John Toner

9.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
125 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

John Toner is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, John Toner has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 47 papers in Materials Chemistry and 46 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in John Toner's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (44 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (40 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (33 papers). John Toner is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (44 papers), Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (40 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (33 papers). John Toner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. John Toner's co-authors include Yuhai Tu, Sriraṁ Ramaswamy, David R. Nelson, Leo Radzihovsky, T. C. Lubensky, Gene F. Mazenko, Jacques Prost, Robert Simha, David P. DiVincenzo and Daniel S. Rokhsar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

John Toner

124 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Flocks, herds, and schools: A quantitative theory of floc... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1998 1995 2005 250 500 750 1000
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.

  1. Flocks, herds, and schools: A quantitative theory of flocking
    1998 1.1k citations John Toner, Yuhai Tu profile →
  2. Long-Range Order in a Two-Dimensional DynamicalXYModel: How Birds Fly Together
    1995 844 citations John Toner, Yuhai Tu Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Hydrodynamics and phases of flocks
    2005 700 citations John Toner, Yuhai Tu et al. 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 Toner United States 35 4.0k 2.0k 1.4k 1.4k 1.2k 125 7.0k
Francesc Sagués Spain 39 2.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 549 0.5× 244 6.7k
Masaki Sano Japan 39 2.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.5× 2.1k 1.5× 922 0.6× 338 0.3× 162 8.2k
Sriraṁ Ramaswamy India 43 6.8k 1.7× 3.6k 1.8× 2.8k 2.0× 1.1k 0.8× 588 0.5× 150 10.6k
Julia M. Yeomans United Kingdom 67 6.7k 1.7× 3.5k 1.7× 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 307 19.7k
Igor S. Aranson United States 55 5.8k 1.5× 2.2k 1.1× 2.7k 1.9× 2.6k 1.8× 614 0.5× 243 11.7k
Holger Stark Germany 41 3.3k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 891 0.6× 446 0.3× 2.8k 2.3× 180 7.5k
Wim van Saarloos Netherlands 45 1.6k 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 594 0.5× 151 6.5k
C. Reichhardt United States 44 5.8k 1.5× 1.8k 0.9× 2.0k 1.4× 735 0.5× 603 0.5× 187 7.8k
Mark J. Bowick United States 39 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 905 0.6× 252 0.2× 564 0.5× 121 5.7k
Helmut R. Brand Germany 44 1.1k 0.3× 1.0k 0.5× 2.1k 1.4× 3.2k 2.2× 2.8k 2.3× 351 7.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Toner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Toner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Chiu Fan, et al.. (2024). Dynamics of packed swarms: Time-displaced correlators of two-dimensional incompressible flocks. Physical review. E. 109(1). L012601–L012601. 1 indexed citations
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Giomi, Luca, et al.. (2022). Hydrodynamic theory ofp-atic liquid crystals. Physical review. E. 106(2). 24701–24701. 17 indexed citations
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Jülicher, Frank, Jacques Prost, & John Toner. (2022). Broken living layers: Dislocations in active smectic liquid crystals. Physical review. E. 106(5). 54607–54607. 4 indexed citations
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Giomi, Luca, et al.. (2022). Long-Ranged Order and Flow Alignment in Shearedp‐atic Liquid Crystals. Physical Review Letters. 129(6). 67801–67801. 12 indexed citations
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Lee, Chiu Fan, et al.. (2022). Packed Swarms on Dirt: Two-Dimensional Incompressible Flocks with Quenched and Annealed Disorder. Physical Review Letters. 129(18). 188004–188004. 10 indexed citations
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Lee, Chiu Fan, et al.. (2022). Incompressible Polar Active Fluids with Quenched Random Field Disorder in Dimensions d>2. Physical Review Letters. 129(19). 198001–198001. 5 indexed citations
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Toner, John, et al.. (2021). Hydrodynamic theory of p- atic liquid crystals. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Toner, John, Barbara Gail Montero, & Aidan Moran. (2021). Continuous Improvement. 5 indexed citations
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Toner, John, Nicholas Guttenberg, & Yuhai Tu. (2018). Swarming in the Dirt: Ordered Flocks with Quenched Disorder. Physical Review Letters. 121(24). 248002–248002. 34 indexed citations
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Toner, John, Nicholas Guttenberg, & Yuhai Tu. (2018). Hydrodynamic theory of flocking in the presence of quenched disorder. Physical review. E. 98(6). 31 indexed citations
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Lee, Chiu Fan, et al.. (2016). Mapping two-dimensional polar active fluids to two-dimensional soap and one-dimensional sandblasting. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12215–12215. 50 indexed citations
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Tewari, Sumanta, D. Belitz, T. R. Kirkpatrick, & John Toner. (2004). Spontaneous Flux Lattices in Ferromagnetic Spin-Triplet Superconductors. Physical Review Letters. 93(17). 177002–177002. 11 indexed citations
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Bellini, Tommaso, Leo Radzihovsky, John Toner, & Noel A. Clark. (2001). Universality and Scaling in the Disordering of a Smectic Liquid Crystal. Science. 294(5544). 1074–1079. 171 indexed citations
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Radzihovsky, Leo & John Toner. (1998). Transversely Driven Charge-Density Waves and Striped Phases of High-TcSuperconductors: The Current-Effect Transistor. Physical Review Letters. 81(17). 3711–3714. 14 indexed citations
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Radzihovsky, Leo & John Toner. (1995). A New Phase of Tethered Membranes: Tubules. Physical Review Letters. 75(26). 4752–4755. 66 indexed citations
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Toner, John & George Y. Onoda. (1992). Random sequential adsorption with particle coordination rules. Physical Review Letters. 69(10). 1481–1484. 5 indexed citations
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Toner, John. (1991). Dirt roughens real sandpiles. Physical Review Letters. 66(6). 679–682. 28 indexed citations
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Toner, John. (1991). Simple model of kinetic roughening of quasicrystalline surfaces. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 43(1). 915–928. 8 indexed citations
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Ramaswamy, Sriraṁ & John Toner. (1984). SmecticsAandCAre Always Glasses. Physical Review Letters. 53(13). 1300–1300. 2 indexed citations
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Toner, John & David R. Nelson. (1981). Smectic, cholesteric, and Rayleigh-Benard order in two dimensions. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 23(1). 316–334. 175 indexed citations

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