I.T. McGovern

10.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

I.T. McGovern is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, I.T. McGovern has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 35 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in I.T. McGovern's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (35 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (35 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (24 papers). I.T. McGovern is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (35 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (35 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (24 papers). I.T. McGovern collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Germany. I.T. McGovern's co-authors include Jonathan N. Coleman, Yenny Hernández, Valeria Nicolosi, Georg S. Duesberg, Mustafa Lotya, Sukanta De, Fiona M. Blighe, Yurii K. Gun’ko, B. N. Holland and Satheesh Krishnamurthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

I.T. McGovern

87 papers receiving 8.9k 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.

High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite

2008 5.2k citations Yenny Hernández, Valeria Nicolosi et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Liquid Phase Production of Graphene by Exfoliation of Graphite in Surfactant/Water Solutions

2009 1.9k citations Mustafa Lotya, Yenny Hernández et al. profile →
Oxygen Radical Functionalization of Boron Nitride Nanosheets

2012 494 citations I.T. McGovern, Yurii K. Gun’ko et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
I.T. McGovern Ireland	22	7.1k	3.7k	3.3k	1.5k	1.0k	88	9.1k
Rafael G. Mendes Germany	56	8.3k 1.2×	4.1k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	1.9k 1.3×	827 0.8×	251	10.7k
C. H. A. Huan Singapore	50	6.1k 0.9×	5.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	261	8.7k
Cristina Gómez‐Navarro Spain	30	6.5k 0.9×	3.2k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	857 0.9×	56	8.3k
Tetsuo Soga Japan	47	6.0k 0.8×	4.8k 1.3×	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.8×	657	9.7k
Y. Wu China	6	5.6k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	682 0.7×	9	7.8k
I. Bello Hong Kong	49	6.3k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	894 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	212	8.1k
Alicja Bachmatiuk Germany	51	7.5k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	1.9k 1.3×	542 0.5×	196	10.3k
Naoto Koshizaki Japan	52	4.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	4.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	535 0.5×	268	8.6k
Saiful I. Khondaker United States	36	5.4k 0.8×	3.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	626 0.6×	101	7.9k
Gregory J. Exarhos United States	44	4.9k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.4×	2.0k 1.4×	320 0.3×	173	8.8k

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McIntyre, Jennifer, Navin Kumar Verma, Ronan J. Smith, et al.. (2016). A comparison of catabolic pathways induced in primary macrophages by pristine single walled carbon nanotubes and pristine graphene. RSC Advances. 6(70). 65299–65310. 14 indexed citations

Holland, B. N., G. Gavrila, Dietrich R. T. Zahn, et al.. (2009). Adsorption of lead phthalocyanine on the hydrogen‐passivated Ge(001)‐2x1 surface. Physica status solidi. C, Conferences and critical reviews/Physica status solidi. C, Current topics in solid state physics. 7(2). 218–221. 1 indexed citations

Hernández, Yenny, Valeria Nicolosi, Mustafa Lotya, et al.. (2008). High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite. Nature Nanotechnology. 3(9). 563–568. 5176 indexed citations breakdown →

Bengió, S., H. Ascolani, N. Franco, et al.. (2002). Quantitative determination of the adsorption site of the OH radicals in theH2O/Si(100)system. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 66(19). 6 indexed citations

Franco, N., J. Ávila, M. C. Asensio, et al.. (1998). Structural determination for H2O adsorption on Si(001)2 × 1 using scanned-energy mode photoelectron diffraction. Applied Surface Science. 123-124. 219–222. 11 indexed citations

Dudzik, E., I.T. McGovern, Dietrich R. T. Zahn, et al.. (1996). An x-ray standing-wave study of adsorption on InP(110). Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 8(1). 15–24. 12 indexed citations

Dudzik, E., et al.. (1996). An ARUPS/NEXAFS study of the adsorbate system. Applied Surface Science. 104-105. 101–106. 9 indexed citations

Whittle, Robert R., E. Dudzik, I.T. McGovern, et al.. (1995). Electronic Band Structure of Monolayer Bi on GaP(110). Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 2(5). 256–260. 1 indexed citations

Nowak, Christoph, A. Chassé, E. Dudzik, et al.. (1995). Low-energy photoelectron diffraction study of epitaxial Sb monolayers on GaAs(110). Surface Science. 331-333. 564–568. 5 indexed citations

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Whittle, Robert R., E. Dudzik, I.T. McGovern, et al.. (1994). Electronic bandstructure of monolayer Sb on GaP(110). Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 68. 399–405. 1 indexed citations

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Whittle, Robert R., E. Dudzik, I.T. McGovern, et al.. (1993). Surface electronic structure of monolayer Bi on InP(110). Surface Science. 287-288. 554–558. 7 indexed citations

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Robinson, A. W., Sergio D’Addato, N.P. Prince, et al.. (1992). Adsorbate-induced de-reconstruction in the interaction of H₂S with Ge(001)2*1. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 4(44). 8441–8446. 12 indexed citations

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McGrath, R., I.T. McGovern, R. Cimino, et al.. (1989). ARUPS of water adsorption on Si(100) and Si(111) surfaces. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 1(SB). SB105–SB109. 22 indexed citations

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McGrath, R., et al.. (1988). Determining the bulk-absorption component in ion-desorption surface EXAFS spectra. Vacuum. 38(4-5). 424–425. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, R. H., Allan J. McKinley, G. Hughes, V. Montgomery, & I.T. McGovern. (1982). Metal–GaSe and metal–InP interfaces: Schottky barrier formation and interfacial reactions. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. 21(2). 594–598. 45 indexed citations

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Eberhardt, W., et al.. (1980). Charge-Transfer and Non-Rigid-Band Effects in the Graphite Compound LiC6. Physical Review Letters. 44(3). 200–204. 156 indexed citations

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Williams, G. P., F. Cerrina, I.T. McGovern, & G. J. Lapeyre. (1979). Surface structure effects via photoexcited core electron diffraction for Na on Ni. Solid State Communications. 31(1). 15–18. 16 indexed citations

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McGovern, I.T., et al.. (1978). The energy dependence of the photoelectron attenuation length via the oxidation of silicon. Solid State Communications. 26(1). 21–23. 12 indexed citations

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Williams, R. H., I.T. McGovern, Rory O’Hara Murray, & M. Howells. (1976). An Investigation of the Electronic Structure of GaSe and GaTe by Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Using a Synchrotron Source, and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy. physica status solidi (b). 73(1). 307–316. 24 indexed citations

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McGovern, I.T., R. H. Williams, & C. H. B. Mee. (1974). Electronic properties of cleaved molybdenum disulphide surfaces. Surface Science. 46(2). 427–440. 26 indexed citations

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