Gerald Swislow

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Gerald Swislow is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Medicine and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Swislow has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Organic Chemistry, 5 papers in Molecular Medicine and 3 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Gerald Swislow's work include Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (5 papers) and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (3 papers). Gerald Swislow is often cited by papers focused on Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (5 papers) and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (3 papers). Gerald Swislow collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Japan. Gerald Swislow's co-authors include Toyoichi Tanaka, Shao-Tang Sun, Izumi Nishio, David J. Fillmore, B. M. Ocko, J. Als‐Nielsen, Alan Braslau, P. S. Pershan, Iwao Ohmine and J. D. Litster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Swislow

9 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Phase Transitions in Ionic Gels

1980 1.0k citations Toyoichi Tanaka, David J. Fillmore 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						Papers	Cites
Gerald Swislow United States	9	781	523	522	506	305	9	2.0k
Wolfgang Eimer Germany	19	799 1.0×	415 0.8×	505 1.0×	486 1.0×	170 0.6×	39	1.9k
J. Rička Switzerland	20	930 1.2×	556 1.1×	711 1.4×	432 0.9×	207 0.7×	42	2.3k
Erik Geissler France	29	926 1.2×	616 1.2×	620 1.2×	741 1.5×	198 0.6×	114	2.6k
J. P. Munch France	25	452 0.6×	365 0.7×	726 1.4×	1.1k 2.1×	195 0.6×	55	2.2k
Izumi Nishio Japan	19	1.5k 1.9×	1.1k 2.1×	736 1.4×	601 1.2×	209 0.7×	49	3.1k
Alain Lapp France	34	305 0.4×	462 0.9×	1.2k 2.3×	1.1k 2.1×	235 0.8×	108	2.9k
Manuel Quesada‐Pérez Spain	28	543 0.7×	744 1.4×	498 1.0×	509 1.0×	318 1.0×	85	2.3k
Hitoshi Endo Japan	25	295 0.4×	319 0.6×	594 1.1×	573 1.1×	365 1.2×	81	2.1k
J. G. H. Joosten Netherlands	20	228 0.3×	287 0.5×	711 1.4×	479 0.9×	167 0.5×	45	1.7k
M. Delsanti France	31	195 0.2×	498 1.0×	1.1k 2.0×	1.1k 2.3×	326 1.1×	66	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Gerald Swislow

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Swislow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald Swislow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald Swislow 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 Gerald Swislow. Gerald Swislow is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Swislow, Gerald, Daniel K. Schwartz, B. M. Ocko, P. S. Pershan, & J. D. Litster. (1991). X-ray studies of the surface and bulk structure of the isotropic and nematic phase of a lyotropic liquid crystal. Physical Review A. 43(12). 6815–6825. 11 indexed citations

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Braslau, Alan, P. S. Pershan, Gerald Swislow, B. M. Ocko, & J. Als‐Nielsen. (1988). Capillary waves on the surface of simple liquids measured by x-ray reflectivity. Physical review. A, General physics. 38(5). 2457–2470. 431 indexed citations

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Nishio, Izumi, Gerald Swislow, Shao-Tang Sun, & Toyoichi Tanaka. (1982). Critical density fluctuations within a single polymer chain. Nature. 300(5889). 243–244. 20 indexed citations

4.

Tanaka, Toyoichi, et al.. (1980). Phase transitions in ionic gels. Ferroelectrics. 30(1). 97–97. 18 indexed citations

5.

Tanaka, Toyoichi, et al.. (1980). Phase Transitions in Ionic Gels. Physical Review Letters. 45(20). 1636–1639. 1031 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swislow, Gerald, Shao-Tang Sun, Izumi Nishio, & Toyoichi Tanaka. (1980). Coil-Globule Phase Transition in a Single Polystyrene Chain in Cyclohexane. Physical Review Letters. 44(12). 796–798. 122 indexed citations

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Sun, Shao-Tang, Izumi Nishio, Gerald Swislow, & Toyoichi Tanaka. (1980). The coil–globule transition: Radius of gyration of polystyrene in cyclohexane. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 73(12). 5971–5975. 189 indexed citations

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Tanaka, Toyoichi, Gerald Swislow, & Iwao Ohmine. (1979). Phase Separation and Gelation in Gelatin Gels. Physical Review Letters. 42(23). 1556–1559. 72 indexed citations

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Nishio, Izumi, Shao-Tang Sun, Gerald Swislow, & Toyoichi Tanaka. (1979). First observation of the coil–globule transition in a single polymer chain. Nature. 281(5728). 208–209. 123 indexed citations

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