Jan Swenson

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
199 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Jan Swenson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Ceramics and Composites and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Swenson has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Materials Chemistry, 53 papers in Ceramics and Composites and 41 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jan Swenson's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (90 papers), Glass properties and applications (53 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (33 papers). Jan Swenson is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (90 papers), Glass properties and applications (53 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (33 papers). Jan Swenson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Germany. Jan Swenson's co-authors include R.G. Bergman, Helén Jansson, L. Börjesson, Stefan Adams, W.S. Howells, Silvina Cerveny, Christoffer Olsson, Gustavo A. Schwartz, Paul W. Fenimore and Robert Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jan Swenson

194 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

A unified model of protein dynamics

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Author						Papers	Cites
Jan Swenson	3.8k	1.5k	1.4k	1.4k	842	199	7.2k
J. Teixeira	2.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.6×	268 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	166	6.9k
Marie‐Louise Saboungi	3.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	502 0.4×	472 0.3×	901 1.1×	214	6.8k
Marc Descamps	3.6k 0.9×	430 0.3×	504 0.4×	623 0.4×	552 0.7×	194	5.5k
C. A. Angell	6.4k 1.7×	790 0.5×	2.3k 1.6×	325 0.2×	1.3k 1.5×	37	8.2k
Antonio Faraone	3.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	173 0.1×	836 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	148	8.0k
G. P. Johari	11.2k 2.9×	1.7k 1.1×	3.2k 2.2×	357 0.3×	2.4k 2.9×	449	14.8k
Gerd Buntkowsky	4.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.8×	342 0.2×	745 0.5×	943 1.1×	340	8.9k
K. L. Ngai	13.0k 3.4×	1.7k 1.1×	4.6k 3.2×	361 0.3×	1.9k 2.2×	343	15.9k
Eugene Mamontov	4.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	114 0.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.4k 1.7×	290	9.1k
Wim Bras	4.5k 1.2×	618 0.4×	199 0.1×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	248	12.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Swenson

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Pipertzis, Achilleas, Richa Chaudhary, Lars Evenäs, et al.. (2025). Structural Battery Electrolytes Based on a Cross‐Linked Methacrylate Polymer and a Protic Ionic Liquid: Is There an Optimal Composition?. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research. 6(5).

Esbjörner, Elin K., et al.. (2024). The inhibition of fibril formation of lysozyme by sucrose and trehalose. RSC Advances. 14(17). 11921–11931. 5 indexed citations

Hammarin, Greger, Guo Chen, Peter Berntsen, et al.. (2024). No observable non-thermal effect of microwave radiation on the growth of microtubules. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 18286–18286. 4 indexed citations

Fornasier, Marco, et al.. (2023). On the interactions between RNA and titrateable lipid layers: implications for RNA delivery with lipid nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 16(2). 777–794. 8 indexed citations

Olsson, Christoffer, et al.. (2023). New insights into the protein stabilizing effects of trehalose by comparing with sucrose. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(32). 21215–21226. 16 indexed citations

Swenson, Jan, et al.. (2023). Ionizable lipids penetrate phospholipid bilayers with high phase transition temperatures: perspectives from free energy calculations. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 253. 105294–105294. 9 indexed citations

Nagao, Michihiro, et al.. (2022). Effect of encapsulated protein on the dynamics of lipid sponge phase: a neutron spin echo and molecular dynamics simulation study. Nanoscale. 14(18). 6990–7002. 9 indexed citations

Swenson, Jan, et al.. (2021). Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of tubulin heterodimers explain the motion of a microtubule. European Biophysics Journal. 50(7). 927–940. 4 indexed citations

Elamin, Khalid & Jan Swenson. (2015). Brownian motion of single glycerol molecules in an aqueous solution as studied by dynamic light scattering. Physical Review E. 91(3). 32306–32306. 16 indexed citations

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Swenson, Jan & Silvina Cerveny. (2014). Dynamics of deeply supercooled interfacial water. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 27(3). 33102–33102. 74 indexed citations

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Elamin, Khalid, Helén Jansson, Shigeharu Kittaka, & Jan Swenson. (2013). Different behavior of water in confined solutions of high and low solute concentrations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 15(42). 18437–18437. 41 indexed citations

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Jansson, Helén, R.G. Bergman, & Jan Swenson. (2010). Comment on "Hidden Slow Dynamics in Water'' Jansson, Bergman, and Swenson Reply. Physical Review Letters. 104(24). 249804.

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Swenson, Jan, et al.. (2009). Structure of Li_xRb_1−xPO₃glasses near the glass transition. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 21(24). 245106–245106. 7 indexed citations

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Swenson, Jan, et al.. (2008). Mixed Mobile Ion Effect and Cooperative Motions in Silver-Sodium Phosphate Glasses. Physical Review Letters. 101(19). 195901–195901. 32 indexed citations

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Sjöström, Johan, Florian Kargl, Félix Fernández-Alonso, & Jan Swenson. (2007). The dynamics of water in hydrated white bread investigated using quasielastic neutron scattering. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 19(41). 415119–415119. 8 indexed citations

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Sengupta, Bidisha & Jan Swenson. (2005). Properties of normal and glycated human hemoglobin in presence and absence of antioxidant. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 334(3). 954–959. 29 indexed citations

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Berntsen, Peter, R.G. Bergman, Helén Jansson, Martin H. Weik, & Jan Swenson. (2005). Dielectric and Calorimetric Studies of Hydrated Purple Membrane. Biophysical Journal. 89(5). 3120–3128. 26 indexed citations

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Cerveny, Silvina, Gustavo A. Schwartz, R.G. Bergman, & Jan Swenson. (2004). Glass Transition and Relaxation Processes in Supercooled Water. Physical Review Letters. 93(24). 245702–245702. 152 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Gustavo A., R.G. Bergman, Johan Mattsson, & Jan Swenson. (2003). Dielectric relaxation studies of poly(propylene glycol) confined in vermiculite clay. The European Physical Journal E. 12(S1). 113–116. 7 indexed citations

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Swenson, Jan & L. Börjesson. (1997). Fraction of boroxol rings in vitreous boron trioxide. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 55(17). 11138–11143. 44 indexed citations

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