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Thomas Downar

Engineering · University of Michigan

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Established · publishing since 1986
Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringNuclear Materials and PropertiesNuclear Physics and ApplicationsNuclear Engineering Thermal-HydraulicsNuclear and radioactivity studies

Publications

255

Citations

2,685

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

41

Publishing since 1986

In context
Among 1,507 established Engineering PIs within our index
Citations: 2,685cohort median 1,834
Publications / year (recent): 3.8cohort median 4.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~4 · 25% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 16 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
2017: 17 publications17172018: 9 publications182019: 12 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 10 publications212022: 7 publications222023: 2 publications232024: 3 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 1 publication26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 12 collaborators2018: 6 collaborators2019: 8 collaborators2020: 10 collaborators2021: 6 collaborators2022: 5 collaborators2023: 6 collaborators2024: 4 collaborators2025: 4 collaborators1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Annals of Nuclear Energy×18
  • Nuclear Science and Engineering×17
  • Nuclear Technology×5
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)×3
  • EPJ Web of Conferences×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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