Alex Panchula

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
43 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Alex Panchula is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Panchula has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 16 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 14 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Alex Panchula's work include Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (16 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (13 papers). Alex Panchula is often cited by papers focused on Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques (16 papers), Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics (14 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (13 papers). Alex Panchula collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Alex Panchula's co-authors include S. Parkin, Christian Kaiser, Philip M. Rice, See‐Hun Yang, Brian Hughes, Mahesh G. Samant, P. C. Canfield, Yiming Huai, Yunfei Ding and Zhitao Diao and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Materials and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Alex Panchula

43 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature wi... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2004 2003 2000 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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 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.

  1. Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers
    2004 2.5k citations S. Parkin, Christian Kaiser et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. Magnetically engineered spintronic sensors and memory
    2003 472 citations S. Parkin, Xin Jiang et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →
  3. Thermodynamics of spinS=1/2antiferromagnetic uniform and alternating-exchange Heisenberg chains
    2000 445 citations Sergey L. Bud’ko, Alex Panchula et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alex Panchula United States 20 3.2k 2.0k 1.8k 1.6k 1.4k 43 4.8k
Taro Nagahama Japan 23 4.0k 1.2× 2.0k 1.0× 2.2k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 112 5.1k
S. N. Piramanayagam Singapore 27 2.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 823 0.6× 219 4.0k
Andy Thomas Germany 25 1.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 630 0.5× 111 3.5k
Atsufumi Hirohata United Kingdom 27 3.0k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 2.2k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 885 0.6× 165 4.7k
Randy K. Dumas Sweden 32 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 804 0.5× 988 0.6× 935 0.7× 86 3.3k
F. E. Spada United States 20 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 641 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 45 3.8k
Long You China 38 2.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.0× 3.6k 2.0× 2.8k 1.8× 886 0.7× 154 6.1k
Gang Xiong United States 17 1.8k 0.5× 801 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 622 0.5× 51 2.9k
Lucian Prejbeanu France 24 2.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 960 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 677 0.5× 107 3.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Panchula

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Panchula

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mailoa, Jonathan P., et al.. (2016). Energy-yield prediction for II–VI-based thin-film tandem solar cells. Energy & Environmental Science. 9(8). 2644–2653. 41 indexed citations
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Lee, Mitchell, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of diffuse decomposition models. 997–1001. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Mitchell & Alex Panchula. (2016). Variation in spectral correction of PV module performance based on different precipitable water estimates. 98. 2692–2697. 5 indexed citations
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Lee, Mitchell, et al.. (2015). Understanding next generation cadmium telluride photovoltaic performance due to spectrum. 1–6. 14 indexed citations
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Bud’ko, Sergey L., Halyna Hodovanets, Alex Panchula, R. Prozorov, & P. C. Canfield. (2014). Physical properties of CeGe2−x(x= 0.24) single crystals. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(14). 146005–146005. 7 indexed citations
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Hayes, William, et al.. (2012). Thermal modeling accuracy of hourly averaged data for large free Field Cadmium telluride PV arrays. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 4. 1–4. 4 indexed citations
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Panchula, Alex, et al.. (2012). Changes in cadmium telluride photovoltaic system performance due to spectrum. 1–6. 4 indexed citations
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Diao, Zhitao, Alex Panchula, Yunfei Ding, et al.. (2007). Spin transfer switching in dual MgO magnetic tunnel junctions. Applied Physics Letters. 90(13). 131 indexed citations
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Apalkov, Dmytro, et al.. (2006). Temperature Dependence of Spin Transfer Switching in Nanosecond Regime. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 42(10). 2685–2687. 8 indexed citations
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Huai, Yiming, Mahendra Pakala, Zhitao Diao, et al.. (2006). Spin-transfer switching in MgO magnetic tunnel junction nanostructures. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 304(1). 88–92. 16 indexed citations
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Kaiser, Christian, Alex Panchula, & S. Parkin. (2005). Finite Tunneling Spin Polarization at the Compensation Point of Rare-Earth-Metal–Transition-Metal Alloys. Physical Review Letters. 95(4). 47202–47202. 67 indexed citations
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Parkin, S., Christian Kaiser, Alex Panchula, et al.. (2004). Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers. Nature Materials. 3(12). 862–867. 2488 indexed citations breakdown →
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Parkin, S., Xin Jiang, Christian Kaiser, et al.. (2003). Magnetically engineered spintronic sensors and memory. Proceedings of the IEEE. 91(5). 661–680. 472 indexed citations breakdown →
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LaRochelle, Sophie, Apurva Mehta, Nobu‐Hisa Kaneko, et al.. (2001). Nature ofegElectron Order inLa1−xSr1+xMnO4. Physical Review Letters. 87(9). 95502–95502. 60 indexed citations
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Fisher, I. R., Zahir Islam, Alex Panchula, et al.. (1998). 3元融液から大粒径のR-Mg-Zn準結晶の成長(R=Y,Er,Ho,Dy,Tb). Philosophical Magazine B. 77(6). 1601–1615. 20 indexed citations
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Paolasini, Luigi, P. Dervenagas, P. Vulliet, et al.. (1998). Magnetic response function of the itinerant ferromagnetCeFe2. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 58(18). 12117–12124. 45 indexed citations
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Paolasini, Luigi, et al.. (1998). Lattice dynamics of cubic Laves phase ferromagnets. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 58(18). 12125–12133. 22 indexed citations
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Dervenagas, P., Luigi Paolasini, A. Hiess, et al.. (1997). Competing exchange interactions in ferromagnetic CeFe2. Physica B Condensed Matter. 241-243. 649–650. 2 indexed citations

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