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Researcher · Alcoa (United States) · United States

Ronald E. Smelser

Ronald E. Smelser publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Metal Forming Simulation Techniques, European history and politics and Elasticity and Material Modeling.

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World rank
#891,930
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#294,518
of 1,627,098
Works
69
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
31.0
h-index
19
i10-index 24Top 18% in Mechanics of Materials
Ronald E. Smelser

What does Ronald E. Smelser research?

Ronald E. Smelser's work is mostly in Engineering (44%), Materials Science (9%), Social Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 36 works · 52.4% of their workEngineering: 30 works · 43.6% of their workMechanics of Materials: 12 works · 17.1% of their workMechanical Engineering: 11 works · 15.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 5.5% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 works · 5.5% of their workMaterials Science: 6 works · 8.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 6 works · 8.8% of their workEverything else: 28 works · 41.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 6.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 6.6% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 works · 6.6% of their workTHEIR WORKRonald E. Smelser69works
Physical Sciences52%Social Sciences7%

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. Engineering3043.6%
    2. Materials Science68.8%
  2. Everything else2841.0%
    1. Social Sciences56.6%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials17% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry9% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  5. 5Control and Systems Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ronald E. Smelser's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Constitutive Modeling, Microstructural Evolution, Ductile Fracture, Sheet Metal Forming, Nazi Propaganda, Sexuality, Arterial Biomechanics and Dynamic Recrystallization.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Constitutive Modeling162 topics
  2. Microstructural Evolution162 topics
  3. Ductile Fracture141 topic
  4. Sheet Metal Forming141 topic
  5. Nazi Propaganda111 topic
  6. Sexuality111 topic
  7. Arterial Biomechanics91 topic
  8. Dynamic Recrystallization91 topic
  9. Hot Deformation91 topic
  10. Hyperelastic Modeling91 topic
  11. East German Memory81 topic
  12. Ostalgie81 topic
  13. Axially Moving Systems71 topic
  14. Dynamic Deformation71 topic
  15. High Strain Rate71 topic
  16. Vibration Analysis71 topic
  17. Fatigue Crack Closure51 topic
  18. Fracture Toughness Testing51 topic

Where does Ronald E. Smelser work?

Ronald E. Smelser's main affiliation in the publication record is Alcoa (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Ronald E. Smelser have?

OpenAlex counts 69 works and 2,139 citations for Ronald E. Smelser, an h-index of 19, ranking #891,930 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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