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Robert Butera

Robert Butera publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Semiconductor materials and devices, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena and Quantum and electron transport phenomena.

ORCID 0000-0003-2063-2446 OpenAlex
World rank
#5,778,508
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,429,761
of 1,627,098
Works
67
Citations
413
Citations per work
6.2
h-index
12
i10-index 14Top 48% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Robert Butera

What does Robert Butera research?

Robert Butera's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (44%), Engineering (29%), Materials Science (16%).

Physical Sciences: 60 works · 89.7% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 works · 43.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 works · 39.2% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 works · 4.6% of their workEngineering: 20 works · 29.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 works · 22.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 4.6% of their workComputational Mechanics: 2 works · 2.6% of their workMaterials Science: 11 works · 16.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 11 works · 16.5% of their workEverything else: 7 works · 10.3% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert Butera67works
Physical Sciences90%

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. Physics and Astronomy2943.8%
    2. Engineering2029.4%
    3. Materials Science1116.5%
  2. Everything else710.3%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics39% of their works
  2. 2Electrical and Electronic Engineering22% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry16% of their works
  4. 4Condensed Matter Physics5% of their works
  5. 5Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  6. 6Computational Mechanics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert Butera's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Atomic Layer Deposition, Electronic Structure, High-k Dielectrics, Spintronics, Superconductivity, Quantum Size Effects, Thin Films and Electron Spin.

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. Atomic Layer Deposition221 topic
  2. Electronic Structure222 topics
  3. High-k Dielectrics221 topic
  4. Spintronics222 topics
  5. Superconductivity222 topics
  6. Quantum Size Effects161 topic
  7. Thin Films161 topic
  8. Electron Spin151 topic
  9. Semiconductor Quantum Dots151 topic
  10. Superconductors91 topic
  11. Topological Insulators91 topic
  12. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts81 topic
  13. Schottky Barrier81 topic
  14. Atomic Force Microscopy71 topic
  15. Force Spectroscopy71 topic
  16. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions71 topic
  17. Skyrmions71 topic
  18. Oxide Interfaces61 topic
  19. Two-Dimensional Electron Gases61 topic

Where does Robert Butera work?

Robert Butera's main affiliation in the publication record is Physical Sciences (United States), United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert Butera have?

OpenAlex counts 67 works and 413 citations for Robert Butera, an h-index of 12, ranking #5,778,508 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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