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Researcher · University of Arizona · United States

Robert W. Sprague

Robert W. Sprague publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Photonic and Optical Devices, Optical Coatings and Gratings and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

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World rank
#6,569,372
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,533,009
of 1,627,098
Works
40
Citations
266
Citations per work
6.7
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 59% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Robert W. Sprague

What does Robert W. Sprague research?

Robert W. Sprague's work is mostly in Engineering (32%), Materials Science (12%), Physics and Astronomy (8%).

Physical Sciences: 21 works · 52.6% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 32.4% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 works · 19.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 7.1% of their workComputational Mechanics: 2 works · 6.1% of their workMaterials Science: 5 works · 12.1% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 works · 8.1% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 2 works · 4.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 works · 8.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 8.1% of their workEverything else: 19 works · 47.4% of their workTHEIR WORKRobert W. Sprague40works
Physical Sciences53%

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. Engineering1332.4%
    2. Materials Science512.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy38.1%
  2. Everything else1947.4%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering19% of their works
  2. 2Surfaces, Coatings and Films8% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics6% of their works
  6. 6Polymers and Plastics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert W. Sprague's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Spectroscopy, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Antireflective Coatings, Nanostructures, Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers and Catalysis.

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. Spectroscopy92 topics
  2. Optical Modulators81 topic
  3. Silicon Photonics81 topic
  4. Antireflective Coatings71 topic
  5. Nanostructures71 topic
  6. Optical Interconnects61 topic
  7. Semiconductor Lasers61 topic
  8. Catalysis42 topics
  9. Adaptive Optics31 topic
  10. Cellulose Nanocrystals31 topic
  11. Fire-Retardant Materials31 topic
  12. Flame Retardant Polymers31 topic
  13. Nanocellulose31 topic
  14. Wavefront Sensing31 topic
  15. Dehydrogenation21 topic
  16. Functional Group Transformations21 topic
  17. Organic Synthesis21 topic
  18. Oxidative21 topic

Where does Robert W. Sprague work?

Robert W. Sprague's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Arizona, United States.

How many publications and citations does Robert W. Sprague have?

OpenAlex counts 40 works and 266 citations for Robert W. Sprague, an h-index of 9, ranking #6,569,372 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality 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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