John Affinito

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

John Affinito is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John Affinito has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 8 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John Affinito's work include Advancements in Battery Materials (6 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (4 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (4 papers). John Affinito is often cited by papers focused on Advancements in Battery Materials (6 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (4 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (4 papers). John Affinito collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. John Affinito's co-authors include Ran Elazari, Gregory Salitra, Doron Aurbach, Elad Pollak, R. R. Parsons, M. Gross, Gordon L. Graff, Karthikeyan Kumaresan, Yuriy Mikhaylik and I. P. Kovalev and has published in prestigious journals such as Blood, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and Thin Solid Films.

In The Last Decade

John Affinito

25 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

On the Surface Chemical Aspects of Very High Energy Densi... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 400 800 1.2k
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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. On the Surface Chemical Aspects of Very High Energy Density, Rechargeable Li–Sulfur Batteries
    2009 1.3k citations Doron Aurbach, Elad Pollak et al. Journal of The Electrochemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Affinito United States 11 1.9k 905 347 159 155 27 2.1k
R.A.H. Niessen Netherlands 17 1.2k 0.6× 517 0.6× 611 1.8× 93 0.6× 366 2.4× 23 1.6k
Sung–Man Lee South Korea 24 1.6k 0.8× 510 0.6× 472 1.4× 66 0.4× 656 4.2× 68 1.9k
Tatsuya Nakamura Japan 18 1.4k 0.7× 676 0.7× 394 1.1× 22 0.1× 447 2.9× 68 1.7k
Chao Ye China 12 1.0k 0.5× 153 0.2× 306 0.9× 166 1.0× 325 2.1× 59 1.2k
Kristian Nikolowski Germany 29 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 451 1.3× 14 0.1× 415 2.7× 68 2.7k
Oleg I. Lebedev France 17 658 0.3× 127 0.1× 359 1.0× 48 0.3× 290 1.9× 35 900
Nobuo Ando Japan 14 496 0.3× 174 0.2× 157 0.5× 39 0.2× 141 0.9× 57 677
M. Radhakrishnan India 19 603 0.3× 93 0.1× 377 1.1× 74 0.5× 156 1.0× 87 1.1k
Chong-Min Wang United States 13 2.2k 1.1× 915 1.0× 317 0.9× 12 0.1× 601 3.9× 13 2.3k
John Reed United States 11 1.2k 0.6× 301 0.3× 490 1.4× 10 0.1× 402 2.6× 15 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Affinito

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Affinito

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Affinito. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Affinito 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 John Affinito. John Affinito is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Aurbach, Doron, et al.. (2010). On the Surface Chemical Aspects of Very High Energy Density, Rechargeable Li-Sulfur Batteries. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2010-03(1). 690–690. 5 indexed citations
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Elazari, Ran, Gregory Salitra, Judith Grinblat, et al.. (2010). Morphological and Structural Studies of Composite Sulfur Electrodes upon Cycling by HRTEM, AFM and Raman Spectroscopy. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 157(10). A1131–A1131. 162 indexed citations
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Mikhaylik, Yuriy, et al.. (2010). High Energy Rechargeable Li-S Cells for EV Application: Status, Remaining Problems and Solutions. ECS Transactions. 25(35). 23–34. 169 indexed citations
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Aurbach, Doron, et al.. (2009). On the Surface Chemical Aspects of Very High Energy Density, Rechargeable Li–Sulfur Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 156(8). A694–A694. 1282 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mikhaylik, Yuriy, et al.. (2009). High Energy Rechargeable Li-S Cells for EV Application: Status, Remaining Problems, and Solutions. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2009-02(5). 216–216. 5 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (2001). Web substrate heating and a thermodynamic calculation method for Li film thickness in a thermal evaporation system. Explore Bristol Research. 492–497. 1 indexed citations
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Affinito, John. (2000). Hybridization of the polymer multi-layer (PML) deposition process. Surface and Coatings Technology. 133-134. 528–534. 6 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (2000). Thermal Evaporation of Li: Experiment and a Novel Thermodynamic Model. Explore Bristol Research. 1 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (1999). Ultrahigh rate, wide area, plasma polymerized films from high molecular weight/low vapor pressure liquid or solid monomer precursors. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 17(4). 1974–1981. 15 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (1997). PML/oxide/PML barrier layer performance differences arising from use of UV or electron beam polymerization of the PML layers. Thin Solid Films. 308-309. 19–25. 42 indexed citations
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Martin, P. M., Donald C. Stewart, Wendy D. Bennett, John Affinito, & M. Gross. (1997). Multifunctional multilayer optical coatings. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 15(3). 1098–1102. 6 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (1996). A new method for fabricating transparent barrier layers. Thin Solid Films. 290-291. 63–67. 121 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (1996). High rate vacuum deposition of polymer electrolytes. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 14(3). 733–738. 7 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (1995). Vacuum deposited polymer/metal multilayer films for optical application. Thin Solid Films. 270(1-2). 43–48. 21 indexed citations
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Martin, Patrick, et al.. (1995). Multilayer coatings on flexible substrates. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas).
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Martin, Peter M., John Affinito, Mark Gross, & Wendy D. Bennett. (1994). <title>Coatings for large-area low-cost solar concentrators and reflectors</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2262. 217–222. 1 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (1984). Electrical transport properties of AlN/Al cermets produced by voltage controlled, reactive, dc, planar magnetron sputtering. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 2(2). 316–321. 15 indexed citations
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Affinito, John & R. R. Parsons. (1984). Mechanisms of voltage controlled, reactive, planar magnetron sputtering of Al in Ar/N2 and Ar/O2 atmospheres. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 2(3). 1275–1284. 101 indexed citations
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Affinito, John, et al.. (1982). Voltage controlled, reactive planar magnetron sputtering of AlN thin films. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. 20(3). 376–378. 53 indexed citations

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