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Researcher · Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems (United States) · United States

Richard J. Black

Richard J. Black publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, Photonic and Optical Devices and Optical Network Technologies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,105,209
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#635,277
of 1,627,098
Works
134
Citations
2.7k
Citations per work
20.5
h-index
25
i10-index 43Top 11% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Richard J. Black

What does Richard J. Black research?

Richard J. Black's work is mostly in Engineering (56%), Physics and Astronomy (6%), Chemistry (4%).

Physical Sciences: 88 works · 65.4% of their workEngineering: 75 works · 55.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 59 works · 43.7% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 11 works · 8.5% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 works · 3.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 works · 6.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 works · 6.0% of their workChemistry: 5 works · 3.6% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 5 works · 3.6% of their workEverything else: 43 works · 32.4% of their workSocial Sciences: 3 works · 2.2% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 2.2% of their workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 works · 2.2% of their workTHEIR WORKRichard J. Black134works
Physical Sciences65%Social Sciences2%

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. Engineering7555.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy86.0%
    3. Chemistry53.6%
  2. Everything else4332.4%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.2%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering44% of their works
  2. 2Biomedical Engineering8% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  4. 4Civil and Structural Engineering4% of their works
  5. 5Organic Chemistry4% of their works
  6. 6General Economics, Econometrics and Finance2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Richard J. Black's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Optical Fiber, Fiber Optic Sensors, Sensor Technology, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Coherent Detection, Digital Signal Processing and Microfabrication.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Optical Fiber702 topics
  2. Fiber Optic Sensors501 topic
  3. Sensor Technology501 topic
  4. Optical Modulators331 topic
  5. Silicon Photonics331 topic
  6. Coherent Detection201 topic
  7. Digital Signal Processing201 topic
  8. Microfabrication182 topics
  9. Optical Interconnects181 topic
  10. Semiconductor Lasers181 topic
  11. Optical Frequency Combs111 topic
  12. Ultrafast Lasers111 topic
  13. Vibration-based Damage Identification111 topic
  14. Wireless Sensors111 topic
  15. High Temperature Sensors91 topic
  16. MEMS91 topic
  17. Silicon91 topic
  18. Thin Film Thermocouples91 topic

Where does Richard J. Black work?

Richard J. Black's main affiliation in the publication record is Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Richard J. Black have?

OpenAlex counts 134 works and 2,748 citations for Richard J. Black, an h-index of 25, ranking #2,105,209 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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