J. M. Cowley

14.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
369 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

J. M. Cowley is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Structural Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, J. M. Cowley has authored 369 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 143 papers in Structural Biology and 133 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in J. M. Cowley's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (163 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (143 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (51 papers). J. M. Cowley is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (163 papers), Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications (143 papers) and Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (51 papers). J. M. Cowley collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. J. M. Cowley's co-authors include A. F. Moodie, Zhong Lin Wang, Peter R. Buseck, Dawn E. Janney, Mingqi Liu, Lian‐Mao Peng, Sumio Iijima, Tung Hsu, Yi Huang and James A. Ibers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. M. Cowley

359 papers receiving 8.5k 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. The scattering of electrons by atoms and crystals. I. A new theoretical approach
    1957 1.0k citations J. M. Cowley, A. F. Moodie Acta Crystallographica 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. M. Cowley United States 44 3.6k 2.7k 2.7k 2.2k 1.6k 369 9.0k
R.F. Egerton Canada 42 7.0k 2.0× 5.1k 1.9× 3.7k 1.4× 2.7k 1.2× 5.0k 3.0× 207 15.1k
J. A. Venables United Kingdom 46 4.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.6× 588 0.2× 5.1k 2.3× 2.4k 1.5× 180 10.9k
C. S. Fadley United States 46 4.5k 1.3× 3.6k 1.3× 859 0.3× 3.4k 1.5× 2.2k 1.4× 206 9.6k
H. A. Padmore United States 48 2.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.5× 874 0.3× 3.1k 1.4× 2.9k 1.8× 316 9.6k
C. Colliex France 56 8.4k 2.4× 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.8k 0.8× 2.9k 1.8× 220 12.6k
Angus I. Kirkland United Kingdom 55 6.1k 1.7× 1.6k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 3.0k 1.8× 283 10.1k
Peter Rez United States 39 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 171 5.1k
Peter Ercius United States 50 5.4k 1.5× 1.7k 0.6× 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 2.6k 1.6× 224 9.8k
Paul A. Midgley United Kingdom 69 8.6k 2.4× 3.1k 1.1× 3.6k 1.3× 2.0k 0.9× 3.4k 2.1× 356 17.3k
М. Кискинова Italy 49 4.4k 1.2× 1.3k 0.5× 573 0.2× 3.5k 1.5× 2.7k 1.6× 319 8.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cowley, J. M., et al.. (2005). Carbon microtubes: tuning internal diameters and conical angles. Nanotechnology. 16(7). S362–S369. 7 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M., et al.. (2001). Ultra-High-Resolution Electron Microscopy of Carbon Nanotube Walls. Physical Review Letters. 87(1). 16101–16101. 8 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M., et al.. (2000). Atomic-focuser Imaging by Graphite Crystals in Carbon Nanoshells. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 6(5). 429–436. 4 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M.. (2000). Electron Holography with Atomic Focusers. Physical Review Letters. 84(16). 3618–3621. 5 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M., Marián Maňkoš, & M. R. Scheinfein. (1996). Greatly defocused, point-projection, off-axis electron holography. Ultramicroscopy. 63(2). 133–147. 2 indexed citations
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Pan, Ming, et al.. (1990). HREM imaging of small Pt clusters dispersed in Y-zeolites. Catalysis Letters. 5(1). 1–11. 20 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M., et al.. (1987). High Resolution Secondary Electron Imaging in a Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Instrument. Scanning microscopy. 2(1). 7. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhong Lin & J. M. Cowley. (1987). Size and shape dependence of the surface plasmon frequencies for supported metal particle systems. Ultramicroscopy. 23(1). 97–107. 42 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhong Lin & J. M. Cowley. (1987). Excitation of the supported metal particle surface plasmon with external electron beam. Ultramicroscopy. 21(4). 335–345. 29 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Nobuaki & J. M. Cowley. (1987). Electron-microscope imaging of short-range order in disordered alloys. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 43(3). 337–346. 16 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M., et al.. (1986). Software pattern recognition applied to nanodiffraction patterns from a STEM instrument. Proceedings annual meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. 44. 694–695. 1 indexed citations
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Buseck, Peter R. & J. M. Cowley. (1983). Modulated and intergrowth structures in minerals and electron microscope methods for their study.. American Mineralogist. 68. 18–40. 33 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M.. (1982). Micro diffraction in a scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscope instrument and applications to surface studies. 1. 51–60. 1 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M., J. C. Wheatley, & W. L. Kehl. (1979). High-resolution electron microscopy of LaPO/sub 4/ catalysts. Journal of Catalysis. 1 indexed citations
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Saxton, W. O. & J. M. Cowley. (1979). Computer Techniques for Image Processing in Electron Microscopy. Physics Today. 32(3). 74–76. 10 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M.. (1979). High-resolution electron microscopy of LaPO4 catalysts. Journal of Catalysis. 56(2). 185–194. 8 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M.. (1976). Diffraction by crystals with planar faults. II. Magnesium fluorogermanate. Acta Crystallographica Section A. 32(1). 88–91. 14 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Poul Erik & J. M. Cowley. (1976). Surface imaging using diffracted electrons. Surface Science. 54(2). 340–354. 42 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M.. (1969). IMAGE CONTRAST IN A TRANSMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. Applied Physics Letters. 15(2). 58–59. 188 indexed citations
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Cowley, J. M. & A. F. Moodie. (1959). The scattering of electrons by atoms and crystals. II. The effects of finite source size. Acta Crystallographica. 12(5). 353–359. 40 indexed citations

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