Francis W. Starr

10.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
131 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

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Francis W. Starr is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Francis W. Starr has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Materials Chemistry, 40 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 38 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Francis W. Starr's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (93 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (38 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (30 papers). Francis W. Starr is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (93 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (38 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (30 papers). Francis W. Starr collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. Francis W. Starr's co-authors include Jack F. Douglas, H. Eugene Stanley, Sharon C. Glotzer, Thomas B. Schrøder, Francesco Sciortino, Nicolás Giovambattista, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Beatriz A. Pazmiño Betancourt, Paul Z. Hanakata and Sanat K. Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Francis W. Starr

131 papers receiving 8.5k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Francis W. Starr United States	48	6.1k	2.5k	2.2k	1.7k	1.6k	131	8.7k
B. Frick France	45	5.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	297	7.7k
Jean‐Louis Barrat France	59	6.9k 1.1×	3.1k 1.2×	944 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.6×	166	11.2k
J. Baschnagel France	44	4.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	889 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	165	6.0k
George Fytas Germany	50	5.4k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	461 0.3×	322	9.6k
Jeppe C. Dyre Denmark	51	8.1k 1.3×	3.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.3×	202	11.1k
Thomas B. Schrøder Denmark	35	4.0k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	948 0.4×	785 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	85	5.5k
François Lequeux France	47	4.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 0.8×	855 0.5×	680 0.4×	184	8.7k
Arantxa Arbe Spain	47	4.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.2×	867 0.5×	370 0.2×	223	7.0k
Kenneth S. Schweizer United States	72	11.9k 2.0×	4.8k 1.9×	4.7k 2.1×	2.3k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	335	16.4k
V. N. Novikov Russia	46	4.5k 0.7×	818 0.3×	867 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	698 0.4×	175	6.3k

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Starr, Francis W., et al.. (2025). Computationally efficient machine-learned model for GST phase change materials via direct and indirect learning. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(3). 4 indexed citations

Giuntoli, Andrea, Wengang Zhang, Zhongqin Lin, et al.. (2022). The effect of nanoparticle softness on the interfacial dynamics of a model polymer nanocomposite. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 157(9). 94901–94901. 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Wengang, et al.. (2020). How Does Monomer Structure Affect the Interfacial Dynamics of Supported Ultrathin Polymer Films?. Macromolecules. 53(21). 9654–9664. 10 indexed citations

Emamy, Hamed, Sanat K. Kumar, & Francis W. Starr. (2018). Diminishing Interfacial Effects with Decreasing Nanoparticle Size in Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites. Physical Review Letters. 121(20). 207801–207801. 57 indexed citations

Giovambattista, Nicolás, Francis W. Starr, & Peter H. Poole. (2017). Influence of sample preparation on the transformation of low-density to high-density amorphous ice: An explanation based on the potential energy landscape. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 147(4). 44501–44501. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Wujie, et al.. (2016). Holliday Junction Thermodynamics and Structure: Coarse-Grained Simulations and Experiments. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22863–22863. 17 indexed citations

Vargas–Lara, Fernando, Francis W. Starr, & Jack F. Douglas. (2016). Hydrodynamic radius fluctuations in model DNA–grafted nanoparticles. AIP conference proceedings. 1736(1). 20080–20080. 8 indexed citations

Starr, Francis W., Benedikt Hartmann, & Jack F. Douglas. (2014). Dynamical clustering and a mechanism for raft-like structures in a model lipid membrane. Soft Matter. 10(17). 3036–3036. 25 indexed citations

Hanakata, Paul Z., Jack F. Douglas, & Francis W. Starr. (2013). Local Variation of Fragility and Glass Transition Temperature of Ultra-thin Supported Polymer Films. Wesleyan University Digital Collections (Wesleyan University). 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Chi, Cheng, Fernando Vargas–Lara, Alexei V. Tkachenko, Francis W. Starr, & Oleg Gang. (2012). Internal Structure of Nanoparticle Dimers Linked by DNA. ACS Nano. 6(8). 6793–6802. 42 indexed citations

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Hsu, Chia Wei, Francesco Sciortino, & Francis W. Starr. (2010). Theoretical Description of a DNA-Linked Nanoparticle Self-Assembly. Physical Review Letters. 105(5). 55502–55502. 31 indexed citations

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Kumar, Pradeep, Francis W. Starr, Sergey V. Buldyrev, & H. Eugene Stanley. (2007). Effect of water-wall interaction potential on the properties of nanoconfined water. Physical Review E. 75(1). 11202–11202. 61 indexed citations

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Starr, Francis W. & Francesco Sciortino. (2006). Model for assembly and gelation of four-armed DNA dendrimers. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 18(26). L347–L353. 72 indexed citations

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Lačević, Naida, Francis W. Starr, Thomas B. Schrøder, & Sharon C. Glotzer. (2003). Spatially heterogeneous dynamics investigated via a time-dependent four-point density correlation function. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 119(14). 7372–7387. 341 indexed citations

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Starr, Francis W., C. Austen Angell, Emilia La Nave, et al.. (2003). Recent results on the connection between thermodynamics and dynamics in supercooled water. Biophysical Chemistry. 105(2-3). 573–583. 16 indexed citations

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Giovambattista, Nicolás, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Francis W. Starr, & H. Eugene Stanley. (2003). Connection between Adam-Gibbs Theory and Spatially Heterogeneous Dynamics. Physical Review Letters. 90(8). 85506–85506. 112 indexed citations

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Stanley, H. Eugene, Sergey V. Buldyrev, Nicolás Giovambattista, et al.. (2003). Application of Statistical Physics to Understand Static and Dynamic Anomalies in Liquid Water. Journal of Statistical Physics. 110(3-6). 1039–1054. 21 indexed citations

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Sciortino, Francesco, Emilia La Nave, Antonio Scala, H. Eugene Stanley, & Francis W. Starr. (2002). Water and its energy landscape. The European Physical Journal E. 9(3). 233–237. 9 indexed citations

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Starr, Francis W., Thomas B. Schrøder, & Sharon C. Glotzer. (2001). Effects of a nanoscopic filler on the structure and dynamics of a simulated polymer melt and the relationship to ultrathin films. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(2). 21802–21802. 231 indexed citations

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Starr, Francis W., Francesco Sciortino, & H. Eugene Stanley. (1999). Dynamics of simulated water under pressure. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(6). 6757–6768. 203 indexed citations

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