Isaak Rubinstein

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Isaak Rubinstein is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Isaak Rubinstein has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 9 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Isaak Rubinstein's work include Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (41 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (20 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (13 papers). Isaak Rubinstein is often cited by papers focused on Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (41 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (20 papers) and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (13 papers). Isaak Rubinstein collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Italy. Isaak Rubinstein's co-authors include Boris Zaltzman, L. Shtilman, O. Kedem, Martin Z. Bazant, Eberhard Staude, Shmuel M. Rubinstein, Ali Mani, E. Victoria Dydek, Daosheng Deng and G. Manukyan and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and Journal of Fluid Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

Isaak Rubinstein

66 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

  1. Electro-osmotically induced convection at a permselective membrane
    2000 503 citations Isaak Rubinstein, Boris Zaltzman Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics profile →
  2. Voltage against current curves of cation exchange membranes
    1979 362 citations Isaak Rubinstein, L. Shtilman Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Isaak Rubinstein Israel 27 3.1k 1.9k 884 394 196 68 3.9k
Boris Zaltzman Israel 23 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 652 0.7× 274 0.7× 123 0.6× 56 2.8k
Steffen Hardt Germany 34 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 0.7× 71 0.1× 136 0.3× 62 0.3× 167 5.0k
Thomas Z. Fahidy Canada 21 388 0.1× 943 0.5× 110 0.1× 66 0.2× 602 3.1× 208 2.0k
Gerd Mutschke Germany 27 418 0.1× 741 0.4× 159 0.2× 43 0.1× 240 1.2× 69 1.7k
E. A. Demekhin Russia 25 917 0.3× 465 0.2× 116 0.1× 81 0.2× 29 0.1× 119 2.1k
Niels R. Tas Netherlands 30 2.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 60 0.1× 66 0.2× 34 0.2× 142 3.6k
Raúl A. Rica Spain 17 598 0.2× 407 0.2× 223 0.3× 126 0.3× 25 0.1× 40 1.2k
Bernhard Jakoby Austria 32 3.2k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 42 0.0× 59 0.1× 39 0.2× 448 4.5k
J. F. Osterle United States 19 1.1k 0.4× 406 0.2× 217 0.2× 295 0.7× 30 0.2× 52 1.8k
A. Bakker Netherlands 27 1.6k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 262 0.3× 27 0.1× 6 0.0× 60 2.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rubinstein, Isaak & Boris Zaltzman. (2024). Electroconvection in electrodeposition: Electrokinetic regularization mechanisms of shortwave instabilities. Physical Review Fluids. 9(5).
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Rubinstein, Isaak, et al.. (2021). Artifact of “Breakthrough” osmosis: comment on the local Spiegler-Kedem-Katchalsky equations with constant coefficients. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5 indexed citations
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Prigozhin, Leonid, et al.. (2015). Teorell instability in concentration polarization. Physical Review E. 92(2). 22305–22305. 7 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak & Boris Zaltzman. (2015). Equilibrium Electroconvective Instability. Physical Review Letters. 114(11). 114502–114502. 144 indexed citations
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Bazant, Martin Z., et al.. (2014). Effect of concentration polarization on permselectivity. Physical Review Letters. 4 indexed citations
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Bazant, Martin Z., et al.. (2014). Effect of concentration polarization on permselectivity. Physical Review E. 89(1). 12302–12302. 73 indexed citations
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Dydek, E. Victoria, Boris Zaltzman, Isaak Rubinstein, et al.. (2011). Overlimiting Current in a Microchannel. Physical Review Letters. 107(11). 118301–118301. 218 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak & Boris Zaltzman. (2010). Dynamics of extended space charge in concentration polarization. Physical Review E. 81(6). 61502–61502. 33 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak, et al.. (2009). Reexamination of electrodiffusion time scales. Physical Review E. 79(2). 21506–21506. 47 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Shmuel M., G. Manukyan, Adrian Staicu, et al.. (2008). Direct Observation of a Nonequilibrium Electro-Osmotic Instability. Physical Review Letters. 101(23). 236101–236101. 270 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak & Boris Zaltzman. (2007). Electro-convective versus electroosmotic instability in concentration polarization. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 134-135. 190–200. 26 indexed citations
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Storey, Brian D., Boris Zaltzman, & Isaak Rubinstein. (2007). Bulk electroconvective instability at high Péclet numbers. Physical Review E. 76(4). 41501–41501. 13 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak, et al.. (2005). Absence of bulk electroconvective instability in concentration polarization. Physical Review E. 71(1). 11506–11506. 22 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak, et al.. (2005). Bulk electroconvection in electrolyte. Physical Review E. 72(6). 61502–61502. 32 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak & Boris Zaltzman. (2003). Wave number selection in a nonequilibrium electro-osmotic instability. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(3). 32501–32501. 30 indexed citations
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Oren, Yoram, et al.. (2002). Modified Heterogeneous Anion-Exchange Membranes for Desalination of Brackish and Recycled Water. Environmental Engineering Science. 19(6). 512–529. 11 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak, et al.. (2002). Ion-exchange funneling in thin-film coating modification of heterogeneous electrodialysis membranes. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 65(4). 41507–41507. 66 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak. (1991). Electroconvection at an electrically inhomogeneous permselective interface. Physics of Fluids A Fluid Dynamics. 3(10). 2301–2309. 92 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak. (1990). Electro-Diffusion of Ions. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks. 272 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Isaak & L. Shtilman. (1979). Voltage against current curves of cation exchange membranes. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics. 75. 231–231. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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