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Researcher · The University of Texas at Austin · United States

Allan H. MacDonald

Allan H. MacDonald publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Graphene research and applications and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism.

ORCID 0000-0003-3561-3379 OpenAlex
World rank
#52,823
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#20,401
of 1,627,098
Works
1,325
Citations
89k
Citations per work
67.4
h-index
139
i10-index 617Top 0.1% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Allan H. MacDonald

What does Allan H. MacDonald research?

Allan H. MacDonald's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (59%), Materials Science (24%), Engineering (9%).

Physical Sciences: 1,216 works · 91.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 783 works · 59.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 621 works · 46.9% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 162 works · 12.2% of their workMaterials Science: 313 works · 23.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 256 works · 19.3% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 57 works · 4.3% of their workEngineering: 121 works · 9.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 98 works · 7.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 23 works · 1.7% of their workEverything else: 109 works · 8.2% of their workTHEIR WORKAllan H.MacDonald1,325works
Physical Sciences92%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy78359.1%
    2. Materials Science31323.6%
    3. Engineering1219.1%
  2. Everything else1098.2%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics47% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry19% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics12% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Allan H. MacDonald's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spintronics, Electron Spin, Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Two-Dimensional Materials, Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, Cuprate Superconductors and High-Temperature Superconductivity.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Spintronics8622 topics
  2. Electron Spin6811 topic
  3. Semiconductor Quantum Dots6811 topic
  4. Two-Dimensional Materials4652 topics
  5. Carbon Nanotubes3561 topic
  6. Graphene3561 topic
  7. Cuprate Superconductors3141 topic
  8. High-Temperature Superconductivity3141 topic
  9. Superconductors2611 topic
  10. Topological Insulators2611 topic
  11. Electronic Structure2062 topics
  12. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions1811 topic
  13. Skyrmions1811 topic
  14. Quantum Dots1461 topic
  15. Semiconductor1461 topic
  16. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides1091 topic
  17. Van der Waals Heterostructures1091 topic
  18. Quantum Size Effects971 topic
  19. Superconductivity971 topic

Where does Allan H. MacDonald work?

Allan H. MacDonald's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Texas at Austin, United States.

How many publications and citations does Allan H. MacDonald have?

OpenAlex counts 1,325 works and 89,286 citations for Allan H. MacDonald, an h-index of 139, ranking #52,823 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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