J. B. Pendry

101.3k total citations · 30 hit papers
458 papers, 77.6k citations indexed

About

J. B. Pendry is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. B. Pendry has authored 458 papers receiving a total of 77.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 288 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 164 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 127 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. B. Pendry's work include Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (139 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (84 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (81 papers). J. B. Pendry is often cited by papers focused on Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (139 papers), Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research (84 papers) and Photonic Crystals and Applications (81 papers). J. B. Pendry collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. J. B. Pendry's co-authors include David R. Smith, David Schurig, Will Stewart, A.J. Holden, F. J. Garcı́a-Vidal, David Robbins, L. Martı́n-Moreno, M C K Wiltshire, Steven A. Cummer and Jack J. Mock and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. B. Pendry

453 papers receiving 73.3k citations

Hit Papers

Negative Refraction Makes a Perfect Lens 1975 2026 1992 2009 2000 1999 2006 2006 2004 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Negative Refraction Makes a Perfect Lens
    2000 9.0k citations J. B. Pendry Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Magnetism from conductors and enhanced nonlinear phenomena
    1999 6.5k citations J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  3. Controlling Electromagnetic Fields
    2006 6.3k citations J. B. Pendry et al. Science profile →
  4. Metamaterial Electromagnetic Cloak at Microwave Frequencies
    2006 5.8k citations J. B. Pendry et al. Science profile →
  5. Metamaterials and Negative Refractive Index
    2004 3.4k citations J. B. Pendry et al. Science profile →
  6. Extremely Low Frequency Plasmons in Metallic Mesostructures
    1996 3.3k citations J. B. Pendry et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Mimicking Surface Plasmons with Structured Surfaces
    2004 2.4k citations J. B. Pendry, L. Martı́n-Moreno et al. Science profile →
  8. Theory of Extraordinary Optical Transmission through Subwavelength Hole Arrays
    2001 1.3k citations L. Martı́n-Moreno, J. B. Pendry et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  9. Terahertz Magnetic Response from Artificial Materials
    2004 1.2k citations J. B. Pendry, Xiang Zhang et al. Science profile →
  10. A Chiral Route to Negative Refraction
    2004 1.2k citations J. B. Pendry Science profile →
  11. Hiding under the Carpet: A New Strategy for Cloaking
    2008 1.1k citations J. B. Pendry et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  12. Transmission Resonances on Metallic Gratings with Very Narrow Slits
    1999 1.1k citations J. B. Pendry et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Low frequency plasmons in thin-wire structures
    1998 1.0k citations J. B. Pendry et al. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter profile →
  14. Fornel, Frédérique de
    2001 980 citations L. Martı́n-Moreno, J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  15. Reliability factors for LEED calculations
    1980 968 citations J. B. Pendry profile →
  16. Three-Dimensional Invisibility Cloak at Optical Wavelengths
    2010 959 citations J. B. Pendry et al. Science profile →
  17. Probing the Ultimate Limits of Plasmonic Enhancement
    2012 934 citations Stefan A. Maier, J. B. Pendry et al. Science profile →
  18. Surfaces with holes in them: new plasmonic metamaterials
    2005 868 citations L. Martı́n-Moreno, J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  19. Theory of the extended x-ray absorption fine structure
    1975 851 citations J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  20. Collective Theory for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
    1996 745 citations J. B. Pendry et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  21. All-angle negative refraction without negative effective index
    2002 713 citations J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  22. Full-wave simulations of electromagnetic cloaking structures
    2006 635 citations J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  23. Calculation of photon dispersion relations
    1992 569 citations J. B. Pendry, A. MacKinnon Physical Review Letters profile →
  24. The existence and detection of Rydberg states at surfaces
    1978 514 citations J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  25. Saturation of the Magnetic Response of Split-Ring Resonators at Optical Frequencies
    2005 512 citations J. B. Pendry et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  26. Directed subwavelength imaging using a layered metal-dielectric system
    2006 462 citations J. B. Pendry et al. Physical Review B profile →
  27. Active nanoplasmonic metamaterials
    2012 457 citations Ortwin Hess, J. B. Pendry et al. Nature Materials profile →
  28. Homogenization of metamaterials by field averaging (invited paper)
    2006 456 citations J. B. Pendry et al. profile →
  29. Theory of photoemission
    1976 405 citations J. B. Pendry Surface Science profile →
  30. Double-slit time diffraction at optical frequencies
    2023 113 citations Stefano Vezzoli, Emanuele Galiffi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. B. Pendry United Kingdom 97 50.5k 34.1k 29.4k 27.7k 17.4k 458 77.6k
Federico Capasso United States 127 39.5k 0.8× 35.1k 1.0× 25.9k 0.9× 20.1k 0.7× 30.4k 1.8× 832 79.4k
John D. Joannopoulos United States 120 13.9k 0.3× 50.1k 1.5× 18.4k 0.6× 4.0k 0.1× 42.0k 2.4× 576 75.6k
Yuri S. Kivshar Australia 130 32.7k 0.6× 51.4k 1.5× 30.9k 1.1× 12.5k 0.5× 21.4k 1.2× 1.2k 82.5k
David R. Smith United States 101 63.0k 1.2× 22.4k 0.7× 28.8k 1.0× 40.8k 1.5× 19.2k 1.1× 451 81.3k
Cheng‐Wei Qiu Singapore 118 26.7k 0.5× 19.0k 0.6× 17.7k 0.6× 14.7k 0.5× 11.0k 0.6× 712 46.9k
Peter Nordlander United States 130 44.5k 0.9× 19.1k 0.6× 44.5k 1.5× 1.8k 0.1× 15.1k 0.9× 458 72.5k
C. T. Chan Hong Kong 95 14.2k 0.3× 20.9k 0.6× 16.5k 0.6× 6.3k 0.2× 8.3k 0.5× 546 40.3k
F. Javier Garcı́a de Abajo Spain 97 21.0k 0.4× 14.6k 0.4× 26.1k 0.9× 1.7k 0.1× 8.9k 0.5× 496 39.1k
Harry A. Atwater United States 108 19.9k 0.4× 14.4k 0.4× 29.4k 1.0× 3.5k 0.1× 27.6k 1.6× 759 58.0k
Stefan A. Maier United Kingdom 106 29.6k 0.6× 21.2k 0.6× 37.4k 1.3× 3.4k 0.1× 18.7k 1.1× 659 57.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. B. Pendry

