John J. Boland

28.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
231 papers, 17.0k citations indexed

About

John J. Boland is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, John J. Boland has authored 231 papers receiving a total of 17.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 89 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 77 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in John J. Boland's work include Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (39 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (27 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (27 papers). John J. Boland is often cited by papers focused on Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (39 papers), Nanowire Synthesis and Applications (27 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (27 papers). John J. Boland collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and United Kingdom. John J. Boland's co-authors include Jonathan N. Coleman, Sukanta De, Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Bin Wu, Yurii K. Gun’ko, Andreas Heidelberg, Georg S. Duesberg, Vittorio Scardaci, Philip E. Lyons and Valeria Nicolosi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

John J. Boland

229 papers receiving 16.4k 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.

High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite

2008 5.2k citations Valeria Nicolosi, Yurii K. Gun’ko et al. profile →
Silver Nanowire Networks as Flexible, Transparent, Conducting Films: Extremely High DC to Optical Conductivity Ratios

2009 1.4k citations John J. Boland et al. ACS Nano profile →
Mechanical properties of ultrahigh-strength gold nanowires

2005 776 citations John J. Boland et al. profile →
Microplastic release from the degradation of polypropylene feeding bottles during infant formula preparation

2020 410 citations Dunzhu Li, Yunhong Shi et al. Nature Food profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John J. Boland Ireland	52	9.2k	7.6k	5.9k	3.2k	1.9k	231	17.0k
Julio Gómez‐Herrero Spain	47	9.5k 1.0×	6.2k 0.8×	4.2k 0.7×	5.4k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	165	16.9k
Gary W. Rubloff United States	64	4.6k 0.5×	10.9k 1.4×	3.1k 0.5×	2.2k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	307	16.7k
Harald Fuchs Germany	74	6.8k 0.7×	8.9k 1.2×	9.2k 1.6×	8.9k 2.8×	1.3k 0.7×	561	22.5k
A. G. Souza Filho Brazil	60	11.5k 1.3×	3.4k 0.5×	3.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	289	14.4k
Jun Chen China	59	9.9k 1.1×	7.9k 1.0×	3.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.8k 1.5×	766	15.8k
Paul S. Weiss United States	80	9.9k 1.1×	13.5k 1.8×	10.0k 1.7×	6.4k 2.0×	2.9k 1.5×	419	26.8k
Jun Zhang China	68	10.6k 1.2×	8.0k 1.0×	3.7k 0.6×	3.1k 1.0×	2.4k 1.3×	558	18.1k
David L. Allara United States	69	9.4k 1.0×	19.4k 2.6×	6.8k 1.1×	7.4k 2.3×	2.6k 1.4×	219	26.4k
Nan Jiang China	66	9.7k 1.1×	3.8k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	563	16.0k
Rachel A. Segalman United States	67	9.0k 1.0×	8.2k 1.1×	2.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	250	16.0k

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Li, Dunzhu, Yunhong Shi, Songheng Jin, et al.. (2025). Microbubble-induced erosion releases micro- and nanoplastics into water. Science Advances. 11(51). eaea4729–eaea4729.

Li, Dunzhu, Yunhong Shi, Zihan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Stress-induced phase separation in plastics drives the release of amorphous polymer micropollutants into water. Nature Communications. 16(1). 3814–3814. 7 indexed citations

Boland, John J., et al.. (2023). Wedge disclination description of emergent core-shifted grain boundaries at free surfaces. Scripta Materialia. 234. 115562–115562. 1 indexed citations

Boland, John J., et al.. (2023). Universal preference for low-energy core-shifted grain boundaries at the surfaces of fcc metals. Physical Review Research. 5(1). 3 indexed citations

Li, Dunzhu, Yunhong Shi, Luming Yang, et al.. (2020). Microplastic release from the degradation of polypropylene feeding bottles during infant formula preparation. Nature Food. 1(11). 746–754. 410 indexed citations breakdown →

Jadwiszczak, Jakub, Pierce Maguire, Conor P. Cullen, et al.. (2019). MoS₂ Memtransistors Fabricated by Localized Helium Ion Beam Irradiation. ACS Nano. 13(12). 14262–14273. 124 indexed citations

McCarthy, Eoin K., David J. Hill, Jing Jing Wang, et al.. (2018). Solvent-Engineered Stress in Nanoscale Materials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(50). 44183–44189. 2 indexed citations

Jadwiszczak, Jakub, Colin O’Callaghan, Yangbo Zhou, et al.. (2018). Oxide-mediated recovery of field-effect mobility in plasma-treated MoS ₂. Science Advances. 4(3). eaao5031–eaao5031. 99 indexed citations

Santana‐Bonilla, Alejandro, Mohamed El Garah, Artur Ciesielski, et al.. (2018). Self-Assembled Two-Dimensional Supramolecular Networks Characterized by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy in Air and under Vacuum. Langmuir. 34(26). 7698–7707. 3 indexed citations

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Han, Jian, et al.. (2017). Nanocrystalline copper films are never flat. Science. 357(6349). 397–400. 52 indexed citations

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Kotova, Oxana, Salvador Blasco, Robert D. Peacock, et al.. (2016). Exploring the Effect of Ligand Structural Isomerism in Langmuir–Blodgett Films of Chiral Luminescent Eu^III Self‐Assemblies. Chemistry - A European Journal. 22(28). 9709–9723. 22 indexed citations

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Jung, Soon Jung, Tarek Lutz, Markus Boese, Justin D. Holmes, & John J. Boland. (2011). Surface Energy Driven Agglomeration and Growth of Single Crystal Metal Wires. Nano Letters. 11(3). 1294–1299. 21 indexed citations

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Ryan, Peter, et al.. (2008). Emergence and Visualization of an Interface State during Contact Formation with a Single Molecule. Physical Review Letters. 101(9). 96801–96801. 2 indexed citations

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Ryan, Paraic C., et al.. (2006). Measuring the Force of Interaction between a Metallic Probe and a Single Molecule. Physical Review Letters. 97(9). 98304–98304. 13 indexed citations

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Herrmann‐Abell, Cari F., Dongxue Chen, & John J. Boland. (2002). Spontaneous Roughening: Fundamental Limits in Si(100) Halogen Etch Processing. Physical Review Letters. 89(9). 96102–96102. 30 indexed citations

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Herrmann‐Abell, Cari F. & John J. Boland. (2001). Vacancy Dynamics and Reorganization on Bromine-EtchedSi(100)−(2×1)Surfaces. Physical Review Letters. 87(11). 115503–115503. 11 indexed citations

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Boland, John J.. (2000). The Business of Water: Overview and Context. OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). 117(1). 1. 1 indexed citations

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Boland, John J.. (1998). Water Supply and Climate Uncertainty. OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). 112(1). 10. 3 indexed citations

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Boland, John J.. (1993). Pricing Urban Water: Principles and Compromises. OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale). 92(1). 2. 20 indexed citations

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Boland, John J.. (1985). Forecasting Water Use: A Tutorial. 907–916. 6 indexed citations

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