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Researcher · Heriot-Watt University · United Kingdom

B. S. Wherrett

B. S. Wherrett publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, on topics such as Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Photonic and Optical Devices and Optical Network Technologies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#382,587
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#33,226
of 90,785
Works
57
Citations
151
Citations per work
2.6

What does B. S. Wherrett research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 44.9%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18.8%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7.2%Organic Chemistry: 5.8%other fields: 23.3%45%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering44.9%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18.8%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials7.2%Organic Chemistry5.8%other fields23.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering45% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics19% of their works
  3. 3Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials7% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. S. Wherrett's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biosensors, Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Coherent Detection, Optical Fiber and Optical Frequency Combs.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors132 topics
  2. Optical Interconnects101 topic
  3. Semiconductor Lasers101 topic
  4. Optical Modulators91 topic
  5. Silicon Photonics91 topic
  6. Coherent Detection71 topic
  7. Optical Fiber71 topic
  8. Optical Frequency Combs51 topic
  9. Ultrafast Lasers51 topic
  10. Liquid Crystals41 topic
  11. Polydiacetylene41 topic
  12. Quantum Dots41 topic
  13. Self-Organization41 topic
  14. Semiconductor41 topic
  15. Supramolecules41 topic
  16. Self-Assembly31 topic
  17. Supramolecular31 topic

Where does B. S. Wherrett work?

B. S. Wherrett's main affiliation in the publication record is Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does B. S. Wherrett have?

Science Explorer counts 57 works and 151 citations for B. S. Wherrett, ranking #382,587 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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