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Researcher · University of California, Santa Barbara · United States

Leon Balents

Leon Balents publishes mostly in Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum and electron transport phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0002-2377-2711 OpenAlex
World rank
#54,697
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#21,147
of 1,627,098
Works
591
Citations
40k
Citations per work
68.1
h-index
85
i10-index 221Top 0.2% in Condensed Matter Physics
Leon Balents

What does Leon Balents research?

Leon Balents's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (68%), Materials Science (20%), Engineering (4%).

Physical Sciences: 538 works · 91.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 399 works · 67.5% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 217 works · 36.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 172 works · 29.1% of their workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 works · 1.6% of their workMaterials Science: 117 works · 19.8% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 59 works · 9.9% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 59 works · 9.9% of their workEngineering: 22 works · 3.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 53 works · 9.0% of their workTHEIR WORKLeon Balents591works
Physical Sciences91%

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 Astronomy39967.5%
    2. Materials Science11719.8%
    3. Engineering223.7%
  2. Everything else539.0%
  1. 1Condensed Matter Physics37% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics29% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Statistical and Nonlinear Physics2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Leon Balents's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Topological Order, Cuprate Superconductors, High-Temperature Superconductivity, Frustrated Magnets, Quantum Spin Liquids, Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Spintronics and Superconductors.

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. Topological Order2432 topics
  2. Cuprate Superconductors1981 topic
  3. High-Temperature Superconductivity1981 topic
  4. Frustrated Magnets1941 topic
  5. Quantum Spin Liquids1941 topic
  6. Semiconductor Quantum Dots931 topic
  7. Spintronics931 topic
  8. Superconductors751 topic
  9. Topological Insulators751 topic
  10. Magnetocaloric Materials661 topic
  11. Perovskites661 topic
  12. Critical Phenomena591 topic
  13. Phase Transitions591 topic
  14. Entanglement491 topic
  15. Many-Body Localization491 topic
  16. Quantum Simulation391 topic
  17. Ultracold Gases391 topic

Where does Leon Balents work?

Leon Balents's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

How many publications and citations does Leon Balents have?

OpenAlex counts 591 works and 40,266 citations for Leon Balents, an h-index of 85, ranking #54,697 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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