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Researcher · Deutsche Bundespost · Germany

Walter Heitmann

Walter Heitmann publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ceramics and Composites and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, on topics such as Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, Photonic and Optical Devices and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

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World rank
#3,584,697
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#179,310
of 364,343
Works
28
Citations
674
Citations per work
24.1
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 59% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Walter Heitmann

What does Walter Heitmann research?

Walter Heitmann's work is mostly in Engineering (60%), Materials Science (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (4%).

Physical Sciences: 21 works · 76.6% of their workEngineering: 17 works · 59.7% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 works · 55.8% of their workComputational Mechanics: 1 works · 3.9% of their workMaterials Science: 5 works · 16.9% of their workCeramics and Composites: 2 works · 6.5% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 5.2% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 works · 5.2% of their workEverything else: 5 works · 19.5% of their workLife Sciences: 1 works · 3.9% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 works · 3.9% of their workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter Heitmann28works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences77%

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. Engineering1759.7%
    2. Materials Science516.9%
  2. Everything else519.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.9%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering56% of their works
  2. 2Ceramics and Composites6% of their works
  3. 3Surfaces, Coatings and Films5% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry5% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  6. 6Animal Science and Zoology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Heitmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Fiber Optic Sensors, Optical Fiber, Fiber Lasers, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Interconnects, Optical Modulators, Semiconductor Lasers and Silicon Photonics.

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. Fiber Optic Sensors121 topic
  2. Optical Fiber121 topic
  3. Fiber Lasers112 topics
  4. Nonlinear Optics61 topic
  5. Optical Interconnects61 topic
  6. Optical Modulators61 topic
  7. Semiconductor Lasers61 topic
  8. Silicon Photonics61 topic
  9. Supercontinuum Generation61 topic
  10. Glass Science51 topic
  11. Structural Analysis51 topic
  12. Antireflective Coatings41 topic
  13. Atomic Layer Deposition41 topic
  14. High-k Dielectrics41 topic
  15. Nanostructures41 topic
  16. Femtosecond Laser31 topic
  17. Micromachining31 topic

Where does Walter Heitmann work?

Walter Heitmann's main affiliation in the publication record is Deutsche Bundespost, Germany.

How many publications and citations does Walter Heitmann have?

OpenAlex counts 28 works and 674 citations for Walter Heitmann, an h-index of 9, ranking #3,584,697 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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