A. Fert

61.8k citations

359 papers · 43.8k indexed · 35 hit papers · h-index 86

Impact in

Condensed Matter Physics top 0.01%
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Theoretical and Computational Physics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics top 0.01%
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena

Papers in

Condensed Matter Physics 151
- Theoretical and Computational Physics 73
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 54
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics 33
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 290
- Magnetic properties of thin films 245
- Quantum and electron transport phenomena 115

Co-authors: Vincent Cros F. Nguyen Van Dau F. Pétroff J. Sampaio Peter M. Levy A. Friederich G. Creuzet P. Étienne
Journals: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (36 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (32 papers)Physical Review Letters (32 papers)Journal of Applied Physics (27 papers)Applied Physics Letters (27 papers)
Partner nations: France United States Spain

In The Last Decade

A. Fert

355 papers receiving 42.7k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Orbitronics: light-induced orbital currents in Ni studied by terahertz emission experiments 2024 · 44 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Nature Communications
2022 Nature
2019 Nature Materials
2018 Nature Electronics
2017 Nature Reviews Materials
2016 Nature Materials
2016 Nature
2015 Physical Review Letters
2013 Nature Nanotechnology
2013 Nature Nanotechnology
2013 Physical Review B
2013 Nature Communications
2012 Europhysics Letters (EPL)
2010 Nature Physics
2008 Reviews of Modern Physics
2007 Nature Materials
2007 Nature Materials
2007 Nature
2007 Physical Review Letters
2006 Physical Review B
2003 Applied Physics Letters
2002 Physical Review Letters
2001 Physical review. B, Condensed matter
2001 Applied Physics Letters
1999 Physical Review Letters
1999 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
1999 Science
1998 Physical Review Letters
1997 Europhysics Letters (EPL)
1994 Applied Physics Letters
1993 Physical review. B, Condensed matter
1991 Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
1990 Physical Review Letters
1988 Physical Review Letters
1980 Physical Review Letters

