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 W. E. Spicer sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 656 publications — 94th percentile
94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.
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 W. E. Spicer sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 86 D-Index — 84th percentile
84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.
W. E. Spicer was affiliated with Stanford University in the United States during their academic career. Their work in physics was recognized through several honors and fellowships, reflecting their contributions to the scientific community.
Spicer received the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize from the American Physical Society in 1980. This award acknowledged their role in the development and application of photoelectron spectroscopy as a significant technique for investigating the electronic structure of solids, both in bulk materials and at surfaces.
In addition to this award, Spicer was named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1978. They had been recognized earlier as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1967 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1966.
W. E. Spicer;P. W. Chye;P. R. Skeath;C. Y. Su
Z.-X. Shen;Z.-X. Shen;D. S. Dessau;D. S. Dessau;B. O. Wells;B. O. Wells;D. M. King;D. M. King
W. E. Spicer;I. Lindau;P. Skeath;C. Y. Su
C. N. Berglund;W. E. Spicer
D. S. Marshall;D. S. Dessau;D. S. Dessau;A. G. Loeser;C. H. Park
W. E. Spicer;I. Lindau;P. Skeath;C. Y. Su
D. T. Pierce;W. E. Spicer
R. J. Powell;W. E. Spicer
D. S. Dessau;Z.-X. Shen;D. M. King;D. S. Marshall
I. Lindau;W.E. Spicer
W. E. Spicer;Z. Liliental-Weber;E. Weber;N. Newman;N. Newman
Shen Zx;Allen Jw;Yeh Jj;Kang J
D.M. Collins;W.E. Spicer
Z. X. Shen;W. E. Spicer;D. M. King;D. S. Dessau
C. N. Berglund;W. E. Spicer
J. S. Johannessen;W. E. Spicer;Y. E. Strausser
D. S. Dessau;B. O. Wells;Z.-X. Shen;W. E. Spicer
William E. Spicer;Alberto Herrera-Gomez
Arden Sher;An Ban Chen;W. E. Spicer;Chih-Kang Shih
D. M. King;Z.-X. Shen;D. S. Dessau;B. O. Wells
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