John D. Weeks

19.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
164 papers, 15.2k citations indexed

About

John D. Weeks is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Weeks has authored 164 papers receiving a total of 15.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 61 papers in Materials Chemistry and 51 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in John D. Weeks's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (49 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (40 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (38 papers). John D. Weeks is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (49 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (40 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (38 papers). John D. Weeks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. John D. Weeks's co-authors include David Chandler, Hans Christian Andersen, T. E. Tullis, S. T. Chui, George H. Gilmer, L. A. Reinen, N. M. Beeler, Michael L. Blanpied, Daniel Kandel and B. J. Berne and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

John D. Weeks

163 papers receiving 14.5k citations

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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.

Role of Repulsive Forces in Determining the Equilibrium Structure of Simple Liquids

1971 4.2k citations John D. Weeks et al. profile →
Hydrophobicity at Small and Large Length Scales

1999 1.4k citations John D. Weeks et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B profile →
Relationship between the Hard-Sphere Fluid and Fluids with Realistic Repulsive Forces

1971 542 citations John D. Weeks et al. Physical review. A, General physics profile →
Van der Waals Picture of Liquids, Solids, and Phase Transformations

1983 496 citations John D. Weeks et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John D. Weeks United States	53	5.7k	5.3k	4.5k	2.8k	2.3k	164	15.2k
J. P. Hansen France	46	8.0k 1.4×	4.7k 0.9×	5.0k 1.1×	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.7×	150	14.4k
John A. Barker United States	51	4.8k 0.9×	6.7k 1.3×	4.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	236	14.1k
B. J. Alder United States	43	12.7k 2.2×	5.3k 1.0×	9.2k 2.0×	3.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	136	23.8k
Shūichi Nosé Japan	19	12.9k 2.3×	4.2k 0.8×	6.8k 1.5×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	42	28.7k
William G. Hoover United States	53	14.4k 2.5×	7.3k 1.4×	7.0k 1.5×	3.2k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	183	31.2k
Loup Verlet France	24	5.7k 1.0×	4.6k 0.9×	4.3k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	911 0.4×	39	13.6k
Hajime Tanaka Japan	76	13.1k 2.3×	3.5k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	4.0k 1.4×	706 0.3×	523	20.7k
Carlos Vega Spain	56	7.0k 1.2×	5.4k 1.0×	5.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	462 0.2×	248	16.8k
Pablo G. Debenedetti United States	83	15.7k 2.8×	10.2k 1.9×	6.1k 1.4×	4.7k 1.7×	959 0.4×	314	27.0k
Robert Evans United Kingdom	63	9.4k 1.7×	7.8k 1.5×	3.1k 0.7×	3.3k 1.2×	539 0.2×	275	16.3k

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Gao, Ang, Liang Z. Tan, Mangesh I. Chaudhari, et al.. (2018). Role of Solute Attractive Forces in the Atomic-Scale Theory of Hydrophobic Effects. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(23). 6272–6276. 14 indexed citations

Remsing, Richard C. & John D. Weeks. (2018). Alchemical free energy calculations and umbrella sampling with local molecular field theory. Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. 17(3). 1840003–1840003. 3 indexed citations

Weeks, John D., et al.. (2013). Theory of Impurity Induced Step Pinning and Recovery in Crystal Growth from Solutions. Physical Review Letters. 110(5). 55503–55503. 17 indexed citations

Ding, Feng, Zhonghan Hu, Qin Zhong, et al.. (2010). Interfacial Organization of Acetonitrile: Simulation and Experiment. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 114(41). 17651–17659. 78 indexed citations

Hu, Zhonghan & John D. Weeks. (2010). Efficient Solutions of Self-Consistent Mean Field Equations for Dewetting and Electrostatics in Nonuniform Liquids. Physical Review Letters. 105(14). 140602–140602. 25 indexed citations

Denesyuk, Natalia A. & John D. Weeks. (2009). Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Effects in the Collapse of a Model Polypeptide. Physical Review Letters. 102(10). 108101–108101. 5 indexed citations

Partridge, AH, Emily Blood, E. Claire Dees, et al.. (2008). Risk Perceptions and Psychosocial Outcomes of Women With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Longitudinal Results From a Cohort Study. JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 100(4). 243–251. 140 indexed citations

Weeks, John D., Julius B. Lucks, Yariv Kafri, et al.. (2005). Pause Point Spectra in DNA Constant-Force Unzipping. Biophysical Journal. 88(4). 2752–2765. 25 indexed citations

Dougherty, Daniel B., et al.. (2005). Spiral Evolution in a Confined Geometry. Physical Review Letters. 95(22). 225505–225505. 9 indexed citations

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Katsov, K. B. & John D. Weeks. (2001). Density Fluctuations and the Structure of a Nonuniform Hard Sphere Fluid. Physical Review Letters. 86(3). 440–443. 11 indexed citations

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Weeks, John D., K. B. Katsov, & Katharina Vollmayr. (1998). Roles of Repulsive and Attractive Forces in Determining the Structure of Nonuniform Liquids: Generalized Mean Field Theory. Physical Review Letters. 81(20). 4400–4403. 58 indexed citations

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Beeler, N. M., T. E. Tullis, Michael L. Blanpied, & John D. Weeks. (1996). Frictional behavior of large displacement experimental faults. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 101(B4). 8697–8715. 296 indexed citations

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Jeong, Hyeong-Chai & John D. Weeks. (1995). Faceting through the Propagation of Nucleation. Physical Review Letters. 75(24). 4456–4459. 23 indexed citations

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Weeks, John D.. (1993). Constitutive laws for high‐velocity frictional sliding and their influence on stress drop during unstable slip. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 98(B10). 17637–17648. 62 indexed citations

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Reinen, L. A., John D. Weeks, & T. E. Tullis. (1992). Velocity dependence of serpentinite friction promotes aseismic slip on faults. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 1 indexed citations

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Weeks, John D. & Wim van Saarloos. (1987). Boundary-layer approaches to dendritic growth. Physical review. A, General physics. 35(7). 3001–3023. 6 indexed citations

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Blanpied, Michael L., T. E. Tullis, & John D. Weeks. (1987). Frictional behavior of granite at low and high sliding velocities. Geophysical Research Letters. 14(5). 554–557. 81 indexed citations

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Saarloos, Wim van & John D. Weeks. (1985). Boundary-Layer Formulation of Dendritic Growth: Existence of a Family of Steady-State Needle Solutions. Physical Review Letters. 55(16). 1685–1688. 17 indexed citations

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Kurtze, Douglas A., Wim van Saarloos, & John D. Weeks. (1984). Front propagation in self-sustained and laser-driven explosive crystal growth: Stability analysis and morphological aspects. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 30(3). 1398–1415. 38 indexed citations

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Rice, Stuart A., et al.. (1971). An analytic approach to the theory of phase transitions. Physica. 54(4). 573–592. 18 indexed citations

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