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Researcher · Université de Sherbrooke · Canada

Louis Taillefer

Louis Taillefer publishes mostly in Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Rare-earth and actinide compounds and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics.

ORCID 0000-0002-8729-2194 OpenAlex
World rank
#306,183
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#10,657
of 183,316
Works
481
Citations
18k
Citations per work
36.6
h-index
72
i10-index 189Top 0.5% in Condensed Matter Physics
Louis Taillefer

What does Louis Taillefer research?

Louis Taillefer's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (63%), Materials Science (20%), Engineering (4%).

Physical Sciences: 434 works · 90.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 305 works · 63.4% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 265 works · 55.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 40 works · 8.3% of their workMaterials Science: 95 works · 19.7% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 81 works · 16.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 14 works · 2.9% of their workEngineering: 22 works · 4.5% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 22 works · 4.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 works · 2.7% of their workGeophysics: 13 works · 2.7% of their workEverything else: 47 works · 9.7% of their workTHEIR WORKLouis Taillefer481works
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 Astronomy30563.4%
    2. Materials Science9519.7%
    3. Engineering224.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences132.7%
  2. Everything else479.7%
  1. 1Condensed Matter Physics55% of their works
  2. 2Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials17% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry3% of their works
  6. 6Geophysics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Louis Taillefer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Superconductivity, Cuprate Superconductors, High-Temperature Superconductivity, Electronic Structure, Heavy Fermion, Quantum Criticality, Frustrated Magnets and Quantum Spin Liquids.

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. Superconductivity3993 topics
  2. Cuprate Superconductors3571 topic
  3. High-Temperature Superconductivity3571 topic
  4. Electronic Structure1702 topics
  5. Heavy Fermion1491 topic
  6. Quantum Criticality1491 topic
  7. Frustrated Magnets1481 topic
  8. Quantum Spin Liquids1481 topic
  9. High-Temperature1021 topic
  10. Iron-Based1021 topic
  11. Magnetocaloric Materials681 topic
  12. Perovskites681 topic
  13. Skyrmions611 topic
  14. Spintronics611 topic
  15. Nb3Sn Conductor571 topic
  16. Superconducting Magnets571 topic
  17. Critical Phenomena481 topic
  18. Phase Transitions481 topic

Where does Louis Taillefer work?

Louis Taillefer's main affiliation in the publication record is Université de Sherbrooke, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Louis Taillefer have?

OpenAlex counts 481 works and 17,615 citations for Louis Taillefer, an h-index of 72, ranking #306,183 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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