Brian Hughes

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Brian Hughes is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Hughes has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Brian Hughes's work include Magnetic properties of thin films (16 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (10 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers). Brian Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Magnetic properties of thin films (16 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (10 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 papers). Brian Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Brian Hughes's co-authors include S. Parkin, See‐Hun Yang, Mahesh G. Samant, Alex Panchula, Philip M. Rice, Christian Kaiser, Timothy Phung, Aakash Pushp, Charles Rettner and Anna Anund and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Brian Hughes

37 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers

2004 2.5k citations S. Parkin, Christian Kaiser et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Hughes United States	15	2.5k	1.3k	1.2k	1.2k	706	43	3.5k
A. Bell United States	21	303 0.1×	523 0.4×	483 0.4×	297 0.3×	864 1.2×	66	1.4k
Yiping Zeng China	20	411 0.2×	689 0.5×	511 0.4×	747 0.6×	768 1.1×	175	1.6k
Anders Hallén Sweden	40	1.1k 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	611 0.5×	4.2k 3.6×	270 0.4×	329	5.5k
Yang Peng China	29	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	281 0.2×	704 0.6×	1.3k 1.8×	87	4.0k
Dean R. Evans United States	24	853 0.3×	913 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	737 0.6×	26 0.0×	179	2.1k
Yuqing Li China	25	708 0.3×	681 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	250 0.2×	250 0.4×	201	2.3k
Michael A. Scarpulla United States	29	810 0.3×	2.2k 1.7×	685 0.6×	2.2k 1.9×	242 0.3×	175	3.3k
Weijun Ren China	29	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	247 0.2×	816 1.2×	151	2.8k
Masaki Uchida Japan	27	548 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	939 0.8×	446 0.4×	959 1.4×	130	2.4k
Anne Henry Sweden	38	996 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	4.2k 3.6×	322 0.5×	293	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Hughes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Hughes

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Yang, See‐Hun, Brian Hughes, Charles Rettner, et al.. (2025). Ferrimagnetic Heusler tunnel junctions with fast spin-transfer torque switching enabled by low magnetization. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(3). 360–365. 7 indexed citations

Bahar, Md Mezbaul, et al.. (2025). Identifying critical determinants of soil water repellency in an Australian dryland farming system. Soil and Tillage Research. 255. 106794–106794.

Hughes, Brian, et al.. (2024). Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Discovered on Explant Pathology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(6).

Kwak, Jung, et al.. (2022). Patients’ spiritual concerns and needs and how to address them during advance care planning conversations: Healthcare chaplains’ perspectives. Palliative & Supportive Care. 22(1). 49–56. 3 indexed citations

Kwak, Jung, et al.. (2022). PATIENTS’ SPIRITUAL CONCERNS AND NEEDS DURING GOALS OF CARE CONVERSATIONS: HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINS’ PERSPECTIVES. Innovation in Aging. 6(Supplement_1). 535–536.

Sun, J. J., M. DeHerrera, Brian Hughes, et al.. (2021). Commercialization of 1Gb Standalone Spin-Transfer Torque MRAM. 1–4. 11 indexed citations

Kwak, Jung, et al.. (2021). An Interprofessional Approach to Advance Care Planning. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 39(3). 321–331. 8 indexed citations

Kwak, Jung, et al.. (2021). Perspectives of board-certified healthcare chaplains on challenges and adaptations in delivery of spiritual care in the COVID-19 era: Findings from an online survey. Palliative Medicine. 36(1). 105–113. 13 indexed citations

Arellano, Noel, Nicholas A. Lanzillo, S. Nguyen, et al.. (2020). Surface Initiated Polymer Thin Films for the Area Selective Deposition and Etching of Metal Oxides. ACS Nano. 14(4). 4276–4288. 28 indexed citations

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Hughes, Brian, et al.. (2019). Time to follow the evidence – Spiritual care in health care. Ethics Medicine and Public Health. 9. 45–56. 5 indexed citations

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Oliver, Ronald, Brian Hughes, & Geoffrey R. Weiss. (2018). A Study of the Self-Reported Resilience of APC Chaplains. Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling Advancing theory and professional practice through scholarly and reflective publications. 72(2). 99–103. 14 indexed citations

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Hughes, Brian, Anna Anund, & Torbjörn Falkmer. (2016). A comprehensive conceptual framework for road safety strategies. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 90. 13–28. 43 indexed citations

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Phung, Timothy, Weifeng Zhang, Brian Hughes, et al.. (2016). Enhanced spin–orbit torques by oxygen incorporation in tungsten films. Nature Communications. 7(1). 10644–10644. 264 indexed citations

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Li, Gao, Brian Hughes, Charles Rettner, et al.. (2014). Subnanosecond incubation times for electric-field-induced metallization of a correlated electron oxide. Nature Nanotechnology. 9(6). 453–458. 82 indexed citations

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Carlton, David, Brian Lambson, Scott Dhuey, et al.. (2012). Signal propagation in dipole coupled nanomagnets for logic applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8461. 84610W–84610W. 2 indexed citations

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Leem, Larkhoon, James S. Harris, Charles Rettner, et al.. (2010). Fabrication of Prototype Magnetic Coupled Spin-torque Devices for Non-volatile Logic Applications. MRS Proceedings. 1250. 1 indexed citations

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Hughes, Brian, et al.. (2007). Innovative Solutions: A Plurality of Vision. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. 26(3). 91–95. 21 indexed citations

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Hughes, Brian, et al.. (2005). Innovative Solutions. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing. 24(2). 83–88. 8 indexed citations

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Adams, Bruce D., et al.. (2005). Emergency medicine residents effectively direct inhospital cardiac arrest teams. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 23(3). 304–310. 17 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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