Craig D. Near

613 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 448 citations indexed

About

Craig D. Near is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Craig D. Near has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 448 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 3 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Craig D. Near's work include Engineering Applied Research (3 papers), Injection Molding Process and Properties (2 papers) and Material Properties and Applications (2 papers). Craig D. Near is often cited by papers focused on Engineering Applied Research (3 papers), Injection Molding Process and Properties (2 papers) and Material Properties and Applications (2 papers). Craig D. Near collaborates with scholars based in United States and Switzerland. Craig D. Near's co-authors include Soma Shekara Sreenadh Reddy Depuru, Robert Green, Douglas Nims, Vijay Devabhaktuni, Richard L. Gentilman, L.J. Bowen, B. G. Pazol, Martin P. Harmer, Helen M. Chan and William J Dawson and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and Ferroelectrics.

In The Last Decade

Craig D. Near

12 papers receiving 422 citations

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Solar energy: Trends and enabling technologies

2012 363 citations Vijay Devabhaktuni, Soma Shekara Sreenadh Reddy Depuru et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Craig D. Near United States	5	163	148	74	72	62	12	448
Justo J. Roberts Brazil	12	106 0.7×	128 0.9×	181 2.4×	83 1.2×	54 0.9×	13	523
Miloud Rahmoune Morocco	12	184 1.1×	124 0.8×	46 0.6×	112 1.6×	107 1.7×	63	679
Hossein Goudarzi Iran	12	146 0.9×	191 1.3×	40 0.5×	102 1.4×	87 1.4×	29	573
Ayman Mdallal United Arab Emirates	7	165 1.0×	222 1.5×	51 0.7×	43 0.6×	39 0.6×	14	572
Chandan Banerjee India	13	163 1.0×	286 1.9×	80 1.1×	74 1.0×	47 0.8×	50	547
Williams S. Ebhota South Africa	11	157 1.0×	123 0.8×	19 0.3×	101 1.4×	50 0.8×	40	422
Yun Ii Go Malaysia	18	164 1.0×	404 2.7×	91 1.2×	114 1.6×	71 1.1×	57	778
Dong‐Won Lee South Korea	13	130 0.8×	332 2.2×	42 0.6×	61 0.8×	33 0.5×	44	609
Rifa J. El‐Khozondar Palestinian Territory	12	198 1.2×	331 2.2×	93 1.3×	116 1.6×	33 0.5×	37	598
Lana El Chaar United States	12	298 1.8×	424 2.9×	39 0.5×	97 1.3×	106 1.7×	30	770

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Craig D. Near

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Craig D. Near. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Craig D. Near based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Craig D. Near. Craig D. Near is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Devabhaktuni, Vijay, et al.. (2012). Solar energy: Trends and enabling technologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 19. 555–564. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gentilman, Richard L., et al.. (2002). SonoPanel 1-3 piezocomposite hydrophone-actuator panels. 3. 2032–2037. 1 indexed citations

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Near, Craig D., Richard L. Gentilman, Martin P. Harmer, et al.. (1999). <title>Processing and application of solid state converted high-strain materials</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3675. 330–335. 6 indexed citations

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Near, Craig D., et al.. (1998). Injection-molded PZT actuators. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3326. 323–323. 2 indexed citations

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Near, Craig D., et al.. (1997). Application of piezoelectric composites and net-shape PZT ceramics as acoustic sensors and actuators. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 101(5_Supplement). 3094–3094. 1 indexed citations

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Gentilman, Richard L., et al.. (1997). 1-3 piezocomposites, SonoPanels, arrays, and SmartPanels. 1188 vol.2–1188 vol.2. 1 indexed citations

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Gentilman, Richard L., et al.. (1997). 1-3 piezocomposite SmartPanels. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3044. 391–391. 3 indexed citations

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Near, Craig D.. (1996). <title>Piezoelectric actuator technology</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2717. 246–258. 44 indexed citations

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Gentilman, Richard L., et al.. (1996). <title>1-3 piezocomposite smart panels for active surface control</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2721. 234–239. 5 indexed citations

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Bowen, L.J., et al.. (1996). Design, fabrication, and properties of sonopanel^TM1–3 piezocomposite transducers. Ferroelectrics. 187(1). 109–120. 17 indexed citations

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Near, Craig D., et al.. (1993). <title>Novel methods of powder preparation and ceramic forming for improving reliability of multilayer ceramic actuators</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1916. 396–404. 4 indexed citations

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Tressler, R. E., et al.. (1987). Reliability of silicon carbide in combustion environments: Final report. [Siliconized SiC]. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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