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68
Citations
16096
World Ranking
1533
National Ranking
562

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1969 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John Cairns was affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States and contributed primarily to the field of engineering. Their research focused significantly on civil and structural engineering, with a substantial number of publications in subfields related to building and construction.

Cairns authored numerous papers addressing various aspects of reinforced concrete and concrete durability. Notable publications include:

  • Local bond-slip model for plain surface reinforcement, 2020, Structural Concrete
  • Top cast effect: Influence of bond length on splitting mode failure, 2021, Structural Concrete

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cairns were Giovanni Metelli, Giovanni Plizzari, Fabrizio Palmisano, Warren J. Cantor, and Matthew Sibbald.

Throughout their career, Cairns published extensively in the journal Structural Concrete, among other venues such as the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Revista Española de Cardiología, Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Engineering Structures.

The main research topics addressed by Cairns included:

  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Concrete Corrosion and Durability
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
  • Civil and Structural Engineering Research

In addition to article publications, Cairns contributed to the book "fib Bulletin 106. Advances on bond in concrete," published by the International Federation for Structural Concrete in 2022.

Fields of study predominantly included engineering with a clear focus on civil and structural engineering, as well as building and construction. Cairns also had some publications related to surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and oncology.

Recognition of Cairns's career included being named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1981 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1969.

Best Publications

  • A proposed framework for developing indicators of ecosystem health

    John Cairns;Paul V. McCormick;B. R. Niederlehner

  • Are single species toxicity tests alone adequate for estimating environmental hazard

    John Cairns

  • The effects of temperature upon the toxicity of chemicals to aquatic organisms

    John Cairns;Alan G. Heath;Bruce C. Parker

  • Algae as indicators of environmental change

    Paul V. McCormick;John Cairns

  • Ecosystem Health: The Concept, the ISEH, and the Important Tasks Ahead

    D.J. Rapport;G. Böhm;D. Buckingham;J. Cairns

  • Impact Assessment Using the Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) Model: Concerns and Comments

    Eric P. Smith;David R. Orvos;John Cairns

  • Functional Groups in the Protozoa: Roles in Differing Ecosystems1,2

    James R. Pratt;John Cairns

  • Phenolics in aquatic ecosystems: A selected review of recent literature

    Arthur L Buikema;Matthew J McGinniss;John Cairns

  • Preferred, Avoided, and Lethal Temperatures of Fish During Rising Temperature Conditions

    Donald S. Cherry;Kenneth L. Dickson;John Cairns;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Biological monitoring part I—Early warning systems

    J Cairns

  • The Relationship of Fresh-Water Protozoan Communities to the MacArthur-Wilson Equilibrium Model

    John Cairns;M. L. Dahlberg;Kenneth L. Dickson;Nancy Smith

  • The Recovery Process in Damaged Ecosystems

    John Cairns

  • Impact of Heavy Metals on Insect Communities in Streams: A Comparison of Observational and Experimental Results

    Williams H. Clements;Donald S. Cherry;John Cairns

  • Temperatures Selected and Avoided by Fish at Various Acclimation Temperatures

    Donald S. Cherry;Kenneth L. Dickson;John Cairns

  • Functional Testing of Aquatic Biota for Estimating Hazards of Chemicals

    John Cairns;J. R. Pratt

  • Multispecies toxicity testing

    John Cairns

  • The Relative Sensitivity of Diatoms, Snails, and Fish to Twenty Common Constituents of Industrial Wastes

    Ruth Patrick;Arthur Scheier;John Cairns

  • Biological monitoring: Part IIA—receiving system functional methods, relationships and indices

    Robin A. Matthews;Arthur L. Buikema;John Cairns;J.H. Rodgers

  • Extrapolation methods for setting ecological standards for water quality: statistical and ecological concerns

    Eric P. Smith;John Cairns

  • Estimating the hazard of chemical substances to aquatic life

    John Cairns;John Cairns;Kenneth L. Dickson;Kenneth L. Dickson;Alan W. Maki;Alan W. Maki

  • The Recovery Process in Damaged Ecosystems.

    P. D. Putwain;J. Cairns

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald S. Cherry
Donald S. Cherry Virginia Tech
Scott E. Belanger
Scott E. Belanger Procter & Gamble (United States)
Jay R. Stauffer
Jay R. Stauffer Pennsylvania State University
G. Allen Burton
G. Allen Burton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ernest F. Benfield
Ernest F. Benfield Virginia Tech
James D. Watson
James D. Watson Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Gunther S. Stent
Gunther S. Stent University of California, Berkeley
Michael J. McGuire
Michael J. McGuire Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London

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