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Researcher · Harvey Mudd College · United States

P. D. Sparks

P. D. Sparks publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics, on topics such as Magnetic properties of thin films, Magnetic Properties and Applications and ZnO doping and properties.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,568,608
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,396,980
of 1,627,098
Works
22
Citations
129
Citations per work
5.9
h-index
6
i10-index 2Top 86% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
P. D. Sparks

What does P. D. Sparks research?

P. D. Sparks's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (47%), Materials Science (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%).

Physical Sciences: 20 works · 88.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 works · 46.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 works · 37.1% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 works · 9.7% of their workMaterials Science: 9 works · 41.9% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 works · 29.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 9.7% of their workGeneral Materials Science: 1 works · 3.2% of their workEverything else: 2 works · 9.7% of their workLife Sciences: 0 works · 1.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 works · 1.6% of their workMolecular Biology: 0 works · 1.6% of their workTHEIR WORKP. D. Sparks22works
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences89%

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 Astronomy1046.8%
    2. Materials Science941.9%
  2. Everything else29.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.6%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics37% of their works
  2. 2Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials29% of their works
  3. 3Condensed Matter Physics10% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  5. 5General Materials Science3% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe P. D. Sparks's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spintronics, Magnetic Tunnel Junctions, Skyrmions, Magnetic Materials, Magnetostriction, Nanostructures, Zinc Oxide and Critical Phenomena.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Spintronics273 topics
  2. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions191 topic
  3. Skyrmions191 topic
  4. Magnetic Materials121 topic
  5. Magnetostriction121 topic
  6. Nanostructures51 topic
  7. Zinc Oxide51 topic
  8. Critical Phenomena31 topic
  9. Cuprate Superconductors31 topic
  10. Electron Spin31 topic
  11. High-Temperature Superconductivity31 topic
  12. Phase Transitions31 topic
  13. Semiconductor Quantum Dots31 topic
  14. Magnetocaloric Materials21 topic
  15. Permanent Magnets21 topic
  16. Perovskites21 topic
  17. Rare-Earth21 topic

Where does P. D. Sparks work?

P. D. Sparks's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvey Mudd College, United States.

How many publications and citations does P. D. Sparks have?

OpenAlex counts 22 works and 129 citations for P. D. Sparks, an h-index of 6, ranking #5,568,608 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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