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Researcher · National Institute of Standards and Technology · United States

P. L. Cowan

P. L. Cowan publishes mostly in Radiation, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis, Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#1,933,323
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#589,363
of 1,627,098
Works
27
Citations
962
Citations per work
35.6
h-index
12
i10-index 12Top 36% in Radiation
P. L. Cowan

What does P. L. Cowan research?

P. L. Cowan's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (64%), Chemistry (8%), Engineering (8%).

Physical Sciences: 24 works · 87.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 works · 64.5% of their workRadiation: 11 works · 40.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 works · 17.7% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 works · 6.3% of their workChemistry: 2 works · 7.6% of their workSpectroscopy: 2 works · 7.6% of their workEngineering: 2 works · 7.6% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 works · 7.6% of their workMaterials Science: 2 works · 7.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 2 works · 7.6% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 12.7% of their workTHEIR WORKP. L. Cowan27works
Physical Sciences87%

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 Astronomy1764.5%
    2. Chemistry27.6%
    3. Engineering27.6%
    4. Materials Science27.6%
  2. Everything else312.7%
  1. 1Radiation40% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering8% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy8% of their works
  6. 6Condensed Matter Physics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe P. L. Cowan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tomography, Spectroscopy, X-ray Absorption, Phase Retrieval, X-ray Imaging, Synchrotron Radiation, Channeling and Density Functional Theory.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Tomography172 topics
  2. Spectroscopy141 topic
  3. X-ray Absorption141 topic
  4. Phase Retrieval121 topic
  5. X-ray Imaging121 topic
  6. Synchrotron Radiation102 topics
  7. Channeling51 topic
  8. DNA Strand Breaks51 topic
  9. Density Functional Theory51 topic
  10. Dispersion Correction51 topic
  11. Free-Electron Lasers51 topic
  12. Ionization51 topic
  13. Low-Energy Electrons51 topic
  14. Mass Spectrometry51 topic
  15. Neutron Imaging51 topic
  16. Nuclear Resonant Spectroscopy51 topic
  17. Small-Angle Scattering51 topic
  18. X-Ray51 topic

Where does P. L. Cowan work?

P. L. Cowan's main affiliation in the publication record is National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does P. L. Cowan have?

OpenAlex counts 27 works and 962 citations for P. L. Cowan, an h-index of 12, ranking #1,933,323 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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