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Researcher · Rice University · United States

Boris I. Yakobson

Boris I. Yakobson publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Graphene research and applications, 2D Materials and Applications and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites.

ORCID 0000-0001-8369-3567 OpenAlex
World rank
#19,492
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#7,065
of 1,627,098
Works
676
Citations
67k
Citations per work
98.5
h-index
123
i10-index 395Top 0.1% in Materials Chemistry
Boris I. Yakobson

What does Boris I. Yakobson research?

Boris I. Yakobson's work is mostly in Materials Science (53%), Engineering (18%), Physics and Astronomy (9%).

Physical Sciences: 562 works · 83.2% of their workMaterials Science: 358 works · 53.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 358 works · 53.0% of their workEngineering: 120 works · 17.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 66 works · 9.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 35 works · 5.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 19 works · 2.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 58 works · 8.6% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 58 works · 8.6% of their workEnergy: 26 works · 3.9% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 works · 3.9% of their workEverything else: 114 works · 16.8% of their workTHEIR WORKBoris I. Yakobson676works
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. Materials Science35853.0%
    2. Engineering12017.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy588.6%
    4. Energy263.9%
  2. Everything else11416.8%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry53% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering10% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics9% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Boris I. Yakobson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Two-Dimensional Materials, Raman Spectroscopy, Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Van der Waals Heterostructures, Carbon and Nanotubes.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Two-Dimensional Materials6544 topics
  2. Raman Spectroscopy3072 topics
  3. Carbon Nanotubes2691 topic
  4. Graphene2691 topic
  5. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides1651 topic
  6. Van der Waals Heterostructures1651 topic
  7. Carbon1501 topic
  8. Nanotubes1501 topic
  9. Energy Storage1412 topics
  10. Boron Nitride Nanotubes1201 topic
  11. Superhard Materials1201 topic
  12. MXenes1001 topic
  13. Nanocrystals1001 topic
  14. Atomic Force Microscopy421 topic
  15. Force Spectroscopy421 topic
  16. Battery Materials411 topic
  17. Lithium-ion Batteries411 topic
  18. Nanodiamonds381 topic
  19. Quantum Sensing381 topic

Where does Boris I. Yakobson work?

Boris I. Yakobson's main affiliation in the publication record is Rice University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Boris I. Yakobson have?

OpenAlex counts 676 works and 66,617 citations for Boris I. Yakobson, an h-index of 123, ranking #19,492 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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