J. Francl

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

J. Francl is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Francl has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 4 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 4 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in J. Francl's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (4 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (3 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (3 papers). J. Francl is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (4 papers), Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (3 papers) and Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (3 papers). J. Francl collaborates with scholars based in United States. J. Francl's co-authors include W. D. Kingery, M. Kane, Thomas N. Jackson, Ian G. Hill, David J. Gundlach, C. Sheraw, B. Greening, J.R. Huang, J. Campi and J. West and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals.

In The Last Decade

J. Francl

10 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Organic thin-film transistor-driven polymer-dispersed liq... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600
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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. Organic thin-film transistor-driven polymer-dispersed liquid crystal displays on flexible polymeric substrates
    2002 668 citations C. Sheraw, Lipu Zhou et al. Applied Physics Letters 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. Francl United States 7 664 386 196 181 179 10 1.2k
T. Hirata Japan 21 503 0.8× 854 2.2× 109 0.6× 221 1.2× 103 0.6× 76 1.3k
G. R. Gruzalski United States 18 1.1k 1.6× 467 1.2× 107 0.5× 223 1.2× 147 0.8× 30 1.6k
Robert L. Crane United States 18 260 0.4× 346 0.9× 184 0.9× 150 0.8× 104 0.6× 50 929
W. Brückner Germany 21 716 1.1× 607 1.6× 164 0.8× 201 1.1× 382 2.1× 88 1.4k
G. Couturier France 19 761 1.1× 778 2.0× 207 1.1× 87 0.5× 136 0.8× 75 1.4k
Y. Ségui France 22 716 1.1× 477 1.2× 295 1.5× 67 0.4× 211 1.2× 63 1.2k
Walter Heywang Germany 14 1.1k 1.7× 1.6k 4.1× 509 2.6× 148 0.8× 167 0.9× 35 2.1k
Subhash L. Shindé United States 14 338 0.5× 749 1.9× 162 0.8× 121 0.7× 29 0.2× 28 1.2k
Ying‐Chung Chen Taiwan 20 983 1.5× 595 1.5× 705 3.6× 79 0.4× 281 1.6× 140 1.6k
Hee Jae Kang South Korea 24 776 1.2× 876 2.3× 139 0.7× 65 0.4× 131 0.7× 90 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Francl

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Francl

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. Francl. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. Francl based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with J. Francl. J. Francl is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Sheraw, C., Lipu Zhou, J.R. Huang, et al.. (2002). Flexible liquid crystal displays driven by organic thin film transistors on polymeric substrates. 181–182. 1 indexed citations
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Sheraw, C., Lipu Zhou, J.R. Huang, et al.. (2002). Organic thin-film transistor-driven polymer-dispersed liquid crystal displays on flexible polymeric substrates. Applied Physics Letters. 80(6). 1088–1090. 668 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kane, M., Ian G. Hill, J. Campi, et al.. (2001). 6.5L: Late‐News Paper : AMLCDs using Organic Thin‐Film Transistors on Polyester Substrates. SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers. 32(1). 57–59. 14 indexed citations
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Francl, J., et al.. (1997). The Mechanism for the Formation of Polymer Wall in Higher Polymer Content Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Mixture. Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals. 299(1). 395–400. 6 indexed citations
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West, John L., et al.. (1993). Cholesteric/polymer dispersed light shutters. Applied Physics Letters. 63(11). 1471–1473. 36 indexed citations
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West, John L., et al.. (1992). <title>Surface anchoring, polymer glass transition, and polymer-dispersed liquid crystal electro-optics</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1665. 8–12. 5 indexed citations
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Francl, J. & W. D. Kingery. (1954). Thermal Conductivity: IX, Experimental Investigation of Effect of Porosity on Thermal Conductivity. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 37(2). 99–107. 276 indexed citations
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Kingery, W. D., J. Francl, R. L. Coble, & T. Vasilos. (1954). Thermal Conductivity: X, Data for Several Pure Oxide Materials Corrected to Zero Porosity. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 37(2). 107–110. 170 indexed citations
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Kingery, W. D. & J. Francl. (1954). Fundamental Study of Clay: XIII, Drying Behavior and Plastic Properties. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 37(12). 596–602. 23 indexed citations
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Francl, J. & W. D. Kingery. (1954). Thermal Conductivity: IV, Apparatus for Determining Thermal Conductivity by a Comparative Method. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 37(2). 80–84. 48 indexed citations

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