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Researcher · University of Louisville · United States

Thomas L. Ward

Thomas L. Ward publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, on topics such as Advanced machining processes and optimization, Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,843,116
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,560,833
of 1,627,098
Works
41
Citations
457
Citations per work
11.1
h-index
7
i10-index 4Top 66% in Mechanical Engineering
Thomas L. Ward

What does Thomas L. Ward research?

Thomas L. Ward's work is mostly in Engineering (25%), Computer Science (10%), Decision Sciences (6%).

Everything else: 21 works · 52.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 15 works · 35.5% of their workEngineering: 10 works · 25.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 5 works · 11.2% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 works · 8.4% of their workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 works · 5.6% of their workComputer Science: 4 works · 10.3% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 4 works · 10.3% of their workSocial Sciences: 5 works · 12.1% of their workDecision Sciences: 3 works · 6.5% of their workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 works · 6.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 works · 5.6% of their workFinance: 2 works · 5.6% of their workTHEIR WORKThomas L. Ward41works
Physical Sciences36%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. Everything else2152.4%
    1. Engineering1025.2%
    2. Computer Science410.3%
    1. Decision Sciences36.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.6%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering11% of their works
  2. 2Artificial Intelligence10% of their works
  3. 3Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Management Science and Operations Research6% of their works
  5. 5Finance6% of their works
  6. 6Control and Systems Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas L. Ward's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tool Wear, Machining, Surface Integrity, Fuzzy Logic Systems, Type-2 Fuzzy Sets, Assembly Planning, Design for Manufacture and Economic Value Added.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Tool Wear122 topics
  2. Machining81 topic
  3. Surface Integrity81 topic
  4. Fuzzy Logic Systems71 topic
  5. Type-2 Fuzzy Sets71 topic
  6. Assembly Planning51 topic
  7. Design for Manufacture51 topic
  8. Economic Value Added51 topic
  9. Investment Under Uncertainty51 topic
  10. Real Options51 topic
  11. Shareholder Value51 topic
  12. Analytic Hierarchy Process41 topic
  13. Chemical Mechanical Planarization41 topic
  14. Material Removal Mechanism41 topic
  15. TOPSIS41 topic
  16. Iterative Learning Control31 topic
  17. Repetitive Control31 topic

Where does Thomas L. Ward work?

Thomas L. Ward's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Louisville, United States.

How many publications and citations does Thomas L. Ward have?

OpenAlex counts 41 works and 457 citations for Thomas L. Ward, an h-index of 7, ranking #6,843,116 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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