Gregory H. Wannier

12.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
49 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Gregory H. Wannier is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gregory H. Wannier has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 10 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 8 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gregory H. Wannier's work include Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (11 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (10 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Gregory H. Wannier is often cited by papers focused on Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (11 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (10 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Gregory H. Wannier collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Gregory H. Wannier's co-authors include Erich Vogt, F. Claro, G. Obermair, H. W. Lewis, D. R. Fredkin, Alexander Rauh, Rajyavardhan Ray, David Dickinson, H. O. Pollak and John A. Hornbeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Reviews of Modern Physics.

In The Last Decade

Gregory H. Wannier

48 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

The Threshold Law for Single Ionization of Atoms or Ions ... 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 1960 1953 250 500 750
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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.

  1. The Threshold Law for Single Ionization of Atoms or Ions by Electrons
    1953 943 citations Gregory H. Wannier Physical Review profile →
  2. Wave Functions and Effective Hamiltonian for Bloch Electrons in an Electric Field
    1960 615 citations Gregory H. Wannier Physical Review profile →
  3. Motion of Gaseous Ions in Strong Electric Fields
    1953 550 citations Gregory H. Wannier profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gregory H. Wannier United States 25 3.6k 922 774 598 548 49 4.5k
A. R. Edmonds United Kingdom 13 2.6k 0.7× 948 1.0× 290 0.4× 323 0.5× 609 1.1× 17 4.6k
Oktay Sǐnanoğlu United States 36 3.6k 1.0× 835 0.9× 433 0.6× 115 0.2× 302 0.6× 115 4.5k
R. K. Nesbet United States 46 6.8k 1.9× 1.6k 1.7× 854 1.1× 419 0.7× 237 0.4× 199 8.2k
Kazuo Takayanagi Japan 26 2.0k 0.6× 534 0.6× 646 0.8× 356 0.6× 168 0.3× 110 3.1k
H. S. W. Massey United Kingdom 25 2.5k 0.7× 735 0.8× 768 1.0× 198 0.3× 184 0.3× 91 4.2k
Léon Van Hove Netherlands 13 3.0k 0.8× 328 0.4× 415 0.5× 965 1.6× 1.3k 2.3× 24 5.0k
L. Pincherle United Kingdom 12 1.6k 0.4× 545 0.6× 293 0.4× 273 0.5× 201 0.4× 27 2.7k
Wesley E. Brittin United States 13 1.7k 0.5× 669 0.7× 161 0.2× 348 0.6× 660 1.2× 36 3.6k
N. Kroll United States 29 5.2k 1.4× 700 0.8× 2.0k 2.5× 248 0.4× 264 0.5× 103 8.4k
M. E. Rose United States 15 2.2k 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 168 0.2× 285 0.5× 314 0.6× 19 4.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1984). Wannier Functions from Landau Functions?. physica status solidi (b). 121(2). 603–607. 4 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1978). Transforming Gaussians into Wannier functions. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 19(1). 131–134. 18 indexed citations
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Claro, F. & Gregory H. Wannier. (1978). Closure of Bands for Bloch Electrons in a Magnetic Field. physica status solidi (b). 88(2). 9 indexed citations
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Obermair, G. & Gregory H. Wannier. (1976). Bloch Electrons in Magnetic Fields. Rationality, Irrationality, Degeneracy. physica status solidi (b). 76(1). 217–222. 14 indexed citations
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Rauh, Alexander & Gregory H. Wannier. (1974). Theory of stark ladders in the optical absorption of solids. Solid State Communications. 15(8). 1239–1241. 8 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1972). Theorem on the Magnetoconductivity of Metals. Physical review. B, Solid state. 5(10). 3836–3839. 15 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H. & J. P. Van Dyke. (1968). Are Bloch Bands at Finite Field Adiabatically Connected to Those at Zero Field?. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 9(6). 899–904. 14 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1964). Quantum Theory of Solids. C. Kittel. Wiley, New York, 1963. xii + 435 pp. Illus. $13.50. Science. 143(3607). 672–672. 2 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H., et al.. (1964). Zero-Field Susceptibility of Bloch Electrons. Physical Review. 136(3A). A803–A810. 45 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H. & D. R. Fredkin. (1962). Decoupling of Bloch Bands in the Presence of Homogeneous Fields. Physical Review. 125(6). 1910–1915. 59 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1962). Dynamics of Band Electrons in Electric and Magnetic Fields. Reviews of Modern Physics. 34(4). 645–655. 423 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H., et al.. (1960). Elements of Solid State Theory. Physics Today. 13(4). 60–61. 5 indexed citations
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Chynoweth, A. G., Gregory H. Wannier, R. A. Logan, & Donald E. Thomas. (1960). Observation of Stark Splitting of Energy Bands by Means of Tunnelling Transitions. Physical Review Letters. 5(2). 57–58. 39 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1960). The particle concept and solid state physics. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 16(6). 229–231. 1 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1955). Possibility of a Zener Effect. Physical Review. 100(4). 1227–1227. 39 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1953). The Threshold Law for Single Ionization of Atoms or Ions by Electrons. Physical Review. 90(5). 817–825. 943 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1953). Connection formulas between the solutions of Mathieu’s equation. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 11(1). 33–59. 18 indexed citations
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Lewis, H. W. & Gregory H. Wannier. (1952). Spherical Model of a Ferromagnet. Physical Review. 88(3). 682–683. 91 indexed citations
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Wannier, Gregory H.. (1951). On the Motion of Gaseous Ions in a Strong Electric Field. I. Physical Review. 83(2). 281–289. 134 indexed citations
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Hornbeck, John A. & Gregory H. Wannier. (1951). Cross Sections for Ion-Atom Collisions in He, Ne, and A. Physical Review. 82(3). 458–458. 23 indexed citations

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