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Researcher · West Virginia University · United States

Herath P. Piyathilaka

Herath P. Piyathilaka publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films and Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials.

ORCID 0000-0001-9272-8063 OpenAlex
World rank
#4,860,439
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,269,909
of 1,627,098
Works
18
Citations
124
Citations per work
6.9
h-index
4
i10-index 3Top 94% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Herath P. Piyathilaka

What does Herath P. Piyathilaka research?

Herath P. Piyathilaka's work is mostly in Engineering (45%), Physics and Astronomy (39%), Materials Science (12%).

Physical Sciences: 17 works · 96.2% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 45.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 works · 41.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 0 works · 2.0% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 works · 2.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 works · 39.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 works · 39.2% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 11.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 11.8% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 3.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 3.9% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKHerath P.Piyathilaka18works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences96%

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. Engineering845.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy739.2%
    3. Materials Science211.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.9%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering41% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics39% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry12% of their works
  4. 4Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Herath P. Piyathilaka's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Photovoltaics, Semiconductor, Quantum Dots, Excitons, Single-Photon Source, Nanocrystals, Efficiency and Thin-Film Solar Cells.

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 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Photovoltaics243 topics
  2. Semiconductor222 topics
  3. Quantum Dots162 topics
  4. Excitons141 topic
  5. Single-Photon Source141 topic
  6. Nanocrystals102 topics
  7. Efficiency81 topic
  8. Thin-Film Solar Cells81 topic
  9. Infrared Detectors71 topic
  10. Semiconductor Materials71 topic
  11. Solar Cells62 topics
  12. Spectroscopy51 topic
  13. Terahertz Technology51 topic
  14. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts41 topic
  15. Schottky Barrier41 topic
  16. Bioimaging21 topic
  17. Ecosystem Services21 topic
  18. Non-Volatile Memory21 topic
  19. Phase Change Materials21 topic
  20. Pollinator Decline21 topic
  21. Semiconductor Nanocrystals21 topic

Where does Herath P. Piyathilaka work?

Herath P. Piyathilaka's main affiliation in the publication record is West Virginia University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Herath P. Piyathilaka have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 124 citations for Herath P. Piyathilaka, an h-index of 4, ranking #4,860,439 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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