K. Saarinen

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
178 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

K. Saarinen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Saarinen has authored 178 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 122 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 62 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in K. Saarinen's work include Muon and positron interactions and applications (118 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (107 papers) and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (46 papers). K. Saarinen is often cited by papers focused on Muon and positron interactions and applications (118 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (107 papers) and GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials (46 papers). K. Saarinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, France and Sweden. K. Saarinen's co-authors include P. Hautojärvi, Filip Tuomisto, C. Corbel, D. C. Look, V. Ranki, T. Suski, J. Nissilä, I. Grzegory, J. Oila and M. J. Puska and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

K. Saarinen

171 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Observation of Native Ga Vacancies in GaN by Positron Ann... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Observation of Native Ga Vacancies in GaN by Positron Annihilation
    1997 417 citations K. Saarinen, T. Laine et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. Saarinen Finland 39 3.3k 3.0k 2.6k 2.0k 1.7k 178 5.8k
Filip Tuomisto Finland 37 2.4k 0.7× 3.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 1.8k 1.1× 233 5.1k
B. Pécz Hungary 37 2.2k 0.7× 2.7k 0.9× 571 0.2× 971 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 277 4.5k
M. Holtz United States 37 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 582 0.2× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 174 4.4k
P. Ruterana France 34 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.5× 2.4k 1.2× 983 0.6× 291 4.4k
Manfred Reiche Germany 28 2.1k 0.6× 2.1k 0.7× 474 0.2× 1.5k 0.8× 852 0.5× 179 4.3k
S. M. Bedair United States 37 2.9k 0.9× 2.5k 0.8× 716 0.3× 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 253 5.5k
Menno J. Kappers United Kingdom 46 2.5k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 1.8k 0.7× 5.5k 2.7× 2.2k 1.3× 311 7.0k
H. P. Strunk Germany 37 2.8k 0.8× 2.2k 0.8× 676 0.3× 699 0.3× 474 0.3× 232 4.6k
P. Vennéguès France 38 1.5k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 3.3k 1.6× 1.9k 1.2× 172 4.4k
N. A. El-Masry United States 32 1.7k 0.5× 2.4k 0.8× 578 0.2× 2.1k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 151 4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. Saarinen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Makkonen, Ilja, et al.. (2005). Vacancy-Impurity Complexes in Highly Sb-Doped Si Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Physical Review Letters. 94(16). 165501–165501. 33 indexed citations
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Tuomisto, Filip, K. Saarinen, D. C. Look, & G. C. Farlow. (2005). Introduction and recovery of point defects in electron-irradiated ZnO. Physical Review B. 72(8). 279 indexed citations
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Ranki, V. & K. Saarinen. (2004). Formation of Thermal Vacancies in Highly As and P Doped Si. Physical Review Letters. 93(25). 255502–255502. 43 indexed citations
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Nissilä, J., et al.. (2004). Performance analysis of a digital positron lifetime spectrometer. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 538(1-3). 778–789. 41 indexed citations
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Tuomisto, Filip, et al.. (2004). Ga Sublattice Defects in (Ga,Mn)As: Thermodynamical and Kinetic Trends. Physical Review Letters. 93(5). 55505–55505. 26 indexed citations
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Tuomisto, Filip, V. Ranki, K. Saarinen, & D. C. Look. (2003). Evidence of the Zn Vacancy Acting as the Dominant Acceptor inn-Type ZnO. Physical Review Letters. 91(20). 205502–205502. 413 indexed citations
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Dekker, James, K. Saarinen, Halldór Ólafsson, & E.Ö. Sveinbjörnsson. (2003). Positron Annihilation Studies of Defects at the SiO<sub>2</sub>/SiC Interface. Materials science forum. 433-436. 543–546. 2 indexed citations
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Saarinen, K. & V. Ranki. (2003). Identification of vacancy complexes in Si by positron annihilation. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 15(39). S2791–S2801. 4 indexed citations
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Ranki, V., K. Saarinen, Jacob Fage-Pedersen, J. Lundsgaard Hansen, & A. Nylandsted Larsen. (2003). Electrical deactivation by vacancy-impurity complexes in highly As-doped Si. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 67(4). 29 indexed citations
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Sihto, S.‐L., J. Slotte, K. Saarinen, et al.. (2003). Vacancy-phosphorus complexes in strainedSi1−xGex:Structure and stability. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 68(11). 37 indexed citations
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Ranki, V., J. Nissilä, & K. Saarinen. (2002). Formation of Vacancy-Impurity Complexes by Kinetic Processes in Highly As-Doped Si. Physical Review Letters. 88(10). 105506–105506. 46 indexed citations
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Fang, Z.-Q., D. C. Look, S. Kuisma, K. Saarinen, & P. Hautojärvi. (2002). Point defects in undoped semi-insulating GaAs: correlation between thermally stimulated current and positron annihilation spectroscopies. 83 87. 149–154.
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Dekker, James, et al.. (2002). Characterization of superlattices using positron annihilation. Applied Surface Science. 194(1-4). 97–100. 4 indexed citations
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Barthe, M.F., L. Henry, C. Corbel, et al.. (2000). Positron annihilation at proton-induced defects in6H−SiC/SiCand6H−SiC/SiO2/Sistructures. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 62(24). 16638–16644. 15 indexed citations
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Saarinen, K., J. Nissilä, H. Kauppinen, et al.. (1999). Identification of Vacancy-Impurity Complexes in Highlyn-Type Si. Physical Review Letters. 82(9). 1883–1886. 69 indexed citations
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Raühala, E., T. Ahlgren, Jouni Räisänen, et al.. (1998). Defect formation and annealing behavior of InP implanted by low-energy N15 ions. Journal of Applied Physics. 83(2). 738–746. 9 indexed citations
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Saarinen, K., H. Kauppinen, T. Laine, & P. Hautojärvi. (1997). Identification of vacancies by the core electron momentum distribution: application to InP based compound semiconductors. Applied Surface Science. 116. 273–277. 2 indexed citations
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Kauppinen, H., C. Corbel, Kerstin Skog, et al.. (1997). Divacancy and resistivity profiles in n-type Si implanted with 1.15-MeV protons. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 55(15). 9598–9608. 41 indexed citations
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Saarinen, K., et al.. (1995). Introduction of metastable vacancy defects in electron-irradiated semi-insulating GaAs. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 51(20). 14152–14163. 24 indexed citations
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Saarinen, K., Ari P. Seitsonen, P. Hautojärvi, & C. Corbel. (1995). Introduction and recovery of point defects in electron-irradiated Te- and Si-doped GaAs studied by positron lifetime spectroscopy. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 52(15). 10932–10946. 30 indexed citations

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