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Researcher · University of California, Santa Barbara · United States

James S. Speck

James S. Speck publishes mostly in Condensed Matter Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Ga2O3 and related materials and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices.

ORCID 0000-0002-8045-4090 OpenAlex
World rank
#93,477
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#35,944
of 1,627,098
Works
1,447
Citations
71k
Citations per work
49.1
h-index
123
i10-index 884Top 0.1% in Condensed Matter Physics
James S. Speck

What does James S. Speck research?

James S. Speck's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (40%), Materials Science (26%), Engineering (24%).

Physical Sciences: 1,299 works · 89.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 582 works · 40.2% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 386 works · 26.7% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 195 works · 13.5% of their workMaterials Science: 370 works · 25.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 195 works · 13.5% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 175 works · 12.1% of their workEngineering: 347 works · 24.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 255 works · 17.6% of their workMechanics of Materials: 93 works · 6.4% of their workEverything else: 148 works · 10.2% of their workTHEIR WORKJames S. Speck1,447works
Physical Sciences90%

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 Astronomy58240.2%
    2. Materials Science37025.6%
    3. Engineering34724.0%
  2. Everything else14810.2%
  1. 1Condensed Matter Physics27% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering18% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry14% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics14% of their works
  5. 5Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials12% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe James S. Speck's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanowires, Band Parameters, Semiconductors, GaN, III-Nitrides, Light-Emitting Diodes, Semiconductor and Photodetectors.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanowires1,9603 topics
  2. Band Parameters1,5842 topics
  3. Semiconductors1,4952 topics
  4. GaN1,1812 topics
  5. III-Nitrides1,1191 topic
  6. Light-Emitting Diodes1,1191 topic
  7. Semiconductor9502 topics
  8. Photodetectors8612 topics
  9. Thin Films7422 topics
  10. Gallium Oxide4851 topic
  11. Ultrawide Bandgap4851 topic
  12. Quantum Dots4651 topic
  13. Single-Photon Source4651 topic
  14. Atomic Layer Deposition4081 topic
  15. High-k Dielectrics4081 topic
  16. Nanostructures3761 topic
  17. Zinc Oxide3761 topic
  18. Coatings2571 topic
  19. Nanoindentation2571 topic
  20. Acoustic Wave Biosensors861 topic
  21. Thin Film Resonators861 topic
  22. Electron Sources621 topic
  23. Photocathodes621 topic

Where does James S. Speck work?

James S. Speck's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

How many publications and citations does James S. Speck have?

OpenAlex counts 1,447 works and 71,074 citations for James S. Speck, an h-index of 123, ranking #93,477 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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