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Researcher · Aalto University · Finland

Adam Stuart Foster

Adam Stuart Foster publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0001-5371-5905 OpenAlex
World rank
#193,897
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Finland
#1,051
of 37,370
Works
315
Citations
15k
Citations per work
48.9
h-index
59
i10-index 183Top 1.2% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Adam Stuart Foster

What does Adam Stuart Foster research?

Adam Stuart Foster's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (26%), Materials Science (24%), Engineering (23%).

Physical Sciences: 235 works · 74.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 83 works · 26.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 83 works · 26.5% of their workMaterials Science: 74 works · 23.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 67 works · 21.3% of their workBiomaterials: 7 works · 2.2% of their workEngineering: 72 works · 22.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 40 works · 12.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 32 works · 10.2% of their workEnergy: 6 works · 1.9% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 works · 1.9% of their workEverything else: 80 works · 25.3% of their workTHEIR WORKAdam StuartFoster315works
Physical Sciences75%

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 Astronomy8326.5%
    2. Materials Science7423.5%
    3. Engineering7222.8%
    4. Energy61.9%
  2. Everything else8025.3%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics26% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry21% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering13% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  5. 5Biomaterials2% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Adam Stuart Foster's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Atomic Force Microscopy, Force Spectroscopy, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Electronic Structure, Superconductivity, Molecular Electronics, Self-Assembled Monolayers and Quantum Size Effects.

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. Atomic Force Microscopy1041 topic
  2. Force Spectroscopy1041 topic
  3. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy812 topics
  4. Electronic Structure792 topics
  5. Superconductivity792 topics
  6. Molecular Electronics451 topic
  7. Self-Assembled Monolayers451 topic
  8. Quantum Size Effects441 topic
  9. Thin Films441 topic
  10. Graphene421 topic
  11. Two-Dimensional Materials421 topic
  12. Nanostructures371 topic
  13. Surface371 topic
  14. Oxide Interfaces351 topic
  15. Two-Dimensional Electron Gases351 topic
  16. Atom Probe Tomography281 topic
  17. Three-Dimensional Analysis281 topic
  18. Nanomechanical Systems271 topic
  19. Optomechanics271 topic

Where does Adam Stuart Foster work?

Adam Stuart Foster's main affiliation in the publication record is Aalto University, Finland.

How many publications and citations does Adam Stuart Foster have?

OpenAlex counts 315 works and 15,405 citations for Adam Stuart Foster, an h-index of 59, ranking #193,897 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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