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Researcher · Draper Laboratory · United States

W. A. Vachon

W. A. Vachon publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Oceanography, on topics such as Wind Energy Research and Development, Wave and Wind Energy Systems and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,724,740
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,243,000
of 1,627,098
Works
27
Citations
48
Citations per work
1.8
h-index
4
i10-index 2Top 71% in Aerospace Engineering
W. A. Vachon

What does W. A. Vachon research?

W. A. Vachon's work is mostly in Engineering (69%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 21 works · 76.5% of their workEngineering: 19 works · 69.2% of their workAerospace Engineering: 7 works · 27.3% of their workOcean Engineering: 6 works · 23.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 works · 7.3% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 works · 5.5% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 works · 5.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 7.3% of their workOceanography: 2 works · 7.3% of their workEverything else: 6 works · 23.5% of their workTHEIR WORKW. A. Vachon27works
Physical Sciences76%

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. Engineering1969.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences27.3%
  2. Everything else623.5%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering27% of their works
  2. 2Ocean Engineering24% of their works
  3. 3Oceanography7% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality6% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Renewable Energy, Weibull Distribution, Wind Turbine Wakes, Power Take-Off, Wave Energy, Acoustic Communications, CFD Simulations and Ocean Circulation.

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. Renewable Energy193 topics
  2. Weibull Distribution121 topic
  3. Wind Turbine Wakes121 topic
  4. Power Take-Off51 topic
  5. Wave Energy51 topic
  6. Acoustic Communications31 topic
  7. CFD Simulations31 topic
  8. Ocean Circulation31 topic
  9. Oceanic Modeling31 topic
  10. Ship Maneuvering31 topic
  11. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks31 topic
  12. Fluid Dynamics21 topic
  13. Mechanics21 topic
  14. Oil and Gas21 topic
  15. Subsea21 topic
  16. Vibration-based Damage Identification21 topic
  17. Wireless Sensors21 topic

Where does W. A. Vachon work?

W. A. Vachon's main affiliation in the publication record is Draper Laboratory, United States.

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

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 48 citations for W. A. Vachon, an h-index of 4, ranking #4,724,740 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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