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Researcher · California Institute of Technology · United States

Ahmed H. Zewail

Ahmed H. Zewail publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, on topics such as Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#25,283
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#9,452
of 1,627,098
Works
770
Citations
49k
Citations per work
63.7
h-index
115
i10-index 522Top 0.1% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Ahmed H. Zewail

What does Ahmed H. Zewail research?

Ahmed H. Zewail's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (37%), Chemistry (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%).

Physical Sciences: 459 works · 59.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 284 works · 36.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 284 works · 36.9% of their workChemistry: 139 works · 18.1% of their workSpectroscopy: 72 works · 9.3% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 68 works · 8.8% of their workMaterials Science: 35 works · 4.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 35 works · 4.6% of their workEverything else: 226 works · 29.4% of their workLife Sciences: 85 works · 11.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 85 works · 11.0% of their workMolecular Biology: 46 works · 6.0% of their workStructural Biology: 38 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKAhmed H. Zewail770works
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences60%

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 Astronomy28436.9%
    2. Chemistry13918.1%
    3. Materials Science354.6%
  2. Everything else22629.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8511.0%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics37% of their works
  2. 2Spectroscopy9% of their works
  3. 3Physical and Theoretical Chemistry9% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology6% of their works
  5. 5Structural Biology5% of their works
  6. 6Materials Chemistry5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ahmed H. Zewail's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Molecular Dynamics, Hydrogen Bonding, Photosynthesis, Quantum Coherence, Density Functional Theory, Dispersion Correction, Attosecond Physics and High-Harmonic Generation.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Dynamics4232 topics
  2. Hydrogen Bonding4162 topics
  3. Photosynthesis2821 topic
  4. Quantum Coherence2821 topic
  5. Density Functional Theory1811 topic
  6. Dispersion Correction1811 topic
  7. Attosecond Physics1411 topic
  8. High-Harmonic Generation1411 topic
  9. Excited-State Proton Transfer1341 topic
  10. Intramolecular Charge Transfer1341 topic
  11. Cryo-Electron Microscopy1051 topic
  12. Single-Particle Analysis1051 topic
  13. Ionization641 topic
  14. Mass Spectrometry641 topic
  15. Spectroscopic Databases641 topic
  16. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers641 topic
  17. Atomic Force Microscopy501 topic
  18. Force Spectroscopy501 topic

Where does Ahmed H. Zewail work?

Ahmed H. Zewail's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ahmed H. Zewail have?

OpenAlex counts 770 works and 49,082 citations for Ahmed H. Zewail, an h-index of 115, ranking #25,283 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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