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Researcher · Research Complex at Harwell · United Kingdom

John A. Cookson

John A. Cookson publishes mostly in Radiation, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Nuclear and High Energy Physics, on topics such as Nuclear Physics and Applications, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,470,085
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#113,262
of 367,258
Works
62
Citations
1.5k
Citations per work
24.1
h-index
23
i10-index 36Top 9.6% in Radiation
John A. Cookson

What does John A. Cookson research?

John A. Cookson's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (54%), Engineering (13%), Materials Science (13%).

Physical Sciences: 49 works · 79.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 works · 53.6% of their workRadiation: 23 works · 37.4% of their workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 works · 9.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 works · 6.7% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 13.4% of their workComputational Mechanics: 6 works · 8.9% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 works · 4.5% of their workMaterials Science: 8 works · 12.8% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 8 works · 12.8% of their workEverything else: 13 works · 20.2% of their workTHEIR WORKJohn A. Cookson62works
Physical Sciences80%

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 Astronomy3353.6%
    2. Engineering813.4%
    3. Materials Science812.8%
  2. Everything else1320.2%
  1. 1Radiation37% of their works
  2. 2Surfaces, Coatings and Films13% of their works
  3. 3Nuclear and High Energy Physics10% of their works
  4. 4Computational Mechanics9% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe John A. Cookson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Neutron Imaging, Small-Angle Scattering, Spectroscopy, X-ray Absorption, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Ion Beam and Surface Analysis.

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. Neutron Imaging321 topic
  2. Small-Angle Scattering321 topic
  3. Spectroscopy311 topic
  4. X-ray Absorption311 topic
  5. Scanning Electron Microscopy231 topic
  6. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy231 topic
  7. Ion Beam161 topic
  8. Surface Analysis161 topic
  9. Nuclear Forces141 topic
  10. Nuclear Structure141 topic
  11. DNA Strand Breaks61 topic
  12. Low-Energy Electrons61 topic
  13. Failure Analysis41 topic
  14. Integrated Circuits41 topic
  15. Ionization31 topic
  16. Mass Spectrometry31 topic

Where does John A. Cookson work?

John A. Cookson's main affiliation in the publication record is Research Complex at Harwell, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does John A. Cookson have?

OpenAlex counts 62 works and 1,496 citations for John A. Cookson, an h-index of 23, ranking #1,470,085 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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