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Researcher · United States Air Force Research Laboratory · United States

Robert L. Nelson

Robert L. Nelson publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, on topics such as Photonic and Optical Devices, Photonic Crystals and Applications and Nonlinear Optical Materials Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#542,874
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#176,372
of 358,040
Works
32
Citations
75
Citations per work
2.3

What does Robert L. Nelson research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 35.1%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13.5%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10.8%Molecular Biology: 10.8%other fields: 29.8%35%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering35.1%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics13.5%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials10.8%Molecular Biology10.8%other fields29.8%

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

  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering35% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics14% of their works
  3. 3Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials11% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology11% of their works
  5. 5Aerospace Engineering8% of their works
  6. 6Surfaces, Coatings and Films5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert L. Nelson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Biosensors, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Photonic Crystals, Nanocavities, Slow Light, Computational Chemistry and Nonlinear Optical Materials.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors92 topics
  2. Optical Modulators71 topic
  3. Silicon Photonics71 topic
  4. Photonic Crystals62 topics
  5. Nanocavities41 topic
  6. Slow Light41 topic
  7. Computational Chemistry31 topic
  8. Nonlinear Optical Materials31 topic
  9. Antireflective Coatings21 topic
  10. DNA nanotechnology21 topic
  11. Elemental Sulfur21 topic
  12. Microwave Photonics21 topic
  13. Nanostructures21 topic
  14. Photonic Signal Processing21 topic
  15. Polyimides21 topic
  16. Self-Assembly21 topic
  17. DNA Structure11 topic
  18. G-Quadruplexes11 topic

Where does Robert L. Nelson work?

Robert L. Nelson's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Air Force Research Laboratory, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert L. Nelson have?

Science Explorer counts 32 works and 75 citations for Robert L. Nelson, ranking #542,874 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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