S. Tougaard

11.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
242 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

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S. Tougaard is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Tougaard has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 135 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 106 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in S. Tougaard's work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (215 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (106 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (63 papers). S. Tougaard is often cited by papers focused on Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (215 papers), X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis (106 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (63 papers). S. Tougaard collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Belgium and Spain. S. Tougaard's co-authors include F. Yubero, Dahlang Tahir, Nicolas Pauly, A. Jabłoński, Peter Sigmund, Ib Chorkendorff, Henrik Hansen, C. Jansson, John Walton and Neal Fairley and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

S. Tougaard

241 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Systematic and collaborative approach to problem solving using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

2021 889 citations John Walton, S. Tougaard et al. profile →
Quantitative analysis of the inelastic background in surface electron spectroscopy

1988 379 citations S. Tougaard Surface and Interface Analysis profile →
Influence of elastic and inelastic scattering on energy spectra of electrons emitted from solids

1982 370 citations S. Tougaard et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
S. Tougaard	6.0k	5.0k	3.3k	3.0k	2.1k	242	9.7k
Shigeo Tanuma	5.0k 0.8×	4.6k 0.9×	3.8k 1.2×	2.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.0×	150	9.3k
W. A. Dench	2.2k 0.4×	2.0k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	564 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	14	5.0k
G. Beamson	2.2k 0.4×	2.8k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	364 0.1×	702 0.3×	115	7.9k
Raynald Gauvin	1.3k 0.2×	2.3k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	619 0.2×	572 0.3×	353	6.7k
Mark B. H. Breese	600 0.1×	3.3k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	672 0.2×	876 0.4×	324	6.7k
K.A.R. Mitchell	1.2k 0.2×	1.6k 0.3×	2.7k 0.8×	388 0.1×	2.4k 1.1×	172	5.5k
Agustín R. González‐Elipe	2.3k 0.4×	6.2k 1.2×	9.1k 2.7×	268 0.1×	1.6k 0.8×	521	15.9k
J. M. Gibson	1.1k 0.2×	6.0k 1.2×	9.0k 2.7×	313 0.1×	5.2k 2.4×	283	15.1k
J. C. Woicik	770 0.1×	2.9k 0.6×	4.0k 1.2×	552 0.2×	1.3k 0.6×	225	6.7k
Ferdinand Hofer	1.0k 0.2×	2.4k 0.5×	3.2k 1.0×	219 0.1×	1.1k 0.5×	264	7.3k

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Baer, Donald R., David J. H. Cant, Scott A. Chambers, et al.. (2025). What more can be done with XPS? Highly informative but underused approaches to XPS data collection and analysis. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 43(4). 3 indexed citations

Pauly, Nicolas, F. Yubero, & S. Tougaard. (2023). Determination of the Primary Excitation Spectra in XPS and AES. Nanomaterials. 13(2). 339–339. 6 indexed citations

Tougaard, S., Nicolas Pauly, & F. Yubero. (2022). QUEELS: Software to calculate the energy loss processes in TEELS, REELS, XPS and AES including effects of the core hole. Surface and Interface Analysis. 54(7). 820–833. 4 indexed citations

Hauschild, Dirk, Ralph Steininger, Dimitrios Hariskos, et al.. (2021). Using the inelastic background in hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy for a depth-resolved analysis of the CdS/Cu(In,Ga)Se2 interface. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 39(6). 7 indexed citations

Tougaard, S., et al.. (2019). Theoretical study toward rationalizing inelastic background analysis of buried layers in XPS and HAXPES. Surface and Interface Analysis. 51(8). 857–873. 24 indexed citations

Hajati, Shaaker, et al.. (2016). Determination of electronic properties of nanostructures using reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy: Nano-metalized polymer as case study. Applied Surface Science. 377. 44–47. 8 indexed citations

Hajati, Shaaker, John Walton, & S. Tougaard. (2013). Three-Dimensional X-Ray Photoelectron Tomography on the Nanoscale: Limits of Data Processing by Principal Component Analysis. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 19(3). 751–760. 3 indexed citations

Tahir, Dahlang & S. Tougaard. (2012). Electronic and optical properties of Cu, CuO and Cu₂O studied by electron spectroscopy. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 24(17). 175002–175002. 443 indexed citations

Cattin, L., et al.. (2011). On the ultrathin gold film used as buffer layer at the transparent conductive anode/organic electron donor interface. Gold bulletin. 44(4). 199–205. 16 indexed citations

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Hajati, Shaaker & S. Tougaard. (2010). XPS for non-destructive depth profiling and 3D imaging of surface nanostructures. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 396(8). 2741–2755. 37 indexed citations

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Pauly, Nicolas & S. Tougaard. (2010). Model for Monte Carlo simulations of reflection electron energy loss spectra applied to Silicon at energies between 300 and 2000 eV. Surface and Interface Analysis. 42(6-7). 1100–1104. 6 indexed citations

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Yoshikawa, Hideki, et al.. (2009). Angular and Energy Dependences of Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectra of Si. e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology. 7. 199–202. 3 indexed citations

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Hajati, Shaaker & S. Tougaard. (2006). What nano-physical properties can be determined by analysis of elastic peak accompanied by its inelastic background tail in XPS and AES spectra? (Special Issue on Quantitative Surface Chemical Analysis in honor of Kazuhiro Yoshihara). Journal of Surface Analysis. 13(2). 148–155. 2 indexed citations

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Hajati, Shaaker & S. Tougaard. (2006). What nano-physical properties can be determined by analysis of elastic peak accompanied by its inelastic background tail in XPS and AES spectra?. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 1 indexed citations

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Tougaard, S.. (2005). Algorithm for automatic x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data processing and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy imaging. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 23(4). 741–745. 20 indexed citations

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Pauly, Nicolas, S. Tougaard, & F. Yubero. (2005). Theoretical study of the surface excitation parameter from reflection‐electron‐energy‐loss spectra. Surface and Interface Analysis. 37(13). 1151–1157. 18 indexed citations

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Tougaard, S.. (1996). Quantitative XPS: non-destructive analysis of surface nano-structures. Applied Surface Science. 100-101. 1–10. 48 indexed citations

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Tougaard, S., et al.. (1995). Study of electron backscattering within the approximation of discrete flows. Surface and Interface Analysis. 23(10). 689–695. 10 indexed citations

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Yubero, F., J. M. Sanz, J.F. Trigo, E. Elizalde, & S. Tougaard. (1994). Quantitative analysis of REELS spectra of ZrO ₂ : Determination of the dielectric loss function and inelastic mean free paths. Surface and Interface Analysis. 22(1-12). 124–128. 43 indexed citations

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Tougaard, S. & Henrik Hansen. (1989). Non‐destructive depth profiling through quantitative analysis of surface electron spectra. Surface and Interface Analysis. 14(11). 730–738. 82 indexed citations

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