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Researcher · Latvian Maritime Academy · Latvia

Voldemārs Barkāns

Voldemārs Barkāns publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems, Ranque-Hilsch vortex tube and Solar Energy Systems and Technologies.

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World rank
#6,617,994
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Latvia
#2,630
of 4,070
Works
15
Citations
10
Citations per work
0.7
h-index
2
i10-index 0Top 98% in Mechanical Engineering
Voldemārs Barkāns

What does Voldemārs Barkāns research?

Voldemārs Barkāns's work is mostly in Engineering (49%), Energy (28%), Computer Science (3%).

Physical Sciences: 12 works · 82.1% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 48.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 6 works · 41.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 5.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 0 works · 2.6% of their workEnergy: 4 works · 28.2% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 works · 28.2% of their workComputer Science: 0 works · 2.6% of their workInformation Systems: 0 works · 2.6% of their workEnvironmental Science: 0 works · 2.6% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 17.9% of their workTHEIR WORKVoldemārs Barkāns15works
Physical Sciences82%

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. Engineering748.7%
    2. Energy428.2%
    3. Computer Science02.6%
    4. Environmental Science02.6%
  2. Everything else317.9%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering41% of their works
  2. 2Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment28% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works
  4. 4Environmental Engineering3% of their works
  5. 5Information Systems3% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Voldemārs Barkāns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heat Transfer, Experimental Investigation, Energy Efficiency, Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology, Solar Thermal Collectors, Numerical Simulation, Thermal Separation and Vortex Tube.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Heat Transfer113 topics
  2. Experimental Investigation102 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency82 topics
  4. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology81 topic
  5. Solar Thermal Collectors81 topic
  6. Numerical Simulation62 topics
  7. Thermal Separation61 topic
  8. Vortex Tube61 topic
  9. Renewable Energy42 topics
  10. Solar Chimneys41 topic
  11. Trombe Walls41 topic
  12. Geothermal Energy31 topic
  13. Ground Source Heat Pump31 topic
  14. Coal Water Slurry21 topic
  15. Convective Heat Transfer21 topic
  16. Microchannel21 topic
  17. Rheology21 topic
  18. Irrigation11 topic
  19. Mobile Devices11 topic
  20. Water Efficiency11 topic
  21. Wireless Sensor Networks11 topic

Where does Voldemārs Barkāns work?

Voldemārs Barkāns's main affiliation in the publication record is Latvian Maritime Academy, Latvia.

How many publications and citations does Voldemārs Barkāns have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 10 citations for Voldemārs Barkāns, an h-index of 2, ranking #6,617,994 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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