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Researcher · California Institute of Technology · United States

William A. Goddard

William A. Goddard publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, on topics such as Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

ORCID 0000-0003-0097-5716 OpenAlex
World rank
#14,728
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#5,200
of 1,627,098
Works
2,366
Citations
182k
Citations per work
77.1
h-index
188
i10-index 1,432Top 0.1% in Materials Chemistry
William A. Goddard

What does William A. Goddard research?

William A. Goddard's work is mostly in Materials Science (17%), Physics and Astronomy (10%), Engineering (10%).

Physical Sciences: 1,235 works · 52.2% of their workMaterials Science: 393 works · 16.6% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 393 works · 16.6% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 246 works · 10.4% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 246 works · 10.4% of their workEngineering: 241 works · 10.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 241 works · 10.2% of their workChemistry: 208 works · 8.8% of their workOrganic Chemistry: 208 works · 8.8% of their workEnergy: 147 works · 6.2% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 147 works · 6.2% of their workEverything else: 1,001 works · 42.3% of their workLife Sciences: 130 works · 5.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 130 works · 5.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 130 works · 5.5% of their workTHEIR WORKWilliam A.Goddard2,366works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences52%

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. Materials Science39316.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy24610.4%
    3. Engineering24110.2%
    4. Chemistry2088.8%
    5. Energy1476.2%
  2. Everything else1,00142.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1305.5%
  1. 1Materials Chemistry17% of their works
  2. 2Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics10% of their works
  3. 3Electrical and Electronic Engineering10% of their works
  4. 4Organic Chemistry9% of their works
  5. 5Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment6% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William A. Goddard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Catalysts, Electrocatalysis, Density Functional Theory, Dispersion Correction, Catalysis, Energy Conversion, Oxygen Reduction and Nanoparticles.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Catalysts3182 topics
  2. Electrocatalysis3182 topics
  3. Density Functional Theory2921 topic
  4. Dispersion Correction2921 topic
  5. Catalysis2522 topics
  6. Energy Conversion2121 topic
  7. Oxygen Reduction2121 topic
  8. Nanoparticles1371 topic
  9. Oxidation1371 topic
  10. Photosynthesis1371 topic
  11. Quantum Coherence1371 topic
  12. Molecular Electronics1321 topic
  13. Self-Assembled Monolayers1321 topic
  14. Dehydrogenation1151 topic
  15. Oxidative1151 topic
  16. Carbon Dioxide1061 topic
  17. Renewable Fuels1061 topic
  18. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes1041 topic
  19. Proton Exchange Membranes1041 topic

Where does William A. Goddard work?

William A. Goddard's main affiliation in the publication record is California Institute of Technology, United States.

How many publications and citations does William A. Goddard have?

OpenAlex counts 2,366 works and 182,336 citations for William A. Goddard, an h-index of 188, ranking #14,728 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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