B. Widom

16.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
150 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

B. Widom is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Widom has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 52 papers in Materials Chemistry and 45 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in B. Widom's work include Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (69 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (45 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (43 papers). B. Widom is often cited by papers focused on Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (69 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (45 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (43 papers). B. Widom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Belgium. B. Widom's co-authors include J. S. Rowlinson, Steve Fisk, H. C. Longuet–Higgins, Kenichiro Koga, Prabhakar Bhimalapuram, John C. Wheeler, Igal Szleifer, James T. Bartis, John C. Lang and P. A. Egelstaff and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

B. Widom

148 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

Some Topics in the Theory of Fluids 1963 2026 1984 2005 1963 1982 1965 1965 1966 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. Some Topics in the Theory of Fluids
    1963 2.4k citations B. Widom The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  2. Molecular theory of capillarity
    1982 2.4k citations B. Widom et al. profile →
  3. Equation of State in the Neighborhood of the Critical Point
    1965 1.0k citations B. Widom The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  4. Surface Tension and Molecular Correlations near the Critical Point
    1965 563 citations B. Widom The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  5. Random Sequential Addition of Hard Spheres to a Volume
    1966 498 citations B. Widom The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  6. New Model for the Study of Liquid–Vapor Phase Transitions
    1970 498 citations B. Widom et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics 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. Widom United States 44 5.1k 5.1k 3.4k 3.3k 2.4k 150 13.0k
John D. Weeks United States 53 5.7k 1.1× 5.3k 1.0× 4.5k 1.3× 2.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 164 15.2k
Kyozi Kawasaki Japan 53 5.9k 1.1× 1.8k 0.4× 3.0k 0.9× 4.2k 1.3× 2.1k 0.9× 278 11.4k
J. P. Hansen France 46 8.0k 1.6× 4.7k 0.9× 5.0k 1.5× 2.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 150 14.4k
Dominic J. Tildesley United Kingdom 44 5.3k 1.0× 4.9k 1.0× 3.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.3× 987 0.4× 121 12.9k
John A. Barker United States 51 4.8k 0.9× 6.7k 1.3× 4.5k 1.3× 1.1k 0.3× 2.1k 0.9× 236 14.1k
P. N. Pusey United Kingdom 54 9.6k 1.9× 4.2k 0.8× 2.3k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 853 0.4× 134 14.2k
Loup Verlet France 24 5.7k 1.1× 4.6k 0.9× 4.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 39 13.6k
B. J. Alder United States 43 12.7k 2.5× 5.3k 1.0× 9.2k 2.7× 3.9k 1.2× 2.1k 0.9× 136 23.8k
P. Tarazona Spain 44 4.4k 0.9× 3.8k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 156 7.8k
Stuart A. Rice United States 69 8.1k 1.6× 3.4k 0.7× 11.6k 3.4× 1.8k 0.5× 3.2k 1.4× 462 26.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Koga, Kenichiro, Vincent Holten, & B. Widom. (2015). Deriving Second Osmotic Virial Coefficients from Equations of State and from Experiment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119(42). 13391–13397. 14 indexed citations
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Indekeu, J. O., Kenichiro Koga, & B. Widom. (2011). How much does the core structure of a three-phase contact line contribute to the line tension near a wetting transition?. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 23(19). 194101–194101. 4 indexed citations
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Widom, B. & Dor Ben‐Amotz. (2006). Note on the energy density in the solvent induced by a solute. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(50). 18887–18890. 9 indexed citations
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Taylor, Christopher M. & B. Widom. (2005). Adsorption equation for the line of three-phase contact. Molecular Physics. 103(5). 647–655. 6 indexed citations
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Djikaev, Y. S. & B. Widom. (2004). Geometric view of the thermodynamics of adsorption at a line of three-phase contact. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 121(12). 5602–5610. 17 indexed citations
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Koga, Kenichiro, Prabhakar Bhimalapuram, & B. Widom. (2002). Correlation between hydrophobic attraction and the free energy of hydrophobic hydration. Molecular Physics. 100(24). 3795–3801. 15 indexed citations
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Widom, B.. (2001). Models of the Hydrophobic Attraction. Polish Journal of Chemistry. 75. 507–515. 5 indexed citations
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Bhimalapuram, Prabhakar & B. Widom. (2001). The hydrophobic heat-capacity anomaly. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 298(1-2). 229–236. 4 indexed citations
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Ispolatov, Yaroslav, Kenichiro Koga, & B. Widom. (2001). Correlation functions in decorated lattice models. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 291(1-4). 49–59. 1 indexed citations
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Blokhuis, Edgar M., et al.. (1995). Boundary tension: From wetting transition to prewetting critical point. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 102(19). 7584–7594. 11 indexed citations
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Barkema, G. T., John F. Marko, & B. Widom. (1994). Electrophoresis of charged polymers: Simulation and scaling in a lattice model of reptation. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 49(6). 5303–5309. 55 indexed citations
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Chatterjee, A. & B. Widom. (1993). Model lamellar-lamellar phase equilibria. Molecular Physics. 80(4). 741–754. 2 indexed citations
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Widom, B., et al.. (1991). Repton model of gel electrophoresis and diffusion. Journal de Physique I. 1(12). 1759–1784. 78 indexed citations
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Widom, B.. (1988). Scaling of the surface tension of phase-separated polymer solutions. Journal of Statistical Physics. 53(1-2). 523–529. 10 indexed citations
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Widom, B., et al.. (1988). Three-phase equilibrium in solutions of polystyrene homologues in cyclohexane. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 40(3). 289–303. 17 indexed citations
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Straley, Joseph P., et al.. (1972). Virial Expansions for a Binary Mixture Model and for a Related One-Component Model. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 57(10). 4484–4492. 11 indexed citations
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Egelstaff, P. A. & B. Widom. (1970). Liquid Surface Tension near the Triple Point. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 53(7). 2667–2669. 102 indexed citations
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Widom, B.. (1965). Equation of State in the Neighborhood of the Critical Point. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 43(11). 3898–3905. 1002 indexed citations breakdown →
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Widom, B.. (1957). Statistical Mechanics of Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 26(4). 887–893. 4 indexed citations

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