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Researcher · University of British Columbia · Canada

Ian K. Affleck

Ian K. Affleck publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Quantum and electron transport phenomena and Quantum many-body systems.

OpenAlex
World rank
#36,286
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#944
of 183,316
Works
377
Citations
35k
Citations per work
92.1
h-index
85
i10-index 225Top 0.3% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Ian K. Affleck

What does Ian K. Affleck research?

Ian K. Affleck's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (80%), Materials Science (4%), Mathematics (3%).

Physical Sciences: 328 works · 86.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 301 works · 79.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 139 works · 36.8% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 126 works · 33.4% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 26 works · 7.0% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 works · 2.6% of their workMaterials Science: 17 works · 4.5% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 works · 4.5% of their workMathematics: 10 works · 2.6% of their workGeometry and Topology: 10 works · 2.6% of their workEverything else: 49 works · 13.1% of their workTHEIR WORKIan K. Affleck377works
Physical Sciences87%

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 Astronomy30179.8%
    2. Materials Science174.5%
    3. Mathematics102.6%
  2. Everything else4913.1%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics37% of their works
  2. 2Condensed Matter Physics33% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics7% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Geometry and Topology3% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian K. Affleck's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Cuprate Superconductors, High-Temperature Superconductivity, Spintronics, Topological Order, Electron Spin, Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Entanglement and Many-Body Localization.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Cuprate Superconductors2111 topic
  2. High-Temperature Superconductivity2111 topic
  3. Spintronics1652 topics
  4. Topological Order1532 topics
  5. Electron Spin1371 topic
  6. Semiconductor Quantum Dots1371 topic
  7. Entanglement881 topic
  8. Many-Body Localization881 topic
  9. Frustrated Magnets651 topic
  10. Quantum Spin Liquids651 topic
  11. Critical Phenomena551 topic
  12. Phase Transitions551 topic
  13. Superconductors371 topic
  14. Topological Insulators371 topic
  15. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions281 topic
  16. Quantum Simulation281 topic
  17. Skyrmions281 topic
  18. Ultracold Gases281 topic

Where does Ian K. Affleck work?

Ian K. Affleck's main affiliation in the publication record is University of British Columbia, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Ian K. Affleck have?

OpenAlex counts 377 works and 34,739 citations for Ian K. Affleck, an h-index of 85, ranking #36,286 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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