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D-Index
86
Citations
20028
World Ranking
374
National Ranking
26

Alvin W. Nienow publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alvin W. Nienow sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 321 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Alvin W. Nienow D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alvin W. Nienow sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alvin W. Nienow was affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned multiple disciplines including engineering, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine.

The scientist contributed to several subfields of study, such as biomedical engineering, molecular biology, genetics, biomaterials, and surgery. Their research topics included mesenchymal stem cell research, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects, 3D printing in biomedical research, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, and fluid dynamics and mixing.

Among their recent publications were:

  • Expansion of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs) in bioreactors using microcarriers: lessons learnt and what the future holds, 2020, Biotechnology Advances
  • Bioprocess development for scalable production of cultivated meat, 2020, Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • The Impact of Fluid Dynamic Stress in Stirred Bioreactors - The Scale of the Biological Entity: A Personal View, 2020, Chemie Ingenieur Technik
  • Design and development of a new ambr250® bioreactor vessel for improved cell and gene therapy applications, 2021, Biotechnology Letters
  • Scale-up of an intensified bioprocess for the expansion of bovine adipose-derived stem cells (bASCs) in stirred tank bioreactors, 2021, Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Frequent collaborators in their work included Christopher J. Hewitt, Mariana P. Hanga, Panagiota Moutsatsou, Qasim A. Rafiq, and Ivan Wall.

The scientist published most often in the following venues:

  • Biotechnology and Bioengineering
  • Chemie Ingenieur Technik
  • Biotechnology Advances
  • Biotechnology Letters
  • Biotechnology Journal

Best Publications

  • Mixing in the process industries

    N. Harnby;M. F. Edwards;A. W. Nienow

  • Physiological responses to mixing in large scale bioreactors

    Sven-Olof Enfors;M. Jahic;A. Rozkov;B. Xu

  • Reactor engineering in large scale animal cell culture.

    Alvin W. Nienow

  • On impeller circulation and mixing effectiveness in the turbulent flow regime

    A.W. Nienow

  • Suspension of solid particles in turbine agitated baffled vessels

    A.W. Nienow

  • The translation of cell-based therapies: clinical landscape and manufacturing challenges.

    Thomas R.J. Heathman;Alvin W. Nienow;Alvin W. Nienow;Mark J.S. McCall;Karen Coopman

  • Particle mixing and segregation in gas fluidised beds. A review

    P.N. Rowe;A.W. Nienow

  • Hydrodynamics of Stirred Bioreactors

    A. W. Nienow

  • Mixing in large-scale vessels stirred with multiple radial or radial and axial up-pumping impellers: modelling and measurements

    Peter Vrábel;Rob G.J.M van der Lans;Karel Ch.A.M Luyben;Lotte Boon

  • On the Sauter mean diameter and size distributions in turbulent liquid/liquid dispersions in a stirred vessel

    A.W. Pacek;C.C. Man;A.W. Nienow

  • The minimum fluidisation velocity, bed expansion and pressure-drop profile of binary particle mixtures

    S. Chiba;T. Chiba;A.W. Nienow;H. Kobayashi

  • Culture of human mesenchymal stem cells on microcarriers in a 5 l stirred-tank bioreactor

    Qasim A. Rafiq;Kathryn M. Brosnan;Karen Coopman;Alvin W. Nienow;Alvin W. Nienow

  • CAVERN SIZES IN AGITATED FLUIDS WITH A YIELD STRESS

    J. Solomon;T.P. Elson;A.W. Nienow;G.W. Pace

  • Dependence of mycelial morphology on impeller type and agitation intensity.

    P. Jüsten;G. C. Paul;A. W. Nienow;C. R. Thomas

  • The dependency on scale of power numbers of Rushton disc turbines

    W. Bujalski;A.W. Nienow;S. Chatwin;M. Cooke

  • Studies related to the scale-up of high-cell-density E. coli fed-batch fermentations using multiparameter flow cytometry: effect of a changing microenvironment with respect to glucose and dissolved oxygen concentration.

    Christopher J. Hewitt;Gerhard Nebe-Von Caron;Britta Axelsson;Caroline M. McFarlane

  • The Scale‐Up of Microbial Batch and Fed‐Batch Fermentation Processes

    Christopher J Hewitt;Alvin W Nienow

  • Expansion of human mesenchymal stem cells on microcarriers

    Christopher J. Hewitt;Kenneth Lee;Kenneth Lee;Alvin W. Nienow;Alvin W. Nienow;Robert James Thomas

  • A quantitative analysis of the mixing of two segregating powders of different density in a gas-fluidised bed

    A.W. Nienow;P.N. Rowe;L.Y.-L. Cheung

  • A potentially scalable method for the harvesting of hMSCs from microcarriers

    Alvin W. Nienow;Alvin W. Nienow;Qasim A. Rafiq;Karen Coopman;Christopher J. Hewitt

  • Gas-liquid dispersion with dual Rushton turbine impellers.

    V. Hudcova;V. Machon;A. W. Nienow

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrzej W. Pacek
Andrzej W. Pacek University of Birmingham
Mostafa Barigou
Mostafa Barigou University of Birmingham
John M. Woodley
John M. Woodley Technical University of Denmark
Mohamed Al-Rubeai
Mohamed Al-Rubeai University College Dublin
Miroslaw L. Wyszynski
Miroslaw L. Wyszynski University of Birmingham
Mohsen Jahanshahi
Mohsen Jahanshahi Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
Peter Neubauer
Peter Neubauer Technical University of Berlin
Michael Hecker
Michael Hecker University of Greifswald
Thomas Schweder
Thomas Schweder University of Greifswald
Eric Dickinson
Eric Dickinson University of Leeds

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