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Researcher · American Welding Society · United States

W. H. Kearns

W. H. Kearns publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis and Metal Alloys Wear and Properties.

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World rank
#5,060,441
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,309,064
of 1,627,098
Works
50
Citations
146
Citations per work
2.9
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 74% in Mechanical Engineering
W. H. Kearns

What does W. H. Kearns research?

W. H. Kearns's work is mostly in Engineering (62%), Materials Science (15%).

Physical Sciences: 39 works · 77.5% of their workEngineering: 31 works · 62.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 24 works · 47.5% of their workAerospace Engineering: 2 works · 4.2% of their workMechanics of Materials: 2 works · 4.2% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 works · 3.3% of their workOcean Engineering: 2 works · 3.3% of their workMaterials Science: 8 works · 15.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 8 works · 15.0% of their workEverything else: 11 works · 22.5% of their workTHEIR WORKW. H. Kearns50works
Physical Sciences78%

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. Engineering3162.5%
    2. Materials Science815.0%
  2. Everything else1122.5%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering48% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry15% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering4% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Ocean Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. H. Kearns's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Welding, Laser Welding, Residual Stress, Microstructure, Mechanical Properties, Numerical Modeling, Friction Stir Welding and Processing.

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. Welding322 topics
  2. Laser Welding281 topic
  3. Residual Stress281 topic
  4. Microstructure223 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties182 topics
  6. Numerical Modeling142 topics
  7. Friction Stir Welding101 topic
  8. Processing101 topic
  9. Cryogenic Treatment81 topic
  10. Wear Resistance81 topic
  11. High-Strength Steels41 topic
  12. Martensite Transformation41 topic
  13. Mining41 topic
  14. Technology41 topic
  15. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics31 topic
  16. Ductile Fracture31 topic
  17. Machining31 topic
  18. Polymer Composite Materials31 topic
  19. Sheet Metal Forming31 topic
  20. Surface Integrity31 topic

Where does W. H. Kearns work?

W. H. Kearns's main affiliation in the publication record is American Welding Society, United States.

How many publications and citations does W. H. Kearns have?

OpenAlex counts 50 works and 146 citations for W. H. Kearns, an h-index of 6, ranking #5,060,441 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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