Brian Skinner

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Brian Skinner is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Skinner has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 42 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Brian Skinner's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (29 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (23 papers) and Graphene research and applications (20 papers). Brian Skinner is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (29 papers), Topological Materials and Phenomena (23 papers) and Graphene research and applications (20 papers). Brian Skinner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Brian Skinner's co-authors include B. I. Shklovskiǐ, Stephen J. Guy, Ioannis Karamouzas, Tianran Chen, Liang Fu, Adam Nahum, Matt Loth, Sergey Syzranov, Vladyslav Kozii and M. M. Fogler and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Brian Skinner

74 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Universal Power Law Governing Pedestrian Interactions 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200
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. Universal Power Law Governing Pedestrian Interactions
    2014 240 citations Ioannis Karamouzas, Brian Skinner 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
Brian Skinner United States 23 1.0k 704 277 252 233 76 1.8k
Guojun Jin China 23 1.1k 1.1× 841 1.2× 207 0.7× 326 1.3× 60 0.3× 156 1.7k
Sheng Huang United States 20 1.1k 1.1× 157 0.2× 57 0.2× 680 2.7× 237 1.0× 70 1.9k
Edward C. Gage United States 18 1.5k 1.5× 447 0.6× 289 1.0× 585 2.3× 55 0.2× 48 2.4k
Ammon Aharony Israel 11 247 0.2× 318 0.5× 520 1.9× 108 0.4× 83 0.4× 16 1.3k
P.S. Dutta United States 23 472 0.5× 719 1.0× 85 0.3× 1.1k 4.4× 71 0.3× 108 1.7k
Bo Yang China 23 941 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 278 1.0× 726 2.9× 130 0.6× 130 2.3k
Sungmin Lee South Korea 18 577 0.6× 1.6k 2.3× 420 1.5× 655 2.6× 48 0.2× 47 2.3k
Chungwei Lin United States 24 384 0.4× 788 1.1× 342 1.2× 380 1.5× 68 0.3× 69 1.4k
Jian-Gang Zhu United States 23 1.7k 1.7× 416 0.6× 589 2.1× 514 2.0× 69 0.3× 177 2.2k
Jianming Zhao China 21 1.4k 1.4× 175 0.2× 39 0.1× 340 1.3× 235 1.0× 161 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Skinner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Skinner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Skinner

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Watzman, Sarah J., Takashi Kikkawa, Brian Skinner, & Ken‐ichi Uchida. (2025). Utilizing magnetization and spin in thermoelectric applications. MRS Bulletin. 50(8). 915–924. 1 indexed citations
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Kosugi, M., Kazuya Suzuki, Shaoqing Du, et al.. (2023). Gate-tunable resistance drops related to local superconducting gaps in thin TaS2 layers on SrTiO3 substrates. APL Materials. 11(8). 1 indexed citations
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Skinner, Brian, et al.. (2023). Measurement-Induced Phase Transitions on Dynamical Quantum Trees. PRX Quantum. 4(3). 23 indexed citations
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Falson, Joseph, Inti Sodemann, Brian Skinner, et al.. (2021). Competing correlated states around the zero-field Wigner crystallization transition of electrons in two dimensions. Nature Materials. 21(3). 311–316. 50 indexed citations
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Shin, Young Jae, Mehdi Rezaee, Xiaowen Feng, et al.. (2021). Electronic thermal transport measurement in low-dimensional materials with graphene non-local noise thermometry. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(2). 166–173. 22 indexed citations
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Nahum, Adam, Sthitadhi Roy, Brian Skinner, & Jonathan Ruhman. (2021). Measurement and entanglement phase transitions in all-to-all quantum circuits. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 7 indexed citations
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Skinner, Brian, et al.. (2021). Measurement and entanglement phase transitions in all-to-all quantum circuits, on quantum trees, and in Landau-Ginsburg theory. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 153 indexed citations
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Han, Fei, Nina Andrejevic, Thanh Nguyen, et al.. (2020). Quantized thermoelectric Hall effect induces giant power factor in a topological semimetal. Nature Communications. 11(1). 6167–6167. 66 indexed citations
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Han, Fei, Thanh Nguyen, Vladyslav Kozii, et al.. (2019). Discovery of Giant, Non-saturating Thermopower in Topological Semimetal at Quantum Limit. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations
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Liang, Sihang, Satya Kushwaha, Tong Gao, et al.. (2019). A gap-protected zero-Hall effect state in the quantum limit of the non-symmorphic metal KHgSb. Nature Materials. 18(5). 443–447. 13 indexed citations
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Skinner, Brian. (2019). Properties of the donor impurity band in mixed valence insulators. Physical Review Materials. 3(10). 21 indexed citations
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Syzranov, Sergey, et al.. (2018). Adiabatic dechiralization and thermodynamics of Weyl semimetals. Physical Review Letters. 1 indexed citations
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Chowdhury, Debanjan, Brian Skinner, & Patrick A. Lee. (2018). Effect of Magnetization on the Tunneling Anomaly in Compressible Quantum Hall States. Physical Review Letters. 120(26). 266601–266601. 5 indexed citations
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Skinner, Brian & Stephen J. Guy. (2015). A Method for Using Player Tracking Data in Basketball to Learn Player Skills and Predict Team Performance. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0136393–e0136393. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Ting, Brian Skinner, Wei Xie, B. I. Shklovskiǐ, & Uwe Kortshagen. (2014). Hopping conduction in assemblies of hydrosilylated silicon nanocrystals. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Karamouzas, Ioannis, Brian Skinner, & Stephen J. Guy. (2014). Universal Power Law Governing Pedestrian Interactions. Physical Review Letters. 113(23). 238701–238701. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Skinner, Brian. (2012). The Problem of Shot Selection in Basketball. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e30776–e30776. 32 indexed citations
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Skinner, Brian, Tianran Chen, Matt Loth, & B. I. Shklovskiǐ. (2011). Theory of volumetric capacitance of an electric double-layer supercapacitor. Physical Review E. 83(5). 56102–56102. 61 indexed citations
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Skinner, Brian, Matt Loth, & B. I. Shklovskiǐ. (2010). Capacitance of the Double Layer Formed at the Metal/Ionic-Conductor Interface: How Large Can It Be?. Physical Review Letters. 104(12). 128302–128302. 40 indexed citations

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