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Researcher · Axcelis Technologies (United States) · United States

A. L. Nelson

A. L. Nelson publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ecology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices and Photonic and Optical Devices.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,699,864
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,417,676
of 1,627,098
Works
23
Citations
7.2k
Citations per work
312.0
h-index
6
i10-index 5Top 82% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
A. L. Nelson

What does A. L. Nelson research?

A. L. Nelson's work is mostly in Environmental Science (35%), Engineering (25%), Physics and Astronomy (10%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 78.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 8 works · 35.0% of their workEcology: 6 works · 25.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 works · 5.0% of their workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 works · 5.0% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 25.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 25.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 works · 10.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 works · 10.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 works · 8.3% of their workGeophysics: 2 works · 8.3% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 21.7% of their workTHEIR WORKA. L. Nelson23works
Physical Sciences78%

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. Environmental Science835.0%
    2. Engineering625.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy210.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences28.3%
  2. Everything else521.7%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering25% of their works
  2. 2Ecology25% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics8% of their works
  5. 5Global and Planetary Change5% of their works
  6. 6Nature and Landscape Conservation5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe A. L. Nelson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Optical Interconnects, Quantum Dots, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Lasers, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics and Avian Ecology.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change134 topics
  2. Optical Interconnects61 topic
  3. Quantum Dots61 topic
  4. Semiconductor61 topic
  5. Semiconductor Lasers61 topic
  6. Optical Modulators51 topic
  7. Silicon Photonics51 topic
  8. Avian Ecology41 topic
  9. Ecosystem41 topic
  10. Migration Patterns41 topic
  11. Sagebrush41 topic
  12. Forest Fires31 topic
  13. Wildfire Activity31 topic
  14. Geochronology21 topic
  15. Glacial Cycles21 topic
  16. Paleoclimatology21 topic
  17. Zircon21 topic

Where does A. L. Nelson work?

A. L. Nelson's main affiliation in the publication record is Axcelis Technologies (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does A. L. Nelson have?

OpenAlex counts 23 works and 7,175 citations for A. L. Nelson, an h-index of 6, ranking #5,699,864 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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