Alan Wright

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Alan Wright is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Wright has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 21 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alan Wright's work include GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (17 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (12 papers). Alan Wright is often cited by papers focused on GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (17 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (13 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (12 papers). Alan Wright collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Alan Wright's co-authors include James Nelson, M. I. Baskes, J. Stuart Nelson, Lawrence J. Whalley, John M. Starr, Ian J. Deary, Caroline Hayward, Ulrike Großner, Sarah E. Harris and C. Y. Fong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Alan Wright

67 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Elastic properties of zinc-blende and wurtzite AlN, GaN, and InN

1997 863 citations Alan Wright Journal of Applied Physics profile →
Semiempirical modified embedded-atom potentials for silicon and germanium

1989 383 citations Alan Wright et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Wright United States	30	1.3k	1.2k	846	739	603	71	3.8k
John C. H. Spence United States	39	625 0.5×	2.3k 1.9×	1.0k 1.2×	924 1.3×	132 0.2×	196	5.3k
Uwe Hartmann Germany	44	731 0.6×	940 0.8×	2.1k 2.5×	727 1.0×	298 0.5×	360	6.7k
J. A. Barnard United States	29	295 0.2×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	588 0.8×	984 1.6×	191	3.3k
David W. Snyder United States	37	230 0.2×	1.9k 1.6×	400 0.5×	1.3k 1.8×	171 0.3×	147	4.5k
Shangcong Cheng United States	23	274 0.2×	1.0k 0.9×	215 0.3×	390 0.5×	470 0.8×	80	2.7k
Ti Wang China	37	452 0.4×	2.4k 2.1×	390 0.5×	2.8k 3.8×	99 0.2×	189	4.7k
Masafumi Shirai Japan	43	1.0k 0.8×	2.9k 2.4×	2.4k 2.8×	729 1.0×	141 0.2×	276	6.6k
H. Fujii Japan	42	2.4k 1.9×	3.5k 2.9×	610 0.7×	350 0.5×	253 0.4×	332	7.6k
Nobuaki Tanabe Japan	20	691 0.5×	661 0.6×	115 0.1×	243 0.3×	217 0.4×	46	2.2k
Hitoshi Suzuki Japan	25	305 0.2×	785 0.7×	494 0.6×	963 1.3×	81 0.1×	228	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Alan Wright

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Wright

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kime, Nicky, Alan Wright, Anne Heaven, et al.. (2022). Implementing personalised care planning for older people with frailty: a process evaluation of the PROSPER feasibility trial. BMC Geriatrics. 22(1). 760–760. 7 indexed citations

Crocker, Thomas F, Alan Wright, Louisa-Jane Burton, et al.. (2018). An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term (LoTS2Care): study protocol for the process evaluation of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial. Trials. 19(1). 368–368. 2 indexed citations

Mitry, Danny, Brian W. Fleck, Alan Wright, Harry Campbell, & David G. Charteris. (2010). PATHOGENESIS OF RHEGMATOGENOUS RETINAL DETACHMENT. Retina. 30(10). 1561–1572. 68 indexed citations

Harris, Sarah E., Helen Fox, Alan Wright, et al.. (2007). A genetic association analysis of cognitive ability and cognitive ageing using 325 markers for 109 genes associated with oxidative stress or cognition. BMC Genetics. 8(1). 43–43. 64 indexed citations

Harris, Sarah E., Helen Fox, Alan Wright, et al.. (2006). The brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism is associated with age-related change in reasoning skills. Molecular Psychiatry. 11(5). 505–513. 135 indexed citations

Lippert, Ross A., Normand A. Modine, & Alan Wright. (2006). The optimized effective potential with finite temperature. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 18(17). 4295–4304. 7 indexed citations

Harris, Sarah E., Alan Wright, Caroline Hayward, et al.. (2005). The functional COMT polymorphism, Val158Met, is associated with logical memory and the personality trait intellect/imagination in a cohort of healthy 79 year olds. Neuroscience Letters. 385(1). 1–6. 72 indexed citations

Deary, Ian J., Sarah E. Harris, Helen Fox, et al.. (2005). KLOTHO genotype and cognitive ability in childhood and old age in the same individuals. Neuroscience Letters. 378(1). 22–27. 72 indexed citations

Deary, Ian J., Martha C. Whiteman, Alison Pattie, et al.. (2004). Apolipoprotein E Gene Variability and Cognitive Functions at Age 79: A Follow-Up of the Scottish Mental Survey of 1932.. Psychology and Aging. 19(2). 367–371. 62 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan. (2003). Preparing MCOs to manage chronic kidney disease.. PubMed. Spec No. 13–6; discussion 17. 1 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan. (2003). The epidemiology of the atopic child. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 113(1). S2–S7. 30 indexed citations

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Deary, Ian J., Martha C. Whiteman, Alison Pattie, et al.. (2002). Cognitive change and the APOE ɛ4 allele. Nature. 418(6901). 932–932. 241 indexed citations

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Mykytyn, Kirk, Terry A. Braun, Rivka Carmi, et al.. (2001). Identification of the gene that, when mutated, causes the human obesity syndrome BBS4. Nature Genetics. 28(2). 188–191. 200 indexed citations

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Myers, S. M., et al.. (2000). Diffusion, Uptake and Release of Hydrogen in p-type Gallium Nitride: Theory and Experiment. Journal of Applied Physics. 1 indexed citations

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Jones, E. D., Normand A. Modine, Andrew A. Allerman, et al.. (1999). <title>Optical properties of InGaAsN: a new 1-eV bandgap material system</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3621. 52–63. 29 indexed citations

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Riise, Ruth, Sten Andréasson, Alan Wright, & Kristina Törnqvist. (1996). Ocular findings in the Laurence‐Moon‐Bardet‐Biedl syndrome. Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica. 74(6). 612–617. 26 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan & Jeffrey S. Nelson. (1995). <title>First-principles calculations for AlN, GaN, and InN: bulk and alloy properties</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2399. 498–514. 4 indexed citations

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Holloway, Susan, Moira Mennie, Brian G. Smith, et al.. (1994). Predictive testing for Huntington disease: social characteristics and knowledge of applicants, attitudes to the test procedure and decisions made after testing. Clinical Genetics. 46(2). 175–180. 17 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan & D. C. Chrzan. (1993). Large zero-point fluctuations of the K(110) surface. Physical Review Letters. 70(13). 1964–1967. 10 indexed citations

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Wright, Alan. (1975). Primary medical care in France.. PubMed. 25(158). 664–9. 3 indexed citations

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