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W. E. Spear

W. E. Spear publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence and Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies.

World rank
#41,196
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#3,862
of 90,785
Works
45
Citations
415
Citations per work
9.2

What does W. E. Spear research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 43.6%Materials Chemistry: 27.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10.9%Mechanics of Materials: 3.6%other fields: 14.6%44%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering43.6%Materials Chemistry27.3%Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10.9%Mechanics of Materials3.6%other fields14.6%

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

  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering44% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry27% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics11% of their works
  4. 4Mechanics of Materials4% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. E. Spear's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Solar Cells, Plasmonics, Thin-Film Transistors, Optical Properties, Efficiency, Photovoltaics, Dielectric Properties and Electrical Properties.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Cells223 topics
  2. Plasmonics111 topic
  3. Thin-Film Transistors111 topic
  4. Optical Properties102 topics
  5. Efficiency82 topics
  6. Photovoltaics82 topics
  7. Dielectric Properties72 topics
  8. Electrical Properties72 topics
  9. Nanoparticles71 topic
  10. Porous Silicon71 topic
  11. Passivation61 topic
  12. Silicon61 topic
  13. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts51 topic
  14. Schottky Barrier51 topic
  15. Atomic Layer Deposition31 topic
  16. High-k Dielectrics31 topic
  17. Non-Volatile Memory31 topic
  18. Phase Change Materials31 topic
  19. CZTS21 topic
  20. Protonic Conduction21 topic
  21. Solid Acids21 topic
  22. Thin-Film Solar Cells21 topic

Where does W. E. Spear work?

W. E. Spear's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Dundee, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does W. E. Spear have?

Science Explorer counts 45 works and 415 citations for W. E. Spear, ranking #41,196 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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