Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Researcher · General Electric (Switzerland) · Switzerland

Irving Langmuir

Irving Langmuir publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as History and advancements in chemistry, Various Chemistry Research Topics and Plasma Diagnostics and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,444,890
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#23,938
of 80,918
Works
234
Citations
63k
Citations per work
270.3
h-index
71
i10-index 135Top 0.5% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Irving Langmuir

What does Irving Langmuir research?

Irving Langmuir's work is mostly in Engineering (17%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Chemistry (10%).

Everything else: 132 works · 56.2% of their workPhysical Sciences: 102 works · 43.8% of their workEngineering: 40 works · 17.1% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 works · 9.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 10 works · 4.3% of their workMechanical Engineering: 8 works · 3.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 works · 11.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 27 works · 11.5% of their workChemistry: 22 works · 9.6% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 22 works · 9.6% of their workMaterials Science: 13 works · 5.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 13 works · 5.6% of their workTHEIR WORKIrving Langmuir234works
Physical Sciences44%

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. Everything else13256.2%
    1. Engineering4017.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2711.5%
    3. Chemistry229.6%
    4. Materials Science135.6%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  2. 2Physical and Theoretical Chemistry10% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Irving Langmuir's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Partially Ordered Sets, Periodic Table, Chemistry Education, Laboratory Techniques, Plasma Etching, Semiconductor Industry, Fluctuation Theorems and Stochastic Thermodynamics.

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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Partially Ordered Sets251 topic
  2. Periodic Table251 topic
  3. Chemistry Education191 topic
  4. Laboratory Techniques191 topic
  5. Plasma Etching191 topic
  6. Semiconductor Industry191 topic
  7. Fluctuation Theorems131 topic
  8. Stochastic Thermodynamics131 topic
  9. Atom Probe Tomography121 topic
  10. Three-Dimensional Analysis121 topic
  11. High Power Terahertz Sources111 topic
  12. Vacuum Electronics111 topic
  13. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas101 topic
  14. Plasma Medicine101 topic
  15. Molecular Electronics91 topic
  16. Self-Assembled Monolayers91 topic

Where does Irving Langmuir work?

Irving Langmuir's main affiliation in the publication record is General Electric (Switzerland), Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Irving Langmuir have?

OpenAlex counts 234 works and 63,259 citations for Irving Langmuir, an h-index of 71, ranking #1,444,890 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.

Papers, co-authors, who cited this work and researchers on the nearest topics have tabs of their own, above. Is this your page? Claim it with your ORCID iD, or request a correction or removal.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Irving Langmuir. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.