Standout Papers

The growth of crystals an... 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces
    1951 4.2k citations W. K. Burton, N. Cabrera et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Immediate Impact

18 by Nobel laureates 29 from Science/Nature 70 hit
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Citing Papers

The Current Understanding of Mechanistic Pathways in Zeolite Crystallization
2024 Hit
In Situ, Time-Resolved, and Mechanistic Studies of Metal–Organic Framework Nucleation and Growth
2018 Hit
19 intermediate papers

Works of W. K. Burton being referenced

The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces
1951 Hit

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
W. K. Burton 2.7k 1.4k 1.1k 749 571 15 4.3k
N. Cabrera 3.4k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 1.7k 1.6× 890 1.2× 724 1.3× 32 5.8k
Richard L. Schwoebel 1.9k 0.7× 859 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 781 1.0× 704 1.2× 14 4.0k
A. A. Chernov 3.9k 1.5× 1.6k 1.1× 862 0.8× 357 0.5× 488 0.9× 138 5.4k
P. Bennema 3.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 436 0.4× 280 0.4× 290 0.5× 86 4.0k
Jacques Meunier 2.0k 0.7× 471 0.3× 953 0.9× 580 0.8× 853 1.5× 92 5.8k
Stefan Auer 2.1k 0.8× 901 0.6× 313 0.3× 471 0.6× 193 0.3× 43 3.6k
M. W. Chase 2.9k 1.1× 962 0.7× 1.5k 1.4× 249 0.3× 986 1.7× 21 6.8k
Dimo Kashchiev 3.2k 1.2× 2.5k 1.8× 938 0.9× 307 0.4× 627 1.1× 117 7.1k
P. Hartman 3.0k 1.1× 534 0.4× 384 0.4× 185 0.2× 649 1.1× 60 4.3k
V.V. Slyozov 3.8k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 571 0.5× 780 1.0× 569 1.0× 6 6.7k

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