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Researcher · University of California, Santa Barbara · United States

Shuji Nakamura

Shuji Nakamura publishes mostly in Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices and Ga2O3 and related materials.

ORCID 0000-0001-6334-2428 OpenAlex
World rank
#96,581
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#37,048
of 1,627,098
Works
1,058
Citations
74k
Citations per work
69.8
h-index
120
i10-index 630Top 0.1% in Condensed Matter Physics
Shuji Nakamura

What does Shuji Nakamura research?

Shuji Nakamura's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (50%), Engineering (22%), Materials Science (18%).

Physical Sciences: 943 works · 89.1% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 525 works · 49.6% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 326 works · 30.8% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 199 works · 18.8% of their workEngineering: 233 works · 22.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 159 works · 15.0% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 74 works · 7.0% of their workMaterials Science: 185 works · 17.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 98 works · 9.3% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 87 works · 8.2% of their workEverything else: 115 works · 10.9% of their workTHEIR WORKShuji Nakamura1,058works
Physical Sciences89%

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 Astronomy52549.6%
    2. Engineering23322.0%
    3. Materials Science18517.5%
  2. Everything else11510.9%
  1. 1Condensed Matter Physics31% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics19% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering15% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Shuji Nakamura's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanowires, Band Parameters, Semiconductors, GaN, III-Nitrides, Light-Emitting Diodes, Semiconductor and Quantum Dots.

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 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanowires1,7003 topics
  2. Band Parameters1,4642 topics
  3. Semiconductors1,1742 topics
  4. GaN1,0212 topics
  5. III-Nitrides9381 topic
  6. Light-Emitting Diodes9381 topic
  7. Semiconductor7642 topics
  8. Quantum Dots5261 topic
  9. Single-Photon Source5261 topic
  10. Photodetectors4742 topics
  11. Thin Films4112 topics
  12. Gallium Oxide2381 topic
  13. Ultrawide Bandgap2381 topic
  14. Nanostructures2361 topic
  15. Zinc Oxide2361 topic
  16. Atomic Layer Deposition1821 topic
  17. High-k Dielectrics1821 topic
  18. Coatings1731 topic
  19. Nanoindentation1731 topic
  20. Optical Interconnects1121 topic
  21. Semiconductor Lasers1121 topic
  22. Electron Sources831 topic
  23. Photocathodes831 topic

Where does Shuji Nakamura work?

Shuji Nakamura's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

How many publications and citations does Shuji Nakamura have?

OpenAlex counts 1,058 works and 73,892 citations for Shuji Nakamura, an h-index of 120, ranking #96,581 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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