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Researcher · Belgian Welding Institute · Belgium

Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva

Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes and Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis.

ORCID 0000-0003-4208-679X OpenAlex
World rank
#5,128,900
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Belgium
#45,650
of 67,186
Works
36
Citations
266
Citations per work
7.4
h-index
10
i10-index 10Top 46% in Mechanical Engineering
Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva

What does Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva research?

Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva's work is mostly in Engineering (87%), Materials Science (7%).

Physical Sciences: 34 works · 94.5% of their workEngineering: 31 works · 87.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 25 works · 69.7% of their workMechanics of Materials: 2 works · 6.4% of their workAutomotive Engineering: 2 works · 4.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 3.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 2.8% of their workMaterials Science: 3 works · 7.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 3 works · 7.3% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 5.5% of their workTHEIR WORKRafael GomesNunes Silva36works
Physical Sciences94%

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. Engineering3187.2%
    2. Materials Science37.3%
  2. Everything else25.5%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering70% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials6% of their works
  4. 4Automotive Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Additive Manufacturing, Residual Stress, Welding, Metallic Components, Selective Laser Melting and Friction Stir Welding.

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. Mechanical Properties576 topics
  2. Microstructure474 topics
  3. Additive Manufacturing222 topics
  4. Residual Stress221 topic
  5. Welding221 topic
  6. Metallic Components171 topic
  7. Selective Laser Melting171 topic
  8. Friction Stir Welding151 topic
  9. Processing151 topic
  10. High-Entropy Alloys101 topic
  11. Multi-Component Alloys101 topic
  12. Nanoindentation61 topic
  13. Thin Films61 topic
  14. 3D Printing51 topic
  15. Cryogenic Treatment51 topic
  16. Materials51 topic
  17. Wear Resistance51 topic
  18. Aerospace Applications41 topic
  19. Aluminium Alloys41 topic

Where does Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva work?

Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva's main affiliation in the publication record is Belgian Welding Institute, Belgium.

How many publications and citations does Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva have?

OpenAlex counts 36 works and 266 citations for Rafael Gomes Nunes Silva, an h-index of 10, ranking #5,128,900 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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