B. Normand

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

B. Normand is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Normand has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 55 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in B. Normand's work include Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (95 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (83 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (25 papers). B. Normand is often cited by papers focused on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (95 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (83 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (25 papers). B. Normand collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, China and Germany. B. Normand's co-authors include M. Matsumoto, T. M. Rice, Manfred Sigrist, Christian Rüegg, Frédéric Mila, Tao Xiang, D. F. McMorrow, Karl W. Krämer, Paolo De Los Rios and Súsanne Moelbert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

B. Normand

122 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Gapless Spin-Liquid Ground State in theS=1/2Kagome Antife... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Gapless Spin-Liquid Ground State in theS=1/2Kagome Antiferromagnet
    2017 254 citations Haijun Liao, Z. Y. Xie et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Normand Switzerland 34 3.1k 1.8k 1.5k 330 211 125 3.9k
Jun‐ichiro Kishine Japan 28 1.4k 0.4× 2.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.0× 590 1.8× 479 2.3× 119 2.9k
Synge Todo Japan 26 1.6k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 641 0.4× 617 1.9× 95 0.5× 88 2.4k
Pinaki Sengupta Singapore 27 1.4k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 832 0.6× 593 1.8× 192 0.9× 93 2.4k
Timothy Ziman France 29 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 994 0.7× 631 1.9× 262 1.2× 91 3.0k
B. Barbara France 30 1.8k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 3.4× 245 1.2× 119 3.3k
R. M. Noack Germany 31 2.3k 0.7× 2.5k 1.4× 659 0.4× 190 0.6× 92 0.4× 68 3.3k
P. Mendels France 45 6.3k 2.0× 2.3k 1.3× 3.2k 2.1× 854 2.6× 188 0.9× 134 6.9k
M. Horvatić France 39 4.1k 1.3× 1.7k 1.0× 2.4k 1.6× 488 1.5× 167 0.8× 146 4.9k
R. T. Scalettar United States 23 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 669 0.4× 412 1.2× 77 0.4× 51 2.7k
Hirokazu Tsunetsugu Japan 33 3.6k 1.1× 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 605 1.8× 80 0.4× 96 4.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Normand

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wehinger, Björn, Pierre Bouillot, B. Thielemann, et al.. (2025). Fingerprints of supersymmetric spin and charge dynamics observed by inelastic neutron scattering. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3228–3228. 1 indexed citations
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Giriat, G., Andrea Piovano, Martin Boehm, et al.. (2024). Spin Waves and Three Dimensionality in the High-Pressure Antiferromagnetic Phase of SrCu2(BO3)2. Physical Review Letters. 133(24). 246702–246702. 1 indexed citations
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Prokhnenko, O., Maciej Bartkowiak, Koji Munakata, et al.. (2024). Field-induced bound-state condensation and spin-nematic phase in SrCu2(BO3)2 revealed by neutron scattering up to 25.9 T. Nature Communications. 15(1). 442–442. 7 indexed citations
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Yarmohammadi, Mohsen, et al.. (2023). Strong-coupling magnetophononics: Self-blocking, phonon-bitriplons, and spin-band engineering. Physical review. B.. 107(17). 8 indexed citations
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Wehinger, Björn, Nicola Colonna, C. Vicario, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast frustration breaking and magnetophononic driving of singlet excitations in a quantum magnet. Physical review. B.. 107(18). 6 indexed citations
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Hänni, Nora, Denis Sheptyakov, Miguel Mena, et al.. (2021). Magnetic order in the quasi-one-dimensional Ising system RbCoCl3. Physical review. B.. 103(9). 8 indexed citations
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Biffin, Alun, U. Stuhr, G. S. Tucker, et al.. (2020). Multiple Magnetic Bilayers and Unconventional Criticality without Frustration in BaCuSi2O6. Physical Review Letters. 124(17). 177205–177205. 9 indexed citations
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Mena, Miguel, Nora Hänni, Robert Bewley, et al.. (2020). Thermal Control of Spin Excitations in the Coupled Ising-Chain Material RbCoCl3. Physical Review Letters. 124(25). 257201–257201. 11 indexed citations
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Cui, Yi, Ping Zhou, Tao Li, et al.. (2018). Mermin-Wagner physics, (<i>H</i>,<i>T</i>) phase diagram, and candidate quantum spin-liquid phase in the spin-1/2 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet Ba<sub>8</sub>CoNb<sub>6</sub>O<sub>24</sub>. DORA PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute). 22 indexed citations
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Liao, Haijun, Z. Y. Xie, Jialin Chen, et al.. (2017). Gapless Spin-Liquid Ground State in theS=1/2Kagome Antiferromagnet. Physical Review Letters. 118(13). 137202–137202. 254 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qin, Yan, B. Normand, Anders W. Sandvik, & Zi Yang Meng. (2017). Amplitude Mode in Three-Dimensional Dimerized Antiferromagnets. Physical Review Letters. 118(14). 147207–147207. 31 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiaoni, Mingpu Qin, Jialin Chen, et al.. (2011). Partial Order and Finite-Temperature Phase Transitions in Potts Models on Irregular Lattices. Physical Review Letters. 107(16). 165701–165701. 30 indexed citations
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Rüegg, Christian, B. Normand, M. Matsumoto, et al.. (2008). Quantum Magnets under Pressure: Controlling Elementary Excitations inTlCuCl3. Physical Review Letters. 100(20). 205701–205701. 210 indexed citations
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Rüegg, Christian, Klaus H. Kiefer, B. Thielemann, et al.. (2008). Thermodynamics of the Spin Luttinger Liquid in a Model Ladder Material. Physical Review Letters. 101(24). 247202–247202. 140 indexed citations
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Rüegg, Christian, B. Normand, M. Matsumoto, et al.. (2005). Quantum Statistics of Interacting Dimer Spin Systems. Physical Review Letters. 95(26). 267201–267201. 42 indexed citations
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Hallberg, K., A. A. Aligia, A. P. Kampf, & B. Normand. (2004). Spin-Charge Separation in Aharonov-Bohm Rings of Interacting Electrons. Physical Review Letters. 93(6). 67203–67203. 22 indexed citations
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Moelbert, Súsanne, B. Normand, & Paolo De Los Rios. (2004). Kosmotropes and chaotropes: modelling preferential exclusion, binding and aggregate stability. Biophysical Chemistry. 112(1). 45–57. 176 indexed citations
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Moelbert, Súsanne, B. Normand, & Paolo De Los Rios. (2004). Solvent-induced micelle formation in a hydrophobic interaction model. Physical Review E. 69(6). 61924–61924. 8 indexed citations
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Normand, B., Jordan Kyriakidis, & Daniel Loss. (2000). Nonlinear σ model treatment of quantum antiferromagnets in a magnetic field. Annalen der Physik. 9(2). 133–159. 9 indexed citations
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Loss, Daniel & B. Normand. (1998). Quantum Antiferromagnets in a Magnetic Field. Acta Physica Polonica B. 31(12). 3005. 2 indexed citations

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