R.M. Swanson

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
175 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

R.M. Swanson is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, R.M. Swanson has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 45 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in R.M. Swanson's work include Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (71 papers), solar cell performance optimization (45 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (39 papers). R.M. Swanson is often cited by papers focused on Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies (71 papers), solar cell performance optimization (45 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (39 papers). R.M. Swanson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Spain. R.M. Swanson's co-authors include Ronald A. Sinton, Jesús A. del Alamo, D.E. Kane, J.D. Meindl, James G. Fujimoto, Young Kwark, T. W. Sigmon, S. R. Chinn, J. D. McBrayer and Richard R. King and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

R.M. Swanson

167 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Diffusion of Metals in Silicon Dioxide

1986 430 citations R.M. Swanson et al. profile →
Measurement of the emitter saturation current by a contactless photoconductivity decay method.

1985 382 citations D.E. Kane, R.M. Swanson Photovoltaic Specialists Conference profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R.M. Swanson United States	41	5.4k	2.0k	1.2k	1.1k	648	175	7.1k
Jinhai Si China	42	2.0k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.9k 2.5×	1.8k 1.6×	145 0.2×	381	6.7k
Gang‐Ding Peng Australia	49	7.5k 1.4×	3.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	355 0.5×	657	10.4k
Yuelin Wang China	36	2.9k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 2.2×	1.1k 1.0×	56 0.1×	355	5.2k
Zhe Chen China	42	3.3k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.9×	566 0.5×	55 0.1×	255	5.1k
Tao Wang China	30	2.8k 0.5×	953 0.5×	580 0.5×	477 0.4×	898 1.4×	319	4.4k
Xinliang Zhang China	49	10.5k 2.0×	6.3k 3.2×	1.6k 1.4×	965 0.8×	82 0.1×	955	13.7k
Aleksandar D. Rakić Australia	31	4.1k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	2.8k 2.4×	670 0.6×	140 0.2×	184	7.0k
Thomas E. Murphy United States	38	2.8k 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.2×	822 0.7×	140 0.2×	197	5.8k
Zhongyi Guo China	42	2.3k 0.4×	2.0k 1.0×	2.7k 2.3×	1.8k 1.5×	351 0.5×	287	7.0k
Jin Wang China	38	2.8k 0.5×	508 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	753 1.2×	233	5.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R.M. Swanson

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Fthenakis, Vasilis, Marco Raugei, Christian Breyer, et al.. (2022). Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508. Energies. 15(3). 971–971. 5 indexed citations

Gedeon, Tomáš, et al.. (2007). Genericity of the fixed point set for the infinite population genetic algorithm. 97–109. 2 indexed citations

McIntosh, Keith R., et al.. (2003). The choice of silicon wafer for the production of low-cost rear-contact solar cells. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 1. 971–974. 41 indexed citations

Terao, A., W. P. Mulligan, R.M. Swanson, et al.. (2003). New developments on the flat-plate micro-concentrator module. 3rd World Conference onPhotovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of. 1. 861–864. 2 indexed citations

Bailey, Juliet, R.M. Swanson, Lilianna Solnica‐Krezel, et al.. (1999). Identification of three genes expressed primarily during development in Physarum polycephalum. Archives of Microbiology. 172(6). 364–376. 8 indexed citations

He, Hui, Frank J. Giordano, Randa Hilal-Dandan, et al.. (1997). Overexpression of the rat sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase gene in the heart of transgenic mice accelerates calcium transients and cardiac relaxation.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 100(2). 380–389. 271 indexed citations

Hee, Michael R., Carmen A. Puliafito, Elias Reichel, et al.. (1995). Optical Coherence Tomography of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 120(1). 65–74. 162 indexed citations

Swanson, R.M.. (1993). Periodic Orbits and the Continuity of Rotation Numbers. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 117(1). 269–269. 1 indexed citations

Swanson, R.M.. (1993). Periodic orbits and the continuity of rotation numbers. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 117(1). 269–273. 3 indexed citations

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Sinton, Ronald A. & R.M. Swanson. (1987). An optimization study of Si point-contact concentrator solar cells. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 1201–1208. 14 indexed citations

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King, Richard R., Ronald A. Sinton, R.M. Swanson, & T.F. Ciszek. (1987). LOW SURFACE RECOMBINATION VELOCITIES ON DOPED SILICON AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR POINT CONTACT SOLAR CELLS.. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 1168–1173. 10 indexed citations

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Kane, D.E. & R.M. Swanson. (1985). Measurement of the emitter saturation current by a contactless photoconductivity decay method.. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 578–583. 382 indexed citations breakdown →

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Swanson, R.M.. (1985). High Lifetime Solar Cell Processing and Design. NASA STI Repository (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 107–121. 1 indexed citations

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Swanson, R.M.. (1985). Point contact solar cells: theory and modeling. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 604–610. 9 indexed citations

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Sinton, Ronald A., et al.. (1985). Silicon point contact concentrator solar cells. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 61–65. 15 indexed citations

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Alamo, Jesús A. del & R.M. Swanson. (1984). Analytical modeling of heavily doped emitters for solar cells. 4 indexed citations

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Yablonovitch, Eli, R.M. Swanson, & Young Kwark. (1984). An n-SIPOS: p-SIPOS homojunction and a SIPOS-Si-SIPOS double heterostructure. Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. 1146–1148. 5 indexed citations

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Swanson, R.M.. (1983). The spectral characterization of normal hyperbolicity. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 89(3). 503–509. 2 indexed citations

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Swanson, R.M. & R. N. Bracewell. (1977). Silicon photovoltaic cells in thermophotovoltaic conversion. 5 indexed citations

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Amundson, Neal R., R. Aris, & R.M. Swanson. (1965). On simple exchange waves in fixed beds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 286(1404). 129–139. 23 indexed citations

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