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Researcher · Atomic Energy (Canada) · Canada

V. F. Sears

V. F. Sears publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Geophysics and Radiation, on topics such as Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research and High-pressure geophysics and materials.

OpenAlex
World rank
#399,487
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#13,908
of 183,316
Works
95
Citations
4.1k
Citations per work
43.6
h-index
34
i10-index 61Top 7.6% in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
V. F. Sears

What does V. F. Sears research?

V. F. Sears's work is mostly in Physics and Astronomy (54%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%), Materials Science (7%).

Physical Sciences: 75 works · 78.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 works · 53.9% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 35 works · 37.3% of their workRadiation: 11 works · 11.8% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 works · 4.8% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 works · 12.5% of their workGeophysics: 12 works · 12.5% of their workMaterials Science: 7 works · 7.0% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 7 works · 7.0% of their workChemistry: 5 works · 5.2% of their workSpectroscopy: 5 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 20 works · 21.4% of their workTHEIR WORKV. F. Sears95works
Physical Sciences79%

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 Astronomy5153.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1212.5%
    3. Materials Science77.0%
    4. Chemistry55.2%
  2. Everything else2021.4%
  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics37% of their works
  2. 2Geophysics12% of their works
  3. 3Radiation12% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry7% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy5% of their works
  6. 6Condensed Matter Physics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe V. F. Sears's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Tomography, Helium Nanodroplets, Quantum Turbulence, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Atomic Magnetometer, Hyperpolarized Gases, Crystal Structure Prediction and Mantle Dynamics.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Tomography622 topics
  2. Helium Nanodroplets511 topic
  3. Quantum Turbulence511 topic
  4. Magnetic Resonance Imaging442 topics
  5. Atomic Magnetometer351 topic
  6. Hyperpolarized Gases351 topic
  7. Crystal Structure Prediction331 topic
  8. Mantle Dynamics331 topic
  9. Neutron Imaging291 topic
  10. Small-Angle Scattering291 topic
  11. NMR Spectroscopy91 topic
  12. Solid-State NMR91 topic
  13. Protonic Conduction81 topic
  14. Solid Acids81 topic
  15. Fluctuation Theorems61 topic
  16. Fluoride Ion Batteries61 topic
  17. Noble Gas Compounds61 topic
  18. Stochastic Thermodynamics61 topic

Where does V. F. Sears work?

V. F. Sears's main affiliation in the publication record is Atomic Energy (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does V. F. Sears have?

OpenAlex counts 95 works and 4,140 citations for V. F. Sears, an h-index of 34, ranking #399,487 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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