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Researcher · Core Competence · United States

R. N. Thurston

R. N. Thurston publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation.

OpenAlex
World rank
#557,983
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#192,615
of 1,627,098
Works
98
Citations
5.2k
Citations per work
52.7
h-index
33
i10-index 50Top 5.7% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
R. N. Thurston

What does R. N. Thurston research?

R. N. Thurston's work is mostly in Engineering (38%), Physics and Astronomy (17%), Materials Science (8%).

Physical Sciences: 67 works · 68.1% of their workEngineering: 37 works · 38.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 works · 19.1% of their workMechanics of Materials: 13 works · 13.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 6.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 works · 17.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 works · 17.2% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 7.5% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 works · 7.5% of their workComputer Science: 5 works · 5.2% of their workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 31 works · 31.9% of their workTHEIR WORKR. N. Thurston98works
Physical Sciences68%

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. Engineering3738.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1717.2%
    3. Materials Science77.5%
    4. Computer Science55.2%
  2. Everything else3131.9%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering19% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics17% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials13% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Computer Networks and Communications5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe R. N. Thurston's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Colloidal Crystals, Liquid Crystals, Self-Organization, Optical Frequency Combs, Ultrafast Lasers, Guided Lamb Waves, Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring and Optical Modulators.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Colloidal Crystals292 topics
  2. Liquid Crystals191 topic
  3. Self-Organization191 topic
  4. Optical Frequency Combs171 topic
  5. Ultrafast Lasers171 topic
  6. Guided Lamb Waves161 topic
  7. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring161 topic
  8. Optical Modulators121 topic
  9. Silicon Photonics121 topic
  10. Chimera States101 topic
  11. Nanocavities101 topic
  12. Photonic Crystals101 topic
  13. Synchronization101 topic
  14. Acoustic Wave Biosensors81 topic
  15. Optical Interconnects81 topic
  16. Semiconductor Lasers81 topic
  17. Thin Film Resonators81 topic

Where does R. N. Thurston work?

R. N. Thurston's main affiliation in the publication record is Core Competence, United States.

How many publications and citations does R. N. Thurston have?

OpenAlex counts 98 works and 5,165 citations for R. N. Thurston, an h-index of 33, ranking #557,983 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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