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W.A. Curtin

W.A. Curtin publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Microstructure and mechanical properties, Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis.

World rank
#30,716
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#788
of 19,404
Works
74
Citations
1k
Citations per work
13.9

What does W.A. Curtin research?

Materials Chemistry: 21.7%Mechanical Engineering: 19.8%Mechanics of Materials: 15.1%Ceramics and Composites: 6.6%other fields: 36.8%22%top field
Materials Chemistry21.7%Mechanical Engineering19.8%Mechanics of Materials15.1%Ceramics and Composites6.6%other fields36.8%

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

  1. 1Materials Chemistry22% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering20% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials15% of their works
  4. 4Ceramics and Composites7% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering7% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W.A. Curtin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Grain Refinement, Microstructure, Nanocrystalline Materials, Severe Plastic Deformation, Metal Matrix Composites, Reinforcement and Ceramic Materials.

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. Mechanical Properties173 topics
  2. Grain Refinement162 topics
  3. Microstructure122 topics
  4. Nanocrystalline Materials111 topic
  5. Severe Plastic Deformation111 topic
  6. Metal Matrix Composites71 topic
  7. Reinforcement71 topic
  8. Ceramic Materials61 topic
  9. Sintering61 topic
  10. Aerospace Applications51 topic
  11. Aluminium Alloys51 topic
  12. Fracture51 topic
  13. High-Entropy Alloys51 topic
  14. Meshless Methods51 topic
  15. Multi-Component Alloys51 topic
  16. Atom Probe Tomography41 topic
  17. Biodegradable Materials41 topic
  18. Magnesium Alloys41 topic
  19. Three-Dimensional Analysis41 topic

Where does W.A. Curtin work?

W.A. Curtin's main affiliation in the publication record is École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does W.A. Curtin have?

Science Explorer counts 74 works and 1,025 citations for W.A. Curtin, ranking #30,716 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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