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Researcher · University of Alabama · United States

Alton L. Highsmith

Alton L. Highsmith publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies, Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,097,459
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,475,049
of 1,627,098
Works
15
Citations
90
Citations per work
6.0
h-index
5
i10-index 4Top 89% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Alton L. Highsmith

What does Alton L. Highsmith research?

Alton L. Highsmith's work is mostly in Engineering (45%), Materials Science (21%), Physics and Astronomy (8%).

Physical Sciences: 11 works · 73.6% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 44.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 26.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 10.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 1 works · 7.9% of their workMaterials Science: 3 works · 21.0% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 works · 10.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 10.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 works · 7.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 7.9% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 26.4% of their workTHEIR WORKAlton L.Highsmith15works
Physical Sciences74%

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. Engineering744.7%
    2. Materials Science321.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy17.9%
  2. Everything else426.4%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials8% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Alton L. Highsmith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: MEMS, Silicon, Acoustic Wave Biosensors, Thin Film Resonators, Gold Nanoparticles, Nanomechanical Systems, Optomechanics and Plasmonic Nanoparticles.

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.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. MEMS61 topic
  2. Silicon61 topic
  3. Acoustic Wave Biosensors41 topic
  4. Thin Film Resonators41 topic
  5. Gold Nanoparticles31 topic
  6. Nanomechanical Systems31 topic
  7. Optomechanics31 topic
  8. Plasmonic Nanoparticles31 topic
  9. Detection21 topic
  10. Dynamic Deformation21 topic
  11. Electrochemical21 topic
  12. Engineering21 topic
  13. High Strain Rate21 topic
  14. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion21 topic
  15. Materials Science21 topic
  16. Regression Rate Behavior21 topic

Where does Alton L. Highsmith work?

Alton L. Highsmith's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Alabama, United States.

How many publications and citations does Alton L. Highsmith have?

OpenAlex counts 15 works and 90 citations for Alton L. Highsmith, an h-index of 5, ranking #6,097,459 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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