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Ronald J. Kerans

Ronald J. Kerans publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties, Advanced ceramic materials synthesis and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research.

World rank
#476,045
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#160,604
of 358,040
Works
18
Citations
98
Citations per work
5.4

What does Ronald J. Kerans research?

Mechanical Engineering: 28.6%Materials Chemistry: 19.0%Mechanics of Materials: 19.0%Polymers and Plastics: 9.5%other fields: 23.9%29%top field
Mechanical Engineering28.6%Materials Chemistry19.0%Mechanics of Materials19.0%Polymers and Plastics9.5%other fields23.9%

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

  1. 1Mechanical Engineering29% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry19% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials19% of their works
  4. 4Polymers and Plastics10% of their works
  5. 5Ceramics and Composites10% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ronald J. Kerans's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Oxidation Resistance, Composite Materials, Intermetallic Alloys, TiAl Alloys, Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Ceramic Materials, Moisture Management and Sintering.

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. Oxidation Resistance52 topics
  2. Composite Materials32 topics
  3. Intermetallic Alloys31 topic
  4. TiAl Alloys31 topic
  5. Boron Nitride Nanotubes21 topic
  6. Ceramic Materials21 topic
  7. Moisture Management21 topic
  8. Sintering21 topic
  9. Superhard Materials21 topic
  10. Thermal Properties21 topic
  11. Tool Wear22 topics
  12. Axially Moving Systems11 topic
  13. Chemical Mechanical Planarization11 topic
  14. Machining11 topic
  15. Material Removal Mechanism11 topic
  16. Morphing Aircraft11 topic
  17. Smart Structures11 topic
  18. Surface Integrity11 topic
  19. Vibration Analysis11 topic

Where does Ronald J. Kerans work?

Ronald J. Kerans's main affiliation in the publication record is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ronald J. Kerans have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 98 citations for Ronald J. Kerans, ranking #476,045 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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