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vezzoli, Stefano, Dhruv Saxena, Shu Yang, et al.. (2024). Second harmonic generation at a time-varying interface. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7752–7752. 11 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B. & S. A. R. Horsley. (2024). QED in space–time varying materials. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 7 indexed citations
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Guan, Fuxin, Shu Zhang, Shaojie Ma, et al.. (2023). Overcoming losses in superlenses with synthetic waves of complex frequency. Science. 381(6659). 766–771. 56 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B., Paloma A. Huidobro, Mário G. Silveirinha, & Emanuele Galiffi. (2021). Crossing the light line. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, You‐Ming, Yu Luo, J. B. Pendry, & Baile Zhang. (2019). Transformation-Invariant Metamaterials. Physical Review Letters. 123(6). 67701–67701. 39 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B.. (2019). Transforming optics: an interview with Sir John Pendry. Advanced Photonics. 1(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Huidobro, Paloma A., et al.. (2017). Hidden symmetries in plasmonic gratings. Physical review. B.. 95(15). 11 indexed citations
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Demetriadou, Angela, Joachim M. Hamm, Yu Luo, et al.. (2017). Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Control of Strong Coupling in Plasmonic Nanocavities. ACS Photonics. 4(10). 2410–2418. 28 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B., Paloma A. Huidobro, Yu Luo, & Emanuele Galiffi. (2017). Compacted dimensions and singular plasmonic surfaces. Science. 358(6365). 915–917. 54 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B., et al.. (2014). Transformation optics and hidden symmetries. Physical Review B. 89(24). 22 indexed citations
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Hess, Ortwin, J. B. Pendry, Stefan A. Maier, et al.. (2012). Active nanoplasmonic metamaterials. Nature Materials. 11(7). 573–584. 457 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pendry, J. B.. (2004). Negative refraction. Contemporary Physics. 45(3). 191–202. 290 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B.. (1996). Photonic Band Gap Materials. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe. CThP3–CThP3. 36 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B.. (1996). Calculating photonic band structure. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 8(9). 1085–1108. 158 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B., A. MacKinnon, & Patrick Roberts. (1992). Universality classes and fluctuations in disordered systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 437(1899). 67–83. 109 indexed citations
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Barnes, C. H. W. & J. B. Pendry. (1991). Multiple scattering of waves in random media: a transfer matrix approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 435(1893). 185–196. 18 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B.. (1991). Bonding at surfaces. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 334(1635). 539–547. 3 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B., A. Prêtre, P.J. Rous, & L. Martı́n-Moreno. (1991). Causal-surface Green's function method. Surface Science. 244(1-2). 160–176. 23 indexed citations
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Pendry, J. B.. (1986). Theoretical aspects of the nature of the surface chemical bond. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 318(1541). 121–125. 1 indexed citations
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Dobson, Peter J., J. B. Pendry, & J.C. Humphreys. (1978). Electron diffraction, 1927-1977 : invited and contributed papers from the International Conference on Electron Diffraction held in London, 19-21 September 1977. 1 indexed citations

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