J. Tauc

34.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
159 papers, 28.8k citations indexed

About

J. Tauc is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Tauc has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 28.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 98 papers in Materials Chemistry and 33 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in J. Tauc's work include Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (66 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (49 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (42 papers). J. Tauc is often cited by papers focused on Thin-Film Transistor Technologies (66 papers), Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence (49 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (42 papers). J. Tauc collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and Germany. J. Tauc's co-authors include A. Vancu, R. Grigorovici, A. Menth, D. L. Wood, Humphrey J. Maris, H. T. Grahn, C. Thomsen, Z. Valy Vardeny, Sidney R. Nagel and J. J. Hauser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

J. Tauc

149 papers receiving 27.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Optical Properties and Electronic Structure of Amorphous Germanium

1966 9.2k citations J. Tauc et al. profile →
Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors

1974 5.5k citations J. Tauc profile →
Optical properties and electronic structure of amorphous Ge and Si

1968 2.9k citations J. Tauc Materials Research Bulletin profile →
States in the gap

1972 2.0k citations J. Tauc et al. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids profile →
Absorption edge and internal electric fields in amorphous semiconductors

1970 1.3k citations J. Tauc Materials Research Bulletin profile →
Surface generation and detection of phonons by picosecond light pulses

1986 1.2k citations C. Thomsen, H. T. Grahn et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
Weak Absorption Tails in Amorphous Semiconductors

1972 1.2k citations J. Tauc et al. profile →
Nearly-Free-Electron Approach to the Theory of Metallic Glass Alloys

1975 442 citations Sidney R. Nagel, J. Tauc Physical Review Letters profile →
Coherent Phonon Generation and Detection by Picosecond Light Pulses

1984 429 citations C. Thomsen, Jared H. Strait et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. Tauc United States	42	20.5k	13.9k	4.9k	4.1k	3.5k	159	28.8k
Fujio Izumi Japan	57	26.4k 1.3×	13.0k 0.9×	15.0k 3.1×	4.5k 1.1×	2.6k 0.7×	258	42.9k
Isao Tanaka Japan	76	27.0k 1.3×	11.2k 0.8×	7.0k 1.4×	2.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	537	35.2k
N. F. Mott United Kingdom	67	19.2k 0.9×	11.5k 0.8×	6.8k 1.4×	797 0.2×	1.7k 0.5×	191	33.0k
Stewart J. Clark United Kingdom	50	22.4k 1.1×	9.4k 0.7×	8.4k 1.7×	2.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	225	32.6k
Steven M. George United States	96	21.1k 1.0×	27.8k 2.0×	5.4k 1.1×	2.1k 0.5×	4.7k 1.3×	514	37.3k
Markku Leskelä Finland	83	19.4k 0.9×	19.7k 1.4×	4.5k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	830	33.0k
Sokrates T. Pantelides United States	94	21.6k 1.1×	20.0k 1.4×	5.8k 1.2×	3.0k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	663	35.6k
G. Dresselhaus United States	105	51.5k 2.5×	18.3k 1.3×	8.0k 1.6×	2.8k 0.7×	12.9k 3.7×	427	67.4k
Gianfranco Pacchioni Italy	96	27.8k 1.4×	8.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	11.6k 2.8×	2.1k 0.6×	641	37.2k
Gustaaf Van Tendeloo Belgium	97	23.6k 1.2×	9.5k 0.7×	10.1k 2.1×	5.1k 1.3×	5.8k 1.7×	946	38.9k

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All Works

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Tauc, J., et al.. (1992). Metastable states in undoped and dopeda-Si:H studied by photomodulation spectroscopy. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 46(4). 2050–2060. 12 indexed citations

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Tauc, J., et al.. (1989). Transient photomodulation spectroscopy of nanocrystalline hydrogenated silicon. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 39(8). 5121–5127. 9 indexed citations

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Tauc, J., et al.. (1989). Photomodulation spectroscopy of defects in hydrogenated amorphous silicon germanium alloys. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 114. 585–587. 6 indexed citations

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Vardeny, Z. Valy, et al.. (1988). Transient-photomodulation-spectroscopy studies of carrier thermalization and recombination ina-Si:H. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 38(2). 1362–1377. 49 indexed citations

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Zhou, T. X., Z. Valy Vardeny, J. Tauc, & B. Abeles. (1987). Steady-state photomodulation spectroscopy ofa-Si:H/a-SiNx:H multilayer structures. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 35(14). 7767–7769.

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Vardeny, Z. Valy, et al.. (1985). Pfost, Vardeny, and Tauc Respond. Physical Review Letters. 54(3). 251–251. 7 indexed citations

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Thomsen, C., H. T. Grahn, Humphrey J. Maris, & J. Tauc. (1985). Picosecond electron and phonon phenomena in amorphous Ge and As2Te3. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 77-78. 1113–1116. 1 indexed citations

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Thomsen, C., Jared H. Strait, Z. Valy Vardeny, et al.. (1984). Coherent Phonon Generation and Detection by Picosecond Light Pulses. Physical Review Letters. 53(10). 989–992. 429 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vardeny, Z. Valy, et al.. (1984). Optical Bias Control of Dispersive Relaxations ina-Si: H. Physical Review Letters. 52(5). 376–379. 20 indexed citations

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Ray, Shaumik, Z. Valy Vardeny, J. Tauc, T. D. Moustakas, & B. Abeles. (1981). Relaxation of photoinduced sub-bandgap absorption in a-Si:H. AIP conference proceedings. 73. 253–257. 1 indexed citations

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Hayes, T. M., J. W. Allen, J. Tauc, B.C. Giessen, & J. J. Hauser. (1978). Short-Range Order in Metallic Glasses. Physical Review Letters. 40(19). 1282–1285. 88 indexed citations

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Nagel, Sidney R. & J. Tauc. (1977). Correlations in binary liquid and glassy metals. Solid State Communications. 22(2). 129–132. 16 indexed citations

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Tauc, J.. (1968). Optical properties and electronic structure of amorphous Ge and Si. Materials Research Bulletin. 3(1). 37–46. 2898 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tauc, J.. (1966). Optical properties of semiconductors. 63. 8 indexed citations

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Tauc, J.. (1962). Photo and thermoelectric effects in semiconductors. Pergamon eBooks. 127 indexed citations

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Tauc, J.. (1959). Electron impact ionization in semiconductors. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 8. 219–223. 82 indexed citations

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Tauc, J.. (1958). Electron Emission from Silicon p–n Junctions. Nature. 181(4601). 38–38. 20 indexed citations

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Tauc, J., et al.. (1957). Thermal Breakdown in Siliconp−nJunctions. Physical Review. 108(4). 936–937. 20 indexed citations

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Tauc, J.. (1955). The thermal photo-electric phenomenon in semi-conductors. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 5(4). 528–535. 29 indexed citations

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Tauc, J., et al.. (1954). Photoelectric effect in indium antimonide. Czechoslovak Journal of Physics. 4(2). 255–255. 1 indexed citations

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