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Researcher · Building Research Establishment · United Kingdom

R. W. Nurse

R. W. Nurse publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials.

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World rank
#1,933,611
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#142,832
of 367,258
Works
25
Citations
625
Citations per work
25.0
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 43% in Civil and Structural Engineering
R. W. Nurse

What does R. W. Nurse research?

R. W. Nurse's work is mostly in Engineering (55%), Materials Science (11%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%).

Physical Sciences: 17 works · 68.7% of their workEngineering: 14 works · 54.7% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 works · 32.8% of their workBuilding and Construction: 5 works · 18.8% of their workMechanical Engineering: 1 works · 3.1% of their workMaterials Science: 3 works · 10.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 7.8% of their workCeramics and Composites: 1 works · 3.1% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 3.1% of their workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 31.3% of their workTHEIR WORKR. W. Nurse25works
Physical Sciences69%

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. Engineering1454.7%
    2. Materials Science310.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.1%
  2. Everything else831.3%
  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering33% of their works
  2. 2Building and Construction19% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  4. 4Ceramics and Composites3% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Geochemistry and Petrology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. W. Nurse's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Geopolymer, Cementitious Materials, Fly Ash, 3D Printing, Concrete Extrusion, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Mechanical Properties and Autogenous Shrinkage.

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. Geopolymer182 topics
  2. Cementitious Materials111 topic
  3. Fly Ash111 topic
  4. 3D Printing71 topic
  5. Concrete Extrusion71 topic
  6. Fiber Reinforced Concrete61 topic
  7. Mechanical Properties61 topic
  8. Autogenous Shrinkage21 topic
  9. Biodeterioration21 topic
  10. Catalysis22 topics
  11. Geomycology21 topic
  12. Internal Curing21 topic
  13. Synthesis22 topics
  14. Characterization11 topic
  15. Inorganic Pigments11 topic
  16. Medicinal Chemistry11 topic
  17. Mesoporous Materials11 topic
  18. Tetrazoles11 topic
  19. Zeolites11 topic

Where does R. W. Nurse work?

R. W. Nurse's main affiliation in the publication record is Building Research Establishment, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does R. W. Nurse have?

OpenAlex counts 25 works and 625 citations for R. W. Nurse, an h-index of 10, ranking #1,933,611 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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