R. K. Kirby

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

R. K. Kirby is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R. K. Kirby has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 4 papers in Organic Chemistry and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R. K. Kirby's work include Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (6 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (4 papers) and Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (3 papers). R. K. Kirby is often cited by papers focused on Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (6 papers), Chemical Thermodynamics and Molecular Structure (4 papers) and Thermal and Kinetic Analysis (3 papers). R. K. Kirby collaborates with scholars based in United States. R. K. Kirby's co-authors include Y. S. Touloukian, Rex N. Taylor, P. D. Desai, E. R. Taylor, Thomas Hahn, Hugh C. Wolfe, H. E. Hagy and P. Hidnert and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and International Journal of Thermophysics.

In The Last Decade

R. K. Kirby

15 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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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.

Thermal Expansion: Metallic Elements and Alloys

1975 392 citations Y. S. Touloukian, R. K. Kirby et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. K. Kirby United States	10	559	374	206	180	154	15	1.1k
Wayne E. Tefft United States	12	479 0.9×	247 0.7×	171 0.8×	293 1.6×	174 1.1×	17	1.1k
O. N. Carlson United States	22	689 1.2×	732 2.0×	175 0.8×	263 1.5×	58 0.4×	86	1.4k
C. R. Houska United States	16	647 1.2×	490 1.3×	152 0.7×	184 1.0×	42 0.3×	65	1.0k
R.S. Graves United States	16	571 1.0×	439 1.2×	150 0.7×	158 0.9×	61 0.4×	51	1.0k
J.B. Wachtman United States	17	1.0k 1.8×	515 1.4×	241 1.2×	435 2.4×	285 1.9×	31	1.8k
E.S. Machlin United States	19	626 1.1×	576 1.5×	166 0.8×	204 1.1×	62 0.4×	87	1.3k
J. O. Scarbrough United States	16	762 1.4×	970 2.6×	111 0.5×	93 0.5×	83 0.5×	32	1.5k
C. W. Allen United States	19	650 1.2×	321 0.9×	251 1.2×	98 0.5×	46 0.3×	88	1.1k
P. J. Gielisse United States	16	893 1.6×	136 0.4×	332 1.6×	373 2.1×	104 0.7×	51	1.3k
Y. Adda France	14	672 1.2×	510 1.4×	162 0.8×	89 0.5×	45 0.3×	32	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. K. Kirby

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15 of 15 papers shown

Kirby, R. K.. (1991). Platinum?A thermal expansion reference material. International Journal of Thermophysics. 12(4). 679–685. 76 indexed citations

Touloukian, Y. S., et al.. (1977). Thermophysical Properties of Matter - the TPRC Data Series. Volume 13. Thermal Expansion - Nonmetallic Solids. 144 indexed citations

Touloukian, Y. S., et al.. (1977). Thermal Expansion. 192 indexed citations

Touloukian, Y. S., R. K. Kirby, Rex N. Taylor, & P. D. Desai. (1975). Thermal expansion: Metallic elements and alloys. [Handbook]. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

Touloukian, Y. S., R. K. Kirby, Rex N. Taylor, & P. D. Desai. (1975). Thermophysical Properties of Matter - the TPRC Data Series. Volume 12. Thermal Expansion Metallic Elements and Alloys. 87 indexed citations

Touloukian, Y. S., R. K. Kirby, Rex N. Taylor, & P. D. Desai. (1975). Thermal Expansion: Metallic Elements and Alloys. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

Hahn, Thomas, et al.. (1972). Thermal Expansion of Fused Silica from 80 to 1000 K - Standard Reference Material 739. AIP conference proceedings. 13–24. 20 indexed citations

Kirby, R. K.. (1972). Thermal expansion of tungsten from 293 to 1800 K. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Hahn, Thomas, et al.. (1972). Thermal Expansion of Platinum from 293 to 1900 K. AIP conference proceedings. 87–95. 20 indexed citations

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Kirby, R. K.. (1970). Use of Critically Evaluated Data on Copper to Test the Mie-Grüneisen Equation of State. Journal of Applied Physics. 41(13). 5103–5103. 21 indexed citations

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Kirby, R. K., et al.. (1968). Thermal Expansion of Vitreous Selenium from—190° to +30°C. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 51(9). 535–535. 8 indexed citations

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Kirby, R. K.. (1967). Thermal expansion of rutile from 100 to 700 K. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section A Physics and Chemistry. 71A(5). 363–363. 55 indexed citations

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Kirby, R. K., et al.. (1967). An apparatus for measuring thermal expansion at elevated temperatures. Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards Section C Engineering and Instrumentation. 71C(2). 85–85. 3 indexed citations

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Kirby, R. K.. (1956). Thermal expansion of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) from -190 to +300 C. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 57(2). 91–91. 53 indexed citations

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Hidnert, P. & R. K. Kirby. (1955). Thermal expansion and phase transformations of low-expanding cobalt-iron-chromium alloys. Journal of research of the National Bureau of Standards. 55(1). 29–29. 7 indexed citations

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