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Researcher · Worcester Polytechnic Institute · United States

Richard S. Quimby

Richard S. Quimby publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ceramics and Composites and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Glass properties and applications, Solid State Laser Technologies and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials.

OpenAlex
World rank
#809,319
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#269,774
of 1,627,098
Works
110
Citations
2.9k
Citations per work
25.9
h-index
27
i10-index 48Top 9.5% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Richard S. Quimby

What does Richard S. Quimby research?

Richard S. Quimby's work is mostly in Engineering (44%), Materials Science (30%), Physics and Astronomy (12%).

Physical Sciences: 96 works · 87.2% of their workEngineering: 49 works · 44.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 works · 32.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 7 works · 6.3% of their workMechanics of Materials: 6 works · 5.9% of their workMaterials Science: 34 works · 30.5% of their workCeramics and Composites: 19 works · 17.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 14 works · 12.9% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 works · 12.5% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 works · 12.5% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 12.8% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard S. Quimby110works
Physical Sciences87%

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. Engineering4944.2%
    2. Materials Science3430.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1412.5%
  2. Everything else1412.8%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering32% of their works
  2. 2Ceramics and Composites18% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry13% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Mechanics of Materials6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard S. Quimby's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fiber Lasers, Crystal Growth, Glass Science, Structural Analysis, Solid-State Lasers, Ytterbium, Gas Sensing and Luminescent Materials.

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. Fiber Lasers632 topics
  2. Crystal Growth482 topics
  3. Glass Science451 topic
  4. Structural Analysis451 topic
  5. Solid-State Lasers351 topic
  6. Ytterbium351 topic
  7. Gas Sensing262 topics
  8. Luminescent Materials241 topic
  9. Upconversion Nanoparticles241 topic
  10. Nonlinear Optics181 topic
  11. Supercontinuum Generation181 topic
  12. Infrared Thermography141 topic
  13. Non-Destructive Testing141 topic
  14. Laser Cooling131 topic
  15. Optical Refrigeration131 topic
  16. Photoacoustic Imaging131 topic
  17. Tomography131 topic
  18. Spectroscopic Databases81 topic
  19. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers81 topic

Where does Richard S. Quimby work?

Richard S. Quimby's main affiliation in the publication record is Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard S. Quimby have?

OpenAlex counts 110 works and 2,850 citations for Richard S. Quimby, an h-index of 27, ranking #809,319 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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