Conyers Herring

16.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
71 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Conyers Herring is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Conyers Herring has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Conyers Herring's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (14 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (11 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (10 papers). Conyers Herring is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (14 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (11 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (10 papers). Conyers Herring collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Conyers Herring's co-authors include Erich Vogt, C. Kittel, I. A. Blech, N. M. Johnson, N. M. Johnson, Michael Flicker, D. J. Chadi, J. K. Galt, T. H. Geballe and Chris G. Van de Walle and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Conyers Herring

70 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Some Theorems on the Free Energies of Crystal Surfaces 1951 2026 1976 2001 1951 1956 1951 1976 400 800 1.2k
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 Theorems on the Free Energies of Crystal Surfaces
    1951 1.2k citations Conyers Herring Physical Review profile →
  2. Transport and Deformation-Potential Theory for Many-Valley Semiconductors with Anisotropic Scattering
    1956 1.1k citations Conyers Herring, Erich Vogt Physical Review profile →
  3. On the Theory of Spin Waves in Ferromagnetic Media
    1951 451 citations Conyers Herring, C. Kittel Physical Review profile →
  4. Stress generation by electromigration
    1976 407 citations I. A. Blech, Conyers Herring Applied Physics 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
Conyers Herring United States 35 3.7k 3.3k 3.0k 1.2k 1.1k 71 7.8k
R. F. Wallis United States 42 4.2k 1.1× 2.4k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 842 0.8× 206 7.2k
B. Abeles United States 48 3.4k 0.9× 5.2k 1.6× 6.5k 2.2× 1.7k 1.4× 2.1k 1.9× 144 10.9k
A. A. Maradudin United States 39 3.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.5× 883 0.7× 886 0.8× 177 6.3k
C. P. Flynn United States 43 3.6k 1.0× 942 0.3× 2.6k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 1.6× 285 6.8k
Roy Clarke United States 42 2.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 4.3k 1.4× 1.7k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 207 6.7k
John W. Wilkins United States 53 6.4k 1.7× 2.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.9× 1.5k 1.2× 3.3k 3.0× 201 9.9k
A. M. Stoneham United Kingdom 37 2.3k 0.6× 3.4k 1.0× 3.8k 1.3× 571 0.5× 519 0.5× 149 7.4k
I. A. Blech Israel 25 1.5k 0.4× 2.7k 0.8× 5.6k 1.9× 2.6k 2.1× 761 0.7× 55 9.1k
Andrew Zangwill United States 43 5.0k 1.4× 2.0k 0.6× 2.7k 0.9× 977 0.8× 2.2k 2.0× 112 8.0k
F. Wooten United States 26 1.9k 0.5× 2.7k 0.8× 4.1k 1.4× 1.4k 1.1× 804 0.7× 82 6.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnson, N. M. & Conyers Herring. (1993). Diffusion of Charged Hydrogen in Semiconductors. Materials science forum. 143-147. 867–872. 7 indexed citations
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Johnson, N. M., Conyers Herring, C. Doland, et al.. (1992). Hydrogen-Induced Platelets in Silicon: Separation of Nucleation and Growth. Materials science forum. 83-87. 33–38. 32 indexed citations
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Herring, Conyers. (1992). Recollections From The Early Years of Solid-State Physics. Physics Today. 45(4). 26–33. 2 indexed citations
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Roos, Goedele, N. M. Johnson, Y.C. Pao, J. S. Harris, & Conyers Herring. (1991). Hydrogen Passivation of Si and Be Dopants in InAlAs. MRS Proceedings. 240.
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Johnson, N. M., et al.. (1990). Negative-charge state of hydrogen in silicon. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 41(17). 12354–12357. 92 indexed citations
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Johnson, N. M. & Conyers Herring. (1988). Hydrogen immobilization in siliconp−njunctions. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 38(2). 1581–1584. 56 indexed citations
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Johnson, N. M., Conyers Herring, & D. J. Chadi. (1987). Johnson, Herring, and Chadi reply. Physical Review Letters. 59(18). 2116–2116. 12 indexed citations
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Herring, Conyers. (1986). Explicit estimation of ground-state kinetic energies from electron densities. Physical review. A, General physics. 34(4). 2614–2631. 100 indexed citations
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Herring, Conyers & Bernardo A. Huberman. (1980). Dislocation motion and solid-state turbulence. Applied Physics Letters. 36(12). 975–977. 17 indexed citations
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White, Robert M. & Conyers Herring. (1980). Magnetic resonance in multilayer films. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 22(3). 1465–1466. 21 indexed citations
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Blech, I. A. & Conyers Herring. (1976). Stress generation by electromigration. Applied Physics Letters. 29(3). 131–133. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herring, Conyers & David Pines. (1975). Theory of condensed matter the joint symposia. Physics Today. 28(11). 46–53. 2 indexed citations
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Herring, Conyers. (1959). Transport. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 8. 543–549. 9 indexed citations
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Morin, François, T. H. Geballe, & Conyers Herring. (1957). Temperature Dependence of the Piezoresistance of High-Purity Silicon and Germanium. Physical Review. 105(2). 525–539. 142 indexed citations
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Herring, Conyers & Erich Vogt. (1956). Transport and Deformation-Potential Theory for Many-Valley Semiconductors with Anisotropic Scattering. Physical Review. 101(3). 944–961. 1061 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herring, Conyers. (1954). Theory of the thermoelectric power of semiconductors. Physical Review D. 96(5). 1163–1187. 143 indexed citations
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Herring, Conyers. (1954). Theory of the Thermoelectric Power of Semiconductors. Physical Review. 96(5). 1163–1187. 416 indexed citations
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Burwell, J. T., Conyers Herring, Frank Philip Bowden, & D. Tabor. (1953). The Adhesion of Solids. 203. 11 indexed citations
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Herring, Conyers & C. Kittel. (1951). On the Theory of Spin Waves in Ferromagnetic Media. Physical Review. 81(5). 869–880. 451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Herring, Conyers. (1951). Some Theorems on the Free Energies of Crystal Surfaces. Physical Review. 82(1). 87–93. 1224 indexed citations breakdown →

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