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Researcher · Worcester Polytechnic Institute · United States

Donald F. Nelson

Donald F. Nelson publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics, Mechanical and Optical Resonators and Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#659,964
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#224,483
of 1,627,098
Works
145
Citations
4.3k
Citations per work
29.5
h-index
33
i10-index 63Top 8.2% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Donald F. Nelson

What does Donald F. Nelson research?

Donald F. Nelson's work is mostly in Engineering (31%), Physics and Astronomy (30%), Materials Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 97 works · 67.1% of their workEngineering: 45 works · 30.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 works · 13.9% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 13 works · 8.8% of their workOcean Engineering: 6 works · 4.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 6 works · 3.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 44 works · 30.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 44 works · 30.5% of their workMaterials Science: 8 works · 5.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 8 works · 5.8% of their workEverything else: 48 works · 32.9% of their workTHEIR WORKDonald F. Nelson145works
Physical Sciences67%

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. Engineering4530.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy4430.5%
    3. Materials Science85.8%
  2. Everything else4832.9%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics30% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering14% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Ocean Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Donald F. Nelson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Modulators, Biosensors, Lithium Niobate, Photonics, Nanomechanical Systems, Optomechanics, Acoustic Wave Biosensors and Acousto-Optic.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical Modulators482 topics
  2. Biosensors402 topics
  3. Lithium Niobate291 topic
  4. Photonics291 topic
  5. Nanomechanical Systems211 topic
  6. Optomechanics211 topic
  7. Acoustic Wave Biosensors191 topic
  8. Acousto-Optic191 topic
  9. Crystals191 topic
  10. Microcavities191 topic
  11. Silicon Photonics191 topic
  12. Thin Film Resonators191 topic
  13. Ring Laser Gyroscope171 topic
  14. Rotational Seismology171 topic
  15. Protonic Conduction131 topic
  16. Solid Acids131 topic
  17. Quantum Dots121 topic
  18. Semiconductor121 topic

Where does Donald F. Nelson work?

Donald F. Nelson's main affiliation in the publication record is Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Donald F. Nelson have?

OpenAlex counts 145 works and 4,284 citations for Donald F. Nelson, an h-index of 33, ranking #659,964 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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