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Researcher · Princeton University · United States

K. W. West

K. W. West publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as Quantum and electron transport phenomena, Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism.

OpenAlex
World rank
#240,248
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#88,466
of 1,627,098
Works
1,230
Citations
42k
Citations per work
34.3
h-index
104
i10-index 546Top 0.1% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
K. W. West

What does K. W. West research?

K. W. West's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (68%), Engineering (16%), Materials Science (5%).

Physical Sciences: 1,111 works · 90.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 834 works · 67.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 681 works · 55.4% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 153 works · 12.4% of their workEngineering: 202 works · 16.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 181 works · 14.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 21 works · 1.7% of their workMaterials Science: 57 works · 4.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 57 works · 4.6% of their workComputer Science: 18 works · 1.5% of their workArtificial Intelligence: 18 works · 1.5% of their workEverything else: 119 works · 9.7% of their workTHEIR WORKK. W. West1,230works
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 Astronomy83467.8%
    2. Engineering20216.4%
    3. Materials Science574.6%
    4. Computer Science181.5%
  2. Everything else1199.7%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics55% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics12% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering2% of their works
  6. 6Artificial Intelligence2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe K. W. West's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spintronics, Electron Spin, Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Quantum Dots, Semiconductor, Cuprate Superconductors, High-Temperature Superconductivity and Nanowire Transistors.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Spintronics9162 topics
  2. Electron Spin8471 topic
  3. Semiconductor Quantum Dots8471 topic
  4. Quantum Dots4781 topic
  5. Semiconductor4781 topic
  6. Cuprate Superconductors3871 topic
  7. High-Temperature Superconductivity3871 topic
  8. Nanowire Transistors1711 topic
  9. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors1711 topic
  10. Atomic Layer Deposition1201 topic
  11. High-k Dielectrics1201 topic
  12. Superconductors1021 topic
  13. Topological Insulators1021 topic
  14. Quantum Size Effects881 topic
  15. Superconductivity881 topic
  16. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions691 topic
  17. Skyrmions691 topic

Where does K. W. West work?

K. W. West's main affiliation in the publication record is Princeton University, United States.

How many publications and citations does K. W. West have?

OpenAlex counts 1,230 works and 42,167 citations for K. W. West, an h-index of 104, ranking #240,248 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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