Ricardo Garcı́a

26.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
395 papers, 20.7k citations indexed

About

Ricardo Garcı́a is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ricardo Garcı́a has authored 395 papers receiving a total of 20.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 106 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 100 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ricardo Garcı́a's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (146 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (76 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (34 papers). Ricardo Garcı́a is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (146 papers), Mechanical and Optical Resonators (76 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (34 papers). Ricardo Garcı́a collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Brazil. Ricardo Garcı́a's co-authors include Álvaro San Paulo, Javier Tamayo, Elena T. Herruzo, Montserrat Calleja, T. Rodrı́guez, José R. Lozano, José Eugenio Naranjo, Ramsés V. Martínez, Carlos González and Nicolás Martínez and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ricardo Garcı́a

377 papers receiving 19.9k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamic atomic force microscopy methods 2001 2026 2009 2017 2002 2017 2001 2011 2010 500 1000 1.5k
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. Dynamic atomic force microscopy methods
    2002 1.6k citations Ricardo Garcı́a profile →
  2. Imaging modes of atomic force microscopy for application in molecular and cell biology
    2017 704 citations Ricardo Garcı́a et al. profile →
  3. A novel mouse model of lipotoxic cardiomyopathy
    2001 632 citations Ricardo Garcı́a et al. profile →
  4. Biomechanical Remodeling of the Microenvironment by Stromal Caveolin-1 Favors Tumor Invasion and Metastasis
    2011 584 citations Marta Tello, Asier Echarri et al. profile →
  5. Role of Brazilian Amazon protected areas in climate change mitigation
    2010 544 citations Ricardo Garcı́a et al. profile →
  6. Advanced scanning probe lithography
    2014 523 citations Ricardo Garcı́a et al. profile →
  7. The emergence of multifrequency force microscopy
    2012 480 citations Ricardo Garcı́a et al. profile →
  8. Nanomechanical mapping of soft materials with the atomic force microscope: methods, theory and applications
    2020 333 citations Ricardo Garcı́a profile →
  9. Sirolimus in patients with clinically active systemic lupus erythematosus resistant to, or intolerant of, conventional medications: a single-arm, open-label, phase 1/2 trial
    2018 320 citations Ricardo Garcı́a 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
Ricardo Garcı́a Spain 71 10.6k 6.4k 5.2k 2.8k 2.5k 395 20.7k
Yu Sun Canada 69 3.0k 0.3× 8.6k 1.3× 3.3k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 2.2k 0.9× 596 17.7k
Bradley J. Nelson Switzerland 100 3.3k 0.3× 23.0k 3.6× 4.7k 0.9× 3.9k 1.4× 1.5k 0.6× 720 37.6k
George M. Whitesides United States 78 3.3k 0.3× 20.5k 3.2× 7.9k 1.5× 4.5k 1.6× 3.4k 1.4× 202 31.2k
Bo Liu China 88 3.4k 0.3× 5.0k 0.8× 13.4k 2.6× 10.8k 3.9× 7.6k 3.0× 2.5k 46.1k
C. F. Quate United States 63 16.9k 1.6× 9.0k 1.4× 8.5k 1.6× 4.0k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 187 23.6k
Wei Wang China 70 1.8k 0.2× 2.5k 0.4× 6.9k 1.3× 3.8k 1.4× 3.6k 1.4× 1.4k 25.5k
Tony Jun Huang United States 92 3.2k 0.3× 21.8k 3.4× 6.7k 1.3× 2.5k 0.9× 4.0k 1.6× 393 28.8k
Thomas A. Witten United States 49 4.1k 0.4× 7.7k 1.2× 7.4k 1.4× 11.5k 4.2× 2.5k 1.0× 157 32.5k
Hiroshi Ishikawa Japan 76 3.8k 0.4× 3.8k 0.6× 6.0k 1.2× 3.4k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 1.1k 25.1k
Steven Chu United States 99 17.7k 1.7× 9.3k 1.5× 18.0k 3.5× 7.9k 2.9× 7.0k 2.8× 241 53.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ricardo Garcı́a

