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Researcher · Institute for Molecular Manufacturing · United States

Robert A. Freitas

Robert A. Freitas publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Nanotechnology research and applications, Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks and Micro and Nano Robotics.

ORCID 0000-0003-2404-2371 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,311,068
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#416,634
of 1,627,098
Works
73
Citations
2.9k
Citations per work
39.1
h-index
25
i10-index 37Top 15% in Biomedical Engineering
Robert A. Freitas

What does Robert A. Freitas research?

Robert A. Freitas's work is mostly in Engineering (30%), Physics and Astronomy (23%), Materials Science (10%).

Physical Sciences: 46 works · 63.1% of their workEngineering: 22 works · 30.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 19 works · 25.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 works · 4.3% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 works · 23.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 works · 12.8% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 works · 5.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 works · 4.8% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 9.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 9.6% of their workEverything else: 27 works · 36.9% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert A. Freitas73works
Physical Sciences63%

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. Engineering2230.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1723.5%
    3. Materials Science79.6%
  2. Everything else2736.9%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering26% of their works
  2. 2Astronomy and Astrophysics13% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry10% of their works
  4. 4Condensed Matter Physics6% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5% of their works
  6. 6Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert A. Freitas's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanoscale Science, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Applications, Hydrodynamics, Micro/Nanomotors, Molecular Communication, Nanonetworks and Carbon.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanoscale Science181 topic
  2. Nanotechnology181 topic
  3. Biomedical Applications172 topics
  4. Hydrodynamics111 topic
  5. Micro/Nanomotors111 topic
  6. Molecular Communication111 topic
  7. Nanonetworks111 topic
  8. Carbon91 topic
  9. Nanotubes91 topic
  10. Astrobiology71 topic
  11. Extraterrestrial Life71 topic
  12. Mars71 topic
  13. Martian Surface71 topic
  14. Nanodiamonds61 topic
  15. Quantum Sensing61 topic
  16. Electrode Arrays51 topic
  17. Neural Stimulation51 topic

Where does Robert A. Freitas work?

Robert A. Freitas's main affiliation in the publication record is Institute for Molecular Manufacturing, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert A. Freitas have?

OpenAlex counts 73 works and 2,856 citations for Robert A. Freitas, an h-index of 25, ranking #1,311,068 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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