2026 Neil McN. Alford: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	54	8821	8519	355	337	284	12415

Neil McN. Alford publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Neil McN. Alford sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 284 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Neil McN. Alford D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Neil McN. Alford sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Neil McN. Alford is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Materials Science. Within these broad fields, the scientist has contributed to subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Materials Chemistry; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; and Condensed Matter Physics.

The research topics covered by Neil McN. Alford's work range across Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Semiconductor materials and devices, Graphene research and applications, GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, as well as Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates.

Neil McN. Alford has published a number of papers in well-established scientific journals and venues. Some recent publications include:

"Perspective on room-temperature solid-state masers," 2021, Applied Physics Letters
"Optimizing Hot Electron Harvesting at Planar Metal-Semiconductor Interfaces with Titanium Oxynitride Thin Films," 2023, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Maser-in-a-shoebox": A portable plug-and-play maser device at room temperature and zero magnetic field," 2024, Applied Physics Letters
"Toward Fabrication of Devices Based on Graphene/Oxide Multilayers," 2023, ACS Applied Electronic Materials
"Tunable double epsilon-near-zero behavior in niobium oxynitride thin films," 2021, Applied Surface Science

Their publications have appeared frequently in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Applied Physics Letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, and Applied Surface Science.

Neil McN. Alford collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

Peter K. Petrov
Daan M. Arroo
Yongqiang Wen
Wern Ng
Bin Zou

Best Publications

Effect of Porosity and Grain Size on the Microwave Dielectric Properties of Sintered Alumina

Stuart J. Penn;Neil McN. Alford;Alan Templeton;Xiaoru Wang

1121
Citations
A simple way to make tough ceramics

W. J. Clegg;K. Kendall;N. McN. Alford;T. W. Button

1102
Citations
Peculiarities of a Solid-State Synthesis of Multiferroic Polycrystalline BiFeO3

Matjaz Valant;and Anna-Karin Axelsson;Neil Alford

472
Citations
Microwave Dielectric Loss of Titanium Oxide

Alan Templeton;Xiaoru Wang;Stuart J. Penn;Stephen J. Webb

405
Citations
Sintered alumina with low dielectric loss

Neil McN. Alford;Stuart J. Penn

329
Citations
Experimental Observation of Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectrics at Room Temperature

Daniel J. R. Appleby;Nikhil K. Ponon;Kelvin S. K. Kwa;Bin Zou

280
Citations
Measurements of Permittivity, Dielectric Loss Tangent, and Resistivity of Float-Zone Silicon at Microwave Frequencies

J. Krupka;J. Breeze;A. Centeno;N. Alford

257
Citations
MgWO4, ZnWO4, NiWO4 and CoWO4 microwave dielectric ceramics

R.C. Pullar;S. Farrah;N. McN. Alford

257
Citations
Direct and indirect electrocaloric measurements on 〈001〉-PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-30PbTiO3 single crystals

Florian Le Goupil;Andrey Berenov;Anna-Karin Axelsson;Matjaz Valant

240
Citations
A mechanism for low-temperature sintering

Matjaz Valant;Danilo Suvorov;Robert C. Pullar;Kumaravinothan Sarma

209
Citations
Dielectric loss caused by oxygen vacancies in titania ceramics

Robert C. Pullar;Stuart J. Penn;Xiaoru Wang;Ian M. Reaney

199
Citations
Do Grain Boundaries Affect Microwave Dielectric Loss in Oxides

Jonathan D. Breeze;James M. Perkins;David W. McComb;Neil McN. Alford

197
Citations
Characterization and Microwave Dielectric Properties of M2+Nb2O6 Ceramics

Robert C. Pullar;Jonathan D. Breeze;Neil McN. Alford

196
Citations
Continuous-wave room-temperature diamond maser

Jonathan D. Breeze;Jonathan D. Breeze;Enrico Salvadori;Enrico Salvadori;Enrico Salvadori;Juna Sathian;Neil McN. Alford;Neil McN. Alford

191
Citations
Influence of toughness on Weibull modulus of ceramic bending strength

K. Kendall;N. McN. Alford;S. R. Tan;J. D. Birchall

188
Citations
Room-temperature solid-state maser

Mark Oxborrow;Jonathan D. Breeze;Neil M. Alford

175
Citations
Elasticity of particle assemblies as a measure of the surface energy of solids

Kevin Kendall;N. Mcn. Alford;James Derek Birchall

156
Citations
Quantifying Figures of Merit for Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Applications: A Materials Survey

Brock Doiron;Mónica Mota;Matthew P. Wells;Ryan Bower

144
Citations
On the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency in microwave dielectrics

I. M. Reaney;P. Wise;Rick Ubic;J. Breeze

143
Citations
High-strength ceramics through colloidal control to remove defects

N. McN. Alford;J. D. Birchall;K. Kendall

142
Citations
Review of Ag(Nb, Ta)O3 as a functional material

Matjaz Valant;Anna-Karin Axelsson;Neil Alford

139
Citations