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Researcher · Rice University · United States

R. E. Smalley

R. E. Smalley publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Organic Chemistry, on topics such as Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Graphene research and applications and Fullerene Chemistry and Applications.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,366
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,851
of 1,627,098
Works
469
Citations
115k
Citations per work
246.3
h-index
143
i10-index 298Top 0.1% in Materials Chemistry
R. E. Smalley

What does R. E. Smalley research?

R. E. Smalley's work is mostly in Materials Science (38%), Physics and Astronomy (18%), Chemistry (15%).

Physical Sciences: 376 works · 80.2% of their workMaterials Science: 178 works · 38.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 178 works · 38.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 84 works · 18.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 84 works · 18.0% of their workChemistry: 70 works · 15.0% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 54 works · 11.6% of their workSpectroscopy: 16 works · 3.4% of their workEngineering: 43 works · 9.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 23 works · 5.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 works · 4.2% of their workEverything else: 93 works · 19.8% of their workTHEIR WORKR. E. Smalley469works
Physical Sciences80%

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. Materials Science17838.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy8418.0%
    3. Chemistry7015.0%
    4. Engineering439.2%
  2. Everything else9319.8%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry38% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18% of their works
  3. 3Organic Chemistry12% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Spectroscopy3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. E. Smalley's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon, Nanotubes, Raman Spectroscopy, Biomedical Applications, Two-Dimensional Materials, Graphene and Nanocomposites.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Carbon Nanotubes2842 topics
  2. Carbon2391 topic
  3. Nanotubes2391 topic
  4. Raman Spectroscopy1892 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications1812 topics
  6. Two-Dimensional Materials1812 topics
  7. Graphene1461 topic
  8. Nanocomposites1461 topic
  9. Endohedral Fullerenes1381 topic
  10. Fullerenes1381 topic
  11. Density Functional Theory841 topic
  12. Dispersion Correction841 topic
  13. Nanodiamonds431 topic
  14. Quantum Sensing431 topic
  15. Nanomechanical Systems401 topic
  16. Optomechanics401 topic
  17. Boron Nitride Nanotubes351 topic
  18. Superhard Materials351 topic
  19. DNA Strand Breaks321 topic
  20. Low-Energy Electrons321 topic

Where does R. E. Smalley work?

R. E. Smalley's main affiliation in the publication record is Rice University, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. E. Smalley have?

OpenAlex counts 469 works and 115,499 citations for R. E. Smalley, an h-index of 143, ranking #5,366 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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