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W. B. Pearson

W. B. Pearson publishes mostly in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Mechanical Engineering and General Materials Science, on topics such as Metallurgical and Alloy Processes, Surface and Thin Film Phenomena and International Law and Human Rights.

World rank
#71,123
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#2,240
of 38,960
Works
54
Citations
289
Citations per work
5.4

What does W. B. Pearson research?

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12.7%Mechanical Engineering: 12.7%General Materials Science: 11.1%Political Science and International Relations: 6.3%other fields: 57.2%13%top field
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics12.7%Mechanical Engineering12.7%General Materials Science11.1%Political Science and International Relations6.3%other fields57.2%

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

  1. 1Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics13% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering13% of their works
  3. 3General Materials Science11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  5. 5Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. B. Pearson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thin Films, Microstructure, Phase Diagrams, Superconductivity, Alloys, Thermodynamics, Quantum Size Effects and Surface States.

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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Thin Films92 topics
  2. Microstructure72 topics
  3. Phase Diagrams72 topics
  4. Superconductivity62 topics
  5. Alloys51 topic
  6. Thermodynamics51 topic
  7. Quantum Size Effects41 topic
  8. Surface States41 topic
  9. Human Rights31 topic
  10. International Criminal Law31 topic
  11. Bioleaching21 topic
  12. Corrective Justice21 topic
  13. Heavy Fermion21 topic
  14. Intermetallic Alloys21 topic
  15. Liquid Alloys21 topic
  16. Microbial Communities21 topic
  17. Quantum Criticality21 topic
  18. Remedies21 topic
  19. Thermodynamic Properties21 topic
  20. TiAl Alloys21 topic

Where does W. B. Pearson work?

W. B. Pearson's main affiliation in the publication record is National Research Council Canada, Canada.

How many publications and citations does W. B. Pearson have?

Science Explorer counts 54 works and 289 citations for W. B. Pearson, ranking #71,123 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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