Applied Physics Letters 5.3M citations
134.6k papers · indexed · active since 1962
Impact in GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Semiconductor materials and interfaces Magnetic properties of thin films Papers in i Semiconductor materials and interfaces 11.5k Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices 10.8k Magnetic properties of thin films 7.2k Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics 3.9k GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials 7.8k show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Applied Physics Letters
Comparison fields: 5 of 238 Condensed Matter Physics 462.6k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1.2M Materials Chemistry 1.3M Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 534k Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1.7M Biomedical Engineering 562.1k Surfaces, Coatings and Films 73k Acoustics and Ultrasonics 12k Structural Biology 18.2k Ceramics and Composites 38.3k Computational Mechanics 142k Polymers and Plastics 66.4k Mechanics of Materials 112.3k Nuclear Energy and Engineering 1.2k Radiation 42.5k Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 77.2k Bioengineering 9k Mechanical Engineering 141.4k Biophysics 22.6k Spectroscopy 45.2k Astronomy and Astrophysics 54.2k General Materials Science 6.5k Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 25.5k Nuclear and High Energy Physics 31.6k Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 18.9k Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 35.6k Biomaterials 19.5k Aerospace Engineering 36.3k Instrumentation 3.5k Electrochemistry 4.4k Geophysics 15.8k Civil and Structural Engineering 26.1k Inorganic Chemistry 15.8k Organic Chemistry 30.4k Artificial Intelligence 31.6k Catalysis 4.1k Control and Systems Engineering 18.8k Metals and Alloys 1.8k Media Technology 5.7k Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 4.7k Atmospheric Science 5.9k Automotive Engineering 3.8k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 8.4k Computer Networks and Communications 8k Molecular Medicine 2.3k Water Science and Technology 5.6k Molecular Biology 16.9k Cell Biology 3.6k Ocean Engineering 3.5k Mathematical Physics 2.7k Analytical Chemistry 2.5k Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3.5k Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1.8k Hardware and Architecture 1.7k Environmental Engineering 2.4k Computational Theory and Mathematics 3.2k Applied Mathematics 2.8k Modeling and Simulation 817 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 411 Process Chemistry and Technology 253 Pharmaceutical Science 1k Geochemistry and Petrology 859 Biotechnology 911 Numerical Analysis 558 Pulmonary and 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About Applied Physics Letters The 134.6k papers published in Applied Physics Letters in the last decades have received a total of 5.3M indexed citations . Papers published in Applied Physics Letters usually cover Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (43.5k papers), Condensed Matter Physics (11.8k papers), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (48.3k papers), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (12k papers) and Materials Chemistry (28.7k papers) specifically the topics of Semiconductor materials and interfaces (11.5k papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (10.8k papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (8.5k papers), GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (7.8k papers), Magnetic properties of thin films (7.2k papers), Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (5.9k papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (4.6k papers) and Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics (3.9k papers). The most active scholars publishing in Applied Physics Letters are Ching Wan Tang , Leigh Canham , Stephen R. Forrest , Shuji Nakamura , Steven P. DenBaars , S. J. Pearton , Chris G. Van de Walle , James S. Speck , Yasuhiko Arakawa and W. C. Ellis .
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