Alan K. Soper

24.8k total citations · 8 hit papers
272 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

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Alan K. Soper is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan K. Soper has authored 272 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 94 papers in Materials Chemistry and 57 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alan K. Soper's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (112 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (54 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (54 papers). Alan K. Soper is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (112 papers), Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (54 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (54 papers). Alan K. Soper collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. Alan K. Soper's co-authors include Maria Antonietta Ricci, John Finney, Fabio Bruni, Daniel T. Bowron, Alenka Luzar, Alfonso Botti, Neal T. Skipper, Chris J. Benmore, Jason Crain and J. Turner and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alan K. Soper

269 papers receiving 20.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The radial distribution functions of water and ice from 220 to 673 K and at pressures up to 400 MPa

2000 917 citations Alan K. Soper Chemical Physics profile →
Molecular segregation observed in a concentrated alcohol–water solution

2002 846 citations John Finney, Alan K. Soper et al. profile →
Empirical potential Monte Carlo simulation of fluid structure

1996 634 citations Alan K. Soper Chemical Physics profile →
Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals

1999 632 citations Garrison Sposito, Neal T. Skipper et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Hydration of Sodium, Potassium, and Chloride Ions in Solution and the Concept of Structure Maker/Breaker

2007 607 citations R. Mancinelli, Fabio Bruni et al. profile →
Structures of High-Density and Low-Density Water

2000 549 citations Alan K. Soper, Maria Antonietta Ricci Physical Review Letters profile →
Site–site pair correlation functions of water from 25 to 400 °C: Revised analysis of new and old diffraction data

1997 517 citations Alan K. Soper, Fabio Bruni et al. profile →
A new determination of the structure of water at 25°C

1986 517 citations Alan K. Soper et al. Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan K. Soper United Kingdom	77	9.8k	7.1k	4.2k	3.0k	2.7k	272	21.1k
Peter J. Rossky United States	75	12.9k 1.3×	4.6k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.8×	264	20.7k
Yizhak Marcus Israel	66	5.4k 0.6×	6.4k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	3.9k 1.3×	4.4k 1.6×	357	24.1k
J. Ilja Siepmann United States	70	4.8k 0.5×	7.9k 1.1×	8.6k 2.1×	2.4k 0.8×	2.5k 0.9×	303	21.7k
Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos United States	72	4.6k 0.5×	10.1k 1.4×	9.5k 2.3×	3.3k 1.1×	941 0.3×	332	20.6k
Barry W. Ninham Australia	83	10.7k 1.1×	6.1k 0.9×	4.2k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	2.9k 1.1×	440	29.9k
Shūichi Nosé Japan	19	6.8k 0.7×	12.9k 1.8×	4.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	42	28.7k
Huib J. Bakker Netherlands	69	11.2k 1.1×	3.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	4.6k 1.7×	289	16.9k
Pavel Jungwirth Czechia	79	11.7k 1.2×	2.6k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	3.5k 1.3×	335	20.6k
Carlos Vega Spain	56	5.6k 0.6×	7.0k 1.0×	5.4k 1.3×	2.1k 0.7×	915 0.3×	248	16.8k
M. D. Fayer United States	85	18.4k 1.9×	5.6k 0.8×	2.3k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	7.0k 2.6×	520	27.4k

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Yamaguchi, Toshio, et al.. (2025). Density, critical point, and the structure of supercritical ethanol–water mixtures. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 427. 127394–127394. 1 indexed citations

Finney, John, et al.. (2023). STRUCTURES OF AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ALCOHOLS: NEW RESULTS FROM NEUTRON SCATTERING.. 468–473.

Cox, Stephen J., Tristan G. A. Youngs, Alan K. Soper, et al.. (2018). Formation of Methane Hydrate in the Presence of Natural and Synthetic Nanoparticles. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(9). 3277–3284. 79 indexed citations

Lenton, Samuel, Natasha H. Rhys, James J. Towey, Alan K. Soper, & Lorna Dougan. (2018). Temperature-Dependent Segregation in Alcohol-Water Binary Mixtures Is Driven by Water Clustering. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 11 indexed citations

Ricci, Maria Antonietta, Fabio Bruni, R. Mancinelli, et al.. (2014). The structure of water near a charged crystalline surface. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 407. 418–422. 7 indexed citations

Soper, Alan K.. (2013). The Radial Distribution Functions of Water as Derived from Radiation Total Scattering Experiments: Is There Anything We Can Say for Sure?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2013. 1–67. 225 indexed citations

Soper, Alan K.. (2009). Inelasticity corrections for time-of-flight and fixed wavelength neutron diffraction experiments. Molecular Physics. 107(16). 1667–1684. 99 indexed citations

Soper, Alan K.. (2005). Partial structure factors from disordered materials diffraction data: An approach using empirical potential structure refinement. Physical Review B. 72(10). 330 indexed citations

Ricci, Maria Antonietta & Alan K. Soper. (2002). Jumping between Water Polymorphs. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 304. 43–43. 1 indexed citations

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Soper, Alan K.. (2001). Tests of the empirical potential structure refinement method and a new method of application to neutron diffraction data on water. Molecular Physics. 99(17). 1503–1516. 257 indexed citations

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Soper, Alan K. & Maria Antonietta Ricci. (2000). Structures of High-Density and Low-Density Water. Physical Review Letters. 84(13). 2881–2884. 549 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sposito, Garrison, Neal T. Skipper, Rebecca Sutton, et al.. (1999). Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96(7). 3358–3364. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soper, Alan K.. (1997). The quest for the structure of water and aqueous solutions. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 9(13). 2717–2730. 38 indexed citations

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Zoppi, Marco, Alan K. Soper, R. Magli, et al.. (1996). Structure factor of compressed liquid deuterium close to the melting transition. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 54(3). 2773–2779. 13 indexed citations

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Soper, Alan K.. (1996). Empirical potential Monte Carlo simulation of fluid structure. Chemical Physics. 202(2-3). 295–306. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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Turner, J., Alan K. Soper, & John Finney. (1992). Water structure in aqueous solutions of tetramethylammonium chloride. Molecular Physics. 77(3). 411–429. 57 indexed citations

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Soper, Alan K., J. Turner, & John Finney. (1992). Solute-solute correlations in aqueous solutions of tetramethylammonium chloride. Molecular Physics. 77(3). 431–437. 19 indexed citations

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Soper, Alan K., William I. F. David, D.S. Sivia, et al.. (1992). A pair correlation function study of the structure of C₆₀. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 4(28). 6087–6094. 29 indexed citations

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Buontempo, U., P. Postorino, Maria Antonietta Ricci, & Alan K. Soper. (1992). Neutron Diffraction Study of Water At High Temperature. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 19(5). 385–389. 17 indexed citations

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Brugger, R.M., A.D. Taylor, C. E. Olsen, J. A. Goldstone, & Alan K. Soper. (1984). A spectrometer for inelastic scattering using neutrons from 1 eV to 186 eV.. 221(2). 393–407. 6 indexed citations

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