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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 51 3918 3756 261 243 348 8737
Earth Science 48 3849 3528 433 402 245 7665

William Powrie publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by William Powrie between 1955 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. William Powrie published across 71 years, from 1955 to 2025, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2014. 40 of the 500 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1955 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2014. 1955: 1 publication 1956: 0 publications 1957: 1 publication 1958: 0 publications 1959: 0 publications 1960: 1 publication 1961: 1 publication 1962: 2 publications 1963: 2 publications 1964: 3 publications 1965: 2 publications 1966: 4 publications 1967: 1 publication 1968: 8 publications 1969: 6 publications 1970: 3 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 2 publications 1973: 2 publications 1974: 0 publications 1975: 3 publications 1976: 1 publication 1977: 4 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 1 publication 1980: 4 publications 1981: 3 publications 1982: 6 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 7 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 5 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 19 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 22 publications 2025: 18 publications
1955 2025

500 publications in total across all disciplines

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William Powrie: publications per year, 1955 to 2025
Year Publications
1955 1
1956 0
1957 1
1958 0
1959 0
1960 1
1961 1
1962 2
1963 2
1964 3
1965 2
1966 4
1967 1
1968 8
1969 6
1970 3
1971 1
1972 2
1973 2
1974 0
1975 3
1976 1
1977 4
1978 2
1979 1
1980 4
1981 3
1982 6
1983 0
1984 5
1985 3
1986 2
1987 7
1988 7
1989 4
1990 5
1991 7
1992 5
1993 5
1994 7
1995 5
1996 4
1997 5
1998 6
1999 12
2000 12
2001 6
2002 6
2003 6
2004 9
2005 7
2006 9
2007 15
2008 12
2009 13
2010 4
2011 19
2012 9
2013 22
2014 24
2015 18
2016 16
2017 11
2018 21
2019 15
2020 13
2021 6
2022 20
2023 14
2024 22
2025 18
Total 500
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William Powrie publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 238–247 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243 245
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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William Powrie D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207 48
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

William Powrie is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Engineering, with a focus spanning several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Building and Construction, and General Engineering.

The main topics of research undertaken by William Powrie include:

  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow

William Powrie has contributed to a number of recent research papers, covering various aspects of geotechnical and railway engineering. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Modelling railway ballasted track settlement in vehicle-track interaction analysis," 2020, Transportation Geotechnics
  • "Effectiveness of a buttress wall in reducing retaining wall movement during dewatering before bulk excavation," 2021, Acta Geotechnica
  • "Ground Behavior due to Dewatering Inside a Foundation Pit Considering the Barrier Effect of Preexisting Building Piles on Aquifer Flow," 2024, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • "Mathematical and computational modelling of vegetated soil incorporating hydraulically-driven finite strain deformation," 2020, Computers and Geotechnics
  • "Influence of ballast shoulder width and track superelevation on the lateral resistance of a monoblock sleeper using discrete element method," 2023, Transportation Geotechnics

The frequent co-authors who have collaborated with William Powrie include:

  • Louis Le Pen
  • Joel Smethurst
  • David Milne
  • Geoff Watson
  • John Harkness

William Powrie's publications are regularly featured in the following venues:

  • Transportation Geotechnics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Energy Reports

In addition to journal articles, William Powrie has authored a book published by Emerald Publishing Limited titled Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations in 2022.

William Powrie was awarded the status of Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Soil Mechanics: Concepts and Applications

    William Powrie

  • Stress changes in the ground below ballasted railway track during train passage

    W Powrie;L A Yang;C R I Clayton

  • Hydraulic properties of household waste and implications for landfills

    W. Powrie;R. P. Beaven

  • Dynamic Stress Analysis of a Ballasted Railway Track Bed during Train Passage

    L. A. Yang;W. Powrie;J. A. Priest

  • Embedded Retaining Walls - Guidance for Economic Design

    A.R. Gaba;B. Simpson;D.R. Beadman;W. Powrie

  • Contribution of base, crib and shoulder ballast to the lateral sliding resistance of railway track: a geotechnical perspective

    L M Le Pen;W Powrie

  • An assessment of transition zone performance

    B Coelho;P Holscher;J A Priest;W Powrie

  • Seasonal changes in pore water pressure in a grass covered cut slope in London clay

    J. A. Smethurst;D. Clarke;W. Powrie

  • Monitoring the dynamic displacements of railway track

    D Bowness;A C Lock;W Powrie;J A Priest

  • BEHAVIOUR OF DIAPHRAGM WALLS IN CLAY PRIOR TO COLLAPSE

    M. D. Bolton;W. Powrie

  • Temperature response functions (G-functions) for single pile heat exchangers

    Fleur Loveridge;William Powrie

  • Dependence of shape on particle size for a crushed rock railway ballast

    Louis Le Pen;William Powrie;Antonis Zervos;Sharif Ahmed

  • Factors controlling the seasonal variation in soil water content and pore water pressures within a lightly vegetated clay slope

    J.A. Smethurst;D. Clarke;W. Powrie

  • Monitoring and analysis of the bending behaviour of discrete piles used to stabilise a railway embankment

    J. A. Smethurst;W. Powrie

  • Numerical modelling of plane strain tests on sands using a particulate approach

    W. Powrie;Q. Ni;R. M. Harkness;X. Zhang

  • 2D thermal resistance of pile heat exchangers

    Fleur Loveridge;William Powrie

  • Ground energy systems: from analysis to geotechnical design

    Martin Preene;William Powrie

  • Determination of Dynamic Track Modulus from Measurement of Track Velocity during Train Passage

    J. A. Priest;W. Powrie

  • Three-dimensional finite-element analysis of diaphragm wall installation

    S. M. Gourvenec;W. Powrie

  • The collapse of diaphragm walls retaining clay

    M. D. Bolton;W. Powrie

Frequent Co-Authors

C.R.I. Clayton
C.R.I. Clayton University of Southampton
David Thompson
David Thompson University of Southampton
Neil Dixon
Neil Dixon Loughborough University
Chris Baker
Chris Baker University of Birmingham
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Jim W. Hall
Jim W. Hall University of Oxford
Malcolm D. Bolton
Malcolm D. Bolton University of Cambridge
Peter M. Atkinson
Peter M. Atkinson Lancaster University
Susan Gourvenec
Susan Gourvenec University of Southampton
A. G. Bengough
A. G. Bengough University of Dundee

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