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Researcher · Alfred University · United States

Alastair N. Cormack

Alastair N. Cormack publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as Glass properties and applications, Nuclear materials and radiation effects and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials.

ORCID 0000-0003-1440-4404 OpenAlex
World rank
#335,138
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#120,639
of 1,627,098
Works
187
Citations
7.8k
Citations per work
41.8
h-index
47
i10-index 107Top 4% in Materials Chemistry
Alastair N. Cormack

What does Alastair N. Cormack research?

Alastair N. Cormack's work is mostly in Materials Science (54%), Engineering (9%), Physics and Astronomy (5%).

Physical Sciences: 132 works · 70.7% of their workMaterials Science: 100 works · 53.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 69 works · 37.1% of their workCeramics and Composites: 31 works · 16.4% of their workEngineering: 16 works · 8.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 8 works · 4.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 works · 4.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 works · 4.7% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 works · 4.7% of their workChemistry: 7 works · 3.9% of their workInorganic Chemistry: 7 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 55 works · 29.3% of their workTHEIR WORKAlastair N.Cormack187works
Physical Sciences71%

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. Materials Science10053.5%
    2. Engineering168.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy94.7%
    4. Chemistry73.9%
  2. Everything else5529.3%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry37% of their works
  2. 2Ceramics and Composites16% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics5% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Inorganic Chemistry4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alastair N. Cormack's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Glass Science, Structural Analysis, Nuclear Waste Disposal, Pyrochlore, Luminescent Materials, Upconversion Nanoparticles, Glass Transition and Supercooled Liquids.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Glass Science691 topic
  2. Structural Analysis691 topic
  3. Nuclear Waste Disposal381 topic
  4. Pyrochlore381 topic
  5. Luminescent Materials311 topic
  6. Upconversion Nanoparticles311 topic
  7. Glass Transition281 topic
  8. Supercooled Liquids281 topic
  9. Ceramic Materials151 topic
  10. Oxide Interfaces151 topic
  11. Sintering151 topic
  12. Two-Dimensional Electron Gases151 topic
  13. Biomaterials131 topic
  14. Scaffolds131 topic
  15. Materials121 topic
  16. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells121 topic

Where does Alastair N. Cormack work?

Alastair N. Cormack's main affiliation in the publication record is Alfred University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alastair N. Cormack have?

OpenAlex counts 187 works and 7,823 citations for Alastair N. Cormack, an h-index of 47, ranking #335,138 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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