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (2026). Probing the molecular structure at graphite–water interfaces by correlating 3D-AFM and SHINERS. Nature Communications. 17(1).
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (2024). Duty Cycle-Based Repetitive Transient Overvoltage Specification for GaN HEMTs. 255–258. 1 indexed citations
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Sánchez, J. García, Álvaro Martínez‐del‐Pozo, Ricardo Garcı́a, et al.. (2024). Cell response to extracellular matrix viscous energy dissipation outweighs high-rigidity sensing. Science Advances. 10(46). eadf9758–eadf9758. 20 indexed citations
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Guadamillas, Marta C., Dácil M. Pavón, Daniel Jiménez‐Carretero, et al.. (2024). Plasma membrane remodeling determines adipocyte expansion and mechanical adaptability. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10102–10102. 2 indexed citations
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Niraula, Nobal B., et al.. (2023). Discovering Depressurization Events in Service Difficulty Reports using Machine Learning. 12. 48–52. 1 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (2023). Insights and guidelines to interpret forces and deformations at the nanoscale by using a tapping mode AFM simulator: dForce 2.0. Soft Matter. 19(31). 5857–5868. 6 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (2022). An Interdisciplinary Design of an Interactive Cultural Heritage Visit for In-Situ, Mixed Reality and Affective Experiences. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 6(7). 59–59. 7 indexed citations
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Drelichman, Guillermo, Gilberto Castañeda‐Hernández, Muhlis Cem Ar, et al.. (2019). The road to biosimilars in rare diseases ‐ ongoing lessons from Gaucher disease. American Journal of Hematology. 95(3). 233–237. 9 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (2015). Conical diffraction thin crystal device on full-scene images. Journal of Optics. 17(12). 125608–125608. 2 indexed citations
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Glatzel, Thilo, Hendrik Hölscher, Thomas Schimmel, et al.. (2012). Advanced atomic force microscopy techniques. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 3. 893–894. 12 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (2009). A DISTRIBUIÇÃO ESPACIAL DA VULNERABILIDADE SOCIAL DAS FAMÍLIAS BRASILEIRAS. Cadernos de Linguística e Teoria da Literatura (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais). 1 indexed citations
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Martínez, Nicolás, et al.. (2008). Bimodal AFM imaging of individual protein molecules with sub-pico Newton force sensitivity.. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, R. Magerle, & Rúben Pérez. (2007). Nanoscale compositional mapping with gentle forces. Nature Materials. 6(6). 405–411. 289 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, Carlos J. Gómez, Nicolás Martínez, et al.. (2006). Identification of Nanoscale Dissipation Processes by Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy. Physical Review Letters. 97(1). 16103–16103. 263 indexed citations
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Tello, Marta, Ricardo Garcı́a, José Á. Martín‐Gago, et al.. (2005). Bottom–Up Fabrication of Carbon‐Rich Silicon Carbide Nanowires by Manipulation of Nanometer‐Sized Ethanol Menisci. Advanced Materials. 17(12). 1480–1483. 48 indexed citations
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Puente, Juan A. de la, et al.. (2000). ORK: An Open Source Real-Time Kernel for On-Board Software Systems. 457. 375. 4 indexed citations
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Paulo, Álvaro San & Ricardo Garcı́a. (2000). High-Resolution Imaging of Antibodies by Tapping-Mode Atomic Force Microscopy: Attractive and Repulsive Tip-Sample Interaction Regimes. Biophysical Journal. 78(3). 1599–1605. 241 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (1981). Studies on Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis against mosquito larvae and other organisms.. 25–29. 5 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (1979). Toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis to some California mosquitoes under different conditions.. Mosquito news. 39(3). 541–544. 25 indexed citations
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Garcı́a, Ricardo, et al.. (1977). DOCIL: An automatic system for printed circuit board (PCB) designing. A board description language and an algorithm to connect a set of points. Design Automation Conference. 174–181. 1 indexed citations

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