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Vikas Kumar

Vikas Kumar publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Fatigue and fracture mechanics, High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties.

World rank
#766,931
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in India
#11,511
of 44,512
Works
18
Citations
56
Citations per work
3.1

What does Vikas Kumar research?

Mechanics of Materials: 33.3%Mechanical Engineering: 27.8%Materials Chemistry: 16.7%Aerospace Engineering: 5.6%other fields: 16.6%33%top field
Mechanics of Materials33.3%Mechanical Engineering27.8%Materials Chemistry16.7%Aerospace Engineering5.6%other fields16.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Mechanics of Materials33% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering28% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry17% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Metals and Alloys6% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Vikas Kumar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fatigue Crack Closure, Fracture Toughness Testing, Mechanical Properties, Microstructural Evolution, Dynamic Deformation, High Strain Rate, Microstructure and Aerospace Applications.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Fatigue Crack Closure41 topic
  2. Fracture Toughness Testing41 topic
  3. Mechanical Properties33 topics
  4. Microstructural Evolution32 topics
  5. Dynamic Deformation21 topic
  6. High Strain Rate21 topic
  7. Microstructure22 topics
  8. Aerospace Applications11 topic
  9. Aluminium Alloys11 topic
  10. Design Optimization11 topic
  11. Eddy Current Testing11 topic
  12. Efficiency11 topic
  13. Friction Stir Welding11 topic
  14. Metal Matrix Composites11 topic
  15. Non-Destructive Evaluation11 topic
  16. Processing11 topic
  17. Reinforcement11 topic
  18. Structural Analysis11 topic
  19. Thin-Film Solar Cells11 topic

Where does Vikas Kumar work?

Vikas Kumar's main affiliation in the publication record is Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, India.

How many publications and citations does Vikas Kumar have?

Science Explorer counts 18 works and 56 citations for Vikas Kumar, ranking #766,931 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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