Walter Noll

19.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
104 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Walter Noll is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Noll has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 20 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Walter Noll's work include Elasticity and Material Modeling (19 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (13 papers) and Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry (13 papers). Walter Noll is often cited by papers focused on Elasticity and Material Modeling (19 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (13 papers) and Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry (13 papers). Walter Noll collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Walter Noll's co-authors include Bernard D. Coleman, C. Truesdell, Hershel Markovitz, Bruce Caswell, Epifanio G. Virga, H. Steinbach, Robert Finn, R. J. Duffin, Ragnar Holm and R. A. Toupin and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, Journal of Applied Physics and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Walter Noll

96 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

The thermodynamics of elastic materials with heat conduct... 1958 2026 1980 2003 1963 1992 1961 1960 2004 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. The thermodynamics of elastic materials with heat conduction and viscosity
    1963 1.5k citations Bernard D. Coleman, Walter Noll Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis profile →
  2. The Non-Linear Field Theories of Mechanics
    1992 1.2k citations C. Truesdell, Walter Noll CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  3. Foundations of Linear Viscoelasticity
    1961 646 citations Bernard D. Coleman, Walter Noll profile →
  4. An approximation theorem for functionals, with applications in continuum mechanics
    1960 609 citations Bernard D. Coleman, Walter Noll Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis profile →
  5. The Non-Linear Field Theories of Mechanics
    2004 565 citations C. Truesdell, Walter Noll CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →
  6. A mathematical theory of the mechanical behavior of continuous media
    1958 564 citations Walter Noll Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Walter Noll United States 31 3.7k 3.3k 1.9k 1.8k 1.4k 104 8.1k
C. Truesdell United States 33 2.9k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 633 0.3× 1.2k 0.8× 131 6.4k
D. D. Joseph United States 60 3.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 8.0k 5.6× 222 13.9k
N. Phan‐Thien Australia 55 3.0k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 4.0k 2.2× 4.6k 3.2× 396 11.1k
Daniel D. Joseph United States 51 3.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 964 0.5× 2.3k 1.3× 7.5k 5.2× 172 12.0k
Howard Brenner United States 44 5.0k 1.3× 775 0.2× 2.3k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 5.3k 3.7× 177 13.4k
J. E. Hilliard United States 27 2.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.4× 7.3k 3.8× 453 0.2× 2.2k 1.6× 67 12.6k
J. H. Weiner United States 29 847 0.2× 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 470 0.3× 377 0.3× 92 4.8k
Gérard A. Maugin France 48 3.3k 0.9× 7.2k 2.2× 4.0k 2.1× 253 0.1× 561 0.4× 328 10.7k
Joel Koplik United States 50 3.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.6× 3.4k 1.7× 375 0.2× 3.3k 2.3× 186 12.2k
E. J. Hinch United Kingdom 53 2.1k 0.6× 891 0.3× 1.9k 1.0× 2.9k 1.6× 5.2k 3.6× 137 9.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Noll

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Noll

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Noll, Walter. (2018). Five Contributions to Natural Philosophy. Figshare. 5 indexed citations
2.
Noll, Walter. (2018). Isocategories and Tensor Functors. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 1 indexed citations
3.
Noll, Walter. (2018). On the concept of force. Figshare. 2 indexed citations
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Noll, Walter, et al.. (2018). Mathematical Structures of Special Relativity. KiltHub Repository.
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Noll, Walter. (2018). The Conceptual Infrastructure of Mathematics. KiltHub Repository.
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Noll, Walter. (2018). On the Theory of Surface Interactions. Figshare.
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Noll, Walter, et al.. (2018). Geometry of Differentiable Manifolds. Research Showcase @ Carnegie Mellon University (Carnegie Mellon University). 1 indexed citations
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Noll, Walter, et al.. (2018). Monoids, Boolean Algebras, Materially Ordered Sets. Figshare.
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Noll, Walter. (2012). The Foundations of Mechanics and Thermodynamics: Selected Papers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 17 indexed citations
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Truesdell, C. & Walter Noll. (2004). The Non-Linear Field Theories of Mechanics. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Noll, Walter & Epifanio G. Virga. (1988). Fit regions and functions of bounded variation. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 102(1). 1–21. 37 indexed citations
12.
Noll, Walter. (1987). Finite-dimensional spaces : algebra, geometry, and analysis. 11 indexed citations
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Noll, Walter & Juan Jorge Schäffer. (1978). Order-isomorphisms in affine spaces. Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata (1923 -). 117(1). 243–262. 5 indexed citations
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Noll, Walter, et al.. (1968). Continuum Theory of Inhomogeneities in Simple Bodies. 6 indexed citations
15.
Noll, Walter, et al.. (1964). Die Werkstatt des Pheidias in Olympia. De Gruyter eBooks. 5 indexed citations
16.
Noll, Walter, et al.. (1962). SIMPLE FLUIDS WITH FADING MEMORY,. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 5 indexed citations
17.
Coleman, Bernard D. & Walter Noll. (1959). On certain steady flows of general fluids. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis. 3(1). 289–303. 96 indexed citations
18.
Noll, Walter. (1955). On the Continuity of the Solid and Fluid States. Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 4(1). 3–81. 159 indexed citations
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Noll, Walter. (1955). . Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 4(5). 627–627. 4 indexed citations
20.
Noll, Walter. (1954). Zur Chemie und Technologie der Silicone. Angewandte Chemie. 66(2). 41–55. 9 indexed citations

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