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Researcher · United States Naval Research Laboratory · United States

W. A. Zisman

W. A. Zisman publishes mostly in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#42,100
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#19,468
of 358,040
Works
35
Citations
633
Citations per work
18.1

What does W. A. Zisman research?

Surfaces, Coatings and Films: 22.2%Mechanics of Materials: 13.3%Mechanical Engineering: 11.1%Biomedical Engineering: 8.9%other fields: 44.5%22%top field
Surfaces, Coatings and Films22.2%Mechanics of Materials13.3%Mechanical Engineering11.1%Biomedical Engineering8.9%other fields44.5%

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

  1. 1Surfaces, Coatings and Films22% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials13% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering11% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  5. 5Polymers and Plastics7% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry7% of their works

Research topics

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

The keywords of their largest research topics: Surface Roughness, Bioinspired Design, Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Friction, Nanoparticles, Adhesion, Gecko and Ice Nucleation.

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. Surface Roughness122 topics
  2. Bioinspired Design81 topic
  3. Superhydrophobic Surfaces81 topic
  4. Friction62 topics
  5. Nanoparticles52 topics
  6. Adhesion41 topic
  7. Gecko41 topic
  8. Ice Nucleation31 topic
  9. Melting31 topic
  10. Kinetic Analysis21 topic
  11. Lubricants21 topic
  12. Mussel-Inspired21 topic
  13. Surface Chemistry21 topic
  14. Thermal Decomposition21 topic
  15. Tribology21 topic
  16. Dehydration11 topic
  17. Drying11 topic
  18. Lipid Rafts11 topic
  19. Membrane Lipids11 topic

Where does W. A. Zisman work?

W. A. Zisman's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States.

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

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 633 citations for W. A. Zisman, ranking #42,100 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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