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Researcher · University of California, Santa Barbara · United States

Melvin B. McLaurin

Melvin B. McLaurin publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics and ZnO doping and properties.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,131,947
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#642,312
of 1,627,098
Works
18
Citations
860
Citations per work
47.8
h-index
15
i10-index 15Top 30% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Melvin B. McLaurin

What does Melvin B. McLaurin research?

Melvin B. McLaurin's work is mostly in Engineering (46%), Physics and Astronomy (30%), Materials Science (22%).

Physical Sciences: 18 works · 98.2% of their workEngineering: 8 works · 46.3% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 31.5% of their workMechanics of Materials: 3 works · 14.8% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 works · 29.6% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 works · 25.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 3.7% of their workMaterials Science: 4 works · 22.3% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 13.0% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 works · 9.3% of their workTHEIR WORKMelvin B.McLaurin18works
Physical Sciences98%

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. Engineering846.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy529.6%
    3. Materials Science422.3%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering32% of their works
  2. 2Condensed Matter Physics26% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials15% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry13% of their works
  5. 5Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials9% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Melvin B. McLaurin's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanowires, Semiconductors, III-Nitrides, Light-Emitting Diodes, Thin Films, Photodetectors, Coatings and Nanoindentation.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanowires202 topics
  2. Semiconductors202 topics
  3. III-Nitrides141 topic
  4. Light-Emitting Diodes141 topic
  5. Thin Films132 topics
  6. Photodetectors112 topics
  7. Coatings81 topic
  8. Nanoindentation81 topic
  9. Nanostructures61 topic
  10. Zinc Oxide61 topic
  11. Gallium Oxide51 topic
  12. Semiconductor51 topic
  13. Atomic Layer Deposition41 topic
  14. High-k Dielectrics41 topic
  15. Optical Interconnects41 topic
  16. Semiconductor Lasers41 topic
  17. Free-Space Optical Communication31 topic
  18. Visible Light Communication31 topic
  19. Optical Modulators21 topic
  20. Silicon Photonics21 topic

Where does Melvin B. McLaurin work?

Melvin B. McLaurin's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

How many publications and citations does Melvin B. McLaurin have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 860 citations for Melvin B. McLaurin, an h-index of 15, ranking #2,131,947 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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