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Researcher · ETH Zurich · Switzerland

Ralph Spolenak

Ralph Spolenak publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Microstructure and mechanical properties and Copper Interconnects and Reliability.

World rank
#153,988
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#3,381
of 19,404
Works
72
Citations
504
Citations per work
7.0

What does Ralph Spolenak research?

Materials Chemistry: 25.5%Mechanics of Materials: 12.7%Mechanical Engineering: 10.8%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9.8%other fields: 41.2%26%top field
Materials Chemistry25.5%Mechanics of Materials12.7%Mechanical Engineering10.8%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials9.8%other fields41.2%

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

  1. 1Materials Chemistry26% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials13% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering11% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ralph Spolenak's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thin Films, Coatings, Nanoindentation, Nanocrystalline Materials, Severe Plastic Deformation, Low-k Dielectrics, Microelectronics and 3D Printing.

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. Thin Films182 topics
  2. Coatings111 topic
  3. Nanoindentation111 topic
  4. Nanocrystalline Materials101 topic
  5. Severe Plastic Deformation101 topic
  6. Low-k Dielectrics71 topic
  7. Microelectronics71 topic
  8. 3D Printing41 topic
  9. Additive Manufacturing41 topic
  10. Atomic Force Microscopy31 topic
  11. Force Spectroscopy31 topic
  12. Ion Beam31 topic
  13. Surface Analysis31 topic
  14. Chemical Mechanical Planarization21 topic
  15. Electrocatalysis21 topic
  16. Energy Conversion21 topic
  17. Material Removal Mechanism21 topic

Where does Ralph Spolenak work?

Ralph Spolenak's main affiliation in the publication record is ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Ralph Spolenak have?

Science Explorer counts 72 works and 504 citations for Ralph Spolenak, ranking #153,988 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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