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42
Citations
6259
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12594
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518

Ian Farnan publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Farnan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 128 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Ian Farnan D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian Farnan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ian Farnan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, with a primary focus on materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple fields, predominantly within materials chemistry, ceramics and composites, mechanical engineering, inorganic chemistry, and environmental engineering.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects related to glass properties, nuclear materials, and radioactive element chemistry. Specific areas of study include:

  • Glass properties and applications
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects
  • Nuclear materials and properties
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering

Ian Farnan has contributed to numerous publications, often collaborating with a core group of co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Thomas L. Goût, Joseph N.P. Lillington, Mike T. Harrison, Dhan-Sham Rana, and Giulio I. Lampronti.

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ian Farnan are:

  • On the stoichiometry of zirconium carbide (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Predicting radioactive waste glass dissolution with machine learning (2020, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids)
  • An investigation of the long-range and local structure of sub-stoichiometric zirconium carbide sintered at different temperatures (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • An Atomic-Scale Understanding of UO2 Surface Evolution during Anoxic Dissolution (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • PHYSOR2020: TRANSITION TO A SCALABLE NUCLEAR FUTURE (2021, EPJ Web of Conferences)

The scope of Farnan's work includes experimental investigations and modeling approaches related to nuclear material behavior and glass chemistry, often addressing challenges in radioactive waste management and nuclear material stability.

Best Publications

  • 71Ga and 69Ga nuclear magnetic resonance study of β-Ga2O3: resolution of four- and six-fold coordinated Ga sites in static conditions

    Dominique Massiot;Ian Farnan;Nathalie Gautier;Dominique Trumeau

  • Quantification of the disorder in network-modified silicate glasses.

    I. Farnan;P. J. Grandinetti;J. H. Baltisberger;J. F. Stebbins

  • XPS study of ion irradiated and unirradiated CeO2 bulk and thin film samples

    Konstantin I. Maslakov;Yury A. Teterin;Yury A. Teterin;Aleksej J. Popel;Anton Yu. Teterin

  • Metamictization of zircon: Raman spectroscopic study

    Ming Zhang;Ekhard K H Salje;Ian Farnan;Ann Graeme-Barber

  • The Nature of the Glass Transition in a Silica-Rich Oxide Melt

    Ian Farnan;Jonathan F. Stebbins

  • Quantification of actinide α-radiation damage in minerals and ceramics

    Ian E. Farnan;Herman M. Cho;William J. Weber

  • High-temperature silicon-29 NMR investigation of solid and molten silicates

    I. Farnan;J. F. Stebbins

  • Solid-State 17O Magic-Angle and Dynamic-Angle Spinning NMR Study of the SiO2 Polymorph Coesite

    P. J. Grandinetti;J. H. Baltisberger;I. Farnan;J. F. Stebbins

  • The structure and dynamics of alkali silicate liquids: A view from NMR spectroscopy

    Jonathan F. Stebbins;Ian Farnan;Xianyu Xue

  • Pressure-induced bond-angle variation in amorphous SiO 2

    R. A. B. Devine;R. Dupree;I. Farnan;J. J. Capponi

  • Dynamics of the α-β phase transitions in quartz and cristobalite as observed by in-situ high temperature 29Si and 17O NMR

    Dane R. Spearing;Ian Farnan;Jonathan F. Stebbins

  • Empirical Correlations between 207Pb NMR Chemical Shifts and Structure in Solids

    F. Fayon;I. Farnan;C. Bessada;J. Coutures

  • 29Si and 207Pb NMR study of local order in lead silicate glasses

    F Fayon;C Bessada;D Massiot;I Farnan

  • A study of the structural role of water in hydrous silica glass using cross-polarisation magic angle spinning NMR

    I. Farnan;S.C. Kohn;R. Dupree

  • Silicon site distributions in an alkali silicate glass derived by two-dimensional 29Si nuclear magnetic resonance

    P. Zhang;C. Dunlap;P. Florian;P.J. Grandinetti

  • CATION DISTRIBUTION IN MIXED ALKALI DISILICATE GLASSES

    P. Florian;K. E. Vermillion;P. J. Grandinetti;I. Farnan

  • Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the Earth sciences: structure and dynamics.

    Jonathan F. Stebbins;Ian Farnan

  • A MAS NMR STUDY OF THE STRUCTURE OF AMORPHOUS ALUMINA FILMS

    R. Dupree;I. Farnan;A.J. Forty;S. El-Mashri

  • 29Si and 17O (Q)CPMG-MAS solid-state NMR experiments as an optimum approach for half-integer nuclei having long T1 relaxation times

    Flemming H. Larsen;Ian Farnan

  • Structure and Dynamics of CaAl2O4 from Liquid to Glass: A High-Temperature 27Al NMR Time-Resolved Study

    Dominique Massiot;Dominique Trumeau;Bruno Touzo;Ian Farnan

  • First-principles calculations of solid-state 17O and 29Si NMR spectra of Mg2SiO4 polymorphs

    Sharon E. Ashbrook;Laurent Le Pollès;Chris J. Pickard;Andrew J. Berry

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan F. Stebbins
Jonathan F. Stebbins Stanford University
Dominique Massiot
Dominique Massiot Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux Haute Température et Irradiation
Sharon E. Ashbrook
Sharon E. Ashbrook University of St Andrews
William J. Weber
William J. Weber University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Chris J. Pickard
Chris J. Pickard University of Cambridge
William E. Lee
William E. Lee Imperial College London
Edward T. Tipper
Edward T. Tipper University of Cambridge
Pierre Florian
Pierre Florian Conditions Extrêmes et Matériaux Haute Température et Irradiation
Ekhard K. H. Salje
Ekhard K. H. Salje University of Cambridge
Francesco Mauri
Francesco Mauri Sapienza University of Rome

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