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Researcher · Stanford University · United States

William D. Nix

William D. Nix publishes mostly in Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, on topics such as Microstructure and mechanical properties, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics and Copper Interconnects and Reliability.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,758
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,755
of 358,040
Works
77
Citations
2k
Citations per work
25.9

What does William D. Nix research?

Materials Chemistry: 20.0%Mechanics of Materials: 17.3%Mechanical Engineering: 17.3%Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 13.6%other fields: 31.8%20%top field
Materials Chemistry20.0%Mechanics of Materials17.3%Mechanical Engineering17.3%Electrical and Electronic Engineering13.6%other fields31.8%

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

  1. 1Materials Chemistry20% of their works
  2. 2Mechanics of Materials17% of their works
  3. 3Mechanical Engineering17% of their works
  4. 4Electrical and Electronic Engineering14% of their works
  5. 5Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials11% of their works
  6. 6Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William D. Nix's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Thin Films, Mechanical Properties, Nanocrystalline Materials, Severe Plastic Deformation, Coatings, Nanoindentation, Low-k Dielectrics and Microelectronics.

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. Thin Films262 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties182 topics
  3. Nanocrystalline Materials151 topic
  4. Severe Plastic Deformation151 topic
  5. Coatings141 topic
  6. Nanoindentation141 topic
  7. Low-k Dielectrics121 topic
  8. Microelectronics121 topic
  9. Microstructure112 topics
  10. Atomic Layer Deposition81 topic
  11. High-k Dielectrics81 topic
  12. High-Temperature Alloys71 topic
  13. Superalloys71 topic
  14. Metal Matrix Composites41 topic
  15. Nanodiamonds41 topic
  16. Quantum Sensing41 topic
  17. Reinforcement41 topic
  18. Ceramic Materials31 topic
  19. Sintering31 topic

Where does William D. Nix work?

William D. Nix's main affiliation in the publication record is Stanford University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William D. Nix have?

Science Explorer counts 77 works and 1,991 citations for William D. Nix, ranking #3,758 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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