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Researcher · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · United States

Stanley Backer

Stanley Backer publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering, on topics such as Textile materials and evaluations, Mechanical Behavior of Composites and Structural Analysis and Optimization.

OpenAlex
World rank
#730,786
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#246,101
of 1,627,098
Works
115
Citations
3.7k
Citations per work
32.5
h-index
30
i10-index 53Top 9.7% in Polymers and Plastics
Stanley Backer

What does Stanley Backer research?

Stanley Backer's work is mostly in Engineering (62%), Materials Science (24%).

Physical Sciences: 98 works · 85.3% of their workEngineering: 71 works · 61.7% of their workMechanics of Materials: 21 works · 18.3% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 works · 16.2% of their workBuilding and Construction: 15 works · 13.4% of their workMechanical Engineering: 11 works · 9.9% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 works · 3.9% of their workMaterials Science: 27 works · 23.6% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 27 works · 23.6% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 14.7% of their workTHEIR WORKStanley Backer115works
Physical Sciences85%

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. Engineering7161.7%
    2. Materials Science2723.6%
  2. Everything else1714.7%
  1. 1Polymers and Plastics24% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials18% of their works
  3. 3Civil and Structural Engineering16% of their works
  4. 4Building and Construction13% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering10% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Stanley Backer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Moisture Management, Thermal Properties, Finite Element Analysis, Mechanical Properties, Cohesive Zone Models, Delamination, Form-Finding and Tensegrity.

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. Moisture Management631 topic
  2. Thermal Properties631 topic
  3. Finite Element Analysis442 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties382 topics
  5. Cohesive Zone Models291 topic
  6. Delamination291 topic
  7. Form-Finding201 topic
  8. Tensegrity201 topic
  9. Fiber Reinforced Concrete181 topic
  10. Ultra-High Performance Concrete181 topic
  11. Construction151 topic
  12. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites151 topic
  13. Dyeing121 topic
  14. Textiles121 topic
  15. Axially Moving Systems111 topic
  16. Vibration Analysis111 topic
  17. 3D Printing91 topic
  18. Concrete Extrusion91 topic

Where does Stanley Backer work?

Stanley Backer's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Stanley Backer have?

OpenAlex counts 115 works and 3,738 citations for Stanley Backer, an h-index of 30, ranking #730,786 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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