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Ian Forbes

Ian Forbes publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties and solar cell performance optimization.

World rank
#386,846
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#33,562
of 90,785
Works
39
Citations
131
Citations per work
3.4

What does Ian Forbes research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 35.9%Materials Chemistry: 28.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5.1%Economics and Econometrics: 5.1%other fields: 25.7%36%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering35.9%Materials Chemistry28.2%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5.1%Economics and Econometrics5.1%other fields25.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering36% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry28% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics5% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering3% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian Forbes's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanocrystals, Photovoltaics, Efficiency, Solar Cells, Thin-Film Solar Cells, Bioimaging, Quantum Dots and Cu2O.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanocrystals173 topics
  2. Photovoltaics142 topics
  3. Efficiency81 topic
  4. Solar Cells82 topics
  5. Thin-Film Solar Cells81 topic
  6. Bioimaging61 topic
  7. Quantum Dots61 topic
  8. Cu2O31 topic
  9. CuO31 topic
  10. High Efficiency31 topic
  11. Multijunction Solar Cells31 topic
  12. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts21 topic
  13. Schottky Barrier21 topic
  14. BIM11 topic
  15. Construction11 topic
  16. Hypersonic Effect11 topic
  17. Maximum Power Point Tracking11 topic
  18. Photovoltaic Arrays11 topic
  19. Ultrasonic Perception11 topic

Where does Ian Forbes work?

Ian Forbes's main affiliation in the publication record is Northumbria University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Ian Forbes have?

Science Explorer counts 39 works and 131 citations for Ian Forbes, ranking #386,846 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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