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D-Index
36
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4033
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8817
National Ranking
2448

Rick Honaker publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rick Honaker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 147 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Rick Honaker D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rick Honaker is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these disciplines, their work focuses on several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The core topics that Rick Honaker investigates involve Coal and Its By-products, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Extraction and Separation Processes, Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production, Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, Mine drainage and remediation techniques, and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching.

The scientist has contributed to multiple publications, frequently appearing in journals such as Minerals, Minerals Engineering, Fuel, Journal of Rare Earths, and Mining Metallurgy & Exploration. Their most recent papers include the following:

  • A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Coal-Related Materials (2020), Minerals
  • Characterization and recovery of rare earth elements and other critical metals (Co, Cr, Li, Mn, Sr, and V) from the calcination products of a coal refuse sample (2020), Fuel
  • Process development for the recovery of rare earth elements and critical metals from an acid mine leachate (2020), Minerals Engineering
  • Lithium leaching recovery and mechanisms from density fractions of an Illinois Basin bituminous coal (2020), Fuel
  • Parametric study and speciation analysis of rare earth precipitation using oxalic acid in a chloride solution system (2021), Minerals Engineering

Rick Honaker collaborates frequently with several coauthors. These include Xinbo Yang, Ahmad Nawab, Wencai Zhang, T. K. Gupta, and Aaron Noble.

Best Publications

  • Nanobubble generation and its application in froth flotation (part I): nanobubble generation and its effects on properties of microbubble and millimeter scale bubble solutions

    Maoming Fan;Daniel Tao;Rick Honaker;Zhenfu Luo

  • A Review of the Occurrence and Promising Recovery Methods of Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal By-Products

    Wencai Zhang;Mohammad Rezaee;Abhijit Bhagavatula;Yonggai Li

  • Nanobubble generation and its applications in froth flotation (part II): fundamental study and theoretical analysis

    Maoming Fan;Daniel Tao;Rick Honaker;Zhenfu Luo

  • A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Coal-Related Materials

    Wencai Zhang;Aaron Noble;Xinbo Yang;Rick Honaker

  • Rare earth elements recovery using staged precipitation from a leachate generated from coarse coal refuse

    Wencai Zhang;Rick Q. Honaker

  • Flotation of monazite in the presence of calcite part I: Calcium ion effects on the adsorption of hydroxamic acid

    W. Zhang;R.Q. Honaker;J.G. Groppo

  • Application of the Falcon Concentrator for fine coal cleaning

    R.Q. Honaker;D. Wang;K. Ho

  • Nanobubble Generation and Its Applications in Froth Flotation (Part III): Specially Designed Laboratory Scale Column Flotation of Phosphate

    Maoming Fan;Daniel Tao;Rick Honaker;Zhenfu Luo

  • Application of dense-medium in an enhanced gravity separator for fine coal cleaning

    R.Q. Honaker;N. Singh;B. Govindarajan

  • Nanobubble generation and its applications in froth flotation (part IV): mechanical cells and specially designed column flotation of coal

    Maoming Fan;Daniel Tao;Rick Honaker;Zhenfu Luo

  • Enhanced gravity separators: New alternatives for fine coal cleaning

    G.H. Luttrell;D.I. Phillips;R.Q. Honaker

  • Coal maceral separation using column flotation

    R.Q. Honaker;M.K. Mohanty;J.C. Crelling

  • Acid Leaching of Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Ash: Implications for Using Fluidized Bed Combustion To Assist in the Recovery of Critical Materials

    R. Q. Honaker;W. Zhang;J. Werner

  • Briquetting of Coal Fines and Sawdust Part I: Binder and Briquetting-Parameters Evaluations

    D. Taulbee;D. P. Patil;Rick Q. Honaker;B. K. Parekh

  • Leaching of rare Earth elements from an Illinois basin coal source

    X. Yang;J. Werner;R.Q. Honaker

  • Process development for the recovery of rare earth elements and critical metals from an acid mine leachate

    Wencai Zhang;Rick Honaker

  • High capacity fine coal cleaning using an enhanced gravity concentrator

    R.Q. Honaker

  • Notes on the Potential for the Concentration of Rare Earth Elements and Yttrium in Coal Combustion Fly Ash

    James C. Hower;John G. Groppo Jr.;Kevin R. Henke;Madison M. Hood

  • Ultrafine coal cleaning using spiral concentrators

    R.Q. Honaker;M. Jain;B.K. Parekh;M. Saracoglu

  • Lithium leaching recovery and mechanisms from density fractions of an Illinois Basin bituminous coal

    Wencai Zhang;Aaron Noble;Xinbo Yang;Rick Honaker

  • Apex water injection for improved hydrocyclone classification efficiency

    R.Q. Honaker;A.V. Ozsever;N. Singh;B.K. Parekh

  • Conception of an integrated flowsheet for rare earth elements recovery from coal coarse refuse

    Rick Q. Honaker;Wencai Zhang;Xinbo Yang;Mohammad Rezaee

  • Process evaluation and flowsheet development for the recovery of rare earth elements from coal and associated byproducts

    R.Q. Honaker;J. Groppo;R.-H. Yoon;G.H. Luttrell

  • Enhanced column flotation performance for fine coal cleaning

    R.Q. Honaker;M.K. Mohanty

  • UPGRADING COAL USING A PNEUMATIC DENSITY-BASED SEPARATOR

    R. Q. Honaker;M. Saracoglu;E. Thompson;R. Bratton

  • Effect of particle size on the reverse flotation of subbituminous coal

    Yonggai Li;Rick Honaker;Jianzhong Chen;Lijuan Shen

  • Studies on carbon flotation from fly ash

    Wencai Zhang;Rick Honaker

  • Effect of nanobubbles on the flotation of different sizes of coal particle

    Maoming Fan;Daniel Tao;Yuemin Zhao;Rick Honaker

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Hower
James C. Hower University of Kentucky
Roe-Hoan Yoon
Roe-Hoan Yoon Virginia Tech
Cortland F. Eble
Cortland F. Eble University of Kentucky
Zhenfu Luo
Zhenfu Luo China University of Mining and Technology
Gerald P. Huffman
Gerald P. Huffman University of Kentucky
Frank E. Huggins
Frank E. Huggins University of Kentucky
Narendra B. Dahotre
Narendra B. Dahotre University of North Texas

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