D. C. Ralph

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

D. C. Ralph is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. C. Ralph has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. C. Ralph's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (10 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (3 papers). D. C. Ralph is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (10 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (7 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (3 papers). D. C. Ralph collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Germany. D. C. Ralph's co-authors include Aurélien Manchon, Jennifer Grab, Eun-Ah Kim, Nitin Samarth, Abolhassan Vaezi, Mark H. Fischer, Alex Mellnik, Peter J. Mintun, Anthony Richardella and Joon Sue Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

D. C. Ralph

14 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2010 250 500 750 1000
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. Spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator
    2014 1.1k citations Alex Mellnik, Joon Sue Lee et al. Nature profile →
  2. Mechanical Control of Spin States in Spin-1 Molecules and the Underscreened Kondo Effect
    2010 419 citations J. J. Parks, A. R. Champagne et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. C. Ralph United States 13 1.7k 1.1k 712 467 344 14 2.3k
Pablo S. Cornaglia Argentina 20 1.4k 0.8× 844 0.8× 551 0.8× 657 1.4× 396 1.2× 61 2.0k
Takuo Sugano Japan 24 890 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 784 1.1× 264 0.6× 217 0.6× 146 1.9k
Xin Fan United States 27 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 765 1.1× 343 0.7× 1.1k 3.2× 71 2.8k
Daniel B. Dougherty United States 25 545 0.3× 861 0.8× 909 1.3× 175 0.4× 313 0.9× 83 1.7k
Bin Xi China 24 366 0.2× 573 0.5× 425 0.6× 290 0.6× 493 1.4× 121 1.8k
A. A. Aligia Argentina 32 2.8k 1.6× 916 0.8× 717 1.0× 2.7k 5.7× 1.1k 3.1× 257 4.4k
Hai Huang China 22 384 0.2× 1.4k 1.3× 1.5k 2.1× 177 0.4× 615 1.8× 140 2.9k
J. W. Garland United States 24 1.1k 0.6× 970 0.9× 582 0.8× 640 1.4× 255 0.7× 87 2.1k
D. M. Silevitch United States 20 455 0.3× 226 0.2× 472 0.7× 638 1.4× 499 1.5× 52 1.4k
A. Ainane Morocco 29 1.0k 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 906 1.9× 516 1.5× 175 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. C. Ralph

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. C. Ralph

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Mellnik, Alex, Joon Sue Lee, Anthony Richardella, et al.. (2014). Spin-transfer torque generated by a topological insulator. Nature. 511(7510). 449–451. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Wogrin, Sonja, Benjamin F. Hobbs, D. C. Ralph, Efraim Centeno, & Julián Barquı́n. (2013). Open versus closed loop capacity equilibria in electricity markets under perfect and oligopolistic competition. Mathematical Programming. 140(2). 295–322. 64 indexed citations
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Parks, J. J., A. R. Champagne, T. A. Costi, et al.. (2010). Mechanical Control of Spin States in Spin-1 Molecules and the Underscreened Kondo Effect. Science. 328(5984). 1370–1373. 419 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Parks, J. J., A. R. Champagne, Geoffrey Hutchison, et al.. (2007). Tuning the Kondo Effect with a Mechanically Controllable Break Junction. Physical Review Letters. 99(2). 26601–26601. 156 indexed citations
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Chang, Connie, James P. Sethna, Abhay N. Pasupathy, et al.. (2007). Phonons and conduction in molecular quantum dots: Density functional calculations of Franck-Condon emission rates for bifullerenes in external fields. Physical Review B. 76(4). 12 indexed citations
6.
Shi, Su‐Fei, Kirill I. Bolotin, Ferdinand Kuemmeth, & D. C. Ralph. (2007). Temperature dependence of anisotropic magnetoresistance and atomic rearrangements in ferromagnetic metal break junctions. Physical Review B. 76(18). 13 indexed citations
7.
Pasupathy, Abhay N., Crystal Chang, Alexander Soldatov, et al.. (2005). Vibration-Assisted Electron Tunneling in C140 Transistors. Nano Letters. 5(2). 203–207. 155 indexed citations
8.
Grose, Jacob E., Abhay N. Pasupathy, D. C. Ralph, Burak Ülgüt, & Héctor D. Abruña. (2005). Transistor behavior via Au clusters etched from electrodes in an acidic gating solution: Metal nanoparticles mimicking conducting polymers. Physical Review B. 71(3). 8 indexed citations
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Champagne, A. R., A. Couture, Ferdinand Kuemmeth, & D. C. Ralph. (2003). Nanometer-scale scanning sensors fabricated using stencil lithography. Applied Physics Letters. 82(7). 1111–1113. 40 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ying, et al.. (2003). 30 nm Channel Length Pentacene Transistors. Advanced Materials. 15(19). 1632–1635. 79 indexed citations
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Deshmukh, Mandar M., Edgar Bonet, Abhay N. Pasupathy, & D. C. Ralph. (2002). Equilibrium and nonequilibrium electron tunneling via discrete quantum states. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 65(7). 19 indexed citations
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Bonet, Edgar, Mandar M. Deshmukh, & D. C. Ralph. (2002). Solving rate equations for electron tunneling via discrete quantum states. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 65(4). 124 indexed citations
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Rehse, Steven J., S. A. Lee, Carmen S. Menoni, et al.. (1997). Nanolithography with metastable neon atoms: Enhanced rate of contamination resist formation for nanostructure fabrication. Applied Physics Letters. 71(10). 1427–1429. 30 indexed citations
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Younkin, R., Karl K. Berggren, K. S. Johnson, et al.. (1997). Nanostructure fabrication in silicon using cesium to pattern a self-assembled monolayer. Applied Physics Letters. 71(9). 1261–1263. 49 indexed citations

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