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Researcher · Langley Research Center · United States

Thomas G. Gainer

Thomas G. Gainer publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics and Aerospace and Aviation Technology.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,637,592
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#771,996
of 1,627,098
Works
23
Citations
244
Citations per work
10.6
h-index
6
i10-index 4Top 54% in Aerospace Engineering
Thomas G. Gainer

What does Thomas G. Gainer research?

Thomas G. Gainer's work is mostly in Engineering (74%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 76.8% of their workEngineering: 17 works · 73.8% of their workAerospace Engineering: 8 works · 36.9% of their workComputational Mechanics: 7 works · 32.3% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 works · 4.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 works · 1.5% of their workOceanography: 0 works · 1.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 works · 1.5% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 works · 1.5% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 18.6% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 4.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 4.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 1 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKThomas G. Gainer23works
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences77%

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. Engineering1773.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy01.5%
  2. Everything else418.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.6%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering37% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics32% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology5% of their works
  4. 4Control and Systems Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2% of their works
  6. 6Oceanography2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas G. Gainer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Flow Control, High-Order Schemes, Turbulence Modeling, Turbulent Flow, Turbulent Flows and Vortex Dynamics.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Heat Transfer112 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation102 topics
  3. Flow Control72 topics
  4. High-Order Schemes71 topic
  5. Turbulence Modeling71 topic
  6. Turbulent Flow72 topics
  7. Turbulent Flows71 topic
  8. Vortex Dynamics71 topic
  9. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles51 topic
  10. Wind Estimation51 topic
  11. Aerodynamics41 topic
  12. Airborne Wind Energy41 topic
  13. Cylinder Wake41 topic
  14. High Altitude Wind Power41 topic
  15. High-Speed Trains41 topic
  16. Vortex-Induced Vibrations41 topic
  17. Acoustic Sources31 topic
  18. Jet Noise31 topic
  19. Morphing Aircraft31 topic
  20. Smart Structures31 topic

Where does Thomas G. Gainer work?

Thomas G. Gainer's main affiliation in the publication record is Langley Research Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas G. Gainer have?

OpenAlex counts 23 works and 244 citations for Thomas G. Gainer, an h-index of 6, ranking #2,637,592 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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