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Researcher · Glasgow Life · United Kingdom

William John Macquorn Rankine

William John Macquorn Rankine publishes mostly in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics and Protein Structure and Dynamics.

World rank
#112,608
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#10,665
of 90,785
Works
31
Citations
137
Citations per work
4.4

What does William John Macquorn Rankine research?

Astronomy and Astrophysics: 21.7%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17.4%Biomedical Engineering: 8.7%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4.3%other fields: 47.9%22%top field
Astronomy and Astrophysics21.7%Statistical and Nonlinear Physics17.4%Biomedical Engineering8.7%Physical and Theoretical Chemistry4.3%other fields47.9%

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

  1. 1Astronomy and Astrophysics22% of their works
  2. 2Statistical and Nonlinear Physics17% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Physical and Theoretical Chemistry4% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William John Macquorn Rankine's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fluctuation Theorems, Stochastic Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic Properties, Extraction, Supercritical Fluids, Civil Engineering, Construction and Cryogenic Storage.

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. Fluctuation Theorems41 topic
  2. Stochastic Thermodynamics41 topic
  3. Thermodynamic Properties32 topics
  4. Extraction21 topic
  5. Supercritical Fluids21 topic
  6. Civil Engineering11 topic
  7. Construction11 topic
  8. Cryogenic Storage11 topic
  9. Density11 topic
  10. Earth Systems Science11 topic
  11. Gaia Hypothesis11 topic
  12. Isothermal Titration Calorimetry11 topic
  13. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)11 topic
  14. Protein11 topic
  15. Structure11 topic
  16. Thermodynamics11 topic
  17. Viscosity11 topic

Where does William John Macquorn Rankine work?

William John Macquorn Rankine's main affiliation in the publication record is Glasgow Life, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does William John Macquorn Rankine have?

Science Explorer counts 31 works and 137 citations for William John Macquorn Rankine, ranking #112,608 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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