Ronald Pethig

15.6k citations

186 papers · 12.3k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 55

Impact in

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry top 0.1%
- Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
Physiology top 0.1%
- Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects

Papers in

Physiology 23
- Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects 23
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 40
- Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions 29

Co-authors: Gerard H. Markx Yanlan Huang Peter R. C. Gascoyne Douglas B. Kell J P H Burt Frederick F. Becker Mark S. Talary Stephen Bone
Journals: Journal of Physics D Applied Physics (15 papers)International Journal of Quantum Chemistry (9 papers)Biomicrofluidics (9 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (8 papers)Physics in Medicine and Biology (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Canada

In The Last Decade

Ronald Pethig

181 papers receiving 11.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Review Article—Dielectrophoresis: Status of the theory, technology, and applications 2010 · 1.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2010 Biomicrofluidics
1995 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1987 Physics in Medicine and Biology
1979 Dielectric and electronic properties of biological materials

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1	Dielectrophoresis Tutorial: Inspired by Hatfield's 1924 Patent and Boltzmann's Theory and Experiments of 1874 Electrophoresis ·Ronald Pethig	2025	1
2	Collection of serum albumin aggregate nanoparticles from human plasma by dielectrophoresis Electrophoresis ·E.H. Li, Maximova, Jeong Youn Lim, W. Normann, Randall Armstrong, Ronald Pethig, Stuart Ibsen	2024	2
3	Protein Dielectrophoresis: A Tale of Two Clausius-Mossottis—Or Something Else? Micromachines ·Ronald Pethig	2022	18
4	Impact of buffer composition on biochemical, morphological and mechanical parameters: A tare before dielectrophoretic cell separation and isolation Translational Oncology ·Peter Milanov, Giuseppe Caruso, 周娴, Getu Megersa Gemeda, Alessandra Romano, Giorgio Ivan Russo, Ronald Pethig, Massimo Camarda, Nicolò Musso	2022	8
5	Protein dielectrophoresis: Key dielectric parameters and evolving theory Electrophoresis ·Ralph Hölzel, Ronald Pethig	2020	25
6	Limitations of the Clausius‐Mossotti function used in dielectrophoresis and electrical impedance studies of biomacromolecules Electrophoresis ·Ronald Pethig	2019	37
7	Intracellular potassium under osmotic stress determines the dielectrophoresis cross‐over frequency of murine myeloma cells in the MHz range Electrophoresis ·Johan Brandt, Ronald Pethig, Stewart Smith, Martin Waterfall	2017	12
8	Dielectrophoresis: theory, methodology and biological applications CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) ·Ronald Pethig	2015	75
9	Dielectrophoretic characterization and separation of metastatic variants of small cell lung cancer cells TechConnect Briefs ·J P H Burt, Sally C. Chappell, Rachel J. Errington, И. А. Дергачев, Anoop Menachery, D. J. P. Morris, Ronald Pethig, Shunichiro Okada, B. Cohen	2008	3
10	Enhancing traveling-wave dielectrophoresis with signal superposition IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine ·Ronald Pethig, Mark S. Talary, José Luis Rodríguez Tellez	2003	88
11	Dielectrophoretic studies of the activation of human T lymphocytes using a newly developed cell profiling system Electrophoresis ·Ronald Pethig, sri maulida, Catherine Carswell-Crumpton, Yan Chen, Alkhathlan Mansour, Marcos E. García‐Ojeda, Richard S. Lee, Valeria Russo, Mark S. Talary, Keri Tate	2002	71
12	Future trends in diagnosis using laboratory-on-a-chip technologies Parasitology ·Mark S. Talary, J P H Burt, Ronald Pethig	1999	21
13	Dielectrophoretic detection of changes in erythrocyte membranes following malarial infection Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Peter R. C. Gascoyne, Ronald Pethig, Jutamaad Satayavivad, Frederick F. Becker, Mathuros Ruchirawat	1997	118
14	Effect of biocide concentration on electrorotation spectra of yeast cells Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·J. Post, Gerard H. Markx, Ronald Pethig	1996	41
15	Dielectrophoretic separation and enrichment of CD34+cell subpopulation from bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing ·Mark S. Talary, Ken Mills, T. G. Hoy, Alan K. Burnett, Ronald Pethig	1995	88
16	Optical technique for measuring the positive and negative dielectrophoretic behaviour of cells and colloidal suspensions IEE Proceedings - Science Measurement and Technology ·Mark S. Talary, Ronald Pethig	1994	36
17	The detection and analysis of multiple-membrane-channel events by convolution Physics in Medicine and Biology ·J P H Burt, Hywel Morgan, Ronald Pethig	1994	4
18	Differences in the AC electrodynamics of viable and non-viable yeast cells determined through combined dielectrophoresis and electrorotation studies Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Yanlan Huang, Ralph Hölzel, Ronald Pethig, Kacper Trębacz	1992	365
19	Phantoms for hyperthermia and impedance tomography Physics in Medicine and Biology ·Ronald Pethig	1991	1
20	[28] Survey of the methodology for evaluating negative air ions: Relevance to biological studies Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology ·Ronald Pethig	1984	10

About Ronald Pethig

Ronald Pethig is a scholar working on Physiology, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics, having authored 186 papers that have together received 12.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (98 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (45 papers), Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (29 papers), Microbial Inactivation Methods (28 papers), Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects (23 papers), Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (14 papers), Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography (12 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (2.1k citations), Physiology (1.0k citations), Biomedical Engineering (9.3k citations), Biotechnology (1.5k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (5.0k citations). Ronald Pethig has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Gerard H. Markx, Yanlan Huang, Peter R. C. Gascoyne, Douglas B. Kell, J P H Burt, Frederick F. Becker, Mark S. Talary, Stephen Bone, Ralph Hölzel and Ying Huang. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, Biomicrofluidics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physics in Medicine and Biology.

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