Steven A. Cummer

33.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
350 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

Steven A. Cummer is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven A. Cummer has authored 350 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 191 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 103 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 84 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steven A. Cummer's work include Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (163 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (116 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (102 papers). Steven A. Cummer is often cited by papers focused on Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena (163 papers), Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics (116 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (102 papers). Steven A. Cummer collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Steven A. Cummer's co-authors include David Schurig, David R. Smith, Bogdan‐Ioan Popa, J. B. Pendry, Anthony F. Starr, Jack J. Mock, B.J. Justice, Andrea Alù, Johan Christensen and Yangbo Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Steven A. Cummer

336 papers receiving 24.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Metamaterial Electromagnetic Cloak at Microwave Frequencies

2006 5.8k citations Steven A. Cummer et al. profile →
Controlling sound with acoustic metamaterials

2016 1.6k citations Steven A. Cummer et al. profile →
One path to acoustic cloaking

2007 819 citations Steven A. Cummer et al. profile →
Wavefront modulation and subwavelength diffractive acoustics with an acoustic metasurface

2014 785 citations Steven A. Cummer et al. profile →
Full-wave simulations of electromagnetic cloaking structures

2006 635 citations Steven A. Cummer et al. profile →
Non-reciprocal and highly nonlinear active acoustic metamaterials

2014 380 citations Steven A. Cummer et al. profile →
Tunable Asymmetric Transmission via Lossy Acoustic Metasurfaces

2017 346 citations Chen Shen, Junfei Li et al. profile →
Inverse design of phononic meta-structured materials

2024 49 citations Chen Shen, Steven A. Cummer et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven A. Cummer

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Case Study on the Vertical Distribution and Correlation Between Low-Frequency Lightning Sources and Hydrometeors During a Thunderstorm 2025 ·Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Fanchao Lyu, Steven A. Cummer, (unknown), Mingjun Wang, (unknown), Weitao Lyu	0
2	Source Altitude of Energetic In‐Cloud Pulses Inside Thunderstorms and Implication for the Intrinsic Brightness of Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes 2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Fanchao Lyu, Zilong Qin, Steven A. Cummer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Xu, Weitao Lyu	1
3	A systematic approach for synthesizing 3D-printable all-dielectric devices 2024 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·(unknown), Steven A. Cummer	0
4	Imaging Step Formation in In‐Cloud Lightning Initial Development With VHF Interferometry 2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Yunjiao Pu, Steven A. Cummer	6
5	Automatic recognition of tweek atmospherics and plasma diagnostics in the lower ionosphere with the machine learning method 2023 ·Earth and Planetary Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Steven A. Cummer, (unknown), Jiuhou Lei	0
6	Unsupervised Clustering and Supervised Machine Learning for Lightning Classification: Application to Identifying EIPs for Ground‐Based TGF Detection 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Yunjiao Pu, Steven A. Cummer, Fanchao Lyu, (unknown), M. S. Briggs, S. Lesage, B. Mailyan, O. J. Roberts	6
7	Detecting Narrow Bipolar Events on a Global Scale with Machine Learning 2023 ·Yanan Zhu, Jeff Lapierre, (unknown), Michael J. Stock, Si Chen, Vladimir A. Rakov, (unknown), Yunjiao Pu, Steven A. Cummer	0
8	Ultra-broadband low-frequency high-efficiency acoustic energy harvesting with metamaterial-enhanced loudspeakers 2023 ·Applied Physics Letters ·Xiuyuan Peng, Junfei Li, Steven A. Cummer	10
9	Anisotropic Metallic Microlattice Structures for Underwater Operations 2022 ·Advanced Engineering Materials ·Chen Shen, Charles A. Rohde, (unknown), Junfei Li, (unknown), Huifeng Du, Xiuyuan Peng, Preston S. Wilson, Michael R. Haberman, Nicholas X. Fang, Steven A. Cummer	4
10	Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes Can Be Detected With Radio Measurements of Energetic In‐Cloud Pulses During Thunderstorms 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Fanchao Lyu, Steven A. Cummer, M. S. Briggs, David M. Smith, B. Mailyan, S. Lesage	10
11	Lightning Initiation From Fast Negative Breakdown is Led by Positive Polarity Dominated Streamers 2021 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Steven A. Cummer, Yunjiao Pu	28
12	Radio Frequency Emissions Associated With Multi‐Pulsed Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·B. Mailyan, M. Stanbro, M. S. Briggs, Steven A. Cummer, J. R. Dwyer, O. J. Roberts, R. H. Holzworth	0
13	Electrically Tunable Surface Acoustic Wave Propagation at MHz Frequencies Based on Carbon Nanotube Thin‐Film Transistors 2021 ·Advanced Functional Materials ·Chen Shen, Shiheng Lu, Zhenhua Tian, Shujie Yang, Jorge A. Cardenas, Junfei Li, Xiuyuan Peng, Tony Jun Huang, Aaron D. Franklin, Steven A. Cummer	10
14	Three dimensional acoustic tweezers with vortex streaming 2021 ·Communications Physics ·Junfei Li, Alexandru Crivoi, Xiuyuan Peng, Lu Shen, Yunjiao Pu, Zheng Fan, Steven A. Cummer	62
15	Tunable unidirectional compact acoustic amplifier via space-time modulated membranes 2020 ·Physical review. B. ·Xiaohui Zhu, Junfei Li, Chen Shen, Guangyu Zhang, Steven A. Cummer, Longqiu Li	17
16	A GPU-Based Grid Traverse Algorithm for Accelerating Lightning Geolocation Process 2019 ·IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility ·Zilong Qin, Mingli Chen, Fanchao Lyu, Steven A. Cummer, Baoyou Zhu, Feifan Liu, Yaping Du	12
17	A Study of Consecutive Terrestrial Gamma‐ray Flashes Using the Gamma‐ray Burst Monitor 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics ·M. Stanbro, M. S. Briggs, O. J. Roberts, E. S. Cramer, Steven A. Cummer, J. E. Grove	4
18	A Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flash inside the Eyewall of Hurricane Patricia 2018 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·G. S. Bowers, David M. Smith, (unknown), G. F. M. Martinez-McKinney, Steven A. Cummer, J. R. Dwyer, S. Heckman, R. H. Holzworth, Frank D. Marks, Paul D. Reasor, John F. Gamache, Jason Dunion, (unknown), H. K. Rassoul	24
19	Observations of Blue Discharges Associated With Negative Narrow Bipolar Events in Active Deep Convection 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Feifan Liu, Baoyou Zhu, Gaopeng Lu, Zilong Qin, Jiuhou Lei, (unknown), Alfred Chen, (unknown), Steven A. Cummer, Mingli Chen, Ming Ma, Fanchao Lyu, Helin Zhou	39
20	Mechanism of column and carrot sprites derived from optical and radio observations 2013 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Jianqi Qin, Sébastien Célestin, Victor P. Pasko, Steven A. Cummer, M. G. McHarg, H. C. Stenbaek‐Nielsen	21

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