Frank Stern

20.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
103 papers, 15.8k citations indexed

About

Frank Stern is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Stern has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 15.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 52 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 13 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank Stern's work include Semiconductor materials and devices (30 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (29 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (26 papers). Frank Stern is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor materials and devices (30 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (29 papers) and Quantum and electron transport phenomena (26 papers). Frank Stern collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Israel. Frank Stern's co-authors include A. B. Fowler, Tsuneya Ando, W. E. Howard, S. Das Sarma, Gordon Lasher, Steven E. Laux, H. C. Casey, Arvind Kumar, S.E. Laux and D.J. Frank and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Frank Stern

98 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Electronic properties of two-dimensional systems

1982 5.7k citations Frank Stern et al. profile →
Properties of Semiconductor Surface Inversion Layers in the Electric Quantum Limit

1967 1.5k citations Frank Stern et al. Physical Review profile →
Polarizability of a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas

1967 1.4k citations Frank Stern profile →
Self-Consistent Results forn-Type Si Inversion Layers

1972 926 citations Frank Stern profile →
Spontaneous and Stimulated Recombination Radiation in Semiconductors

1964 580 citations Gordon Lasher, Frank Stern Physical Review profile →
Electron energy levels in GaAs-Ga1−xAlxAsheterojunctions

1984 499 citations Frank Stern et al. profile →
Concentration-dependent absorption and spontaneous emission of heavily doped GaAs

1976 460 citations Frank Stern et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Stern United States	43	12.1k	9.0k	2.8k	2.8k	821	103	15.8k
E. O. Kane United States	35	6.4k 0.5×	5.8k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	868 0.3×	900 1.1×	57	9.1k
Gwyn Williams United States	42	3.2k 0.3×	2.1k 0.2×	2.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	638 0.8×	293	7.6k
R. Jones United Kingdom	72	10.0k 0.8×	9.0k 1.0×	13.0k 4.6×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 2.0×	588	23.1k
A.M. Stoneham United Kingdom	47	2.7k 0.2×	3.4k 0.4×	4.9k 1.7×	714 0.3×	597 0.7×	233	8.8k
Bene Poelsema Netherlands	57	6.4k 0.5×	2.7k 0.3×	5.1k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	2.4k 2.9×	316	11.6k
M. Y. Chou United States	55	6.0k 0.5×	4.3k 0.5×	10.4k 3.7×	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 2.0×	180	14.7k
G. F. Koster United States	22	4.4k 0.4×	1.8k 0.2×	3.1k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	422 0.5×	35	7.3k
G. B. Stringfellow United States	59	9.4k 0.8×	8.9k 1.0×	4.3k 1.5×	2.9k 1.1×	1.7k 2.1×	322	13.3k
Makina Yabashi Japan	53	2.2k 0.2×	3.1k 0.3×	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	531	11.0k
J. B. Ketterson United States	61	8.2k 0.7×	4.4k 0.5×	6.9k 2.4×	5.3k 1.9×	2.3k 2.8×	692	17.8k

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Stern, Frank. (2003). Mortality among chrome leather tannery workers: An update. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 44(2). 197–206. 30 indexed citations

Stern, Frank, Everett J. Lehman, & Avima M. Ruder. (2001). Mortality among unionized construction plasterers and cement masons*. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 39(4). 373–388. 38 indexed citations

Chen, Guang X., Janet J. Johnston, Toni Alterman, et al.. (2000). Expanded analysis of injury mortality among unionized construction workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 37(4). 364–373. 7 indexed citations

Stern, Frank, Avima M. Ruder, & Guang Chen. (2000). Proportionate mortality among unionized roofers and waterproofers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 37(5). 478–492. 44 indexed citations

Axtell, Catherine D., Elizabeth Ward, George P. McCabe, et al.. (1998). Underlying and multiple cause mortality in a cohort of workers exposed to aromatic amines. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 34(5). 506–511. 14 indexed citations

Stern, Frank, et al.. (1997). Proportionate mortality among unionized construction operating engineers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 32(1). 51–65. 36 indexed citations

Stern, Frank, Marie Haring Sweeney, & Elizabeth Ward. (1997). Proportionate mortality among unionized construction ironworkers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 31(2). 176–187. 25 indexed citations

Stern, Frank, et al.. (1996). Lebensmut im Wartesaal: Die Judischen DPs (Displaced Persons) im Nachkriegsdeutschland.. The American Historical Review. 101(3). 869–869. 8 indexed citations

Stern, Frank, et al.. (1995). Proportionate mortality among construction laborers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 27(4). 485–509. 30 indexed citations

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Walker, J.T.S., et al.. (1993). Mortality of workers employed in shoe manufacturing.. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health. 19(2). 89–95. 43 indexed citations

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Michaels, David, Stephen Zoloth, & Frank Stern. (1991). Does Low-Level Lead Exposure Increase Risk of Death? A Mortality Study of Newspaper Printers. International Journal of Epidemiology. 20(4). 978–983. 35 indexed citations

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Selevan, S G, P. J. Landrigan, Frank Stern, & James H. Jones. (1988). Lead and hypertension in a mortality study of lead smelter workers.. Environmental Health Perspectives. 78. 65–66. 7 indexed citations

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Stern, Frank, et al.. (1988). HEART DISEASE MORTALITY AMONG BRIDGE AND TUNNEL OFFICERS EXPOSED TO CARBON MONOXIDE1. American Journal of Epidemiology. 128(6). 1276–1288. 103 indexed citations

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Volkov, Shulamit, et al.. (1988). Die Weimarer Republik : Demokratie in der Krise. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Stern, Frank & J. M. Woodall. (1974). Photon recycling in semiconductor lasers. Journal of Applied Physics. 45(9). 3904–3906. 87 indexed citations

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Stern, Frank. (1966). Saturation in Semiconductor Absorbers and Amplifiers of Light. 442. 5 indexed citations

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Lasher, Gordon & Frank Stern. (1964). Spontaneous and Stimulated Recombination Radiation in Semiconductors. Physical Review. 133(2A). A553–A563. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stern, Frank. (1961). Optical Properties of Lead-Salt and III–V Semiconductors. Journal of Applied Physics. 32(10). 2166–2173. 22 indexed citations

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Stern, Frank. (1959). Calculation of the Cohesive Energy of Metallic Iron. Physical Review. 116(6). 1399–1417. 92 indexed citations

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Stern, Frank. (1956). Self-Consistent Field Calculation for Three Configurations of Atomic Iron. Physical Review. 104(3). 684–691. 7 indexed citations

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