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Researcher · McMaster University · Canada

Paul W. Ayers

Paul W. Ayers publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Organic Chemistry and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, on topics such as Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

ORCID 0000-0003-2605-3883 OpenAlex
World rank
#97,554
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#3,057
of 183,316
Works
523
Citations
22k
Citations per work
42.5
h-index
77
i10-index 317Top 0.4% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Paul W. Ayers

What does Paul W. Ayers research?

Paul W. Ayers's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (30%), Chemistry (29%), Materials Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 391 works · 74.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 158 works · 30.3% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 158 works · 30.3% of their workChemistry: 152 works · 29.1% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 67 works · 12.9% of their workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 55 works · 10.6% of their workSpectroscopy: 29 works · 5.6% of their workMaterials Science: 53 works · 10.1% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 53 works · 10.1% of their workComputer Science: 27 works · 5.2% of their workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 27 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 132 works · 25.3% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul W. Ayers523works
Physical Sciences75%

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 Astronomy15830.3%
    2. Chemistry15229.1%
    3. Materials Science5310.1%
    4. Computer Science275.2%
  2. Everything else13225.3%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics30% of their works
  2. 2Organic Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Physical and Theoretical Chemistry11% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy6% of their works
  6. 6Computational Theory and Mathematics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul W. Ayers's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Density Functional Theory, Dispersion Correction, Molecular Dynamics, Hydrogen Bonding, Machine Learning, Photosynthesis, Quantum Coherence and High-Throughput.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Density Functional Theory2631 topic
  2. Dispersion Correction2631 topic
  3. Molecular Dynamics2032 topics
  4. Hydrogen Bonding1772 topics
  5. Machine Learning1392 topics
  6. Photosynthesis1251 topic
  7. Quantum Coherence1251 topic
  8. High-Throughput781 topic
  9. Materials Informatics781 topic
  10. Molecular Docking611 topic
  11. Virtual Screening611 topic
  12. Antioxidant601 topic
  13. Phenolic Compounds601 topic
  14. Molecular Crystals521 topic
  15. Noncovalent Interactions521 topic
  16. Enthalpies501 topic
  17. Vaporization501 topic
  18. Molecular Electronics471 topic
  19. Self-Assembled Monolayers471 topic

Where does Paul W. Ayers work?

Paul W. Ayers's main affiliation in the publication record is McMaster University, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Paul W. Ayers have?

OpenAlex counts 523 works and 22,240 citations for Paul W. Ayers, an h-index of 77, ranking #97,554 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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