E. Rolley

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

E. Rolley is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Rolley has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 19 papers in Atmospheric Science and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in E. Rolley's work include Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (43 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (19 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers). E. Rolley is often cited by papers focused on Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (43 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (19 papers) and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates (14 papers). E. Rolley collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Burundi. E. Rolley's co-authors include Jens Eggers, Jacques Meunier, Joseph O. Indekeu, Daniel Bonn, C. Guthmann, S. Balibar, François Gallet, Sébastien Moulinet, P. Nozières and Alexis Prevost and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

E. Rolley

61 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Wetting and spreading 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Wetting and spreading
    2009 2.2k citations E. Rolley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
E. Rolley France 25 1.5k 1.5k 930 866 742 62 3.9k
Joseph O. Indekeu Belgium 30 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 929 1.1× 727 1.0× 126 4.8k
Peter A. Thompson United States 13 1.4k 1.0× 479 0.3× 1.0k 1.1× 1.1k 1.3× 319 0.4× 14 3.7k
Frank van Swol United States 42 695 0.5× 576 0.4× 2.7k 2.9× 756 0.9× 545 0.7× 104 5.8k
Sandra M. Troian United States 33 2.8k 1.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 339 0.4× 1.7k 2.2× 84 5.5k
Élisabeth Charlaix France 24 1.1k 0.7× 943 0.6× 461 0.5× 494 0.6× 393 0.5× 39 3.0k
H. Kellay France 38 1.9k 1.3× 378 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 418 0.5× 453 0.6× 150 4.4k
Cécile Cottin-Bizonne France 34 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.1× 511 0.6× 638 0.9× 69 5.6k
Leonard W. Schwartz United States 38 2.4k 1.6× 918 0.6× 567 0.6× 135 0.2× 427 0.6× 78 3.8k
A. Scharmann Germany 28 1.6k 1.1× 352 0.2× 2.7k 2.9× 716 0.8× 1.5k 2.0× 325 4.8k
G. Hass United States 30 733 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 1.0k 1.2× 1.9k 2.6× 77 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by E. Rolley

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of E. Rolley's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by E. Rolley with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites E. Rolley more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by E. Rolley

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by E. Rolley. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by E. Rolley. The network helps show where E. Rolley may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. Rolley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of E. Rolley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of E. Rolley 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 E. Rolley. E. Rolley 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
1.
Cagnon, L., Panayotis Spathis, P. E. Wolf, et al.. (2020). Direct Observation of Homogeneous Cavitation in Nanopores. Physical Review Letters. 125(25). 255701–255701. 9 indexed citations
2.
Snoeijer, Jacco H., E. Rolley, & Bruno Andreotti. (2018). Paradox of Contact Angle Selection on Stretched Soft Solids. Physical Review Letters. 121(6). 68003–68003. 42 indexed citations
3.
Grosman, Annie, Joël Puibasset, & E. Rolley. (2015). Adsorption-induced strain of a nanoscale silicon honeycomb. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 109(5). 56002–56002. 36 indexed citations
4.
Davitt, Kristina, et al.. (2010). Equation of state of water under negative pressure. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 133(17). 174507–174507. 67 indexed citations
5.
Rolley, E., C. Guthmann, & M. S. Pettersen. (2007). The hydraulic jump and ripples in liquid helium. Physica B Condensed Matter. 394(1). 46–55. 16 indexed citations
6.
Rolley, E. & C. Guthmann. (2007). Dynamics and Hysteresis of the Contact Line between Liquid Hydrogen and Cesium Substrates. Physical Review Letters. 98(16). 166105–166105. 55 indexed citations
7.
Moulinet, Sébastien, Alberto Rosso, Werner Krauth, & E. Rolley. (2004). Width distribution of contact lines on a disordered substrate. Physical Review E. 69(3). 35103–35103. 82 indexed citations
8.
Ueno, Tetsuro, et al.. (2003). Critical Casimir Effect and Wetting by Helium Mixtures. Physical Review Letters. 90(11). 116102–116102. 29 indexed citations
9.
Moulinet, Sébastien, C. Guthmann, & E. Rolley. (2002). Roughness and dynamics of a contact line of a viscous fluid on a disordered substrate. The European Physical Journal E. 8(4). 437–443. 85 indexed citations
10.
Poujade, M., C. Guthmann, & E. Rolley. (2002). Apparent dewetting due to superfluid flow. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 58(6). 837–843. 5 indexed citations
11.
Poujade, M., C. Guthmann, & E. Rolley. (2002). Pseudo-dewetting of Superfluid Helium-4. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 126(1-2). 379–384. 2 indexed citations
12.
Douillet, D., E. Rolley, C. Guthmann, & Alexis Prevost. (2000). An easy-to-build long working distance microscope. Physica B Condensed Matter. 284-288. 2059–2060. 4 indexed citations
13.
Rolley, E., Alexis Prevost, & C. Guthmann. (1998). Depinning of the cuperfluid 4He-Cs contact line. Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 113(5-6). 787–798. 5 indexed citations
14.
Rolley, E., et al.. (1998). Roughness of the Contact Line on a Disordered Substrate. Physical Review Letters. 80(13). 2865–2868. 57 indexed citations
15.
Rolley, E., S. Balibar, C. Guthmann, & P. Nozières. (1995). Adsorption of 3He on 4He crystal surfaces. Physica B Condensed Matter. 210(3-4). 397–402. 20 indexed citations
16.
Guthmann, C., et al.. (1994). The vicinal surfaces of helium-4 crystals. Physica B Condensed Matter. 194-196. 919–920. 1 indexed citations
17.
Guthmann, C., et al.. (1994). Accurate rotation and displacement in the millikelvin range: A new positioner design. Review of Scientific Instruments. 65(1). 273–274. 4 indexed citations
18.
Rolley, E., et al.. (1994). Stepped surfaces of hcp helium-4 crystals. Physical Review Letters. 72(6). 872–875. 41 indexed citations
19.
Balibar, S., François Gallet, François Graner, & E. Rolley. (1993). The roughening transition and the growth of helium crystals. Progress in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials. 26. 51–66. 4 indexed citations
20.
Balibar, S., François Gallet, & E. Rolley. (1990). The dynamic roughening of crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth. 99(1-4). 46–53. 15 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Joseph O. Indekeu Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Peter A. Thompson Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Frank van Swol Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Sandra M. Troian Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Élisabeth Charlaix Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by H. Kellay Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Cécile Cottin-Bizonne Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Leonard W. Schwartz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by A. Scharmann Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by G. Hass
Rankless by CCL
2026