M.W. Thring

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

M.W. Thring is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M.W. Thring has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Computational Mechanics, 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in M.W. Thring's work include Combustion and flame dynamics (18 papers), Radiative Heat Transfer Studies (7 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (5 papers). M.W. Thring is often cited by papers focused on Combustion and flame dynamics (18 papers), Radiative Heat Transfer Studies (7 papers) and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies (5 papers). M.W. Thring collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. M.W. Thring's co-authors include J.M. Beér, C. Van Hulse, E.R. Laithwaite, R.G. Siddall, Alexandre Lefebvre, C. H. Bosanquet, Robert H. Essenhigh, Umberto Colombo, R. S. Hartenberg and A. E. Potter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physics Today and Fuel.

In The Last Decade

M.W. Thring

53 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

World Energy Outlook

1977 5.7k citations M.W. Thring Electronics and Power profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.W. Thring United Kingdom	14	2.1k	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	61	6.5k
J. P. Gurney United Kingdom	6	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	880 0.7×	619 0.5×	467 0.4×	9	5.0k
Ari Rabl France	42	3.6k 1.7×	616 0.4×	811 0.7×	1.7k 1.5×	480 0.4×	134	6.8k
Robert H. Williams United States	33	1.2k 0.5×	453 0.3×	789 0.7×	707 0.6×	556 0.5×	106	5.3k
Kornelis Blok Netherlands	52	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	2.6k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	618 0.6×	182	8.3k
Dolf Gielen Netherlands	31	2.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	78	8.5k
Geoffrey P. Hammond United Kingdom	43	1.5k 0.7×	623 0.4×	2.0k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	444 0.4×	161	6.2k
Eric D. Larson United States	40	1.1k 0.5×	662 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	809 0.7×	494 0.5×	164	7.1k
Robert H. Socolow United States	37	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.4×	764 0.7×	479 0.4×	103	7.9k
Wim Turkenburg Netherlands	46	1.3k 0.6×	919 0.6×	2.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	614 0.6×	102	7.0k
Kamıl Kaygusuz Türkiye	50	3.4k 1.6×	603 0.4×	606 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.5×	140	7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by M.W. Thring

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.W. Thring

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All Works

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Thring, M.W.. (1987). Robot Grippers, edited by D.T. Pham and W.B. Heginbotham IFS (Publications) UK, 1986 ($59).. Robotica. 5(2). 138–139. 5 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1983). Steam generation using renewable energy. International Journal of Ambient Energy. 4(3). 153–160.

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Thring, M.W.. (1983). Automation in coal mining. Long Range Planning. 16(4). 66–75. 1 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1983). Robots and Telechirs: Manipulators with Memory, Remote Manipulators, Machine Limbs for the Handicapped. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1977). World Energy Outlook. Electronics and Power. 23(4). 329–329. 5715 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thring, M.W.. (1977). Dimensionless parameters: Theory and methodology. Fuel. 56(3). 349–349. 20 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1973). Air pollution—a general survey. International Journal of Environmental Studies. 5(1-4). 251–257. 1 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1970). Machines for a creative society. Futures. 2(1). 45–53. 1 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1965). Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation. Nature. 208(5014). 966–967. 1 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W., et al.. (1965). The application of pressure-jet burners to marine boilers. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 10(1). 1203–1218. 2 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1962). Magnetohydrodynamic power generation. The journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. 8(89). 237–241. 3 indexed citations

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Bosanquet, C. H., et al.. (1961). The effect of density differences on the path of jets. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 263(1314). 340–352. 17 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W., et al.. (1961). Pulsating combustion : the collected works of F.H. Reynst. Pergamon eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1958). The Elements of Classical Thermodynamics for Advanced Students of Physics. Physics Bulletin. 9(8). 201–202. 7 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W., et al.. (1958). Combustion and propulsion : third AGARD colloquium: noise, shock tubes, magnetic effects, instability and mixing : Combustion Colloquium, Palermo, Sicily, March 17-21, 1958 : including four selected papers presented at the Washington AGARD meeting. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W., et al.. (1957). Pilot plants, models, and scale-up methods in chemical engineering. Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa). 53 indexed citations

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Hulse, C. Van, et al.. (1957). Mixing and combustion in free and enclosed turbulent jet diffusion flames. Combustion and Flame. 1(2). 179–193. 30 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W., et al.. (1956). Combustion and heat transfer in an open-hearth furnace. 1 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W., et al.. (1956). The viscosity of mixtures of gases at high temperatures. British Journal of Applied Physics. 7(9). 324–329. 11 indexed citations

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Thring, M.W.. (1951). The temperature distribution along a radiating gas stream in which heat is being liberated by a chemical reaction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 208(1093). 247–262. 2 indexed citations

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