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Researcher · Fort Hays State University · United States

Gavin D. Buffington

Gavin D. Buffington publishes mostly in Ophthalmology, Computational Mechanics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Ocular and Laser Science Research, Laser Material Processing Techniques and Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma.

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World rank
#7,192,497
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,590,764
of 1,627,098
Works
25
Citations
167
Citations per work
6.7
h-index
7
i10-index 5Top 72% in Ophthalmology
Gavin D. Buffington

What does Gavin D. Buffington research?

Gavin D. Buffington's work is mostly in Engineering (30%), Medicine (30%), Physics and Astronomy (19%).

Physical Sciences: 12 works · 48.5% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 29.7% of their workComputational Mechanics: 5 works · 20.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 2 works · 9.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 18.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 12.5% of their workInstrumentation: 2 works · 6.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 7 works · 29.7% of their workMedicine: 7 works · 29.7% of their workOphthalmology: 6 works · 25.0% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 works · 4.7% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 21.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGavin D.Buffington25works
Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences30%

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. Engineering729.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy518.8%
    1. Medicine729.7%
  3. Everything else521.8%
  1. 1Ophthalmology25% of their works
  2. 2Computational Mechanics20% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials9% of their works
  5. 5Instrumentation6% of their works
  6. 6Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gavin D. Buffington's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Laser Eye Injuries, Retinal Damage, Femtosecond Laser, Micromachining, Material Analysis, Spectroscopy, DNA Strand Breaks and Laser Ranging.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Laser Eye Injuries161 topic
  2. Retinal Damage161 topic
  3. Femtosecond Laser121 topic
  4. Micromachining121 topic
  5. Material Analysis51 topic
  6. Spectroscopy51 topic
  7. DNA Strand Breaks41 topic
  8. Laser Ranging41 topic
  9. Low-Energy Electrons41 topic
  10. Time-of-Flight41 topic
  11. Gene Therapy21 topic
  12. Ionization21 topic
  13. Mass Spectrometry21 topic
  14. Neural Processing21 topic
  15. Retinitis Pigmentosa21 topic
  16. Visual Perception21 topic

Where does Gavin D. Buffington work?

Gavin D. Buffington's main affiliation in the publication record is Fort Hays State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gavin D. Buffington have?

OpenAlex counts 25 works and 167 citations for Gavin D. Buffington, an h-index of 7, ranking #7,192,497 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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