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Richard A. Vaia

Richard A. Vaia publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties, Advanced Materials and Mechanics and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements.

World rank
#42,685
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#19,728
of 358,040
Works
92
Citations
1k
Citations per work
11.1

What does Richard A. Vaia research?

Polymers and Plastics: 18.5%Materials Chemistry: 11.5%Biomedical Engineering: 10.0%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8.5%other fields: 51.5%18%top field
Polymers and Plastics18.5%Materials Chemistry11.5%Biomedical Engineering10.0%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8.5%other fields51.5%

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

  1. 1Polymers and Plastics18% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry12% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8% of their works
  5. 5Mechanical Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Biomaterials7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard A. Vaia's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Layered Silicate, Polymer, Biomedical Applications, Biomimetic, Polymer Films and Liquid Crystals.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanoparticles233 topics
  2. Nanocomposites152 topics
  3. Layered Silicate111 topic
  4. Polymer111 topic
  5. Biomedical Applications92 topics
  6. Biomimetic81 topic
  7. Polymer Films81 topic
  8. Liquid Crystals61 topic
  9. Polymer Blends61 topic
  10. Polymer Crystallization61 topic
  11. Self-Organization61 topic
  12. Gold Nanoparticles51 topic
  13. Plasmonic Nanoparticles51 topic
  14. Biodegradable Polymers41 topic
  15. Mesoporous Materials41 topic
  16. Nanocomposite Materials41 topic
  17. Polylactic Acid41 topic
  18. Nanogenerators31 topic
  19. Wearable31 topic

Where does Richard A. Vaia work?

Richard A. Vaia's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Air Force Research Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard A. Vaia have?

Science Explorer counts 92 works and 1,019 citations for Richard A. Vaia, ranking #42,685 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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