Neal Fairley

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Neal Fairley is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Radiation and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Neal Fairley has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 31 papers in Radiation and 27 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Neal Fairley's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (49 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (29 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (11 papers). Neal Fairley is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (49 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (29 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (11 papers). Neal Fairley collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Neal Fairley's co-authors include Vincent Fernandez, John Walton, Jonas Baltrušaitis, David Morgan, Matthew R. Linford, Emily F. Smith, S. Tougaard, George H. Major, Mireille Richard‐Plouet and Mark Greiner and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Neal Fairley

64 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Systematic and collaborative approa... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2021 2014 2020 250 500 750
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. Systematic and collaborative approach to problem solving using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
    2021 889 citations Neal Fairley, Vincent Fernandez et al. Applied Surface Science Advances profile →
  2. Generalized molybdenum oxide surface chemical state XPS determination via informed amorphous sample model
    2014 459 citations Jonas Baltrušaitis, Vincent Fernandez et al. Applied Surface Science profile →
  3. Practical guide for curve fitting in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
    2020 425 citations George H. Major, Neal Fairley et al. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Neal Fairley France 22 1.6k 1.3k 554 479 387 66 3.1k
Vincent Fernandez France 18 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 300 0.5× 456 1.0× 281 0.7× 40 2.6k
Wolfgang Maus‐Friedrichs Germany 30 1.4k 0.9× 875 0.7× 453 0.8× 210 0.4× 395 1.0× 126 2.8k
Yu‐chen Karen Chen‐Wiegart United States 31 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.5× 267 0.5× 443 0.9× 189 0.5× 113 3.3k
M. Mohai Hungary 28 1.7k 1.1× 731 0.6× 336 0.6× 291 0.6× 460 1.2× 120 2.9k
Andreas Thißen Germany 30 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 338 0.6× 201 0.4× 158 0.4× 85 2.6k
B. Lesiak Poland 24 2.1k 1.3× 1.6k 1.3× 822 1.5× 614 1.3× 1.1k 2.8× 112 4.2k
Dirk Lützenkirchen−Hecht Germany 29 2.0k 1.3× 2.6k 2.1× 275 0.5× 1.6k 3.4× 311 0.8× 178 4.5k
Şefik Süzer Türkiye 36 1.6k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 637 1.1× 486 1.0× 634 1.6× 182 4.5k
Rowan K. Leary United Kingdom 24 1.9k 1.2× 677 0.5× 469 0.8× 1.7k 3.5× 765 2.0× 48 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bargiela, Pascal, Vincent Fernandez, Neal Fairley, et al.. (2025). Deriving Stable Peak Models to Fit Complex XPS Data From Cu Contaminated Pt Electrocatalysts. Surface and Interface Analysis. 57(6). 455–469. 1 indexed citations
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Gagliardi, Anna, Neal Fairley, Arnaud Etchéberry, et al.. (2025). Coupling of X‐AES Transitions and XPS Photopeaks to Assess the Oxide Formation of Ga and in CuIn 0.7 Ga 0.3 Se 2 Material During Air Aging. Surface and Interface Analysis. 57(4). 291–299. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiayue, Jing Yang, Jenna L. Wardini, et al.. (2025). Fermi Level Equilibration and Charge Transfer at the Exsolved Metal-Oxide Interface. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(4). 2991–2997. 5 indexed citations
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Bargiela, Pascal, Vincent Fernández, David Morgan, et al.. (2024). Surface chemistry of ion beam modified native titania/Ti interfaces examined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 15. 100231–100231. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández, Vincent, Neal Fairley, David Morgan, Pascal Bargiela, & Jonas Baltrušaitis. (2024). Surface science insight note: Imaging X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Surface and Interface Analysis. 56(10). 669–680. 1 indexed citations
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Bargiela, Pascal, Vincent Fernandez, David Morgan, et al.. (2023). Surface Analysis Insight Note: Observations relating to photoemission peak shapes, oxidation state, and chemistry of titanium oxide films. Surface and Interface Analysis. 56(4). 181–188. 2 indexed citations
