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R. J. Needs

R. J. Needs publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Geophysics, on topics such as Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, High-pressure geophysics and materials and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena.

World rank
#4,624
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#395
of 90,785
Works
84
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
15.8

What does R. J. Needs research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33.8%Materials Chemistry: 17.6%Geophysics: 9.5%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 6.8%other fields: 32.3%34%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics33.8%Materials Chemistry17.6%Geophysics9.5%Electrical and Electronic Engineering6.8%other fields32.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics34% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry18% of their works
  3. 3Geophysics10% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Condensed Matter Physics5% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. J. Needs's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Superconductivity, Density Functional Theory, Dispersion Correction, Crystal Structure Prediction, Mantle Dynamics, Two-Dimensional Materials, Quantum Size Effects and Thin Films.

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. Superconductivity122 topics
  2. Density Functional Theory101 topic
  3. Dispersion Correction101 topic
  4. Crystal Structure Prediction71 topic
  5. Mantle Dynamics71 topic
  6. Two-Dimensional Materials62 topics
  7. Quantum Size Effects51 topic
  8. Thin Films51 topic
  9. Boron Nitride Nanotubes41 topic
  10. Superhard Materials41 topic
  11. Semiconductor Quantum Dots31 topic
  12. Spintronics31 topic
  13. Carbon Nanotubes21 topic
  14. Graphene21 topic
  15. Nanoparticles21 topic
  16. Porous Silicon21 topic
  17. Reliability21 topic
  18. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors21 topic

Where does R. J. Needs work?

R. J. Needs's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does R. J. Needs have?

Science Explorer counts 84 works and 1,327 citations for R. J. Needs, ranking #4,624 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite 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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