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Researcher · Nortel (Canada) · Canada

R. K. Kwan

R. K. Kwan publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Satellite Communication Systems, Wireless Communication Networks Research and Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,409,272
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#79,072
of 183,316
Works
26
Citations
44
Citations per work
1.7
h-index
4
i10-index 1Top 71% in Aerospace Engineering
R. K. Kwan

What does R. K. Kwan research?

R. K. Kwan's work is mostly in Engineering (48%), Computer Science (29%), Physics and Astronomy (9%).

Physical Sciences: 22 works · 86.1% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 48.2% of their workAerospace Engineering: 8 works · 31.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 works · 13.8% of their workMedia Technology: 1 works · 3.4% of their workComputer Science: 8 works · 29.3% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 works · 25.9% of their workSignal Processing: 1 works · 3.4% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 works · 8.6% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 works · 8.6% of their workEverything else: 4 works · 13.9% of their workTHEIR WORKR. K. Kwan26works
Physical Sciences86%

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. Engineering1348.2%
    2. Computer Science829.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy28.6%
  2. Everything else413.9%
  1. 1Aerospace Engineering31% of their works
  2. 2Computer Networks and Communications26% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering14% of their works
  4. 4Astronomy and Astrophysics9% of their works
  5. 5Media Technology3% of their works
  6. 6Signal Processing3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. K. Kwan's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: LEO Satellite Constellation, Satellite Communications, Power Control, Wireless Networks, Fault Tolerance, MIMO-OFDM, Space Policy and Space Tourism.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. LEO Satellite Constellation151 topic
  2. Satellite Communications151 topic
  3. Power Control81 topic
  4. Wireless Networks81 topic
  5. Fault Tolerance52 topics
  6. MIMO-OFDM51 topic
  7. Space Policy51 topic
  8. Space Tourism51 topic
  9. Space-Time Coding51 topic
  10. Mobile Agents31 topic
  11. Network Management31 topic
  12. Economic Development21 topic
  13. Interconnection Networks21 topic
  14. Networks on Chip21 topic
  15. Telecommunications21 topic
  16. Deuterium11 topic
  17. Drug Discovery11 topic

Where does R. K. Kwan work?

R. K. Kwan's main affiliation in the publication record is Nortel (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does R. K. Kwan have?

OpenAlex counts 26 works and 44 citations for R. K. Kwan, an h-index of 4, ranking #2,409,272 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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