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, Johan Christensen, Andrea Alù 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

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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.

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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Steven A. Cummer	13.1k	10.0k	9.3k	6.6k	4.0k	350	25.3k
Allen Taflove	1.5k 0.1×	6.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.2×	1.6k 0.2×	10.5k 2.6×	225	20.0k
Craig F. Bohren	4.2k 0.3×	6.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.1×	1.3k 0.2×	4.0k 1.0×	164	17.9k
Federico Capasso	39.5k 3.0×	25.9k 2.6×	20.1k 2.2×	666 0.1×	35.1k 8.7×	832	79.4k
Andrea Alù	33.6k 2.6×	23.1k 2.3×	18.4k 2.0×	232 0.0×	26.0k 6.5×	971	57.9k
Emil Wolf	2.0k 0.1×	10.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.2×	1.1k 0.2×	21.0k 5.2×	277	31.2k
Cheng‐Wei Qiu	26.7k 2.0×	17.7k 1.8×	14.7k 1.6×	263 0.0×	19.0k 4.7×	712	46.9k
E. N. Economou	6.0k 0.5×	7.1k 0.7×	3.2k 0.3×	82 0.0×	8.7k 2.2×	357	18.5k
Shanhui Fan	15.0k 1.1×	23.4k 2.3×	3.5k 0.4×	168 0.0×	47.0k 11.7×	886	84.0k
Jin Au Kong	6.3k 0.5×	2.3k 0.2×	6.9k 0.7×	176 0.0×	4.3k 1.1×	198	13.3k
Nader Engheta	20.6k 1.6×	14.6k 1.5×	11.5k 1.2×	211 0.0×	13.6k 3.4×	525	33.5k

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Lyu, Fanchao, et al.. (2025). A Case Study on the Vertical Distribution and Correlation Between Low-Frequency Lightning Sources and Hydrometeors During a Thunderstorm. Remote Sensing. 17(15). 2676–2676.

Pu, Yunjiao & Steven A. Cummer. (2024). Imaging Step Formation in In‐Cloud Lightning Initial Development With VHF Interferometry. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(1). 6 indexed citations

Lyu, Fanchao, et al.. (2024). Source Altitude of Energetic In‐Cloud Pulses Inside Thunderstorms and Implication for the Intrinsic Brightness of Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(20). 1 indexed citations

Cummer, Steven A., et al.. (2023). Automatic recognition of tweek atmospherics and plasma diagnostics in the lower ionosphere with the machine learning method. Earth and Planetary Physics. 7(3). 407–413.

Pu, Yunjiao, Steven A. Cummer, Fanchao Lyu, et al.. (2023). Unsupervised Clustering and Supervised Machine Learning for Lightning Classification: Application to Identifying EIPs for Ground‐Based TGF Detection. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 128(9). 6 indexed citations

Zhu, Yanan, Jeff Lapierre, Michael J. Stock, et al.. (2023). Detecting Narrow Bipolar Events on a Global Scale with Machine Learning.

Peng, Xiuyuan, Junfei Li, & Steven A. Cummer. (2023). Ultra-broadband low-frequency high-efficiency acoustic energy harvesting with metamaterial-enhanced loudspeakers. Applied Physics Letters. 123(7). 10 indexed citations

Shen, Chen, Charles A. Rohde, Junfei Li, et al.. (2022). Anisotropic Metallic Microlattice Structures for Underwater Operations. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(6). 4 indexed citations

Cummer, Steven A., et al.. (2021). Lightning Initiation From Fast Negative Breakdown is Led by Positive Polarity Dominated Streamers. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(8). 28 indexed citations

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Lyu, Fanchao, Steven A. Cummer, M. S. Briggs, et al.. (2021). Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes Can Be Detected With Radio Measurements of Energetic In‐Cloud Pulses During Thunderstorms. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(11). 10 indexed citations

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Li, Junfei, Alexandru Crivoi, Xiuyuan Peng, et al.. (2021). Three dimensional acoustic tweezers with vortex streaming. Communications Physics. 4(1). 62 indexed citations

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Mailyan, B., M. Stanbro, M. S. Briggs, et al.. (2021). Radio Frequency Emissions Associated With Multi‐Pulsed Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flashes. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 126(2).

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Fu, Yangyang, Chen Shen, Xiaohui Zhu, et al.. (2020). Sound vortex diffraction via topological charge in phase gradient metagratings. Science Advances. 6(40). 102 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaohui, Junfei Li, Chen Shen, et al.. (2020). Tunable unidirectional compact acoustic amplifier via space-time modulated membranes. Physical review. B.. 102(2). 17 indexed citations

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Andrews, Joseph, Jorge A. Cardenas, Nicholas X. Williams, et al.. (2019). Printed Electronic Sensor Array for Mapping Tire Tread Thickness Profiles. IEEE Sensors Journal. 19(19). 8913–8919. 10 indexed citations

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Qin, Zilong, Mingli Chen, Fanchao Lyu, et al.. (2019). A GPU-Based Grid Traverse Algorithm for Accelerating Lightning Geolocation Process. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. 62(2). 489–497. 12 indexed citations

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Stanbro, M., M. S. Briggs, O. J. Roberts, et al.. (2018). A Study of Consecutive Terrestrial Gamma‐ray Flashes Using the Gamma‐ray Burst Monitor. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. 123(11). 9634–9651. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Feifan, Baoyou Zhu, Gaopeng Lu, et al.. (2018). Observations of Blue Discharges Associated With Negative Narrow Bipolar Events in Active Deep Convection. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(6). 2842–2851. 39 indexed citations

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Bowers, G. S., David M. Smith, G. F. M. Martinez-McKinney, et al.. (2018). A Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flash inside the Eyewall of Hurricane Patricia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(10). 4977–4987. 24 indexed citations

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Qin, Jianqi, Sébastien Célestin, Victor P. Pasko, et al.. (2013). Mechanism of column and carrot sprites derived from optical and radio observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 40(17). 4777–4782. 21 indexed citations

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