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Researcher · Nortel (Canada) · Canada

Frank R. Shepherd

Frank R. Shepherd publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Computational Mechanics, on topics such as Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices and Ion-surface interactions and analysis.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,838,105
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#91,862
of 183,316
Works
103
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
20.3
h-index
23
i10-index 49Top 14% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Frank R. Shepherd

What does Frank R. Shepherd research?

Frank R. Shepherd's work is mostly in Engineering (67%), Physics and Astronomy (14%), Materials Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 94 works · 91.7% of their workEngineering: 69 works · 67.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 59 works · 56.8% of their workComputational Mechanics: 8 works · 8.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 2.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 works · 14.3% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 works · 14.3% of their workMaterials Science: 11 works · 10.3% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 works · 5.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 5 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 9 works · 8.3% of their workTHEIR WORKFrank R. Shepherd103works
Physical Sciences92%

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. Engineering6967.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1514.3%
    3. Materials Science1110.3%
  2. Everything else98.3%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering57% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics14% of their works
  3. 3Computational Mechanics8% of their works
  4. 4Surfaces, Coatings and Films6% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Frank R. Shepherd's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Integrated Circuits, Photovoltaics, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers, Solar Cells and Failure Analysis.

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. Integrated Circuits532 topics
  2. Photovoltaics342 topics
  3. Optical Modulators311 topic
  4. Silicon Photonics311 topic
  5. Optical Interconnects271 topic
  6. Semiconductor Lasers271 topic
  7. Solar Cells272 topics
  8. Failure Analysis221 topic
  9. Ion Beam221 topic
  10. Photon Emission Microscopy221 topic
  11. Surface Analysis221 topic
  12. Quantum Dots201 topic
  13. Semiconductor201 topic
  14. Efficiency141 topic
  15. Silicon141 topic
  16. Atomic Layer Deposition131 topic
  17. High-k Dielectrics131 topic
  18. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts131 topic
  19. Schottky Barrier131 topic

Where does Frank R. Shepherd work?

Frank R. Shepherd's main affiliation in the publication record is Nortel (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does Frank R. Shepherd have?

OpenAlex counts 103 works and 2,095 citations for Frank R. Shepherd, an h-index of 23, ranking #2,838,105 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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