{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077916244","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[],"display_name":"Fred W. McClain","raw_author_names":["F. McClain","F. W. McClain","F.W. McClain","Fred W. McClain","Fred W. McLain"],"full_name":"Fred W. McClain","works_count":16,"cited_by_count":103,"summary_stats":{"2yr_mean_citedness":0.0,"h_index":5,"i10_index":5},"ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/A5077916244","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"affiliations":[{"institution":{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63533367","ror":"https://ror.org/03ngjpk76","display_name":"General Atomics (United States)","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63533367"]},"years":[1993,1983,1982,1981,1978]}],"last_known_institutions":null,"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10346","display_name":"Magnetic confinement fusion research","count":14,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3106","display_name":"Nuclear and High Energy Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13769","display_name":"Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies","count":14,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3109","display_name":"Statistical and Nonlinear Physics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10781","display_name":"Plasma Diagnostics and Applications","count":5,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10592","display_name":"Fusion materials and technologies","count":3,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2505","display_name":"Materials Chemistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12077","display_name":"Vacuum and Plasma Arcs","count":3,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"topic_share":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11181","display_name":"Advanced Data Storage Technologies","value":1.43e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12077","display_name":"Vacuum and Plasma Arcs","value":1.09e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11603","display_name":"Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena","value":6.6e-06,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3107","display_name":"Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","value":6.5e-06,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10592","display_name":"Fusion materials and technologies","value":6.2e-06,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2505","display_name":"Materials Chemistry"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/25","display_name":"Materials Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"x_concepts":[{"id":"121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","score":0.9626563787460327},{"id":"82706917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10251","display_name":"Plasma","score":0.8028292059898376},{"id":"57879066","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41217","display_name":"Mechanics","score":0.6418337225914001},{"id":"62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","score":0.2214798927307129},{"id":"127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.12430661916732788}],"counts_by_year":[{"year":1977,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":1,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1978,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1981,"works_count":2,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1982,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1983,"works_count":6,"oa_works_count":1,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1984,"works_count":2,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1986,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":1993,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":2002,"works_count":1,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":0},{"year":2013,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"works_count":0,"oa_works_count":0,"cited_by_count":1}],"display_name_alternatives":["F. McClain","F. W. McClain","F.W. McClain","Fred W. McClain","Fred W. McLain"],"block_key":"f mcclain","works_api_url":"https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5077916244","updated_date":"2026-10-28T12:34:19","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}