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Researcher · University of Waterloo · Canada

Kam Chiu Tam

Kam Chiu Tam publishes mostly in Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics, on topics such as Advanced Cellulose Research Studies, Surfactants and Colloidal Systems and Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization.

ORCID 0000-0002-7603-5635 OpenAlex
World rank
#81,503
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#2,506
of 183,316
Works
560
Citations
30k
Citations per work
53.1
h-index
90
i10-index 388Top 0.3% in Biomaterials
Kam Chiu Tam

What does Kam Chiu Tam research?

Kam Chiu Tam's work is mostly in Materials Science (32%), Chemistry (15%), Engineering (6%).

Physical Sciences: 320 works · 57.2% of their workMaterials Science: 177 works · 31.6% of their workBiomaterials: 86 works · 15.3% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 50 works · 9.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 41 works · 7.3% of their workChemistry: 85 works · 15.1% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 85 works · 15.1% of their workEngineering: 35 works · 6.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 35 works · 6.3% of their workChemical Engineering: 24 works · 4.2% of their workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 24 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 240 works · 42.8% of their workTHEIR WORKKam Chiu Tam560works
Physical Sciences57%

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. Materials Science17731.6%
    2. Chemistry8515.1%
    3. Engineering356.3%
    4. Chemical Engineering244.2%
  2. Everything else24042.8%
  1. 1Biomaterials15% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry15% of their works
  3. 3Polymers and Plastics9% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kam Chiu Tam's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Ionic Liquids, Biomedical Applications, Micelles, Self-Assembly, Viscoelasticity, Cellulose Nanocrystals, Nanocellulose and Surfactants.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Ionic Liquids2352 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications2263 topics
  3. Micelles1852 topics
  4. Self-Assembly1852 topics
  5. Viscoelasticity1732 topics
  6. Cellulose Nanocrystals1231 topic
  7. Nanocellulose1231 topic
  8. Surfactants1121 topic
  9. Wormlike micelles1121 topic
  10. Nanocomposites892 topics
  11. Click Chemistry731 topic
  12. Living Radical Polymerization731 topic
  13. Complex Fluids611 topic
  14. Rheology611 topic
  15. Hydrogels541 topic
  16. Tissue Engineering541 topic
  17. Biodegradable Polymers491 topic
  18. Polylactic Acid491 topic
  19. Layered Silicate401 topic
  20. Polymer401 topic
  21. Nanogenerators351 topic
  22. Wearable351 topic

Where does Kam Chiu Tam work?

Kam Chiu Tam's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Waterloo, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Kam Chiu Tam have?

OpenAlex counts 560 works and 29,759 citations for Kam Chiu Tam, an h-index of 90, ranking #81,503 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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