Alex Mellnik

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alex Mellnik is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Mellnik has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 1 paper in Condensed Matter Physics and 1 paper in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Alex Mellnik's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (3 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (2 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (1 paper). Alex Mellnik is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (3 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (2 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (1 paper). Alex Mellnik collaborates with scholars based in United States and Saudi Arabia. Alex Mellnik's co-authors include Nitin Samarth, Peter J. Mintun, Anthony Richardella, Jennifer Grab, Joon Sue Lee, Aurélien Manchon, Abolhassan Vaezi, D. C. Ralph, Mark H. Fischer and Eun-Ah Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics and Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

In The Last Decade

Alex Mellnik

3 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator

2014 1.1k citations Alex Mellnik, Joon Sue Lee et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Mellnik United States	3	989	470	395	258	229	4	1.1k
Jennifer Grab United States	4	999 1.0×	472 1.0×	403 1.0×	252 1.0×	240 1.0×	4	1.1k
Xiaoyu Che United States	15	739 0.7×	353 0.8×	320 0.8×	216 0.8×	176 0.8×	24	822
C. H. Li United States	16	1.1k 1.1×	561 1.2×	330 0.8×	446 1.7×	217 0.9×	28	1.3k
Mahendra DC United States	11	551 0.6×	237 0.5×	231 0.6×	236 0.9×	199 0.9×	24	682
B. J. van Wees Netherlands	9	658 0.7×	247 0.5×	173 0.4×	337 1.3×	120 0.5×	9	732
A. Slachter Netherlands	8	660 0.7×	261 0.6×	223 0.6×	282 1.1×	133 0.6×	9	777
F. K. Dejene Netherlands	14	698 0.7×	356 0.8×	230 0.6×	273 1.1×	181 0.8×	21	870
Tang Su China	11	419 0.4×	540 1.1×	186 0.5×	218 0.8×	313 1.4×	19	790
Joseph Finley United States	12	923 0.9×	297 0.6×	395 1.0×	343 1.3×	474 2.1×	15	1.1k
A. G. F. Garcia United States	11	799 0.8×	308 0.7×	218 0.6×	361 1.4×	277 1.2×	17	946

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Mellnik

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Mellnik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Mellnik

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Mellnik. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Mellnik based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Mellnik. Alex Mellnik is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Wang, Tao, Alex Mellnik, Xin Fan, et al.. (2018). Vector-Resolved Magnetooptic Kerr Effect Measurements of Spin–Orbit Torque. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 55(1). 1–5. 8 indexed citations

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Mellnik, Alex, Joon Sue Lee, Anthony Richardella, et al.. (2014). Spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator. Nature. 511(7510). 449–451. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mellnik, Alex, Jennifer Grab, Peter J. Mintun, et al.. (2013). Efficient Generation of Spin Current and Spin Transfer Torque by the Topological Insulator Bismuth Selenide. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 3 indexed citations

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Mellnik, Alex, et al.. (2013). Girl's Surface. 383–388. 1 indexed citations

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