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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
14815
World Ranking
2895
National Ranking
229

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
62
Citations
15254
World Ranking
602
National Ranking
32

Paul Linden publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Linden sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 276 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Paul Linden D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Linden sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2003 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to geophysical and environmental fluid dynamics, gained by a combination of elegant laboratory experiments, deep physical insight, and penetrating mathematical analysis

Overview

Paul Linden is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the fields of engineering, environmental science, and earth and planetary sciences. Their research spans several subfields including computational mechanics, environmental engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their work extensively covers topics related to wind and air flow studies, fluid dynamics and turbulent flows, infection control and ventilation, building energy and comfort optimization, air quality and health impacts, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and indoor air quality and microbial exposure.

Paul Linden has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Adrien Lefauve, Rajesh K. Bhagat, Stuart B. Dalziel, Henry C. Burridge, and Shiwei Fan, reflecting a strong network within their research areas.

They have published in multiple scientific venues, with a notable number of contributions to the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, as well as publications appearing in arXiv (Cornell University), Indoor Air, Building and Environment, and Energy and Buildings.

Recent papers by Paul Linden include:

  • Effects of ventilation on the indoor spread of COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • The ventilation of buildings and other mitigating measures for COVID-19: a focus on wintertime., 2021, Bristol Research (University of Bristol)
  • Displacement ventilation: a viable ventilation strategy for makeshift hospitals and public buildings to contain COVID-19 and other airborne diseases, 2020, Royal Society Open Science
  • Seasonal variation in airborne infection risk in schools due to changes in ventilation inferred from monitored carbon dioxide, 2021, Indoor Air
  • Predictive and retrospective modelling of airborne infection risk using monitored carbon dioxide, 2021, Indoor and Built Environment

Paul Linden's contributions have been recognized by their election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The wood from the trees: The use of timber in construction

    Michael H Ramage;Henry Burridge;Marta Busse-Wicher;George Fereday

  • THE FLUID MECHANICS OF NATURAL VENTILATION

    P. F. Linden

  • Emptying filling boxes: the fluid mechanics of natural ventilation

    P. F. Linden;G. F. Lane-Serff;D. A. Smeed

  • Gravity currents produced by lock exchange

    J. O. Shin;S. B. Dalziel;P. F. Linden

  • The motion of the front of a gravity current travelling down an incline

    R E Britter;P F Linden

  • Effects of ventilation on the indoor spread of COVID-19

    Rajesh K. Bhagat;M. S. Davies Wykes;Stuart B. Dalziel;P. F. Linden

  • Mixing in stratified fluids

    P. F. Linden

  • Self-similarity and internal structure of turbulence induced by Rayleigh Taylor instability

    S. B. Dalziel;P. F. Linden;D. L. Youngs

  • Mixing in lock-release gravity currents

    J. Hacker;P.F. Linden;S.B. Dalziel

  • Visualization and measurement of internal waves by ‘synthetic schlieren’. Part 1. Vertically oscillating cylinder

    Bruce R. Sutherland;Stuart B. Dalziel;Graham O. Hughes;P. F. Linden

  • The stability of vortices in a rotating, stratified fluid

    R. W. Griffiths;P. F. Linden

  • The interaction of a vortex ring with a sharp density interface: a model for turbulent entrainment

    P. F. Linden

  • The deepening of a mixed layer in a stratified fluid

    P. F. Linden

  • On heating a stable salinity gradient from below

    Herbert E. Huppert;P. F. Linden

  • The stability of buoyancy-driven coastal currents

    R.W. Griffiths;P.F. Linden

  • Molecular mixing in Rayleigh-Taylor instability

    P. F. Linden;J. M. Redondo;D. L. Youngs

  • The front condition for gravity currents

    B. M. Marino;L. P. Thomas;P. F. Linden

  • The diffusive interface in double-diffusive convection

    P. F. Linden;T. G. L. Shirtcliffe

  • Salt fingers in a steady shear flow

    P. F. Linden

  • The formation of optimal vortex rings, and the efficiency of propulsion devices

    P. F. Linden;J. S. Turner

Frequent Co-Authors

Diogo Bolster
Diogo Bolster University of Notre Dame
Gary R. Hunt
Gary R. Hunt University of Cambridge
Herbert E. Huppert
Herbert E. Huppert University of Cambridge
Ross W. Griffiths
Ross W. Griffiths Australian National University
Christopher C. Pain
Christopher C. Pain Imperial College London
Oren A. Scherman
Oren A. Scherman University of Cambridge
Ryan J. Lowe
Ryan J. Lowe University of Western Australia
David Parker
David Parker University of Oxford
Eckart Meiburg
Eckart Meiburg University of California, Santa Barbara

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