Colin Parker

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Colin Parker is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Parker has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 16 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 12 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Colin Parker's work include Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (13 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (10 papers). Colin Parker is often cited by papers focused on Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (13 papers) and Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (10 papers). Colin Parker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Colin Parker's co-authors include Ali Yazdani, Cheng Chin, M. Zahid Hasan, David Hsieh, P. Roushan, Dong Qian, R. J. Cava, Y. S. Hor, Jungpil Seo and Anthony Richardella and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Colin Parker

32 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Topological surface states protected from backscattering ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750
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. Topological surface states protected from backscattering by chiral spin texture
    2009 818 citations P. Roushan, Jungpil Seo et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Colin Parker United States 15 1.5k 1.2k 669 619 90 35 2.3k
Michael J. Lawler United States 23 894 0.6× 1.8k 1.6× 246 0.4× 1.1k 1.7× 58 0.6× 59 2.3k
Guang-Ming Zhang China 24 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.5× 621 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 27 0.3× 93 2.6k
Kenjiro K. Gomes United States 8 671 0.4× 747 0.6× 411 0.6× 485 0.8× 123 1.4× 11 1.3k
Igor Zaliznyak United States 30 801 0.5× 1.7k 1.5× 465 0.7× 1.3k 2.1× 31 0.3× 94 2.3k
V. S. Oudovenko United States 17 1.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.7× 615 0.9× 1.2k 2.0× 43 0.5× 31 2.6k
Qiang-Hua Wang China 29 1.7k 1.1× 2.7k 2.3× 798 1.2× 1.7k 2.7× 71 0.8× 155 3.5k
Carmine Ortix Italy 29 1.5k 1.0× 596 0.5× 860 1.3× 313 0.5× 136 1.5× 69 1.9k
A. P. Kampf Germany 32 1.8k 1.2× 3.0k 2.6× 272 0.4× 1.5k 2.3× 123 1.4× 122 3.4k
G. B. Martins United States 24 869 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 266 0.4× 677 1.1× 29 0.3× 82 1.7k
Changyoung Kim South Korea 23 1.4k 0.9× 854 0.7× 1.1k 1.6× 767 1.2× 94 1.0× 106 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Parker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Parker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Parker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Parker 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 Colin Parker. Colin Parker 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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Parker, Colin, et al.. (2023). High resolution spectroscopy of thulium atoms implanted in solid noble gas crystals. Physical review. B.. 108(21). 4 indexed citations
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Xiong, Feng, et al.. (2021). Spin Susceptibility above the Superfluid Onset in Ultracold Fermi Gases. Physical Review Letters. 126(15). 153402–153402. 7 indexed citations
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Xiong, Feng, et al.. (2018). All-optical production of Li6 molecular Bose-Einstein condensates in excited hyperfine levels. Physical review. A. 98(4). 5 indexed citations
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Ha, Li-Chung, Logan W. Clark, Colin Parker, Brandon Anderson, & Cheng Chin. (2015). Roton-Maxon Excitation Spectrum of Bose Condensates in a Shaken Optical Lattice. Physical Review Letters. 114(5). 55301–55301. 78 indexed citations
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Gopalakrishnan, Sarang, Colin Parker, & Eugene Demler. (2015). Mobile Magnetic Impurities in a Fermi Superfluid: A Route to Designer Molecules. Physical Review Letters. 114(4). 45301–45301. 8 indexed citations
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Posa, Antonio, Colin Parker, Megan C. Leftwich, & Elias Balaras. (2015). WAKE STRUCTURE OF A SINGLE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE. 109–114. 7 indexed citations
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Tung, Shih-Kuang, Karina Jiménez-García, Jacob Johansen, Colin Parker, & Cheng Chin. (2014). Observation of geometric scaling of Efimov states in a Fermi-Bose Li-Cs mixture. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Tung, Shih-Kuang, Karina Jiménez-García, Jacob Johansen, Colin Parker, & Cheng Chin. (2014). Geometric Scaling of Efimov States in aLi6−Cs133Mixture. Physical Review Letters. 113(24). 240402–240402. 132 indexed citations
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Neto, Eduardo H. da Silva, Pegor Aynajian, Colin Parker, & Ali Yazdani. (2012). Detecting incipient stripe order in the high-temperature superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x. Physica C Superconductivity. 481. 153–160. 2 indexed citations
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Parker, Colin, Pegor Aynajian, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, et al.. (2011). Fluctuating stripes at the onset of the pseudogap in the high-Tc superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Parker, Colin, Aakash Pushp, Abhay N. Pasupathy, et al.. (2010). Nanoscale Proximity Effect in the High-Temperature SuperconductorBi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δUsing a Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Physical Review Letters. 104(11). 117001–117001. 29 indexed citations
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Parker, Colin, Pegor Aynajian, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, et al.. (2010). Fluctuating stripes at the onset of the pseudogap in the high-Tc superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x. Nature. 468(7324). 677–680. 172 indexed citations
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Aynajian, Pegor, Eduardo H. da Silva Neto, Colin Parker, et al.. (2010). Visualizing the formation of the Kondo lattice and the hidden order in URu 2 Si 2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(23). 10383–10388. 151 indexed citations
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Roushan, P., Jungpil Seo, Colin Parker, et al.. (2009). Topological surface states protected from backscattering by chiral spin texture. Nature. 460(7259). 1106–1109. 818 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pasupathy, Abhay N., Kenjiro K. Gomes, Aakash Pushp, et al.. (2008). Electronic Origin of the Nanoscale Variation of Pairing Gaps in Bi$_{2}$Sr$_{2}$CaCu$_{2}$O$_{8+x}$. Bulletin of the American Physical Society.
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Gomes, Kenjiro K., Abhay N. Pasupathy, Aakash Pushp, et al.. (2008). Mapping of the formation of the pairing gap in. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 69(12). 3034–3038. 4 indexed citations
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Kurosaki, Y., Colin Parker, S. E. Brown, et al.. (2007). Superconducting State of the Organic Conductor(TMTSF)2ClO4. Physical Review Letters. 98(14). 147002–147002. 110 indexed citations
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Parker, Colin, C.H. Skinner, & A. L. Roquemore. (2007). Controlling surface dust in a tokamak. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 363-365. 1461–1465. 17 indexed citations
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Parker, Colin. (1990). Z Tools Catalogue. 387–388. 2 indexed citations

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