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Researcher · Fusion Academy · United States

B.A. Smith

B.A. Smith publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Superconducting Materials and Applications, Particle accelerators and beam dynamics and Magnetic confinement fusion research.

ORCID 0000-0002-5073-7591 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,015,434
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#331,014
of 1,627,098
Works
74
Citations
754
Citations per work
10.2
h-index
15
i10-index 27Top 37% in Biomedical Engineering
B.A. Smith

What does B.A. Smith research?

B.A. Smith's work is mostly in Engineering (58%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Materials Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 61 works · 82.9% of their workEngineering: 43 works · 57.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 19 works · 25.3% of their workAerospace Engineering: 16 works · 21.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 works · 10.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 works · 15.6% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 works · 11.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 4.1% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 9.7% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 9.7% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 17.1% of their workTHEIR WORKB.A. Smith74works
Physical Sciences83%

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. Engineering4357.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1215.6%
    3. Materials Science79.7%
  2. Everything else1317.1%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering25% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering22% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics12% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering11% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B.A. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nb3Sn Conductor, Superconducting Magnets, Negative Ion Sources, Superconducting Cavities, Tokamak, Turbulence, Free-Electron Lasers and X-Ray.

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. Nb3Sn Conductor441 topic
  2. Superconducting Magnets441 topic
  3. Negative Ion Sources361 topic
  4. Superconducting Cavities361 topic
  5. Tokamak221 topic
  6. Turbulence221 topic
  7. Free-Electron Lasers131 topic
  8. X-Ray131 topic
  9. Acoustic Wave Biosensors81 topic
  10. Graphene81 topic
  11. Nanomechanical Systems81 topic
  12. Optomechanics81 topic
  13. Thermal Conductivity81 topic
  14. Thin Film Resonators81 topic
  15. Cryogenic Storage51 topic
  16. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)51 topic

Where does B.A. Smith work?

B.A. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Fusion Academy, United States.

How many publications and citations does B.A. Smith have?

OpenAlex counts 74 works and 754 citations for B.A. Smith, an h-index of 15, ranking #1,015,434 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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