Héctor Ochoa

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Héctor Ochoa is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Héctor Ochoa has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Héctor Ochoa's work include Graphene research and applications (21 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (15 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (15 papers). Héctor Ochoa is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (21 papers), Quantum and electron transport phenomena (15 papers) and Topological Materials and Phenomena (15 papers). Héctor Ochoa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Mexico. Héctor Ochoa's co-authors include F. Guinea, Yaroslav Tserkovnyak, Rafael Roldán, Ricardo Zarzuela, Eduardo V. Castro, Barbaros Özyilmaz, I. J. Vera-Marun, Ahmet Avşar, B. J. van Wees and Miguel A. Cazalilla and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Héctor Ochoa

49 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Colloquium: Spintronics in graphene and other two-dimensional materials

2020 317 citations Ahmet Avşar, Héctor Ochoa et al. Reviews of Modern Physics profile →
Limits on Charge Carrier Mobility in Suspended Graphene due to Flexural Phonons

2010 292 citations Eduardo V. Castro, Héctor Ochoa 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
Héctor Ochoa United States	25	1.5k	1.2k	521	279	175	50	2.2k
A. K. Kapoor India	27	1.0k 0.7×	409 0.3×	905 1.7×	222 0.8×	507 2.9×	135	2.2k
P.K. Mahapatra India	26	1.4k 0.9×	448 0.4×	703 1.3×	93 0.3×	864 4.9×	134	2.4k
Dong‐Soo Shin South Korea	22	523 0.3×	777 0.6×	738 1.4×	990 3.5×	301 1.7×	148	1.6k
Maxime Leroux France	20	331 0.2×	144 0.1×	105 0.2×	363 1.3×	278 1.6×	50	1.1k
Carlos Mera Acosta Brazil	18	868 0.6×	239 0.2×	349 0.7×	96 0.3×	119 0.7×	37	1.3k
J. Zhang United States	13	823 0.5×	231 0.2×	114 0.2×	256 0.9×	181 1.0×	22	1.6k
Yoshihiko Okamoto Japan	27	1.0k 0.7×	559 0.5×	580 1.1×	1.6k 5.9×	1.3k 7.4×	138	2.9k
Patrick J. McCann United States	20	545 0.4×	498 0.4×	781 1.5×	49 0.2×	55 0.3×	108	1.3k
Helena M. Petrilli Brazil	21	584 0.4×	446 0.4×	214 0.4×	319 1.1×	301 1.7×	93	1.5k
Cyndie Picot France	11	481 0.3×	113 0.1×	47 0.1×	116 0.4×	42 0.2×	30	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Héctor Ochoa

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ochoa, Héctor. (2025). Temperature crossovers in the specific heat of amorphous magnets. Journal of Applied Physics. 137(3).

Ochoa, Héctor & Rafael M. Fernandes. (2023). Extended linear-in-T resistivity due to electron-phason scattering in moiré superlattices. Physical review. B.. 108(7). 5 indexed citations

Yao, Kaiyuan, Nathan Finney, Jin Zhang, et al.. (2021). Enhanced Tunable Second Harmonic Generation from Twistable Interfaces and Vertical Superlattices in Boron Nitride Homostructures. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 7 indexed citations

Avşar, Ahmet, Héctor Ochoa, F. Guinea, et al.. (2020). Colloquium: Spintronics in graphene and other two-dimensional materials. Reviews of Modern Physics. 92(2). 317 indexed citations breakdown →

Ochoa, Héctor & Ana Asenjo-Garcı́a. (2020). Flat Bands and Chiral Optical Response of Moiré Insulators. Physical Review Letters. 125(3). 37402–37402. 32 indexed citations

Ochoa, Héctor & Ana Asenjo-Garcı́a. (2020). Flat bands and chiral optical response of twisted bilayer insulators. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

Ochoa, Héctor. (2019). Moiré-pattern fluctuations and electron-phason coupling in twisted bilayer graphene. Physical review. B.. 100(15). 49 indexed citations

Prados‐Román, Cristina, L. Gómez, Olga Puentedura, et al.. (2017). Ground-based observations of Halogen Oxides in the Antarctic Boundary Layer. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11798. 1 indexed citations

Ochoa, Héctor, Ricardo Zarzuela, & Yaroslav Tserkovnyak. (2017). Emergent Gauge Fields from Curvature in Single Layers of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. Physical Review Letters. 118(2). 26801–26801. 28 indexed citations

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López-Cervantes, Malaquı́as, et al.. (2017). The emergence and evolution of the research fronts in HIV/AIDS research. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0178293–e0178293. 25 indexed citations

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Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav & Héctor Ochoa. (2017). Generalized boundary conditions for spin transfer. Physical review. B.. 96(10). 23 indexed citations

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Cazalilla, Miguel A., Héctor Ochoa, & F. Guinea. (2014). Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Crystals of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides. Physical Review Letters. 113(7). 77201–77201. 129 indexed citations

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Ochoa, Héctor, et al.. (2014). Liposomes versus metallic nanostructures: differences in the process of knowledge translation in cancer. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 9. 2627–2627. 8 indexed citations

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Ochoa, Héctor, et al.. (2013). The acceptability and feasibility of an intercultural birth center in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 13(1). 94–94. 24 indexed citations

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Ochoa, Héctor, A. H. Castro Neto, & F. Guinea. (2012). Elliot-Yafet Mechanism in Graphene. Physical Review Letters. 108(20). 206808–206808. 79 indexed citations

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Ochoa, Héctor, Eduardo V. Castro, M. I. Katsnelson, & F. Guinea. (2011). Temperature-dependent resistivity in bilayer graphene due to flexural phonons. Physical Review B. 83(23). 56 indexed citations

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Castro, Eduardo V., Héctor Ochoa, M. I. Katsnelson, et al.. (2010). Limits on Charge Carrier Mobility in Suspended Graphene due to Flexural Phonons. Physical Review Letters. 105(26). 266601–266601. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ochoa, Héctor, et al.. (2005). Environmental pathways of exposure to DDT for children living in a malarious area of Chiapas, Mexico. Environmental Research. 99(2). 158–163. 46 indexed citations

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Ochoa, Héctor, et al.. (2003). Economic costs associated with inadequate drug prescribing: an exploratory study in Chiapas, Mexico. Acta Tropica. 88(1). 57–68. 5 indexed citations

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Kroeger, Axel, et al.. (2001). Inadequate drug advice in the pharmacies of Guatemala and Mexico: the scale of the problem and explanatory factors. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 95(6). 605–616. 26 indexed citations

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