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Ian L. Spain

Ian L. Spain publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Geophysics, on topics such as High-pressure geophysics and materials, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies and Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions.

World rank
#58,681
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#26,701
of 358,040
Works
34
Citations
289
Citations per work
8.5

What does Ian L. Spain research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20.0%Materials Chemistry: 16.0%Geophysics: 12.0%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8.0%other fields: 44.0%20%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics20.0%Materials Chemistry16.0%Geophysics12.0%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8.0%other fields44.0%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics20% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry16% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics12% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Polymers and Plastics8% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ian L. Spain's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Crystal Structure Prediction, Mantle Dynamics, Density Functional Theory, Dispersion Correction, Nanoelectronics, Atomic Layer Deposition, Carbon Fiber and Catalysis.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Crystal Structure Prediction31 topic
  2. Mantle Dynamics31 topic
  3. Density Functional Theory21 topic
  4. Dispersion Correction21 topic
  5. Nanoelectronics22 topics
  6. Atomic Layer Deposition11 topic
  7. Carbon Fiber11 topic
  8. Catalysis11 topic
  9. Dehydrogenation11 topic
  10. Enthalpies11 topic
  11. High-k Dielectrics11 topic
  12. Ion Beam11 topic
  13. Radiation Effects11 topic
  14. Recycling11 topic
  15. Soft Errors11 topic
  16. Surface Analysis11 topic
  17. Vaporization11 topic

Where does Ian L. Spain work?

Ian L. Spain's main affiliation in the publication record is Colorado State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ian L. Spain have?

Science Explorer counts 34 works and 289 citations for Ian L. Spain, ranking #58,681 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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