2026 Christopher Hall: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	47	11075	10701	452	433	113	9046

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
2010 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Christopher Hall is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields within engineering and earth sciences, focusing on the properties and behavior of building materials and environmental processes.

The main fields of study associated with Christopher Hall include:

Engineering
Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their work delves into specialized subfields such as:

Building and Construction
Earth-Surface Processes
Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Materials Chemistry

Central topics in Christopher Hall's research involve:

Hygrothermal properties of building materials
Building materials and conservation
Concrete and Cement Materials Research
Conservation Techniques and Studies
Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
Groundwater flow and contamination studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Measurement Science and Technology
Building and Environment
Materials and Structures
Transport in Porous Media
Scientific Reports

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Christopher Hall highlight their focus on moisture and water interaction in building materials and construction contexts. These include:

"Hygric properties of porous building materials (VI): A round robin campaign" (2020), published in Building and Environment
"Spontaneous Capillary Imbibition of Water and Nonaqueous Liquids into Dry Quarry Limestones" (2020), published in Transport in Porous Media
"Water vapour permeability of inorganic construction materials" (2024), published in Materials and Structures
"A device for the local measurement of water evaporation rate" (2020), published in Measurement Science and Technology
"Sharp Front analysis of moisture buffering" (2021), published in RILEM Technical Letters

Christopher Hall collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

Andrea Hamilton
Gloria J. Lo
Gloria J Lo
Suwattana Pruksasri
Nathaniel Stauffer

Recognition for contributions in their field includes:

Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), awarded in 2013
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, awarded in 2010

Best Publications

Water sorptivity of mortars and concretes: a review

C. Hall

1155
Citations
Water Transport in Brick, Stone and Concrete

Christopher Hall;William D. Hoff

812
Citations
Unsaturated water flow within porous materials observed by NMR imaging

R. J. Gummerson;C. Hall;W. D. Hoff;R. Hawkes

411
Citations
Interlaboratory comparison of hygric properties of porous building materials

Staf Roels;Jan Carmeliet;Hugo Hens;Olaf Adan

360
Citations
Determining cement composition by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Trevor L. Hughes;Claire M. Methven;Timothy G.J. Jones;Sarah E. Pelham

352
Citations
Polymer Materials: An Introduction for Technologists and Scientists

Christopher Roxby Hall

297
Citations
Water movement in porous building materials—I. Unsaturated flow theory and its applications

Christopher Hall

230
Citations
Water movement in porous building materials—II. Hydraulic suction and sorptivity of brick and other masonry materials

R.J. Gummerson;C. Hall;W.D. Hoff

220
Citations
Water movement in porous building materials—VII. The sorptivity of mortars

Christopher Hall;Thomas Kam-Ming Tse

200
Citations
Barrier performance of concrete: A review of fluid transport theory

Christopher Hall

177
Citations
Characterization of Cement Minerals, Cements and Their Reaction Products at the Atomic and Nano Scale

Joergen Skibsted;Christopher Hall

173
Citations
Water movement in porous building materials—IX. The water absorption and sorptivity of concretes

Christopher Hall;M.H. Raymond Yau

168
Citations
Anomalous diffusion in unsaturated flow: Fact or fiction?

Christopher Hall

168
Citations
A comparison of different techniques to quantify moisture content profiles in porous building materials

Staf Roels;Jan Carmeliet;Hugo Hens;Olaf Adan

165
Citations
Determination of the Liquid Water Diffusivity from Transient Moisture Transfer Experiments

J Jan Carmeliet;H Hens;S Roels;Ocg Olaf Adan

162
Citations
The mineralogy of the CaO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O (CASH) hydroceramic system from 200 to 350 °C

Nicola Meller;Konstantinos Kyritsis;Christopher Hall

146
Citations
Mineral precipitation and dissolution in aqueous solution: in-situ microscopic observations on barite (001) with atomic force microscopy

Dirk Bosbach;Christopher Hall;Andrew Putnis

145
Citations
Water movement in porous building materials—VI. Evaporation and drying in brick and block materials

C. Hall;W.D. Hoff;M.R. Nixon

142
Citations
Thermal decomposition of ettringite Ca6[Al(OH)6]2(SO4)3·26H2O

Christopher Hall;Paul Barnes;Andrew D. Billimore;Andrew C. Jupe

139
Citations
Water anomaly in capillary liquid absorption by cement-based materials

C. Hall;W. D. Hoff;S. C. Taylor;M. A. Wilson

138
Citations
The use of Raman spectrometry to predict the stability of historic glasses

Laurianne Robinet;Laurianne Robinet;Claude Coupry;Katherine Eremin;Christopher Hall

132
Citations