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Researcher · Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (United States) · United States

Dan S. Kercher

Dan S. Kercher publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Block Copolymer Self-Assembly, Magnetic properties of thin films and Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques.

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World rank
#1,359,801
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#430,654
of 1,627,098
Works
26
Citations
2.8k
Citations per work
108.2
h-index
13
i10-index 15Top 52% in Materials Chemistry
Dan S. Kercher

What does Dan S. Kercher research?

Dan S. Kercher's work is mostly in Engineering (35%), Physics and Astronomy (20%), Materials Science (16%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 70.2% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 35.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 15.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 10.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 2 works · 9.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 19.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 11.7% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 works · 7.8% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 15.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 4 works · 15.6% of their workEverything else: 8 works · 29.8% of their workTHEIR WORKDan S. Kercher26works
Physical Sciences70%

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. Engineering935.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy519.5%
    3. Materials Science415.6%
  2. Everything else829.8%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry16% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering16% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics9% of their works
  6. 6Nuclear and High Energy Physics8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Dan S. Kercher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thin Films, Nanostructures, Block Copolymers, Self-Assembly, Skyrmions, Spintronics, Adhesion and Dewetting.

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. Thin Films194 topics
  2. Nanostructures122 topics
  3. Block Copolymers91 topic
  4. Self-Assembly91 topic
  5. Skyrmions81 topic
  6. Spintronics81 topic
  7. Adhesion41 topic
  8. Dewetting41 topic
  9. Gecko41 topic
  10. Nanolithography41 topic
  11. Pattern Formation41 topic
  12. Soft Lithography41 topic
  13. Antireflective Coatings31 topic
  14. Ferroelectricity31 topic
  15. Hafnium Oxide31 topic
  16. Low-k Dielectrics31 topic
  17. Microelectronics31 topic
  18. Thin-Film Materials31 topic

Where does Dan S. Kercher work?

Dan S. Kercher's main affiliation in the publication record is Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Dan S. Kercher have?

OpenAlex counts 26 works and 2,813 citations for Dan S. Kercher, an h-index of 13, ranking #1,359,801 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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