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Researcher · Nortel (Canada) · Canada

Gordon R. Knight

Gordon R. Knight publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices and Photonic and Optical Devices.

OpenAlex
World rank
#6,983,533
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#177,832
of 183,316
Works
48
Citations
493
Citations per work
10.3
h-index
13
i10-index 15Top 37% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Gordon R. Knight

What does Gordon R. Knight research?

Gordon R. Knight's work is mostly in Engineering (47%), Physics and Astronomy (30%), Materials Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 41 works · 85.6% of their workEngineering: 23 works · 47.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 works · 38.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 4.8% of their workMedia Technology: 2 works · 4.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 works · 30.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 works · 30.4% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 4.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 4.8% of their workEnergy: 2 works · 3.2% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 14.4% of their workTHEIR WORKGordon R. Knight48works
Physical Sciences86%

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. Engineering2347.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1530.4%
    3. Materials Science24.8%
    4. Energy23.2%
  2. Everything else714.4%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering38% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics30% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Media Technology4% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gordon R. Knight's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers, Optical Modulators, Quantum Dots, Semiconductor, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics and Microcavities.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical Interconnects161 topic
  2. Semiconductor Lasers161 topic
  3. Optical Modulators152 topics
  4. Quantum Dots151 topic
  5. Semiconductor151 topic
  6. Atomic Layer Deposition101 topic
  7. High-k Dielectrics101 topic
  8. Microcavities101 topic
  9. Silicon Photonics101 topic
  10. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts61 topic
  11. Schottky Barrier61 topic
  12. Holographic Displays51 topic
  13. Lithium Niobate51 topic
  14. Photonics51 topic
  15. Stereoscopic Displays51 topic
  16. Atomic Force Microscopy41 topic
  17. Force Spectroscopy41 topic

Where does Gordon R. Knight work?

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

How many publications and citations does Gordon R. Knight have?

OpenAlex counts 48 works and 493 citations for Gordon R. Knight, an h-index of 13, ranking #6,983,533 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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