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W. Robert Sinclair

W. Robert Sinclair publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Semiconductor materials and devices and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,771,340
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#118,057
of 183,316
Works
47
Citations
612
Citations per work
13.0
h-index
14
i10-index 19Top 33% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
W. Robert Sinclair

What does W. Robert Sinclair research?

W. Robert Sinclair's work is mostly in Engineering (40%), Materials Science (18%), Physics and Astronomy (6%).

Physical Sciences: 30 works · 64.7% of their workEngineering: 19 works · 40.0% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 works · 25.4% of their workMechanics of Materials: 4 works · 9.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 3 works · 5.4% of their workMaterials Science: 9 works · 18.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 6 works · 12.3% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 works · 6.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 works · 6.2% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 17 works · 35.3% of their workTHEIR WORKW. RobertSinclair47works
Physical Sciences65%

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. Engineering1940.0%
    2. Materials Science918.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy36.2%
  2. Everything else1735.3%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering25% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry12% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials9% of their works
  4. 4Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works
  5. 5Surfaces, Coatings and Films6% of their works
  6. 6Biomedical Engineering5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe W. Robert Sinclair's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Nanoindentation, Thin Films, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths, Negative Ion Sources and Scanning Electron Microscopy.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy172 topics
  2. Nanoindentation121 topic
  3. Thin Films121 topic
  4. Atomic Layer Deposition71 topic
  5. High-k Dielectrics71 topic
  6. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths51 topic
  7. Negative Ion Sources51 topic
  8. Scanning Electron Microscopy51 topic
  9. Superconducting Cavities51 topic
  10. Acoustic Wave Biosensors41 topic
  11. Efficiency41 topic
  12. Gas Sensors41 topic
  13. Metal Oxide41 topic
  14. Optical Modulators41 topic
  15. Silicon Photonics41 topic
  16. Thin Film Resonators41 topic
  17. Thin-Film Solar Cells41 topic

Where does W. Robert Sinclair work?

W. Robert Sinclair's main affiliation in the publication record is Bell (Canada), Canada.

How many publications and citations does W. Robert Sinclair have?

OpenAlex counts 47 works and 612 citations for W. Robert Sinclair, an h-index of 14, ranking #3,771,340 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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