Michael Varga

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
3 papers, 911 citations indexed

About

Michael Varga is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Varga has authored 3 papers receiving a total of 911 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 2 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Varga's work include Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (2 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (2 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (2 papers). Michael Varga is often cited by papers focused on Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (2 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (2 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (2 papers). Michael Varga collaborates with scholars based in United States and Netherlands. Michael Varga's co-authors include Ghislaine Vantomme, Robin L. B. Selinger, Dirk J. Broer, E. W. Meijer, Dirk J. Mulder, Andrew Konya, Anne Hélène Gelebart, John Harden, John L. West and Antal Jákli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Varga

3 papers receiving 905 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.

Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

2017 878 citations Anne Hélène Gelebart, Dirk J. Mulder et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Varga United States	3	684	475	271	224	218	3	911
Marina Pilz da Cunha Netherlands	13	812 1.2×	636 1.3×	325 1.2×	182 0.8×	298 1.4×	16	1.1k
Markus Lahikainen Finland	7	471 0.7×	369 0.8×	154 0.6×	124 0.6×	153 0.7×	8	610
Anne Hélène Gelebart Netherlands	10	1.4k 2.0×	930 2.0×	578 2.1×	389 1.7×	408 1.9×	12	1.7k
Jiazhe Ma China	9	370 0.5×	388 0.8×	260 1.0×	186 0.8×	39 0.2×	10	771
Matthew Hendrikx Netherlands	8	352 0.5×	235 0.5×	232 0.9×	117 0.5×	41 0.2×	11	497
Rob C. P. Verpaalen Netherlands	11	419 0.6×	360 0.8×	153 0.6×	107 0.5×	92 0.4×	13	566
Dae Seok Kim South Korea	16	343 0.5×	235 0.5×	370 1.4×	180 0.8×	61 0.3×	35	708
Jeroen A. H. P. Sol Netherlands	11	329 0.5×	248 0.5×	222 0.8×	193 0.9×	55 0.3×	19	639
Futao Cheng China	7	349 0.5×	268 0.6×	214 0.8×	145 0.6×	44 0.2×	10	518

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Varga

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Varga

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Michael Varga. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Michael Varga. The network helps show where Michael Varga may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Varga

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Varga. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Varga 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 Michael Varga. Michael Varga is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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3 of 3 papers shown

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Babakhanova, Greta, Hao Yu, Michael Varga, et al.. (2020). Dynamically morphing microchannels in liquid crystal elastomer coatings containing disclinations. Journal of Applied Physics. 128(18). 5 indexed citations

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Gelebart, Anne Hélène, Dirk J. Mulder, Michael Varga, et al.. (2017). Making waves in a photoactive polymer film. Nature. 546(7660). 632–636. 878 indexed citations breakdown →

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Varga, Michael, et al.. (2013). Direct piezoelectric responses of soft composite fiber mats. Applied Physics Letters. 102(15). 28 indexed citations

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