Alex Stern

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Alex Stern is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Stern has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 4 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Alex Stern's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (5 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (2 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (2 papers). Alex Stern is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (5 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (2 papers) and Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides (2 papers). Alex Stern collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Alex Stern's co-authors include Jing Xia, Lin Li, Steven G. Louie, Zhenglu Li, Z. Q. Qiu, Yuan Wang, Huiwen Ji, R. J. Cava, Cheng Gong and Ting Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alex Stern

8 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals

2017 3.7k citations Cheng Gong, Lin Li 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 Stern United States	5	3.5k	1.5k	1.2k	1.1k	697	8	4.0k
Yujun Deng China	5	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	629 0.6×	802 1.2×	7	3.3k
Ding‐Fu Shao China	32	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	900 1.3×	97	3.7k
Hyejin Ryu United States	22	2.1k 0.6×	808 0.5×	879 0.7×	685 0.7×	606 0.9×	54	2.7k
Ding Zhong United States	8	4.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.6×	809 1.2×	11	5.5k
Zeyuan Sun China	10	1.9k 0.5×	862 0.6×	745 0.6×	712 0.7×	311 0.4×	31	2.3k
Chengwang Niu China	26	3.0k 0.9×	484 0.3×	1.3k 1.1×	818 0.8×	528 0.8×	91	3.3k
Yangfan Yi China	5	1.9k 0.6×	840 0.6×	696 0.6×	558 0.5×	276 0.4×	6	2.1k
San‐Dong Guo China	32	2.4k 0.7×	858 0.6×	576 0.5×	840 0.8×	305 0.4×	131	2.8k
Tiancheng Song United States	12	2.1k 0.6×	723 0.5×	970 0.8×	725 0.7×	548 0.8×	23	2.5k
Daniel Bilc United States	27	1.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	330 0.3×	567 0.5×	615 0.9×	58	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Alex Stern

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Stern

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alex Stern. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alex Stern. The network helps show where Alex Stern may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Stern

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Stern. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Stern 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 Stern. Alex Stern is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Chen, Keyu, et al.. (2021). Leveraging Google BERT to Detect and Measure Innovation Discussed in News Articles. 1–6. 2 indexed citations

2.

Stern, Alex, et al.. (2020). Kultursensible Pflege in Deutschland – Ein Blick auf die professionelle Pflege. Sozialer Fortschritt. 69(3). 147–161. 1 indexed citations

3.

Zhang, Yi, Lin Xie, Jeongwoo Kim, et al.. (2018). Discovery of a magnetic conductive interface in PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 /SrTiO3 heterostructures. Nature Communications. 9(1). 685–685. 21 indexed citations

4.

Casas, Brian, Alex Stern, Dmitry K. Efimkin, Z. Fisk, & Jing Xia. (2018). Direct observation of surface-state thermal oscillations in SmB6 oscillators. Physical review. B.. 97(3). 3 indexed citations

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Gong, Xinxin, Mehdi Kargarian, Alex Stern, et al.. (2017). Time-reversal symmetry-breaking superconductivity in epitaxial bismuth/nickel bilayers. Science Advances. 3(3). e1602579–e1602579. 74 indexed citations

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Gong, Cheng, Lin Li, Zhenglu Li, et al.. (2017). Discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals. Nature. 546(7657). 265–269. 3746 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gong, Cheng, Lin Li, Zhenglu Li, et al.. (2017). Discovery of Intrinsic Ferromagnetism in Two-Dimensional van der Waals Crystals. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. JTh5C.2–JTh5C.2. 101 indexed citations

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Stern, Alex, Dmitry K. Efimkin, Victor Galitski, Z. Fisk, & Jing Xia. (2016). Radio Frequency Tunable Oscillator Device Based on aSmB6Microcrystal. Physical Review Letters. 116(16). 166603–166603. 13 indexed citations

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