David J. Earl

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

David J. Earl is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Earl has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David J. Earl's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (10 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (6 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (4 papers). David J. Earl is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (10 papers), Molecular spectroscopy and chirality (6 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (4 papers). David J. Earl collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. David J. Earl's co-authors include Michael W. Deem, Mark R. Wilson, Vishal Gupta, Ramdas S. Pophale, Fangyong Yan, C. M. Pooley, Irene Bredberg, Julia M. Yeomans, J. F. Ryder and Maureen P. Neal and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

David J. Earl

30 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Parallel Tempering: Theory, Applications, and New Perspec... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. Parallel Tempering: Theory, Applications, and New Perspectives
    2008 722 citations David J. Earl, Michael W. Deem profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David J. Earl United States 18 699 509 346 344 271 30 2.2k
John Towns United States 8 644 0.9× 496 1.0× 108 0.3× 127 0.4× 322 1.2× 22 2.9k
Victor Hazlewood United States 7 599 0.9× 467 0.9× 99 0.3× 123 0.4× 296 1.1× 16 2.6k
Scott Lathrop United States 7 599 0.9× 467 0.9× 100 0.3× 123 0.4× 296 1.1× 23 2.6k
Luigi Genovese France 29 1.1k 1.6× 216 0.4× 150 0.4× 126 0.4× 897 3.3× 105 2.9k
Christopher A. White United States 25 615 0.9× 574 1.1× 157 0.5× 301 0.9× 1.8k 6.7× 96 3.5k
Maytal Dahan United States 8 603 0.9× 476 0.9× 99 0.3× 123 0.4× 296 1.1× 29 2.7k
W. Kündig Switzerland 29 1.1k 1.6× 1.0k 2.0× 104 0.3× 340 1.0× 511 1.9× 101 3.6k
Zhendong Li China 32 1.1k 1.5× 305 0.6× 195 0.6× 305 0.9× 1.9k 6.9× 89 3.9k
Stephan Werner Germany 29 566 0.8× 557 1.1× 196 0.6× 300 0.9× 117 0.4× 140 2.4k
Graham Smith United Kingdom 36 1.4k 2.0× 672 1.3× 568 1.6× 1.2k 3.6× 830 3.1× 204 5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Earl

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yan, Fangyong & David J. Earl. (2012). Atomistic simulations of liquid crystal mixtures of alkoxy substituted phenylpyrimidines 2PhP and PhP14. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 136(12). 124506–124506. 10 indexed citations
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Yan, Fangyong & David J. Earl. (2011). An all atom computer simulation study of the liquid crystalline phase behaviour of alkenic fluoroterphenyls. Soft Matter. 7(21). 10266–10266. 9 indexed citations
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Earl, David J., et al.. (2009). Solvent-shift Monte Carlo: a cluster algorithm for solvated systems. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 11(30). 6335–6335. 3 indexed citations
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Deem, Michael W., et al.. (2009). Computational Discovery of New Zeolite-Like Materials. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113(51). 21353–21360. 146 indexed citations
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Yan, Fangyong, et al.. (2008). Self-Assembled Chiral Superstructures Composed of Rigid Achiral Molecules and Molecular Scale Chiral Induction by Dopants. Physical Review Letters. 101(15). 157801–157801. 29 indexed citations
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Earl, David J. & Michael W. Deem. (2008). Parallel Tempering: Theory, Applications, and New Perspectives. 722 indexed citations breakdown →
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Earl, David J. & Michael W. Deem. (2008). Monte Carlo Simulations. Methods in molecular biology. 443. 25–36. 117 indexed citations
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Earl, David J., Allen W. Burton, Thomas Rea, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and Monte Carlo Structure Determination of SSZ-77: A New Zeolite Topology. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 112(24). 9099–9105. 11 indexed citations
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Earl, David J., C. M. Pooley, J. F. Ryder, Irene Bredberg, & Julia M. Yeomans. (2007). Modeling microscopic swimmers at low Reynolds number. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 126(6). 64703–64703. 82 indexed citations
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Gupta, Vishal, David J. Earl, & Michael W. Deem. (2006). Quantifying influenza vaccine efficacy and antigenic distance. Vaccine. 24(18). 3881–3888. 125 indexed citations
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Sun, Jun, David J. Earl, & Michael W. Deem. (2006). LOCALIZATION AND GLASSY DYNAMICS IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. Modern Physics Letters B. 20(02n03). 63–95. 9 indexed citations
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Earl, David J. & Michael W. Deem. (2006). Toward a Database of Hypothetical Zeolite Structures. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 45(16). 5449–5454. 135 indexed citations
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Sun, Jun, David J. Earl, & Michael W. Deem. (2005). Glassy Dynamics in the Adaptive Immune Response Prevents Autoimmune Disease. Physical Review Letters. 95(14). 148104–148104. 17 indexed citations
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Earl, David J., M. A. Osipov, Hideo Takezoe, Yoichi Takanishi, & Mark R. Wilson. (2005). Induced and spontaneous deracemization in bent-core liquid crystal phases and in other phases doped with bent-core molecules. Physical Review E. 71(2). 21706–21706. 76 indexed citations
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Earl, David J. & Michael W. Deem. (2005). Markov Chains of Infinite Order and Asymptotic Satisfaction of Balance:  Application to the Adaptive Integration Method. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 109(14). 6701–6704. 17 indexed citations
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Earl, David J. & Michael W. Deem. (2004). Evolvability is a selectable trait. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(32). 11531–11536. 171 indexed citations
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Low, Robert J., et al.. (2002). Scaled Chiral Indices for Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals. Ferroelectrics. 277(1). 169–176. 15 indexed citations
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Wilson, Mark R. & David J. Earl. (2001). . Journal of Materials Chemistry. 11(11). 2672–2677. 52 indexed citations
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White, Henry S., et al.. (1990). In situ topographical imaging of electrode surfaces using high-resolution phase-measurement interferometric microscopy. Analytical Chemistry. 62(11). 1130–1134. 6 indexed citations
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Earl, David J., et al.. (1989). Phase Detection Interferometric Microscopy of Electrode Surfaces: Measurement of Localized Dissolution of Iron Microelectrodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 136(6). 1752–1755. 12 indexed citations

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