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Researcher · Altec (United States) · United States

Walter T. Fiala

Walter T. Fiala publishes mostly in Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Flow Measurement and Analysis, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research and Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,981,436
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,459,121
of 1,627,098
Works
15
Citations
19
Citations per work
1.3
h-index
3
i10-index 0Top 96% in Mechanics of Materials
Walter T. Fiala

What does Walter T. Fiala research?

Walter T. Fiala's work is mostly in Engineering (54%), Computer Science (10%), Physics and Astronomy (10%).

Physical Sciences: 11 works · 73.3% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 53.7% of their workMechanics of Materials: 3 works · 19.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 17.1% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 12.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 works · 4.9% of their workComputer Science: 1 works · 9.8% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 works · 9.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 works · 9.8% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 works · 9.8% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 26.7% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter T. Fiala15works
Physical Sciences73%

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. Engineering853.7%
    2. Computer Science19.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy19.8%
  2. Everything else426.7%
  1. 1Mechanics of Materials20% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering12% of their works
  4. 4Computer Networks and Communications10% of their works
  5. 5Statistical and Nonlinear Physics10% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter T. Fiala's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Flow Measurement, Ultrasonic, Acoustic Metamaterials, Control, Hydraulic Systems, Phononic Crystals, IEEE 1451 and Smart Sensors.

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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Flow Measurement81 topic
  2. Ultrasonic81 topic
  3. Acoustic Metamaterials51 topic
  4. Control51 topic
  5. Hydraulic Systems51 topic
  6. Phononic Crystals51 topic
  7. IEEE 145141 topic
  8. Smart Sensors41 topic
  9. Optics31 topic
  10. Spectroscopy31 topic
  11. Acoustic Techniques21 topic
  12. Design Optimization21 topic
  13. High Temperature Sensors21 topic
  14. Seafloor Mapping21 topic
  15. Structural Analysis21 topic
  16. Thin Film Thermocouples21 topic

Where does Walter T. Fiala work?

Walter T. Fiala's main affiliation in the publication record is Altec (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter T. Fiala have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 19 citations for Walter T. Fiala, an h-index of 3, ranking #5,981,436 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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