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Fairley, Neal, Pascal Bargiela, & Jonas Baltrušaitis. (2023). Surface analysis insight note: Illustrating the effect of adventitious contamination on Pt photoemission peak intensities. Surface and Interface Analysis. 56(2). 122–125. 1 indexed citations
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Fairley, Neal, et al.. (2023). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) unravels spectral components present in XPS spectra of complex oxide films on iron foil. Applied Surface Science Advances. 17. 100447–100447. 17 indexed citations
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Fairley, Neal, Giuseppe Compagnini, Vittorio Scardaci, et al.. (2022). Surface analysis insight note: Differentiation methods applicable to noisy data for determination of sp2‐ versus sp3‐hybridization of carbon allotropes and AES signal strengths. Surface and Interface Analysis. 55(3). 165–175. 13 indexed citations
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Major, George H., Vincent Fernandez, Neal Fairley, Emily F. Smith, & Matthew R. Linford. (2022). Guide to XPS data analysis: Applying appropriate constraints to synthetic peaks in XPS peak fitting. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 40(6). 46 indexed citations
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Fairley, Neal, Pascal Bargiela, Adam Roberts, Vincent Fernández, & Jonas Baltrušaitis. (2022). Practical guide to understanding goodness-of-fit metrics used in chemical state modeling of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data by synthetic line shapes using nylon as an example. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 41(1). 6 indexed citations
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Fernandez, Vincent, Neal Fairley, & Jonas Baltrušaitis. (2022). Surface analysis insight note: Synthetic line shapes, integration regions and relative sensitivity factors. Surface and Interface Analysis. 55(1). 3–9. 5 indexed citations
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Avval, Tahereh G., Neal B. Gallagher, David Morgan, et al.. (2022). Practical guide on chemometrics/informatics in x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). II. Example applications of multiple methods to the degradation of cellulose and tartaric acid. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 40(6). 12 indexed citations
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Bargiela, Pascal, Vincent Fernandez, Christophe Cardinaud, et al.. (2021). Towards a reliable assessment of charging effects during surface analysis: Accurate spectral shapes of ZrO2 and Pd/ZrO2 via X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Applied Surface Science. 566. 150728–150728. 10 indexed citations
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Avval, Tahereh G., Neal Fairley, Emily F. Smith, et al.. (2021). The Often-Overlooked Power of Summary Statistics in Exploratory Data Analysis: Comparison of Pattern Recognition Entropy (PRE) to Other Summary Statistics and Introduction of Divided Spectrum-PRE (DS-PRE). Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 61(9). 4173–4189. 6 indexed citations
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Fairley, Neal, et al.. (2021). Box plots: A simple graphical tool for visualizing overfitting in peak fitting as demonstrated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 250. 147094–147094. 21 indexed citations
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Fernandez, Vincent, Daniyal Kiani, Neal Fairley, François‐Xavier Felpin, & Jonas Baltrušaitis. (2019). Curve fitting complex X-ray photoelectron spectra of graphite-supported copper nanoparticles using informed line shapes. Applied Surface Science. 505. 143841–143841. 28 indexed citations
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Béchu, Solène, Mireille Richard‐Plouet, Vincent Fernandez, John Walton, & Neal Fairley. (2016). Developments in numerical treatments for large data sets of XPS images. Surface and Interface Analysis. 48(5). 301–309. 19 indexed citations
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Smith, Emily F., D. Briggs, & Neal Fairley. (2005). Further developments in quantitative X‐ray photoelectron spectromicroscopy: preliminary results from the study of germanium corrosion. Surface and Interface Analysis. 38(2). 69–75. 22 indexed citations
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Walton, John & Neal Fairley. (2004). Quantitative surface chemical‐state microscopy by x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Surface and Interface Analysis. 36(1). 89–91. 30 indexed citations

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