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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
#7,138
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#3,457
of 358,040
Works
250
Citations
3k
Citations per work
12.0

What does Shuji Nakamura research?

Condensed Matter Physics: 30.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18.7%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 13.5%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8.3%other fields: 28.8%31%top field
Condensed Matter Physics30.7%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics18.7%Electrical and Electronic Engineering13.5%Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8.3%other fields28.8%

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

  1. 1Condensed Matter Physics31% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics19% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering14% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials8% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry8% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering8% 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.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanowires1923 topics
  2. Band Parameters1672 topics
  3. Semiconductors1322 topics
  4. GaN1202 topics
  5. III-Nitrides1071 topic
  6. Light-Emitting Diodes1071 topic
  7. Semiconductor872 topics
  8. Quantum Dots601 topic
  9. Single-Photon Source601 topic
  10. Photodetectors522 topics
  11. Thin Films452 topics
  12. Gallium Oxide271 topic
  13. Ultrawide Bandgap271 topic
  14. Nanostructures251 topic
  15. Zinc Oxide251 topic
  16. Coatings181 topic
  17. Nanoindentation181 topic
  18. Optical Interconnects181 topic
  19. Semiconductor Lasers181 topic
  20. Atomic Layer Deposition171 topic
  21. High-k Dielectrics171 topic
  22. Electron Sources131 topic
  23. Photocathodes131 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?

Science Explorer counts 250 works and 3,012 citations for Shuji Nakamura, ranking #7,138 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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