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Researcher · Precision Combustion (United States) · United States

William C. Pfefferle

William C. Pfefferle publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Computational Mechanics and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, on topics such as Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Combustion and flame dynamics and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies.

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World rank
#2,037,578
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#617,231
of 1,627,098
Works
55
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
23.6
h-index
16
i10-index 21Top 40% in Materials Chemistry
William C. Pfefferle

What does William C. Pfefferle research?

William C. Pfefferle's work is mostly in Engineering (30%), Materials Science (28%), Chemical Engineering (26%).

Physical Sciences: 46 works · 83.5% of their workEngineering: 17 works · 30.3% of their workComputational Mechanics: 11 works · 20.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 6.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 3.7% of their workMaterials Science: 15 works · 27.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 15 works · 27.5% of their workChemical Engineering: 14 works · 25.7% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 9 works · 15.6% of their workCatalysis: 6 works · 10.1% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 16.5% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam C.Pfefferle55works
Physical Sciences84%

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. Engineering1730.3%
    2. Materials Science1527.5%
    3. Chemical Engineering1425.7%
  2. Everything else916.5%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry28% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics20% of their works
  3. 3Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes16% of their works
  4. 4Catalysis10% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William C. Pfefferle's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Chemical Kinetics, Catalysis, Nanoparticles, Oxidation, Large-Eddy Simulation, Turbulent Flames, Combustion and Soot Formation.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Kinetics382 topics
  2. Catalysis342 topics
  3. Nanoparticles271 topic
  4. Oxidation271 topic
  5. Large-Eddy Simulation211 topic
  6. Turbulent Flames211 topic
  7. Combustion171 topic
  8. Soot Formation171 topic
  9. Dehydrogenation71 topic
  10. Oxidative71 topic
  11. Renewable Fuels72 topics
  12. Catalytic41 topic
  13. Hydrogenation41 topic
  14. Biomass31 topic
  15. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes31 topic
  16. Proton Exchange Membranes31 topic
  17. Pyrolysis31 topic
  18. Electrocatalysis21 topic
  19. Energy Conversion21 topic

Where does William C. Pfefferle work?

William C. Pfefferle's main affiliation in the publication record is Precision Combustion (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does William C. Pfefferle have?

OpenAlex counts 55 works and 1,298 citations for William C. Pfefferle, an h-index of 16, ranking #2,037,578 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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