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Researcher · AIM Infrarot-Module (Germany) · Germany

Wilhelm Schirmacher

Wilhelm Schirmacher publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, on topics such as Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials, Infrared Target Detection Methodologies and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

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World rank
#2,207,509
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Germany
#108,909
of 364,343
Works
18
Citations
302
Citations per work
16.8
h-index
9
i10-index 9Top 59% in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Wilhelm Schirmacher

What does Wilhelm Schirmacher research?

Wilhelm Schirmacher's work is mostly in Engineering (65%), Physics and Astronomy (11%), Materials Science (6%).

Physical Sciences: 15 works · 85.2% of their workEngineering: 12 works · 64.8% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 works · 42.6% of their workAerospace Engineering: 4 works · 22.2% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 works · 11.1% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 works · 7.4% of their workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 works · 3.7% of their workMaterials Science: 1 works · 5.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 1 works · 5.6% of their workChemistry: 1 works · 3.7% of their workSpectroscopy: 1 works · 3.7% of their workEverything else: 3 works · 14.8% of their workTHEIR WORKWilhelmSchirmacher18works
Physical Sciences85%

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. Engineering1264.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy211.1%
    3. Materials Science15.6%
    4. Chemistry13.7%
  2. Everything else314.8%
  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering43% of their works
  2. 2Aerospace Engineering22% of their works
  3. 3Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics7% of their works
  4. 4Materials Chemistry6% of their works
  5. 5Spectroscopy4% of their works
  6. 6Condensed Matter Physics4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wilhelm Schirmacher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Infrared Detectors, Semiconductor Materials, Infrared, Small Target, Photovoltaics, Semiconductor, On-Orbit Performance and Quantum Dots.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Infrared Detectors141 topic
  2. Semiconductor Materials141 topic
  3. Infrared81 topic
  4. Small Target81 topic
  5. Photovoltaics72 topics
  6. Semiconductor72 topics
  7. On-Orbit Performance41 topic
  8. Quantum Dots41 topic
  9. Radiometric Calibration41 topic
  10. Single-Photon Source41 topic
  11. CMOS Image Sensors31 topic
  12. Efficiency31 topic
  13. High-Speed Imaging31 topic
  14. Thin-Film Solar Cells31 topic
  15. Gas Sensors21 topic
  16. Metal Oxide21 topic
  17. Spectroscopic Databases21 topic
  18. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers21 topic

Where does Wilhelm Schirmacher work?

Wilhelm Schirmacher's main affiliation in the publication record is AIM Infrarot-Module (Germany), Germany.

How many publications and citations does Wilhelm Schirmacher have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 302 citations for Wilhelm Schirmacher, an h-index of 9, ranking #2,207,509 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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