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Researcher · Optica · United States

Luther W. Smith

Luther W. Smith publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Optical measurement and interference techniques, Photonic and Optical Devices and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,780,325
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,042,532
of 1,627,098
Works
18
Citations
273
Citations per work
15.2
h-index
8
i10-index 7Top 72% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Luther W. Smith

What does Luther W. Smith research?

Luther W. Smith's work is mostly in Engineering (40%), Physics and Astronomy (19%), Computer Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 12 works · 69.2% of their workEngineering: 7 works · 40.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 works · 17.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 2 works · 13.5% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 9.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 works · 19.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 19.2% of their workComputer Science: 2 works · 9.6% of their workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 works · 9.6% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 25.0% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 5.8% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 works · 5.8% of their workBiophysics: 1 works · 5.8% of their workTHEIR WORKLuther W. Smith18works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences69%

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. Engineering740.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy319.2%
    3. Computer Science29.6%
  2. Everything else425.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.8%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics19% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering14% of their works
  4. 4Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition10% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering10% of their works
  6. 6Biophysics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Luther W. Smith's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Camera Calibration, Structured Light, Remote Sensing, Dimensional Metrology, Error Compensation, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics and Antireflective Coatings.

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. Camera Calibration51 topic
  2. Structured Light51 topic
  3. Remote Sensing42 topics
  4. Dimensional Metrology31 topic
  5. Error Compensation31 topic
  6. Optical Modulators31 topic
  7. Silicon Photonics31 topic
  8. Antireflective Coatings21 topic
  9. Fluorescent Proteins21 topic
  10. Geometric Processing21 topic
  11. Imaging Spectroscopy21 topic
  12. Nanostructures21 topic
  13. Photoacoustic Imaging21 topic
  14. Polarimetry21 topic
  15. Satellite Imagery21 topic
  16. Super-Resolution Imaging21 topic
  17. Tomography21 topic

Where does Luther W. Smith work?

Luther W. Smith's main affiliation in the publication record is Optica, United States.

How many publications and citations does Luther W. Smith have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 273 citations for Luther W. Smith, an h-index of 8, ranking #3,780,325 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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