Marcel Franz

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
135 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Marcel Franz is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Marcel Franz has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 96 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 32 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Marcel Franz's work include Topological Materials and Phenomena (71 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (64 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (62 papers). Marcel Franz is often cited by papers focused on Topological Materials and Phenomena (71 papers), Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (64 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (62 papers). Marcel Franz collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Marcel Franz's co-authors include Zlatko Tešanović, M. M. Vazifeh, Huaiming Guo, Conan Weeks, S.R. Elliott, Ion Garate, G. Rosenberg, Babak Seradjeh, Ian Affleck and Oskar Vafek and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Marcel Franz

134 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

Colloquium: Majorana fermions in nuclear, particle, and ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2015 2009 2013 100 200 300 400 500
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. Colloquium: Majorana fermions in nuclear, particle, and solid-state physics
    2015 584 citations Marcel Franz et al. profile →
  2. Topological insulator on the kagome lattice
    2009 388 citations Huaiming Guo, Marcel Franz profile →
  3. Electromagnetic Response of Weyl Semimetals
    2013 354 citations M. M. Vazifeh, Marcel Franz Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marcel Franz Canada 51 6.4k 4.8k 2.7k 1.2k 404 135 8.1k
A. M. Tsvelik United States 46 4.9k 0.8× 6.3k 1.3× 887 0.3× 2.4k 2.0× 388 1.0× 223 8.2k
Shoucheng Zhang United States 26 6.3k 1.0× 2.6k 0.5× 3.6k 1.4× 726 0.6× 118 0.3× 57 7.5k
A. A. Burkov Canada 31 7.0k 1.1× 2.8k 0.6× 4.0k 1.5× 768 0.6× 224 0.6× 70 7.5k
Xiao‐Liang Qi United States 18 9.4k 1.5× 3.9k 0.8× 6.6k 2.5× 1.1k 0.9× 133 0.3× 20 10.5k
D. N. Sheng United States 44 5.8k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 997 0.8× 125 0.3× 187 7.2k
Titus Neupert Switzerland 48 9.5k 1.5× 4.6k 1.0× 3.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.0× 126 0.3× 179 10.7k
Victor Galitski United States 42 7.2k 1.1× 3.1k 0.7× 2.1k 0.8× 692 0.6× 105 0.3× 168 8.5k
Xiao-Liang Qi United States 50 9.9k 1.5× 4.4k 0.9× 4.0k 1.5× 834 0.7× 569 1.4× 105 10.9k
Olivier Parcollet France 41 3.4k 0.5× 5.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 2.7k 2.3× 235 0.6× 93 6.8k
Daniel P. Arovas United States 38 4.9k 0.8× 3.8k 0.8× 803 0.3× 824 0.7× 197 0.5× 93 6.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marcel Franz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marcel Franz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marcel Franz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marcel Franz 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 Marcel Franz. Marcel Franz 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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Nocera, Alberto, et al.. (2026). Persistent Spin Currents in Superconducting Altermagnets. Physical Review X. 16(1).
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Kaushal, Nitin & Marcel Franz. (2025). Altermagnetism in Modified Lieb Lattice Hubbard Model. Physical Review Letters. 135(15). 156502–156502. 2 indexed citations
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Franz, Marcel, et al.. (2024). Edge currents as probe of topology in twisted cuprate bilayers. Physical review. B.. 110(1). 3 indexed citations
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Volkov, Pavel A., et al.. (2024). Josephson diode effects in twisted nodal superconductors. Physical review. B.. 109(9). 17 indexed citations
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Cui, Xiaomeng, Pavel A. Volkov, Hyobin Yoo, et al.. (2023). Time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductivity between twisted cuprate superconductors. Science. 382(6677). 1422–1427. 83 indexed citations
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Zhou, Benjamin T., et al.. (2023). Non-Abelian topological superconductivity in maximally twisted double-layer spin-triplet valley-singlet superconductors. Communications Physics. 6(1). 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao-Xiao & Marcel Franz. (2020). Non-Hermitian Exceptional Landau Quantization in Electric Circuits. Physical Review Letters. 124(4). 46401–46401. 70 indexed citations
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Nigge, Pascal, Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise, Erik Mårsell, et al.. (2019). Room temperature strain-induced Landau levels in graphene on a wafer-scale platform. Science Advances. 5(11). eaaw5593–eaaw5593. 71 indexed citations
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Rahmani, Armin, Xiaoyu Zhu, Marcel Franz, & Ian Affleck. (2015). Emergent Supersymmetry from Strongly Interacting Majorana Zero Modes. Physical Review Letters. 115(16). 166401–166401. 104 indexed citations
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Vazifeh, M. M. & Marcel Franz. (2013). Self-Organized Topological State with Majorana Fermions. Physical Review Letters. 111(20). 206802–206802. 246 indexed citations
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Franz, Marcel. (2013). Majorana's wires. Nature Nanotechnology. 8(3). 149–152. 87 indexed citations
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Vazifeh, M. M. & Marcel Franz. (2013). Electromagnetic Response of Weyl Semimetals. Physical Review Letters. 111(2). 27201–27201. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guo, Huaiming, G. Rosenberg, Gil Refael, & Marcel Franz. (2010). Topological Anderson Insulator in Three Dimensions. Physical Review Letters. 105(21). 216601–216601. 158 indexed citations
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Garate, Ion & Marcel Franz. (2010). Inverse Spin-Galvanic Effect in the Interface between a Topological Insulator and a Ferromagnet. Physical Review Letters. 104(14). 146802–146802. 305 indexed citations
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Franz, Marcel, et al.. (2010). Wormhole effect in a strong topological insulator. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2010. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Huaiming & Marcel Franz. (2009). Three-Dimensional Topological Insulators on the Pyrochlore Lattice. Physical Review Letters. 103(20). 206805–206805. 108 indexed citations
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Sheehy, Daniel E., et al.. (2004). A Unified Theory of the ab-plane and c-axis Penetration Depths of Underdoped Cuprates. APS. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Amin, M. H. S., Marcel Franz, & Ian Affleck. (2000). Effective “Penetration Depth” in the Vortex State of aD-Wave Superconductor. Physical Review Letters. 84(25). 5864–5867. 59 indexed citations
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Franz, Marcel & Zlatko Tešanović. (1997). Self-consistent electronic structure of a $d_{x^2-y^2}$ and a $d_{x^2-y^2}+id_{xy}$ vortex. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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