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Researcher · University of California, Santa Barbara · United States

Chris G. Van de Walle

Chris G. Van de Walle publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Semiconductor materials and devices and ZnO doping and properties.

ORCID 0000-0002-4212-5990 OpenAlex
World rank
#32,270
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#12,236
of 1,627,098
Works
769
Citations
75k
Citations per work
96.9
h-index
127
i10-index 448Top 0.1% in Materials Chemistry
Chris G. Van de Walle

What does Chris G. Van de Walle research?

Chris G. Van de Walle's work is mostly in Materials Science (39%), Engineering (26%), Physics and Astronomy (24%).

Physical Sciences: 687 works · 89.3% of their workMaterials Science: 299 works · 38.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 220 works · 28.6% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 79 works · 10.3% of their workEngineering: 200 works · 26.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 174 works · 22.6% of their workMechanics of Materials: 26 works · 3.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 188 works · 24.4% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 105 works · 13.6% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 83 works · 10.8% of their workEverything else: 82 works · 10.7% of their workTHEIR WORKChris G. Van deWalle769works
Physical Sciences89%

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 Science29938.9%
    2. Engineering20026.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy18824.4%
  2. Everything else8210.7%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry29% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering23% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics14% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics11% of their works
  5. 5Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Chris G. Van de Walle's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanowires, Semiconductors, Photodetectors, Band Parameters, Semiconductor, III-Nitrides, Light-Emitting Diodes and Thin Films.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanowires4953 topics
  2. Semiconductors4122 topics
  3. Photodetectors3412 topics
  4. Band Parameters3222 topics
  5. Semiconductor2512 topics
  6. III-Nitrides2391 topic
  7. Light-Emitting Diodes2391 topic
  8. Thin Films2302 topics
  9. Atomic Layer Deposition2201 topic
  10. High-k Dielectrics2201 topic
  11. Epitaxial Growth2162 topics
  12. Nanostructures1731 topic
  13. Zinc Oxide1731 topic
  14. Gallium Oxide1681 topic
  15. Ultrawide Bandgap1681 topic
  16. Oxide Interfaces1381 topic
  17. Two-Dimensional Electron Gases1381 topic
  18. Quantum Dots831 topic
  19. Single-Photon Source831 topic
  20. Coatings621 topic
  21. Nanoindentation621 topic
  22. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts481 topic
  23. Schottky Barrier481 topic

Where does Chris G. Van de Walle work?

Chris G. Van de Walle's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

How many publications and citations does Chris G. Van de Walle have?

OpenAlex counts 769 works and 74,535 citations for Chris G. Van de Walle, an h-index of 127, ranking #32,270 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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