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Researcher · École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · Switzerland

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.

ORCID 0000-0002-8269-3642 OpenAlex
World rank
#12,370
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#208
of 80,918
Works
359
Citations
28k
Citations per work
77.1
h-index
89
i10-index 262Top 0.3% in Materials Chemistry
W.A. Curtin

What does W.A. Curtin research?

W.A. Curtin's work is mostly in Engineering (47%), Materials Science (34%).

Physical Sciences: 288 works · 80.2% of their workEngineering: 167 works · 46.6% of their workMechanical Engineering: 84 works · 23.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 60 works · 16.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 24 works · 6.6% of their workMaterials Science: 121 works · 33.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 91 works · 25.3% of their workCeramics and Composites: 17 works · 4.7% of their workBiomaterials: 13 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 71 works · 19.8% of their workTHEIR WORKW.A. Curtin359works
Physical Sciences80%

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. Engineering16746.6%
    2. Materials Science12133.6%
  2. Everything else7119.8%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry25% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering23% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials17% of their works
  4. 4Aerospace Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Ceramics and Composites5% of their works
  6. 6Biomaterials4% 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 Phase Stability.

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. Mechanical Properties1754 topics
  2. Grain Refinement1552 topics
  3. Microstructure1343 topics
  4. Nanocrystalline Materials1181 topic
  5. Severe Plastic Deformation1181 topic
  6. Metal Matrix Composites681 topic
  7. Reinforcement681 topic
  8. Phase Stability662 topics
  9. Ceramic Materials451 topic
  10. Sintering451 topic
  11. Aerospace Applications371 topic
  12. Aluminium Alloys371 topic
  13. Nanoindentation361 topic
  14. Thin Films361 topic
  15. Biodegradable Materials341 topic
  16. High-Entropy Alloys341 topic
  17. Magnesium Alloys341 topic
  18. Multi-Component Alloys341 topic
  19. High-Temperature Alloys321 topic
  20. Superalloys321 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?

OpenAlex counts 359 works and 27,696 citations for W.A. Curtin, an h-index of 89, ranking #12,370 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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