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Researcher · Stanford University · United States

W.D. Nix

W.D. Nix publishes mostly in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Microstructure and mechanical properties, Copper Interconnects and Reliability and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics.

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World rank
#1,215,887
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#389,510
of 1,627,098
Works
59
Citations
1.9k
Citations per work
32.5
h-index
20
i10-index 25Top 15% in Mechanical Engineering
W.D. Nix

What does W.D. Nix research?

W.D. Nix's work is mostly in Engineering (48%), Materials Science (28%).

Physical Sciences: 45 works · 75.7% of their workEngineering: 28 works · 48.2% of their workMechanical Engineering: 11 works · 19.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 7 works · 12.5% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 works · 9.4% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 6.9% of their workMaterials Science: 16 works · 27.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 11 works · 18.1% of their workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 works · 9.4% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 24.3% of their workTHEIR WORKW.D. Nix59works
Physical Sciences76%

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. Engineering2848.2%
    2. Materials Science1627.5%
  2. Everything else1424.3%
  1. 1Mechanical Engineering19% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry18% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials12% of their works
  4. 4Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials9% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering9% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W.D. Nix's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thin Films, Grain Refinement, Electromigration, Nanocrystalline Materials, Severe Plastic Deformation, Microstructure, Low-k Dielectrics and Microelectronics.

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 Films192 topics
  2. Grain Refinement162 topics
  3. Electromigration142 topics
  4. Nanocrystalline Materials121 topic
  5. Severe Plastic Deformation121 topic
  6. Microstructure112 topics
  7. Low-k Dielectrics101 topic
  8. Microelectronics101 topic
  9. Coatings91 topic
  10. Nanoindentation91 topic
  11. Atom Probe Tomography81 topic
  12. Three-Dimensional Analysis81 topic
  13. High-Temperature Alloys71 topic
  14. Superalloys71 topic
  15. Atomic Layer Deposition51 topic
  16. High-k Dielectrics51 topic
  17. High-Strength Steels41 topic
  18. Interfacial Reactions41 topic
  19. Lead-free Solders41 topic
  20. Martensite Transformation41 topic

Where does W.D. Nix work?

W.D. Nix's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does W.D. Nix have?

OpenAlex counts 59 works and 1,919 citations for W.D. Nix, an h-index of 20, ranking #1,215,887 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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