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Researcher · Parsons Brinckerhoff · United States

Sam S. C. Liao

Sam S. C. Liao publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Strategy and Management, on topics such as Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics.

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World rank
#4,820,910
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,261,918
of 1,627,098
Works
17
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
122.4
h-index
6
i10-index 4Top 71% in Civil and Structural Engineering
Sam S. C. Liao

What does Sam S. C. Liao research?

Sam S. C. Liao's work is mostly in Engineering (59%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%), Materials Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 11 works · 64.3% of their workEngineering: 10 works · 59.5% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 works · 47.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 1 works · 7.1% of their workMechanics of Materials: 1 works · 4.8% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 4.8% of their workGeneral Materials Science: 1 works · 4.8% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 23.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 11.9% of their workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 works · 7.1% of their workStrategy and Management: 1 works · 7.1% of their workDecision Sciences: 1 works · 4.8% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 works · 4.8% of their workTHEIR WORKSam S. C. Liao17works
Physical Sciences64%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering1059.5%
    2. Materials Science14.8%
  2. Everything else423.8%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting17.1%
    2. Decision Sciences14.8%
  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering48% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering7% of their works
  3. 3Strategy and Management7% of their works
  4. 4General Materials Science5% of their works
  5. 5Management Science and Operations Research5% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Sam S. C. Liao's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Seismic, Tunnel, Geosynthetics, Soil Reinforcement, Liquefaction Resistance, Particle Shape Effects, Construction Projects and Crash Tests.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Seismic71 topic
  2. Tunnel71 topic
  3. Geosynthetics61 topic
  4. Soil Reinforcement61 topic
  5. Liquefaction Resistance41 topic
  6. Particle Shape Effects41 topic
  7. Construction Projects21 topic
  8. Crash Tests21 topic
  9. Engineering21 topic
  10. Finite Element Simulation21 topic
  11. Laminated Glass21 topic
  12. Materials Science21 topic
  13. Project Success21 topic
  14. Structural Adhesives21 topic
  15. Attention Lapses11 topic
  16. Mind Wandering11 topic

Where does Sam S. C. Liao work?

Sam S. C. Liao's main affiliation in the publication record is Parsons Brinckerhoff, United States.

How many publications and citations does Sam S. C. Liao have?

OpenAlex counts 17 works and 2,081 citations for Sam S. C. Liao, an h-index of 6, ranking #4,820,910 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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