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Researcher · Diamond Light Source · United Kingdom

Gerrit van der Laan

Gerrit van der Laan publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, on topics such as Magnetic properties of thin films, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies.

ORCID 0000-0001-6852-2495 OpenAlex
World rank
#356,536
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#31,596
of 367,258
Works
783
Citations
29k
Citations per work
36.6
h-index
80
i10-index 433Top 0.3% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Gerrit van der Laan

What does Gerrit van der Laan research?

Gerrit van der Laan's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (48%), Materials Science (28%).

Physical Sciences: 597 works · 76.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 375 works · 47.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 216 works · 27.6% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 108 works · 13.8% of their workRadiation: 51 works · 6.5% of their workMaterials Science: 222 works · 28.3% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 106 works · 13.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 92 works · 11.7% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 24 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 186 works · 23.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGerrit van derLaan783works
Physical Sciences76%

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. Physics and Astronomy37547.9%
    2. Materials Science22228.3%
  2. Everything else18623.8%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics28% of their works
  2. 2Condensed Matter Physics14% of their works
  3. 3Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials14% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry12% of their works
  5. 5Radiation6% of their works
  6. 6Surfaces, Coatings and Films3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gerrit van der Laan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spintronics, Magnetic Tunnel Junctions, Skyrmions, Superconductivity, Spectroscopy, X-ray Absorption, Density Functional Theory and Dispersion Correction.

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.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Spintronics3932 topics
  2. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions3281 topic
  3. Skyrmions3281 topic
  4. Superconductivity1662 topics
  5. Spectroscopy1051 topic
  6. X-ray Absorption1051 topic
  7. Density Functional Theory1011 topic
  8. Dispersion Correction1011 topic
  9. Frustrated Magnets951 topic
  10. Quantum Spin Liquids951 topic
  11. Heavy Fermion711 topic
  12. Magnetocaloric Materials711 topic
  13. Perovskites711 topic
  14. Quantum Criticality711 topic
  15. Scanning Electron Microscopy661 topic
  16. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy661 topic
  17. Nanostructures651 topic
  18. Zinc Oxide651 topic

Where does Gerrit van der Laan work?

Gerrit van der Laan's main affiliation in the publication record is Diamond Light Source, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Gerrit van der Laan have?

OpenAlex counts 783 works and 28,694 citations for Gerrit van der Laan, an h-index of 80, ranking #356,536 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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