George Comşa

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
197 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

George Comşa is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Atmospheric Science and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, George Comşa has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 160 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 58 papers in Atmospheric Science and 44 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in George Comşa's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (120 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (58 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (51 papers). George Comşa is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (120 papers), nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (58 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (51 papers). George Comşa collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. George Comşa's co-authors include Bene Poelsema, Thomas Michely, Rudolf David, Laurens K. Verheij, H. Niehus, P. Zeppenfeld, Klaus Kern, Georg Rosenfeld, Michael Bott and M. Hohage and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

George Comşa

193 papers receiving 9.9k citations

Hit Papers

Reentrant layer-by-layer growth during molecular-beam epi... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 100 200 300 400
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. Reentrant layer-by-layer growth during molecular-beam epitaxy of metal-on-metal substrates
    1990 425 citations Bene Poelsema, Laurens K. Verheij et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
George Comşa Germany 57 7.5k 3.4k 3.1k 1.7k 1.6k 197 10.3k
R. Gomer United States 54 7.1k 0.9× 5.0k 1.5× 2.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.8k 1.7× 243 12.1k
Gert Ehrlich United States 49 5.3k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 157 8.7k
Bene Poelsema Netherlands 57 6.4k 0.9× 5.1k 1.5× 1.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 2.7k 1.7× 316 11.6k
J. A. Venables United Kingdom 46 5.1k 0.7× 4.8k 1.4× 2.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 180 10.9k
Peter J. Feibelman United States 57 8.9k 1.2× 6.2k 1.8× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 3.2k 2.0× 210 13.7k
J. F. van der Veen Netherlands 55 5.5k 0.7× 3.6k 1.1× 1.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 2.8k 1.7× 202 9.8k
Hellmut Haberland Germany 49 5.7k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 510 0.3× 868 0.5× 145 8.3k
E. W. Plummer United States 61 8.9k 1.2× 4.6k 1.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.3× 221 11.5k
N. D. Lang United States 51 10.2k 1.4× 4.5k 1.3× 1.2k 0.4× 894 0.5× 6.1k 3.7× 84 14.1k
H.P. Bonzel Germany 56 5.1k 0.7× 5.1k 1.5× 1.7k 0.5× 762 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 181 9.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Comşa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Comşa

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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David, Rudolf, et al.. (1999). Influence of film structure on the surface vibrations of Co/Au(111). Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 105(1). 37–42. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Lin, P. Zeppenfeld, Sebastian Horch, & George Comşa. (1997). Determination of iodine adlayer structures on Au(111) by scanning tunneling microscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 107(2). 585–591. 32 indexed citations
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Goerge, Jürgen, et al.. (1996). Adsorption and structure of CF4 on Cu(110). Surface Science. 352-354. 274–279. 4 indexed citations
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Rosenfeld, Georg, Bene Poelsema, & George Comşa. (1994). Rosenfeld, Poelsema, and Comsa reply. Physical Review Letters. 73(2). 365–365. 3 indexed citations
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Teichert, Christian, M. Hohage, Thomas Michely, & George Comşa. (1994). Nuclei of the Pt(111) network reconstruction created by single ion impacts. Physical Review Letters. 72(11). 1682–1685. 60 indexed citations
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Liu, Shudun, Zhenyu Zhang, George Comşa, & Horia Metiu. (1993). Kinetic mechanism for island shape variations caused by changes in the growth temperature. Physical Review Letters. 71(18). 2967–2970. 87 indexed citations
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Verheij, Laurens K., et al.. (1992). Autocatalytic behavior and role of oxygen diffusion in the hydrogen-oxygen reaction on Pt(111). Surface Science. 272(1-3). 276–282. 48 indexed citations
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Verheij, Laurens K., Markus B. Hugenschmidt, Bene Poelsema, & George Comşa. (1991). Hydrogen adsorption on clean and oxygen covered Pt(111). Catalysis Letters. 9(3-4). 195–204. 11 indexed citations
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Niehus, H., et al.. (1990). H-induced (1 × 2) reconstruction of the Cu(110) surface: structure and deconstruction kinetics. Surface Science. 239(3). 243–253. 37 indexed citations
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Zeppenfeld, P., et al.. (1990). Vibrational spectroscopy of rare gas adlayers. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 54-55. 265–280. 11 indexed citations
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Verheij, Laurens K., Markus B. Hugenschmidt, A. Brad Anton, Bene Poelsema, & George Comşa. (1989). A molecular beam study of the interaction between hydrogen and the Pt(111) surface. Surface Science. 210(1-2). 1–26. 39 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, P. Zeppenfeld, Rudolf David, & George Comşa. (1987). Adsorbate-substrate vibrational coupling in physisorbed Kr films on Pt(111). Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 35(2). 886–889. 49 indexed citations
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Kern, Klaus, Rudolf David, & George Comşa. (1985). Low temperature measurements of the rotational relaxation in D2 free jets. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 82(12). 5673–5676. 31 indexed citations
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Poelsema, Bene, S.T. de Zwart, & George Comşa. (1982). Scattering Cross Section of Low-Coverage CO on Pt(111) for Thermal He andH2Beams. Physical Review Letters. 49(8). 578–581. 114 indexed citations
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Comşa, George & Rudolf David. (1982). The purely “fast” distribution of H2 and D2 molecules desorbing from Cu(100) and Cu(111) surfaces. Surface Science. 117(1-3). 77–84. 187 indexed citations
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Niehus, H. & George Comşa. (1981). Bulk dissolved Si as a cause of the “oxide” formation on Pt(111) surfaces. Surface Science. 102(1). L14–L20. 104 indexed citations
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Comşa, George, et al.. (1980). Calibration of a spinning rotor gas friction gauge against a fundamental vacuum pressure standard. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. 17(2). 642–644. 60 indexed citations
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Comşa, George, et al.. (1974). Peculiarities of the Helium-Beam Scattering on Metal Surfaces. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A. 29(2). 189–193. 5 indexed citations
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Comşa, George. (1969). The rate of impingement of a molecular beam. Vacuum. 19(6). 277–279. 6 indexed citations
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Comşa, George, et al.. (1957). A new type of ionization-pump. Journal of Scientific Instruments. 34(7). 291–292. 12 indexed citations

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