Robert K. Niven

2.0k total citations
75 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Robert K. Niven is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert K. Niven has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 14 papers in Computational Mechanics and 14 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Robert K. Niven's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (18 papers), Statistical Mechanics and Entropy (16 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (11 papers). Robert K. Niven is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (18 papers), Statistical Mechanics and Entropy (16 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (11 papers). Robert K. Niven collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Germany and France. Robert K. Niven's co-authors include Bernd R. Noack, Markus Abel, David J. Paull, Matthias Kramer, Nasser Khalili, Kamaljit Singh, Markus Quade, Kamran Shafi, Michael Schlegel and Laurent Cordier and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Robert K. Niven

73 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert K. Niven Australia 18 357 262 261 224 124 75 1.4k
Daniel Lester Australia 24 157 0.4× 242 0.9× 348 1.3× 505 2.3× 270 2.2× 99 1.6k
В. А. Чугунов Russia 16 153 0.4× 80 0.3× 227 0.9× 150 0.7× 109 0.9× 68 1.1k
Salah A. Faroughi United States 18 85 0.2× 97 0.4× 216 0.8× 134 0.6× 162 1.3× 49 965
Hans-Joachim Kretzschmar Germany 10 102 0.3× 409 1.6× 395 1.5× 163 0.7× 123 1.0× 22 1.6k
Kyongmin Yeo United States 20 105 0.3× 201 0.8× 532 2.0× 139 0.6× 306 2.5× 55 1.2k
Jeff Cooper United States 11 79 0.2× 325 1.2× 301 1.2× 122 0.5× 78 0.6× 29 1.4k
Michael Manhart Germany 24 118 0.3× 195 0.7× 1.6k 6.2× 564 2.5× 248 2.0× 64 2.0k
A. Heitor Reis Portugal 17 217 0.6× 397 1.5× 339 1.3× 94 0.4× 62 0.5× 59 1.5k
Li Zou China 29 588 1.6× 158 0.6× 1.1k 4.2× 389 1.7× 235 1.9× 189 2.8k
Luis Cueto‐Felgueroso Spain 30 115 0.3× 145 0.6× 956 3.7× 480 2.1× 404 3.3× 97 2.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Niven, Robert K., et al.. (2025). Inverse Bayesian Methods for Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14–14.
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Niven, Robert K., et al.. (2025). Enhancing groundwater vulnerability assessment through Bayesian inference. Journal of Hydrology. 653. 132781–132781. 3 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K., et al.. (2024). Numerical plastic transport modelling in fluvial systems: Review and formulation of boundary conditions. Water Research. 273. 122947–122947. 1 indexed citations
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Morrison, A. L., Vladimir Strezov, Robert K. Niven, et al.. (2023). Impact of Salinity and Temperature on Removal of PFAS Species from Water by Aeration in the Absence of Additional Surfactants: A Novel Application of Green Chemistry Using Adsorptive Bubble Fractionation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 62(13). 5635–5645. 22 indexed citations
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Nahar, Kamrun & Robert K. Niven. (2023). An Analysis of Miscible Displacement and Numerical Modelling of Glyphosate Transport in Three Different Agricultural Soils. Agronomy. 13(10). 2539–2539. 1 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K.. (2023). Dimensionless Groups by Entropic Similarity: II—Wave Phenomena and Information-Theoretic Flow Regimes. Entropy. 25(11). 1538–1538. 1 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K., et al.. (2022). Groundwater vulnerability assessment: A review including new statistical and hybrid methods. The Science of The Total Environment. 822. 153486–153486. 85 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K., et al.. (2022). Comparison of DRASTIC and DRASTICL groundwater vulnerability assessments of the Burdekin Basin, Queensland, Australia. The Science of The Total Environment. 858(Pt 3). 159945–159945. 26 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianlong, Robert K. Niven, A. L. Morrison, et al.. (2022). Kinetic model of PFAS removal by semi-batch foam fractionation and validation by experimental data for K-PFOS. The Science of The Total Environment. 865. 161145–161145. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianlong & Robert K. Niven. (2021). Unification of surface tension isotherms of PFOA or GenX salts in electrolyte solutions by mean ionic activity. Chemosphere. 280. 130715–130715. 12 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K.. (2019). Fishing for the unknown unknowns: A Bayesian perspective. UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia). 2 indexed citations
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Quade, Markus, Markus Abel, Kamran Shafi, Robert K. Niven, & Bernd R. Noack. (2016). Prediction of dynamical systems by symbolic regression. Physical review. E. 94(1). 12214–12214. 76 indexed citations
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Dewar, Roderick C., Charles H. Lineweaver, Robert K. Niven, & Klaus Regenauer‐Lieb. (2014). Beyond the Second Law - Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 36 indexed citations
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Ord, Alison, B. E. Hobbs, Daniel Lester, & Robert K. Niven. (2014). Hydrothermal mineralising systems as non-equilibrium, chaotic, breccia-filled chemical reactors. 555. 1 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K., et al.. (2014). Maximum entropy analysis of hydraulic pipe networks. AIP conference proceedings. 1636. 180–186. 7 indexed citations
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Noack, Bernd R. & Robert K. Niven. (2013). A hierarchy of maximum entropy closures for Galerkin systems of incompressible flows. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 65(10). 1558–1574. 8 indexed citations
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Noack, Bernd R. & Robert K. Niven. (2011). Maximum-entropy closure for a Galerkin system of incompressible shear flow. APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts. 64. 6 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K.. (2010). Minimization of a free-energy-like potential for non-equilibrium flow systems at steady state. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 365(1545). 1323–1331. 29 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K.. (2009). Steady state of a dissipative flow-controlled system and the maximum entropy production principle. Physical Review E. 80(2). 21113–21113. 76 indexed citations
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Niven, Robert K. & Nasser Khalili. (2002). In situ fluidization for peat bed rupture, and preliminary economic analysis. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 59(1-2). 67–85. 1 indexed citations

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