physical Sciences71%

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. Engineering3653.9%
    2. Environmental Science913.6%
    3. Materials Science23.6%
  2. Everything else1928.9%
  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering44% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials10% of their works
  3. 3Environmental Engineering5% of their works
  4. 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law5% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials4% of their works
  6. 6Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. L. Handy's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Hydraulic Conductivity, Soil Hydraulic Properties, Unsaturated Soil Mechanics, Geosynthetics, Soil Reinforcement, Rock Mechanics, Wave Propagation and Grouting.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Hydraulic Conductivity242 topics
  2. Soil Hydraulic Properties181 topic
  3. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics181 topic
  4. Geosynthetics161 topic
  5. Soil Reinforcement161 topic
  6. Rock Mechanics101 topic
  7. Wave Propagation101 topic
  8. Grouting91 topic
  9. Tunnel91 topic
  10. Hazard81 topic
  11. Landslide81 topic
  12. Geotechnical Engineering71 topic
  13. Road Construction71 topic
  14. Geosynthetic Clay Liners61 topic
  15. Landfill Gas61 topic
  16. Liquefaction Resistance61 topic
  17. Particle Shape Effects61 topic

Where does R. L. Handy work?

R. L. Handy's main affiliation in the publication record is Iowa State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. L. Handy have?

OpenAlex counts 67 works and 534 citations for R. L. Handy, an h-index of 15, ranking #4,996,735 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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