Peter Garik

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Garik is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Garik has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 9 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Peter Garik's work include Theoretical and Computational Physics (9 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (9 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (4 papers). Peter Garik is often cited by papers focused on Theoretical and Computational Physics (9 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (9 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (4 papers). Peter Garik collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Canada. Peter Garik's co-authors include Eshel Ben‐Jacob, Nigel Goldenfeld, G. Deutscher, David G. Grier, Bradford G. Orr, Dale P. Barkey, H. Eugene Stanley, J. Thomas LaMont, K. Ramakrishnan Bhaskar and James Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Peter Garik

25 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The formation of patterns in non-equilibrium growth 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 200 400 600
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. The formation of patterns in non-equilibrium growth
    1990 639 citations Eshel Ben‐Jacob, Peter Garik Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Garik United States 13 668 589 255 216 172 25 1.5k
Gregory T. Dee United States 25 1.0k 1.5× 379 0.6× 222 0.9× 98 0.5× 248 1.4× 45 2.6k
Alfred B. Bortz United States 7 1.0k 1.5× 660 1.1× 439 1.7× 281 1.3× 97 0.6× 16 2.1k
Joel D. Shore United States 15 487 0.7× 793 1.3× 117 0.5× 143 0.7× 77 0.4× 36 1.3k
Pascal Viot France 25 907 1.4× 759 1.3× 81 0.3× 106 0.5× 217 1.3× 110 2.2k
F. Baras France 29 587 0.9× 175 0.3× 277 1.1× 87 0.4× 264 1.5× 101 2.3k
Chuck Yeung United States 20 529 0.8× 541 0.9× 113 0.4× 51 0.2× 212 1.2× 52 1.3k
Y. Hayakawa Japan 11 292 0.4× 539 0.9× 104 0.4× 213 1.0× 53 0.3× 35 1.0k
Olivier Pierre-Louis France 25 826 1.2× 653 1.1× 520 2.0× 339 1.6× 603 3.5× 91 1.9k
J. W. Evans United States 25 800 1.2× 790 1.3× 792 3.1× 289 1.3× 113 0.7× 50 2.0k
Surajit Sengupta India 23 1.0k 1.5× 769 1.3× 124 0.5× 45 0.2× 52 0.3× 108 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Garik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Garik

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Garik, Peter, et al.. (2021). Integrating History of Science in In‑service Physics Teacher Education: Impact on Teachers’ Practice. Science & Education. 30(5). 1099–1130. 5 indexed citations
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Hall, Steven, et al.. (2020). Student Understanding In Signals And Systems: The Role Of Interval Matching In Student Reasoning. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 12.1317.1–12.1317.25. 1 indexed citations
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Garik, Peter, et al.. (2014). Teaching the Conceptual History of Physics to Physics Teachers. Science & Education. 24(4). 387–408. 10 indexed citations
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Hall, Steven R., et al.. (2006). Student Misconceptions in Signals and Systems and their Origins — Part II. 68. T4E–26. 8 indexed citations
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Garik, Peter, et al.. (2000). Using Computer Visualization Models in High School Chemistry: The Role of Teacher Beliefs.. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. 2000(1). 3 indexed citations
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Bhaskar, K. Ramakrishnan, et al.. (1997). Interaction of an aluminium–magnesium containing antacid and gastric mucus: possible contribution to the cytoprotective function of antacids. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 11(1). 139–145. 15 indexed citations
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Garik, Peter, et al.. (1994). Overcoming resistance with fractals—A new way to teach elementary circuits. The Physics Teacher. 32(9). 546–551. 3 indexed citations
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Buldyrev, Sergey V., Peter Garik, H. Eugene Stanley, et al.. (1994). Science research in the classroom. The Physics Teacher. 32(7). 411–415. 1 indexed citations
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Bhaskar, K. Ramakrishnan, Peter Garik, Bradley S. Turner, et al.. (1992). Viscous fingering of HCI through gastric mucin. Nature. 360(6403). 458–461. 164 indexed citations
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Barkey, Dale P., Peter Garik, Eshel Ben‐Jacob, Barbara Stoler Miller, & Bradford G. Orr. (1992). Growth Velocity, the Limiting Current, and Morphology Selection in Electrodeposition of Branched Aggregates. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 139(4). 1044–1050. 44 indexed citations
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Garik, Peter, Joel Hetrick, Bradford G. Orr, Dale P. Barkey, & Eshel Ben‐Jacob. (1991). Interfacial cellular mixing and a conjecture on global deposit morphology. Physical Review Letters. 66(12). 1606–1609. 43 indexed citations
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Ben‐Jacob, Eshel & Peter Garik. (1990). The formation of patterns in non-equilibrium growth. Nature. 343(6258). 523–530. 639 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roberts, D. A., F.D. Becchetti, Eshel Ben‐Jacob, et al.. (1990). Energy and flux limits of cold-fusion neutrons using a deuterated liquid scintillator. Physical Review C. 42(5). R1809–R1812. 3 indexed citations
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Ben‐Jacob, Eshel & Peter Garik. (1989). Ordered shapes in nonequilibrium growth. Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena. 38(1-3). 16–28. 29 indexed citations
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Ben‐Jacob, Eshel, Peter Garik, Tim Mueller, & David G. Grier. (1988). Characterization of morphology transitions in diffusion-controlled systems. Physical review. A, General physics. 38(3). 1370–1380. 90 indexed citations
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Ben‐Jacob, Eshel, Peter Garik, & David G. Grier. (1987). Interfacial pattern formation far from equilibrium. Superlattices and Microstructures. 3(6). 599–615. 29 indexed citations
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Ben‐Jacob, Eshel, et al.. (1986). Formation of a Dense Branching Morphology in Interfacial Growth. Physical Review Letters. 57(15). 1903–1906. 200 indexed citations
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Garik, Peter, Roy Richter, Joseph Hautman, & P. Ramanlal. (1985). Deterministic solutions of fractal growth. Physical review. A, General physics. 32(5). 3156–3159. 27 indexed citations
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Garik, Peter. (1985). Anisotropic growth of diffusion-limited aggregates. Physical review. A, General physics. 32(2). 1275–1278. 14 indexed citations

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