Michael E. Cates

28.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
287 papers, 21.7k citations indexed

About

Michael E. Cates is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael E. Cates has authored 287 papers receiving a total of 21.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Materials Chemistry, 107 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 60 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Michael E. Cates's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (104 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (68 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (56 papers). Michael E. Cates is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (104 papers), Micro and Nano Robotics (68 papers) and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (56 papers). Michael E. Cates collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Michael E. Cates's co-authors include Julien Tailleur, Davide Marenduzzo, Matthias Fuchs, Joakim Stenhammar, T. A. Witten, Scott T. Milner, Philippe Claudin, Peter Sollich, Jean‐Philippe Bouchaud and Pascal Hébraud and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael E. Cates

285 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

Motility-Induced Phase Se... 1990 2026 2002 2014 2015 1990 1997 1998 2008 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. Motility-Induced Phase Separation
    2015 1.1k citations Michael E. Cates et al. profile →
  2. Statics and dynamics of worm-like surfactant micelles
    1990 876 citations Michael E. Cates et al. profile →
  3. Rheology of Soft Glassy Materials
    1997 868 citations Peter Sollich, François Lequeux et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Jamming, Force Chains, and Fragile Matter
    1998 776 citations Michael E. Cates et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  5. Statistical Mechanics of Interacting Run-and-Tumble Bacteria
    2008 635 citations Michael E. Cates et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  6. Multiple Glassy States in a Simple Model System
    2002 601 citations Michael E. Cates, Matthias Fuchs et al. profile →
  7. Stress relaxation in living polymers: Results from a Poisson renewal model
    1992 434 citations Michael E. Cates et al. profile →
  8. How Far from Equilibrium Is Active Matter?
    2016 429 citations Michael E. Cates et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  9. Pressure is not a state function for generic active fluids
    2015 324 citations Michael E. Cates et al. profile →
  10. Statistical mechanics of active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particles
    2021 162 citations Michael E. Cates 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
Michael E. Cates United Kingdom 75 9.8k 7.6k 5.1k 4.1k 4.1k 287 21.7k
Thomas A. Witten United States 49 11.5k 1.2× 6.3k 0.8× 3.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.4× 7.7k 1.9× 157 32.5k
P. M. Chaikin United States 77 13.6k 1.4× 7.4k 1.0× 3.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 5.1k 1.3× 310 26.7k
S. F. Edwards United Kingdom 59 9.9k 1.0× 5.4k 0.7× 2.5k 0.5× 2.2k 0.5× 4.9k 1.2× 257 25.8k
Gerhard Gompper Germany 71 4.4k 0.4× 5.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.3× 5.4k 1.3× 358 16.4k
Gary S. Grest United States 87 16.0k 1.6× 5.3k 0.7× 3.4k 0.7× 971 0.2× 5.4k 1.3× 449 31.5k
Wilson C. K. Poon United Kingdom 66 9.6k 1.0× 3.0k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 1.1k 0.3× 4.6k 1.1× 232 15.7k
Hartmut Löwen Germany 75 12.4k 1.3× 11.8k 1.5× 1.8k 0.3× 5.3k 1.3× 8.5k 2.1× 514 24.4k
Hans Christian Andersen United States 56 16.3k 1.7× 4.6k 0.6× 2.8k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 8.2k 2.0× 213 30.6k
David J. Pine United States 78 13.1k 1.3× 3.6k 0.5× 5.0k 1.0× 843 0.2× 5.4k 1.3× 186 22.0k
Steve Granick United States 82 10.2k 1.0× 3.3k 0.4× 4.0k 0.8× 931 0.2× 6.1k 1.5× 340 23.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jack, Robert L., et al.. (2023). Active–passive mixtures with bulk loading: a minimal active engine in one dimension. Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment. 2023(8). 83212–83212. 3 indexed citations
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Zou, Weizhong, et al.. (2023). Wormlike Micelles revisited: A comparison of models for linear rheology. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. 322. 105149–105149. 9 indexed citations
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Cates, Michael E., et al.. (2023). Two-Dimensional Crystals far from Equilibrium. Physical Review Letters. 131(4). 47101–47101. 20 indexed citations
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Blanc, Frédéric, et al.. (2023). Rheology of Dense Suspensions under Shear Rotation. Physical Review Letters. 130(11). 118202–118202. 11 indexed citations
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Vrugt, Michael te, et al.. (2023). Orientation-Dependent Propulsion of Active Brownian Spheres: From Self-Advection to Programmable Cluster Shapes. Physical Review Letters. 131(16). 168203–168203. 9 indexed citations
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Gillissen, J. J. J., et al.. (2019). Constitutive Model for Time-Dependent Flows of Shear-Thickening Suspensions. Physical Review Letters. 123(21). 214504–214504. 26 indexed citations
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Blanco, Elena, Michiel Hermes, R. Besseling, et al.. (2019). Conching chocolate is a prototypical transition from frictionally jammed solid to flowable suspension with maximal solid content. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(21). 10303–10308. 49 indexed citations
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Mari, Romain, et al.. (2018). Dynamic Vorticity Banding in Discontinuously Shear Thickening Suspensions. Physical Review Letters. 121(10). 108003–108003. 45 indexed citations
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Henrich, Oliver, Kevin Stratford, Davide Marenduzzo, Peter V. Coveney, & Michael E. Cates. (2016). Rheology of Lamellar Liquid Crystals in Two and Three Dimensions: A Simulation Study. 8 indexed citations
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Liebchen, Benno, Michael E. Cates, & Davide Marenduzzo. (2016). Pattern formation in chemically interacting active rotors with self-propulsion. Soft Matter. 12(35). 7259–7264. 53 indexed citations
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Henrich, Oliver, Fabian Weysser, Michael E. Cates, & Matthias Fuchs. (2009). Hard discs under steady shear: comparison of Brownian dynamics simulations and mode coupling theory. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 367(1909). 5033–5050. 2 indexed citations
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Brader, J. M., Thomas Voigtmann, Matthias Fuchs, Ronald G. Larson, & Michael E. Cates. (2009). Glass rheology: From mode-coupling theory to a dynamical yield criterion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(36). 15186–15191. 103 indexed citations
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Nash, Rupert W., R. Adhikari, & Michael E. Cates. (2008). Singular forces and pointlike colloids in lattice Boltzmann hydrodynamics. Physical Review E. 77(2). 26709–26709. 43 indexed citations
14.
Fuchs, Matthias & Michael E. Cates. (2002). Theory of Nonlinear Rheology and Yielding of Dense Colloidal Suspensions. Physical Review Letters. 89(24). 248304–248304. 248 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhijin, et al.. (2001). Effective elastic properties of solid clays. Geophysics. 66(2). 428–440. 183 indexed citations
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Vanel, Loïc, et al.. (1999). Stress propagation in a granular column: theory and experiment. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhijin, Michael E. Cates, & Robert T. Langan. (1998). Seismic monitoring of a CO 2 flood in a carbonate reservoir; a rock physics study. Geophysics. 63(5). 1604–1617. 110 indexed citations
18.
Sollich, Peter, François Lequeux, Pascal Hébraud, & Michael E. Cates. (1997). Rheology of Soft Glassy Materials. Physical Review Letters. 78(10). 2020–2023. 868 indexed citations breakdown →
19.
Spencer, James W., et al.. (1994). Frame moduli of unconsolidated sands and sandstones. Geophysics. 59(9). 1352–1361. 44 indexed citations
20.
Cates, Michael E. & Samuel Frederick Edwards. (1984). Linear theory of disordered fibre-reinforced composites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 395(1808). 89–109. 19 indexed citations

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