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57
Citations
10735
World Ranking
811
National Ranking
349

Overview

James Barber is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their primary research is situated within the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a focus on several subfields including Education, Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, General Health Professions, and Music.

Their research addresses a variety of topics including Higher Education Research Studies, Mentoring and Academic Development, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Music History and Culture, Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Higher Education Practices and Engagement, and Evaluation of Teaching Practices.

Barber has contributed to scholarly discourse through publications in multiple venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Frequent publication outlets include Review of Higher Education, Journal of College Student Development, New Directions for Student Leadership, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Assessment Update.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Barber include:

  • A Four-Year Longitudinal Study of Self-Authorship Development: Evidence from the Wabash National Study, 2022, Journal of College Student Development
  • Contextualizing social class and leadership in fraternity and sorority communities, 2021, New Directions for Student Leadership
  • Variability Patterns in Self-Authorship Trajectories: Complicating Understanding of Development, 2023, Review of Higher Education
  • Athletepharm Keto Clinical specialists concur that there are incredibly, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

James Barber collaborates regularly with several researchers who frequently co-author publications with them, including Britta Sweers, Dianne Violeta Mausfeld, Patricia M. King, Rosemary J. Perez, and Christian Büschges.

Best Publications

  • Thermoelastic Instabilities in the Sliding of Comforming Solids

    J. R. Barber

  • The oblique impact of elastic spheres

    N. Maw;J.R. Barber;J.N. Fawcett

  • Linear elastic contact of the Weierstrass profile

    M. Ciavarella;G. Demelio;J. R. Barber;Yong Hoon Jang

  • Bounds on the electrical resistance between contacting elastic rough bodies

    J.R. Barber

  • The indentation modulus of elastically anisotropic materials for indenters of arbitrary shape

    Joost J. Vlassak;Michele Ciavarella;James Barber;X. Wang

  • Beams on Elastic Foundations

    J.R. Barber

  • The Role of Elastic Tangential Compliance in Oblique Impact

    N. Maw;J. R. Barber;J. N. Fawcett

  • The role of adhesion in contact mechanics

    Michele Ciavarella;Michele Ciavarella;J. Joe;Antonio Papangelo;Antonio Papangelo;J. R. Barber

  • The influence of thermal expansion on the friction and wear process

    J.R. Barber

  • Economic Sanctions as a Policy Instrument

    James Barber

  • Eigenvalue solution of thermoelastic instability problems using Fourier reduction

    Yun–Bo Yi;J. R. Barber;P. Zagrodzki

  • Nonlinear Transient Behavior of a Sliding System With Frictionally Excited Thermoelastic Instability

    P. Zagrodzki;K. B. Lam;E. Al Bahkali;J. R. Barber

  • An Experimental Investigation of Frictionally-Excited Thermoelastic Instability in Automotive Disk Brakes Under a Drag Brake Application

    Kwangjin Lee;J. R. Barber

  • Estimation of Interfacial Shear in Ceramic Composites from Frictional Heating Measurements

    Chongdu Cho;John W. Holmes;James R. Barber

  • SOME THERMOELASTIC CONTACT PROBLEMS INVOLVING FRICTIONAL HEATING

    J. R. Barber

  • Thermoelastic Displacements and Stresses Due to a Heat Source Moving Over the Surface of a Half Plane

    J. R. Barber

  • The conduction of heat from sliding solids

    J.R. Barber

  • Contact problems involving a cooled punch

    J. R. Barber

  • Shakedown in elastic contact problems with Coulomb friction

    Anders Klarbring;M. Ciavarella;J. R. Barber

  • Frictional elastic contact with periodic loading

    J.R. Barber;M. Davies;M. Davies;D.A. Hills

  • Indentation of the semi-infinite elastic solid by a hot sphere

    J.R. Barber

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Ciavarella
Michele Ciavarella Polytechnic University of Bari
M. D. Thouless
M. D. Thouless University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
D.A. Hills
D.A. Hills University of Oxford
Anders Klarbring
Anders Klarbring Linköping University
Andrea Spagnoli
Andrea Spagnoli University of Parma
Michael J. Leamy
Michael J. Leamy Georgia Institute of Technology
David Nowell
David Nowell Imperial College London
Daniele Dini
Daniele Dini Imperial College London
Massoud Kaviany
Massoud Kaviany University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Louis G. Hector
Louis G. Hector General Motors (United States)

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