Joshua Hihath

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Joshua Hihath is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joshua Hihath has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 29 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joshua Hihath's work include Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (51 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (23 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (15 papers). Joshua Hihath is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (51 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (23 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (15 papers). Joshua Hihath collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and China. Joshua Hihath's co-authors include Nongjian Tao, Xiulan Li, Fang Chen, Zhifeng Huang, Ismael Díez‐Pérez, Bingqian Xu, Christopher Bruot, Luping Yu, Stuart Lindsay and Jin He and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Joshua Hihath

67 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Effect of Anchoring Groups on Single-Molecule Conductance: Comparative Study of Thiol-, Amine-, and Carboxylic-Acid-Terminated Molecules

2006 681 citations Joshua Hihath, Nongjian Tao et al. profile →
Rectification and stability of a single molecular diode with controlled orientation

2009 492 citations Ismael Díez‐Pérez, Joshua Hihath et al. profile →
Conductance of Single Alkanedithiols: Conduction Mechanism and Effect of Molecule−Electrode Contacts

2006 447 citations Joshua Hihath, Bingqian Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joshua Hihath United States	28	3.8k	2.0k	1.2k	999	838	69	4.3k
Jennifer E. Klare United States	16	2.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	916 0.8×	953 1.0×	397 0.5×	20	3.4k
T. Burgin United States	18	4.6k 1.2×	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	456 0.5×	32	5.4k
Gemma C. Solomon Denmark	38	4.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	652 0.6×	1.7k 1.7×	242 0.3×	109	4.8k
Fabian Pauly Germany	37	3.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	253 0.3×	98	4.6k
James G. Kushmerick United States	32	3.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	259 0.3×	49	4.3k
Hatef Sadeghi United Kingdom	39	3.3k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	909 0.8×	2.5k 2.5×	288 0.3×	139	4.5k
C. J. Muller United States	11	3.6k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	925 0.8×	991 1.0×	246 0.3×	19	4.1k
Maria Kamenetska United States	18	2.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	650 0.5×	567 0.6×	307 0.4×	37	2.5k
LeRoy Jones United States	15	2.4k 0.6×	958 0.5×	715 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	313 0.4×	19	2.8k
Adi Salomon Israel	26	2.1k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	814 0.8×	248 0.3×	68	2.9k

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Ohayon, Yoel P., Chengde Mao, Antía S. Botana, et al.. (2025). Transmetalation for DNA‐Based Molecular Electronics. Small. 21(25). e2411518–e2411518. 2 indexed citations

Posnjak, Gregor, Tim Liedl, Chengde Mao, et al.. (2025). DNA Glass: Encasing Diffraction‐Quality, Mesoporous DNA Crystals in Architected Silica. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(1). e16745–e16745.

Wang, Yiren, et al.. (2024). Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Variants Using Single-Molecule Conductance Measurements. ACS Sensors. 9(6). 2888–2896. 5 indexed citations

Li, Ruihao, et al.. (2024). Self-Aligning Nanojunctions for Integrated Single-Molecule Circuits. ACS Nano. 18(6). 4972–4980. 3 indexed citations

Ören, Ersin Emre, et al.. (2023). Mapping DNA Conformations Using Single-Molecule Conductance Measurements. Biomolecules. 13(1). 129–129. 6 indexed citations

Luan, Binquan, et al.. (2021). Role of intercalation in the electrical properties of nucleic acids for use in molecular electronics. Nanoscale Horizons. 6(8). 651–660. 14 indexed citations

Jeong, Hyunhak, et al.. (2021). Multidimensional Characterization of Single‐Molecule Dynamics in a Plasmonic Nanocavity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(30). 16436–16441. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Yiren, et al.. (2021). A machine learning approach for accurate and real-time DNA sequence identification. BMC Genomics. 22(1). 525–525. 11 indexed citations

Hihath, Joshua, et al.. (2021). Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

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Xiang, Limin, Peng Zhang, Xin He, et al.. (2020). Conductance and Configuration of Molecular Gold-Water-Gold Junctions under Electric Fields. Matter. 3(1). 166–179. 27 indexed citations

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Moth‐Poulsen, Kasper, et al.. (2020). A Memristive Element Based on an Electrically Controlled Single‐Molecule Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(28). 11641–11646. 42 indexed citations

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Moth‐Poulsen, Kasper, et al.. (2020). A Memristive Element Based on an Electrically Controlled Single‐Molecule Reaction. Angewandte Chemie. 132(28). 11738–11743. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Yuanhui, et al.. (2018). Detection and identification of genetic material via single-molecule conductance. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(12). 1167–1173. 68 indexed citations

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Lu, Haipeng, Xi Cen, Xinming Zhang, et al.. (2017). Bismuth Doping of Germanium Nanocrystals through Colloidal Chemistry. Chemistry of Materials. 29(17). 7353–7363. 23 indexed citations

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Börjesson, Karl, et al.. (2017). Effect of Ring Strain on the Charge Transport of a Robust Norbornadiene–Quadricyclane-Based Molecular Photoswitch. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(13). 7094–7100. 43 indexed citations

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Artés, Juan M., et al.. (2015). Binding configurations and intramolecular strain in single-molecule devices. Nature Materials. 14(5). 517–522. 93 indexed citations

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Hihath, Joshua & Nongjian Tao. (2012). Electron–phonon interactions in atomic and molecular devices. Progress in Surface Science. 87(9-12). 189–208. 20 indexed citations

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Hihath, Joshua, Christopher Bruot, Hisao Nakamura, et al.. (2011). Inelastic Transport and Low-Bias Rectification in a Single-Molecule Diode. ACS Nano. 5(10). 8331–8339. 71 indexed citations

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Hihath, Joshua, Carlos R. Arroyo, Gabino Rubio‐Bollinger, Nongjian Tao, & Nicolás Agraı̈t. (2008). Study of Electron−Phonon Interactions in a Single Molecule Covalently Connected to Two Electrodes. Nano Letters. 8(6). 1673–1678. 72 indexed citations

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Hihath, Joshua, Bingqian Xu, Peiming Zhang, & Nongjian Tao. (2005). Study of single-nucleotide polymorphisms by means of electrical conductance measurements. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(47). 16979–16983. 134 indexed citations

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