Nevill Mott

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
39 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Nevill Mott is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Condensed Matter Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nevill Mott has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 6 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nevill Mott's work include Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (5 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (3 papers). Nevill Mott is often cited by papers focused on Quantum and electron transport phenomena (6 papers), Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (5 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (3 papers). Nevill Mott collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Nevill Mott's co-authors include J. M. Galligan, R. Wallis, S. Pollitt, C. J. Adkins, A. S. Alexandrov, E. A. Davis, K. Weiser, Hiroshi Kamimura, Rudolf Peierls and C. F. Powell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Nevill Mott

38 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Metal-Insulator Transitions 1975 2026 1992 2009 2004 1981 1975 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. Metal-Insulator Transitions
    2004 952 citations Nevill Mott profile →
  2. Electrons at the Fermi surface
    1981 478 citations Nevill Mott profile →
  3. The Anderson transition
    1975 247 citations Nevill Mott, S. Pollitt et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

Peers

Nevill Mott
W. R. Datars Canada
B. K. Chakraverty France
W. Kress Germany
T. A. Callcott United States
M. R. Wells United Kingdom
A. G. M. Jansen France
Μ. Peter Switzerland
C. M. Hurd Canada
C. V. Stager Canada
S. J. Pickart United States
W. R. Datars Canada
Nevill Mott
Citations per year, relative to Nevill Mott Nevill Mott (= 1×) peers W. R. Datars

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nevill Mott

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nevill Mott

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mott, Nevill. (1992). Herbert Fröhlich, 9 December 1905 - 23 January 1991. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 145–162. 1 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1992). Spin polarons and the copper oxide superconductors. Philosophical Magazine B. 65(4). 767–773. 2 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1990). High-temperature superconductors above Tc. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 168(1). 221–228. 12 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill & J. M. Galligan. (1989). Conduction in Non-Crystalline Materials. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. 111(2). 220–220. 188 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1987). Is there an explanation?. Nature. 327(6119). 185–186. 48 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1986). Wranglers and Physicists – Studies on Cambridge Mathematical Physics in the 19th Century. Physics Bulletin. 37(3). 132–132. 1 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1985). Niels Bohr. Physics Bulletin. 36(4). 163–164. 1 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1982). Review lecture: Metal–insulator transitions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 382(1782). 1–24. 72 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1982). Walter Heinrich Heitler, 2 January 1904 - 15 November 1981. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 141–151. 2 indexed citations
10.
Mott, Nevill. (1981). Mechanisms for the oxidation of silicon and the formation of charged defects. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 376(1765). 207–215. 30 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1980). Memories of early days in solid state physics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 371(1744). 56–66. 6 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1980). Introduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 371(1744). 3–7. 1 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill & Rudolf Peierls. (1977). Werner Heisenberg, 5 December 1901 - 1 February 1976. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 212–251. 6 indexed citations
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Kamimura, Hiroshi & Nevill Mott. (1976). The Variable Range Hopping Induced by Electron Spin Resonance in n-Type Silicon and Germanium. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 40(5). 1351–1358. 10 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill, et al.. (1975). The Anderson transition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 345(1641). 169–205. 247 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mott, Nevill, et al.. (1962). Arthur Mannering Tyndall, 1881-1961. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 8(1). 159–165. 1 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1957). Introduction. Work-hardening and the initiation and spread of fatigue cracks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 242(1229). 145–147. 4 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1955). John Edward Lennard-Jones, 1894-1954. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 174–184. 6 indexed citations
19.
Mott, Nevill. (1953). Bakerian Lecture: Dislocations, plastic flow and creep. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 220(1140). 1–14. 38 indexed citations
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Mott, Nevill. (1952). Introductory remarks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 215(1120). 1–4. 27 indexed citations

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