Robert Evans

20.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
275 papers, 16.3k citations indexed

About

Robert Evans is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Evans has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 16.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 123 papers in Materials Chemistry and 61 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Robert Evans's work include Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (125 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (112 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (56 papers). Robert Evans is often cited by papers focused on Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (125 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (112 papers) and Theoretical and Computational Physics (56 papers). Robert Evans collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert Evans's co-authors include P. Tarazona, Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi, Marjolein Dijkstra, A. O. Parry, René van Roij, Roland Roth, Andrew J. Archer, M. M. Telo da Gama, J. M. Brader and Philip Ball and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Robert Evans

266 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The nature of the liquid-vapour interface and other topics in the statistical mechanics of non-uniform, classical fluids

1979 2.1k citations Robert Evans profile →
Fundamental measure theory for hard-sphere mixtures revisited: the White Bear version

2002 553 citations Roland Roth, Robert Evans et al. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter profile →
Phase equilibria of fluid interfaces and confined fluids

1987 547 citations Robert Evans et al. Molecular Physics profile →
Fluids adsorbed in narrow pores: phase equilibria and structure

1990 543 citations Robert Evans Journal of Physics Condensed Matter profile →
Fluids in narrow pores: Adsorption, capillary condensation, and critical points

1986 446 citations Robert Evans et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Evans United Kingdom	63	9.4k	7.8k	3.3k	3.1k	2.9k	275	16.3k
John D. Weeks United States	53	5.7k 0.6×	5.3k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	4.5k 1.5×	1.9k 0.7×	164	15.2k
Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos United States	72	10.1k 1.1×	9.5k 1.2×	2.7k 0.8×	4.6k 1.5×	1.4k 0.5×	332	20.6k
John A. Barker United States	51	4.8k 0.5×	6.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	4.5k 1.5×	2.1k 0.7×	236	14.1k
Hajime Tanaka Japan	76	13.1k 1.4×	3.5k 0.4×	4.0k 1.2×	3.2k 1.0×	780 0.3×	523	20.7k
Francesco Sciortino Italy	83	18.0k 1.9×	7.2k 0.9×	5.6k 1.7×	5.3k 1.7×	1.8k 0.6×	405	24.4k
Gary S. Grest United States	87	16.0k 1.7×	5.4k 0.7×	5.3k 1.6×	6.0k 2.0×	971 0.3×	449	31.5k
C. Austen Angell United States	87	22.4k 2.4×	5.5k 0.7×	4.0k 1.2×	3.4k 1.1×	625 0.2×	346	36.4k
P. M. Chaikin United States	77	13.6k 1.5×	5.1k 0.7×	7.4k 2.2×	5.9k 1.9×	1.6k 0.6×	310	26.7k
Peter T. Cummings United States	71	6.4k 0.7×	7.1k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	4.8k 1.6×	813 0.3×	484	18.7k
H. L. Frisch United States	56	4.2k 0.4×	3.4k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	403	14.1k

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Schmidt, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Neural Density Functional Theory of Liquid-Gas Phase Coexistence. Physical Review X. 15(1). 10 indexed citations

Schmidt, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Metadensity Functional Theory for Classical Fluids: Extracting the Pair Potential. Physical Review Letters. 134(10). 107301–107301. 4 indexed citations

Schmidt, Matthias, et al.. (2025). Learning the bulk and interfacial physics of liquid–liquid phase separation with neural density functionals. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 163(16). 1 indexed citations

Evans, Robert, et al.. (2022). Understanding the physics of hydrophobic solvation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 158(3). 34508–34508. 19 indexed citations

Evans, Robert, et al.. (2022). Measures of fluctuations for a liquid near critical drying. Physical review. E. 105(4). 44801–44801. 6 indexed citations

Evans, Robert, Martin Oettel, Roland Roth, & Gerhard Kahl. (2016). New developments in classical density functional theory. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 28(24). 240401–240401. 86 indexed citations

Evans, Robert, et al.. (2015). Phase behaviour of colloids suspended in a near-critical solvent: a mean-field approach. Molecular Physics. 113(17-18). 2546–2555. 7 indexed citations

Evans, Robert. (2010). Tough on Crime? Pfizer and the CIHR. Healthcare policy. 5(4). 16–25. 3 indexed citations

Archer, Andrew J., Matthias Schmidt, & Robert Evans. (2006). Soft core fluid in a quenched matrix of soft core particles: A mobile mixture in a model gel. Physical Review E. 73(1). 11506–11506. 13 indexed citations

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Eggers, Jens & Robert Evans. (2004). Comment on “Dynamic wetting by liquids of different viscosity,” by T.D. Blake and Y.D. Shikhmurzaev. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 280(2). 537–538. 29 indexed citations

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Evans, Robert, et al.. (2002). GREAT BRITAIN AND CENTRAL EUROPE 1867-1914.

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Evans, Robert. (2002). Comment on 'The Hard Ellipsoid-of-Revolution Fluid. I Monte Carlo Simulations' by D Frenkel and B M Mulder. Molecular Physics. 100. 199–200. 2 indexed citations

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Archer, Andrew J. & Robert Evans. (2001). Binary Gaussian core model: Fluid-fluid phase separation and interfacial properties. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 64(4). 41501–41501. 95 indexed citations

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Maciołek, Anna, Robert Evans, & Nigel B. Wilding. (1999). Effects of confinement on critical adsorption: Absence of critical depletion for fluids in slit pores. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 60(6). 7105–7119. 12 indexed citations

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Evans, Robert, et al.. (1997). Dictionary of composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. 3 indexed citations

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Evans, Robert, et al.. (1994). Environmental Modeling of Coastal Wetlands. Estuarine and Coastal Modeling. 522–535. 4 indexed citations

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Maynord, Stephen T., et al.. (1992). Design of Habitat Restoration Using Dredged Material at Bodkin Island, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Evans, Robert, et al.. (1989). Reliability of the House and Brackmann grading system for facial palsy. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 103(11). 1045–1046. 51 indexed citations

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Hayman, L. Anne, et al.. (1981). Delayed High Dose Contrast CT: Identifying Patients at Risk of Massive Hemorrhagic Infarction. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2(2). 139–147. 10 indexed citations

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Evans, Robert, et al.. (1970). Use of Oral Mannitol in the Oedematous Patient. BMJ. 1(5694). 463–465. 7 indexed citations

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