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All Works

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1	Symmetry origin and microscopic mechanism of electrical magnetochiral anisotropy in tellurium Physical review. B. ·幸一郎鈴木, Beatriz Martín‐García, Francesco Calavalle, Stepan S. Tsirkin, Ivo Souza, Fernando de Juan, A. Fert, Marco Gobbi, Luis E. Hueso, Fèlix Casanova	2025	3
2	Orbitronics: light-induced orbital currents in Ni studied by terahertz emission experiments Nature Communications ·Yong Xu, Fan Zhang, A. Fert, H. Jaffrès, Yongshan Liu, В. А. Кожин, Yuhao Jiang, Houyi Cheng, Weisheng Zhao Hit paper breakdown →	2024	44
3	A seamless graphene spin valve based on proximity to van der Waals magnet Cr2Ge2Te6 Nature Electronics ·Haozhe Yang, Marco Gobbi, Franz Herling, Van Tuong Pham, Francesco Calavalle, Beatriz Martín‐García, A. Fert, Luis E. Hueso, Fèlix Casanova	2024	6
4	Microscale Chiral Rectennas for Energy Harvesting Advanced Materials ·幸一郎鈴木, Beatriz Martín‐García, Witold Skowroński, Kamil Staszek, Francesco Calavalle, A. Fert, Marco Gobbi, Fèlix Casanova, Luis E. Hueso	2024	10
5	Efficient Orbitronic Terahertz Emission Based on CoPt Alloy Advanced Materials ·Yongshan Liu, Yong Xu, A. Fert, H. Jaffrès, Tianxiao Nie, Sylvain Eimer, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Weisheng Zhao	2024	12
6	Odd Nonlinear Conductivity under Spatial Inversion in Chiral Tellurium Physical Review Letters ·幸一郎鈴木, Beatriz Martín‐García, Witold Skowroński, Francesco Calavalle, Stepan S. Tsirkin, Ivo Souza, Fernando de Juan, Andrey Chuvilin, A. Fert, Marco Gobbi, Fèlix Casanova, Luis E. Hueso	2024	15
7	Quantifying the large contribution from orbital Rashba–Edelstein effect to the effective damping-like torque on magnetization APL Materials ·Sachin Krishnia, 大介渡部, Shatha H. Jafer, Luis M. Vicente‐Arche, Thibaud Denneulin, 義仁橋本, Yan Lu, Rafal E. Dunin–Borkowski, Sophie Collin, A. Fert, Jean‐Marie George, Nicolas Reyren, Bai Jiaxing, H. Jaffrès	2024	22
8	Large Chiral Orbital Texture and Orbital Edelstein Effect in Co/Al Heterostructure Nano Letters ·S. A. Nikolaev, Mairbek Chshiev, Fatima Ibrahim, Sachin Krishnia, Johan Haarberg, V. B. Kolesnichenko, Vincent Cros, H. Jaffrès, A. Fert	2024	11
9	Effect of applied stresses on magnetic properties of Co and Fe-rich glass-coated microwires AIP Advances ·Ash Watson, Paula Corte-León, M. Ipatov, V. Zhukova, J. González, A. Fert, A. Alonso, Trujillo Ponce Sergio Adrin, А. Zhukov	2023	1
10	Large interfacial Rashba interaction and resultant dominating field- like torque in atomically thin metallic heterostructures SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository ·(unknown), Johan Haarberg, Yong Zhou, Fernando Ajejas, Nicolas Reyren, Sophie Collin, Thibaud Denneulin, В.В. Ильинский, Rafal E. Dunin–Borkowski, A. Fert, Jean‐Marie George, H. Jaffrès, Vincent Cros	2023	0
11	Two-dimensional materials prospects for non-volatile spintronic memories Nature ·Hyunsoo Yang, Sergio O. Valenzuela, Mairbek Chshiev, Sébastien Couet, B. Diény, Bruno Dlubak, A. Fert, Kévin Garello, Matthieu Jamet, Dae-Eun Jeong, Kangho Lee, Tae Young Lee, Marie‐Blandine Martin, Gouri Sankar Kar, Pierre Sénéor, Hyeon‐Jin Shin, Stephan Roche Hit paper breakdown →	2022	266
12	Very large Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in two-dimensional Janus manganese dichalcogenides and its application to realize field-free skyrmions arXiv (Cornell University) ·Jinghua Liang, Mairbek Chshiev, A. Fert, Hongxin Yang	2019	2
13	Significant Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction at graphene–ferromagnet interfaces due to the Rashba effect Nature Materials ·Hongxin Yang, Gong Chen, Alexandre Alberto Chaves Cotta, Alpha T. N’Diaye, S. A. Nikolaev, E.A. Soares, W. A. A. Macedo, Kai Liu, Andreas K. Schmid, A. Fert, Mairbek Chshiev	2018	185
14	Revisiting the measurement of the spin relaxation time in graphene-based spintronic devices Bulletin of the American Physical Society ·Hiroshi Idzuchi, A. Fert, Y. Otani	2015	1
15	Inverse spin Hall effect in nanometer-thick yttrium iron garnet/Pt system HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·O. d’Allivy Kelly, A. Anane, Rozenn Bernard, J. Ben Youssef, Christian Hahn, 赵乐为, C. Carrétéro, Eric Jacquet, C. Deranlot, Paolo Bortolotti, Richard Lebourgeois, J.C. Mage, G. de Loubens, O. Klein, Vincent Cros, A. Fert	2013	197
16	High Domain Wall Velocity at Zero Magnetic Field Induced by Low Current Densities in Spin Valve Nanostripes Applied Physics Express ·S. Pizzini, Vojtěch Uhlíř, J. Vogel, Nicolas Rougemaille, Sophia Masters, Vincent Cros, PU Ya-xin, Julio Camarero, C. Tieg, Edgar Bonet, M. Bonfim, Richard Mattana, C. Deranlot, F. Pétroff, C. Ulysse, G. Faini, A. Fert	2009	27
17	Ursprung, Entwicklung und Zukunft der Spintronik (Nobel‐Vortrag) Angewandte Chemie ·A. Fert	2008	8
18	Switching a spin valve back and forth by current-induced domain wall motion Applied Physics Letters ·J. Grollier, P. Boulenc, Vincent Cros, A. Hamzić, A. Vaurès, A. Fert, G. Faini Hit paper breakdown →	2003	281
19	Spin-polarized current induced switching in Co/Cu/Co pillars Applied Physics Letters ·Julie Grollier, Vincent Cros, A. Hamzić, J.-M. George, H. Jaffrès, A. Fert, G. Faini, J. Ben Youssef, Herbert Legall Hit paper breakdown →	2001	347
20	Giant Magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr Magnetic Superlattices Physical Review Letters ·M. N. Baibich, J.M. Broto, A. Fert, F. Nguyen Van Dau, F. Pétroff, P. Étienne, G. Creuzet, A. Friederich, J. Chazelas Hit paper breakdown →	1988	6999

About A. Fert

A. Fert is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering, having authored 359 papers that have together received 43.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Magnetic properties of thin films (245 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (115 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (73 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (54 papers), Magnetic Properties and Applications (49 papers), Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (42 papers), ZnO doping and properties (34 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Condensed Matter Physics (15.4k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (33.3k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (17.6k citations), Materials Chemistry (14.9k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (12.1k citations). A. Fert has collaborated with scholars based in France, United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Vincent Cros, F. Nguyen Van Dau, F. Pétroff, J. Sampaio, Peter M. Levy, A. Friederich, G. Creuzet, P. Étienne, Nicolas Reyren and J.M. Broto. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters.

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