Eric R. Weeks

12.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
107 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Eric R. Weeks is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric R. Weeks has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Materials Chemistry, 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Eric R. Weeks's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (71 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (31 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (22 papers). Eric R. Weeks is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (71 papers), Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (31 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (22 papers). Eric R. Weeks collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Eric R. Weeks's co-authors include David A. Weitz, Andrew B. Schofield, John C. Crocker, Andrew Levitt, Harry L. Swinney, G. Hunter, Tom Solomon, Kenneth W. Desmond, P. N. Pusey and Urs Gasser and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Eric R. Weeks

100 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Three-Dimensional Direct Imaging of Structural Relaxation Near the Colloidal Glass Transition

2000 1.4k citations Eric R. Weeks, John C. Crocker et al. Science profile →
Real-Space Imaging of Nucleation and Growth in Colloidal Crystallization

2001 853 citations Eric R. Weeks, Andrew B. Schofield et al. Science profile →
Observation of anomalous diffusion and Lévy flights in a two-dimensional rotating flow

1993 571 citations Eric R. Weeks, Harry L. Swinney et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
Two-Point Microrheology of Inhomogeneous Soft Materials

2000 510 citations John C. Crocker, Eric R. Weeks et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
The physics of the colloidal glass transition

2012 478 citations G. Hunter, Eric R. Weeks Reports on Progress in Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric R. Weeks United States	46	5.5k	2.3k	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	107	9.5k
Andrea J. Liu United States	60	8.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.2×	3.2k 2.0×	1.7k 1.4×	846 0.8×	193	13.7k
Thomas M. Truskett United States	41	4.1k 0.7×	2.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	633 0.6×	179	7.0k
Patrick B. Warren United Kingdom	38	5.9k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	879 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	102	10.6k
Andrew B. Schofield United Kingdom	39	6.1k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	870 0.8×	94	8.1k
John C. Crocker United States	47	5.6k 1.0×	4.0k 1.7×	1.7k 1.1×	3.1k 2.6×	977 0.9×	120	13.0k
Emanuela Zaccarelli Italy	47	6.1k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	746 0.6×	849 0.8×	169	8.4k
Jean‐Louis Barrat France	59	6.9k 1.2×	3.1k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	166	11.2k
R. C. Ball United Kingdom	48	3.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	716 0.6×	1.6k 1.5×	153	8.6k
Wilson C. K. Poon United Kingdom	66	9.6k 1.7×	4.6k 2.0×	3.0k 1.9×	1.9k 1.6×	2.6k 2.4×	232	15.7k
Stefan U. Egelhaaf Germany	48	4.2k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	731 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	155	8.2k

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Weeks, Eric R., et al.. (2025). Optimal disk packing of chloroplasts in plant cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(43). e2511696122–e2511696122.

Weeks, Eric R., et al.. (2024). Rearrangements during slow compression of a jammed two-dimensional emulsion. Physical review. E. 109(3). 2 indexed citations

Ning, Liqun, Riya Mehta, Andrea S. Theus, et al.. (2020). Embedded 3D Bioprinting of Gelatin Methacryloyl-Based Constructs with Highly Tunable Structural Fidelity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(40). 44563–44577. 132 indexed citations

Weeks, Eric R., et al.. (2019). Effect of Topographical Steps on the Surface Motility of the Bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 5(12). 6436–6445. 10 indexed citations

JIANG, Y, Eric R. Weeks, & Nicholas P. Bailey. (2019). Isomorph invariance of dynamics of sheared glassy systems. Physical review. E. 100(5). 53005–53005. 3 indexed citations

Weeks, Eric R., et al.. (2018). Surface Topography Hinders Bacterial Surface Motility. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(11). 9225–9234. 62 indexed citations

Vasilyev, Oleg A., Olivier Bénichou, Carlos Mejía-Monasterio, Eric R. Weeks, & Gleb Oshanin. (2017). Cooperative behavior of biased probes in crowded interacting systems. Soft Matter. 13(41). 7617–7624. 13 indexed citations

Vivek, Skanda & Eric R. Weeks. (2017). Decoupling of translational and rotational diffusion in quasi-2D colloidal fluids. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 147(13). 134502–134502. 14 indexed citations

Schneider, David A., et al.. (2016). Multiplexed, Tethered Particle Microscopy for Studies of DNA-Enzyme Dynamics. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 582. 415–435. 7 indexed citations

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Weeks, Eric R., et al.. (2016). Energy barriers, entropy barriers, and non-Arrhenius behavior in a minimal glassy model. Physical review. E. 93(6). 62613–62613. 7 indexed citations

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Weeks, Eric R., et al.. (2015). Snap-off production of monodisperse droplets. The European Physical Journal E. 38(12). 138–138. 12 indexed citations

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Weeks, Eric R. & Kenneth W. Desmond. (2014). Experimental measurements of stress redistribution in flowing emulsions. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Hunter, G. & Eric R. Weeks. (2012). The physics of the colloidal glass transition. Reports on Progress in Physics. 75(6). 66501–66501. 478 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kurita, Rei & Eric R. Weeks. (2010). Glass transition of two-dimensional binary soft-disk mixtures with large size ratios. Physical Review E. 82(4). 41402–41402. 25 indexed citations

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Besseling, R., Eric R. Weeks, Andrew B. Schofield, & Wilson C. K. Poon. (2007). Three-Dimensional Imaging of Colloidal Glasses under Steady Shear. Physical Review Letters. 99(2). 28301–28301. 189 indexed citations

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Palmer, Andrew G., et al.. (2007). Semagenesis and the parasitic angiosperm Striga asiatica. The Plant Journal. 51(4). 707–716. 32 indexed citations

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Weeks, Eric R., John C. Crocker, Mohammad F. Islam, et al.. (2003). Rheological Microscopy: Local Mechanical Properties from Microrheology. Physical Review Letters. 90(10). 108301–108301. 168 indexed citations

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Weeks, Eric R. & David A. Weitz. (2002). Properties of Cage Rearrangements Observed near the Colloidal Glass Transition. Physical Review Letters. 89(9). 95704–95704. 343 indexed citations

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Weeks, Eric R., John C. Crocker, Andrew Levitt, Andrew B. Schofield, & David A. Weitz. (2000). Three-Dimensional Direct Imaging of Structural Relaxation Near the Colloidal Glass Transition. Science. 287(5453). 627–631. 1428 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weeks, Eric R., Yudong Tian, Jeffrey S. Urbach, et al.. (1997). Transitions Between Blocked and Zonal Flows in a Rotating Annulus with Topography. Science. 278(5343). 1598–1601. 74 indexed citations

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