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Researcher · University of Saskatchewan · Canada

Robert W. Besant

Robert W. Besant publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, on topics such as Heat Transfer and Optimization, Adsorption and Cooling Systems and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods.

OpenAlex
World rank
#209,564
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#7,279
of 38,960
Works
45
Citations
304
Citations per work
6.8

What does Robert W. Besant research?

Mechanical Engineering: 44.8%Building and Construction: 13.8%Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13.8%Plant Science: 5.2%other fields: 22.4%45%top field
Mechanical Engineering44.8%Building and Construction13.8%Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment13.8%Plant Science5.2%other fields22.4%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering45% of their works
  2. 2Building and Construction14% of their works
  3. 3Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment14% of their works
  4. 4Plant Science5% of their works
  5. 5Water Science and Technology3% of their works
  6. 6Organic Chemistry2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert W. Besant's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heat Transfer, Microchannel, Adsorption Refrigeration, Thermochemical Heat Storage, Energy Efficiency, Building Energy Consumption, Environmental Impact and Solar Desalination.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Heat Transfer101 topic
  2. Microchannel101 topic
  3. Adsorption Refrigeration81 topic
  4. Thermochemical Heat Storage81 topic
  5. Energy Efficiency72 topics
  6. Building Energy Consumption51 topic
  7. Environmental Impact52 topics
  8. Solar Desalination51 topic
  9. Thermal Comfort51 topic
  10. Water Scarcity51 topic
  11. Building Materials31 topic
  12. Earth Construction31 topic
  13. Functional–Structural Plant Modelling31 topic
  14. Plant Architecture31 topic
  15. Ejectors21 topic
  16. Laminated Glass21 topic
  17. Refrigerants21 topic
  18. Structural Adhesives21 topic

Where does Robert W. Besant work?

Robert W. Besant's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Robert W. Besant have?

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 304 citations for Robert W. Besant, ranking #209,564 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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