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Researcher · Davidson College · United States

L. S. Cain

L. S. Cain publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, on topics such as Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, High-pressure geophysics and materials and Glass properties and applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,597,121
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#761,880
of 1,627,098
Works
21
Citations
695
Citations per work
33.1
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 57% in Materials Chemistry
L. S. Cain

What does L. S. Cain research?

L. S. Cain's work is mostly in Materials Science (56%), Physics and Astronomy (14%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (6%).

Physical Sciences: 17 works · 80.6% of their workMaterials Science: 12 works · 56.4% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 9 works · 43.5% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 works · 8.1% of their workCeramics and Composites: 1 works · 4.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 works · 14.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 14.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 works · 6.5% of their workGeophysics: 1 works · 6.5% of their workChemical Engineering: 1 works · 3.2% of their workCatalysis: 1 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 19.4% of their workTHEIR WORKL. S. Cain21works
Physical Sciences81%

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 Science1256.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy314.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.5%
    4. Chemical Engineering13.2%
  2. Everything else419.4%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry44% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics14% of their works
  3. 3Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics6% of their works
  5. 5Ceramics and Composites5% of their works
  6. 6Catalysis3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe L. S. Cain's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Crystal Structure, Protonic Conduction, Solid Acids, Vibrational Spectroscopy, Crystal Structure Prediction, Mantle Dynamics, Computational Chemistry and Crystallography.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Crystal Structure112 topics
  2. Protonic Conduction81 topic
  3. Solid Acids81 topic
  4. Vibrational Spectroscopy62 topics
  5. Crystal Structure Prediction41 topic
  6. Mantle Dynamics41 topic
  7. Computational Chemistry31 topic
  8. Crystallography31 topic
  9. Glass Science31 topic
  10. Nanocrystalline Materials31 topic
  11. Nonlinear Optical Materials31 topic
  12. Nuclear Waste Disposal31 topic
  13. Photosynthesis31 topic
  14. Powder Diffraction31 topic
  15. Pyrochlore31 topic
  16. Quantum Coherence31 topic
  17. Severe Plastic Deformation31 topic
  18. Structural Analysis31 topic

Where does L. S. Cain work?

L. S. Cain's main affiliation in the publication record is Davidson College, United States.

How many publications and citations does L. S. Cain have?

OpenAlex counts 21 works and 695 citations for L. S. Cain, an h-index of 12, ranking #2,597,121 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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