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Researcher · Innovative Scientific Solutions (United States) · United States

Walter J. Balster

Walter J. Balster publishes mostly in Computational Mechanics, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Heat transfer and supercritical fluids, Biodiesel Production and Applications and Thermal and Kinetic Analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#4,557,649
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,209,118
of 1,627,098
Works
21
Citations
319
Citations per work
15.2
h-index
11
i10-index 11Top 45% in Computational Mechanics
Walter J. Balster

What does Walter J. Balster research?

Walter J. Balster's work is mostly in Engineering (59%), Materials Science (20%), Chemistry (10%).

Physical Sciences: 20 works · 95.1% of their workEngineering: 12 works · 59.0% of their workComputational Mechanics: 7 works · 32.8% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 21.3% of their workAerospace Engineering: 1 works · 4.9% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 19.7% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 19.7% of their workChemistry: 2 works · 9.8% of their workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 works · 9.8% of their workChemical Engineering: 1 works · 6.6% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 works · 6.6% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 4.9% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter J. Balster21works
Physical Sciences95%

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. Engineering1259.0%
    2. Materials Science419.7%
    3. Chemistry29.8%
    4. Chemical Engineering16.6%
  2. Everything else14.9%
  1. 1Computational Mechanics33% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering21% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry20% of their works
  4. 4Analytical Chemistry10% of their works
  5. 5Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes7% of their works
  6. 6Aerospace Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter J. Balster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Heat Transfer, Supercritical Fluids, Emissions, Biodiesel, Transesterification, Kinetic Analysis, Thermal Decomposition and Asphaltenes.

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. Heat Transfer191 topic
  2. Supercritical Fluids191 topic
  3. Emissions142 topics
  4. Biodiesel101 topic
  5. Transesterification101 topic
  6. Kinetic Analysis71 topic
  7. Thermal Decomposition71 topic
  8. Asphaltenes61 topic
  9. Petroleum61 topic
  10. Chemical Kinetics41 topic
  11. Combustion41 topic
  12. Accident Tolerant Fuels31 topic
  13. Biomass31 topic
  14. Fuel Cladding31 topic
  15. Pyrolysis31 topic
  16. Molten Salt21 topic
  17. Nuclear Reactor21 topic

Where does Walter J. Balster work?

Walter J. Balster's main affiliation in the publication record is Innovative Scientific Solutions (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter J. Balster have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 319 citations for Walter J. Balster, an h-index of 11, ranking #4,557,649 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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