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Researcher · University of California, Berkeley · United States

Robert O. Ritchie

Robert O. Ritchie publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Advanced ceramic materials synthesis and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties.

ORCID 0000-0002-0501-6998 OpenAlex
World rank
#2,844
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,013
of 1,627,098
Works
1,022
Citations
100k
Citations per work
97.8
h-index
151
i10-index 639Top 0.1% in Mechanical Engineering
Robert O. Ritchie

What does Robert O. Ritchie research?

Robert O. Ritchie's work is mostly in Engineering (43%), Materials Science (25%).

Physical Sciences: 695 works · 68.0% of their workEngineering: 437 works · 42.8% of their workMechanical Engineering: 226 works · 22.1% of their workMechanics of Materials: 144 works · 14.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 67 works · 6.6% of their workMaterials Science: 258 works · 25.2% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 152 works · 14.9% of their workCeramics and Composites: 62 works · 6.1% of their workBiomaterials: 43 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 327 works · 32.0% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert O. Ritchie1,022works
Physical Sciences68%

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. Engineering43742.8%
    2. Materials Science25825.2%
  2. Everything else32732.0%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering22% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry15% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials14% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Ceramics and Composites6% of their works
  6. 6Biomaterials4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert O. Ritchie's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Fatigue Crack Closure, Fracture Toughness Testing, Ceramic Materials, Sintering, Phase Stability and Metal Matrix Composites.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Microstructure3154 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties2433 topics
  3. Fatigue Crack Closure2051 topic
  4. Fracture Toughness Testing2051 topic
  5. Ceramic Materials1561 topic
  6. Sintering1561 topic
  7. Phase Stability1542 topics
  8. Metal Matrix Composites911 topic
  9. Reinforcement911 topic
  10. High-Entropy Alloys811 topic
  11. Multi-Component Alloys811 topic
  12. Biomaterials761 topic
  13. Scaffolds761 topic
  14. High-Temperature Alloys731 topic
  15. Superalloys731 topic
  16. Hydrogen Embrittlement711 topic
  17. Passive Films711 topic
  18. Bone Mineral Density701 topic
  19. Fractures701 topic

Where does Robert O. Ritchie work?

Robert O. Ritchie's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Berkeley, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert O. Ritchie have?

OpenAlex counts 1,022 works and 99,977 citations for Robert O. Ritchie, an h-index of 151, ranking #2,844 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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