Sidney B. Lang

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
173 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Sidney B. Lang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sidney B. Lang has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Materials Chemistry, 53 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 37 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sidney B. Lang's work include Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies (25 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (22 papers) and High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena (17 papers). Sidney B. Lang is often cited by papers focused on Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies (25 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (22 papers) and High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena (17 papers). Sidney B. Lang collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Canada. Sidney B. Lang's co-authors include D.K. Das-Gupta, Supasarote Muensit, Frank Steckel, Siegfried Bauer, Abbasi A. Gandhi, Syed A. M. Tofail, R.J. Fleming, C. R. Wilke, Philip S. Casey and Anne Ammala and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Sidney B. Lang

161 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Pyroelectricity: From Ancient Curiosity to Modern Imaging... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Pyroelectricity: From Ancient Curiosity to Modern Imaging Tool
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sidney B. Lang Israel 29 1.9k 1.7k 1.1k 568 552 173 3.7k
Gerald Gerlach Germany 31 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.5× 340 0.6× 385 0.7× 433 4.4k
E. Bertrán Spain 31 744 0.4× 2.4k 1.4× 1.8k 1.6× 641 1.1× 778 1.4× 229 3.9k
J. P. Singh India 38 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.1k 1.9× 519 0.9× 226 4.6k
Ahmed Busnaina United States 31 1.7k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 437 0.8× 293 0.5× 189 3.3k
Robert Bradley United Kingdom 16 1.6k 0.8× 3.6k 2.1× 1.1k 1.0× 484 0.9× 217 0.4× 32 5.1k
Prabhakar R. Bandaru United States 35 1.5k 0.8× 2.6k 1.5× 1.6k 1.5× 904 1.6× 206 0.4× 155 4.7k
Reimund Gerhard Germany 42 4.3k 2.2× 3.5k 2.0× 1.8k 1.6× 438 0.8× 352 0.6× 285 6.2k
Martin Maldovan United States 28 1.8k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 810 0.7× 624 1.1× 403 0.7× 51 4.3k
Nan Huang China 32 813 0.4× 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 421 0.7× 531 1.0× 258 4.1k
Éric Le Bourhis France 33 1.2k 0.6× 2.0k 1.1× 998 0.9× 422 0.7× 1.7k 3.0× 229 4.1k

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All Works

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Lang, Sidney B., Erling Ringgaard, Supasarote Muensit, et al.. (2007). Thermal diffusivity by laser intensity modulation method (LIMM-TD): a novel technique for the determination of thermal diffusivities and conductivities and its application to porous PZT and silica samples. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 54(12). 2608–2616. 4 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (2006). Guide to the Literature of Piezoelectricity and Pyroelectricity. 26. Ferroelectrics. 332(1). 227–321. 1 indexed citations
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Mojumdar, S. C., et al.. (2006). Thermal, spectral and AFM studies of calcium silicate hydrate-polymer nanocomposite material. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 85(1). 119–124. 52 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (2005). Guide to the Literature of Piezoelectricity and Pyroelectricity. 23. Ferroelectrics. 321(1). 91–204. 20 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (2004). Guide to the Literature of Piezoelectricity and Pyroelectricity. 21. Ferroelectrics. 300(1). 177–280. 1 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (2004). Laser intensity modulation method (LIMM) : review of the fundamentals and a new method for data analysis. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. 11(1). 3–12. 40 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B., et al.. (2002). Calcite microcrystals in the pineal gland of the human brain: First physical and chemical studies. Bioelectromagnetics. 23(7). 488–495. 34 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B. & Marin Alexe. (2002). Optimization and experimental verification of a pyroelectric bimorph radiation detector. 195–198. 5 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B. & Q. Y. Jiang. (1996). Ion-beam etched PLZT samples and analysis by means of the surface laser intensity modulation method (SLIMM). Ferroelectrics. 186(1). 53–56. 7 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B., et al.. (1994). Pyroelectric Properties of Moist and Dry Bone. Electro- and Magnetobiology. 13(1). 37–51.
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Lang, Sidney B.. (1990). New theoretical analysis for the laser intensity modulation method (LIMM). Ferroelectrics. 106(1). 269–274. 27 indexed citations
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Xiao, Dingquan & Sidney B. Lang. (1989). Measurement applications based on pyroelectric properties of ferroelectric polymers. IEEE Transactions on Electrical Insulation. 24(3). 503–516. 18 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B. & D.K. Das-Gupta. (1985). Laser intensity modulation method (LIMM): A technique for determination of spatial distributions of polarization and space charge in polymer electrets. 2 indexed citations
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Das-Gupta, D.K. & Sidney B. Lang. (1985). Laser intensity modulation method (LIMM) for determining internal polarization in dielectric materials.. 403–406. 1 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B. & D.K. Das-Gupta. (1984). Complex polarization distributions in PVDF samples. Ferroelectrics. 55(1). 151–154. 16 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (1982). III. Bibliography on piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity of polymers 1980-1981. Ferroelectrics. 45(1). 283–294. 4 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (1976). III. Literature guide to pyroelectricity 1974-1975. Ferroelectrics. 14(1). 807–848. 4 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (1975). A conversation with professor W. G. Cady. Ferroelectrics. 9(1). 141–149. 1 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (1962). A HYDRODYNAMIC MECHANISM FOR THE COALESCENCE OF LIQUID DROPS. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 10 indexed citations
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Lang, Sidney B.. (1960). USE OF PYROELECTRIC DEVICES FOR MEASURING SMALL TEMPERATURE CHANGES. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1015. 2 indexed citations

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