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Researcher · University of Louisiana at Lafayette · United States

William M. Chirdon

William M. Chirdon publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Algal biology and biofuel production and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites.

ORCID 0000-0001-7674-571X OpenAlex
World rank
#4,472,770
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,191,644
of 1,627,098
Works
42
Citations
614
Citations per work
14.6
h-index
14
i10-index 19Top 41% in Polymers and Plastics
William M. Chirdon

What does William M. Chirdon research?

William M. Chirdon's work is mostly in Materials Science (29%), Engineering (16%), Energy (6%).

Physical Sciences: 22 works · 51.2% of their workMaterials Science: 12 works · 29.1% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 4 works · 10.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 9.7% of their workBiomaterials: 4 works · 8.8% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 15.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 9.7% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 works · 6.2% of their workEnergy: 3 works · 6.2% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 20 works · 48.8% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam M.Chirdon42works
Physical Sciences51%

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. Materials Science1229.1%
    2. Engineering715.9%
    3. Energy36.2%
  2. Everything else2048.8%
  1. 1Polymers and Plastics11% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Biomaterials9% of their works
  5. 5Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6% of their works
  6. 6Civil and Structural Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William M. Chirdon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanocomposites, Nanoparticles, Biodegradable Polymers, Mechanical, Properties, Polyhydroxyalkanoates, Polylactic Acid and Biodiesel.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanocomposites133 topics
  2. Nanoparticles103 topics
  3. Biodegradable Polymers92 topics
  4. Mechanical82 topics
  5. Properties82 topics
  6. Polyhydroxyalkanoates61 topic
  7. Polylactic Acid61 topic
  8. Biodiesel51 topic
  9. Microalgae51 topic
  10. Carbon41 topic
  11. Layered Silicate41 topic
  12. Nanotubes41 topic
  13. Polymer41 topic
  14. Catalytic Transformation31 topic
  15. Hybrid Materials31 topic
  16. Lignin Valorization31 topic
  17. Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes31 topic
  18. Polymer Blends31 topic
  19. Polymer Composites31 topic
  20. Polymer Crystallization31 topic
  21. Self-Healing31 topic

Where does William M. Chirdon work?

William M. Chirdon's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States.

How many publications and citations does William M. Chirdon have?

OpenAlex counts 42 works and 614 citations for William M. Chirdon, an h-index of 14, ranking #4,472,770 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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