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Researcher · Khalifa University of Science and Technology · United Arab Emirates

Rafic M. Ajaj

Rafic M. Ajaj publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control, Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms and Structural Analysis and Optimization.

ORCID 0000-0001-7125-1702 OpenAlex
World rank
#149,982
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Arab Emirates
#169
of 6,273
Works
98
Citations
3.8k
Citations per work
38.6
h-index
25
i10-index 51Top 3.3% in Aerospace Engineering
Rafic M. Ajaj

What does Rafic M. Ajaj research?

Rafic M. Ajaj's work is mostly in Engineering (78%), Environmental Science (4%).

Physical Sciences: 81 works · 82.7% of their workEngineering: 77 works · 78.3% of their workAerospace Engineering: 43 works · 44.3% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 works · 13.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 10 works · 10.0% of their workComputational Mechanics: 5 works · 5.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 5.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 4 works · 4.4% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 works · 4.4% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 17.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRafic M. Ajaj98works
Physical Sciences83%

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. Engineering7778.3%
    2. Environmental Science44.4%
  2. Everything else1717.3%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering44% of their works
  2. 2Civil and Structural Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials10% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Rafic M. Ajaj's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Morphing Aircraft, Smart Structures, Mechanical Properties, Aerodynamics, Flight Dynamics, Finite Element Method, Form-Finding and Functionally Graded Materials.

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. Morphing Aircraft641 topic
  2. Smart Structures641 topic
  3. Mechanical Properties442 topics
  4. Aerodynamics301 topic
  5. Flight Dynamics301 topic
  6. Finite Element Method221 topic
  7. Form-Finding221 topic
  8. Functionally Graded Materials221 topic
  9. Tensegrity221 topic
  10. Aviation121 topic
  11. Climate Change121 topic
  12. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles121 topic
  13. Wind Estimation121 topic
  14. High-Order Schemes71 topic
  15. Magnetorheological Fluids71 topic
  16. Passive Vibration Isolators71 topic
  17. Turbulence Modeling71 topic

Where does Rafic M. Ajaj work?

Rafic M. Ajaj's main affiliation in the publication record is Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates.

How many publications and citations does Rafic M. Ajaj have?

OpenAlex counts 98 works and 3,786 citations for Rafic M. Ajaj, an h-index of 25, ranking #149,982 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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