Subfield · Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Top Surfaces, Coatings and Films Researchers
Edward J. Wollack ranks first, out of 5,331 ranked researchers.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.
The ranking
- 1 Edward J. Wollack United States · #83 worldwide 7.2k citations · 212 works
- 2 James Tobin United States · #336 worldwide 3.1k citations · 172 works
- 3 J. B. Pendry United Kingdom · #926 worldwide 3.5k citations · 121 works
- 4 W. Kohn United States · #1,359 worldwide 15k citations · 81 works
- 5 David J. Norris Switzerland · #1,366 worldwide 2.4k citations · 97 works
- 6 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States · #1,370 worldwide 3.8k citations · 256 works
- 7 Ole Sigmund Denmark · #1,557 worldwide 2.9k citations · 137 works
- 8 George M. Whitesides United States · #1,739 worldwide 4.8k citations · 265 works
- 9 Róbert Langer United States · #1,884 worldwide 4.2k citations · 244 works
- 10 A. Paul Alivisatos United States · #2,072 worldwide 3.2k citations · 126 works
- 11 Yi Cui United States · #2,076 worldwide 5k citations · 138 works
- 12 I. Lindau United States · #2,345 worldwide 2k citations · 98 works
- 13 Liming Dai United States · #2,364 worldwide 4.2k citations · 144 works
- 14 Nidal Hilal United Kingdom · #2,489 worldwide 2.4k citations · 118 works
- 15 John D. Joannopoulos United States · #2,496 worldwide 2.9k citations · 202 works
- 16 Nathan S. Lewis United States · #2,550 worldwide 3.4k citations · 156 works
- 17 David A. B. Miller United States · #2,992 worldwide 2.8k citations · 227 works
- 18 L. Schlapbach Switzerland · #3,011 worldwide 2.2k citations · 88 works
- 19 L. E. Scriven United States · #3,210 worldwide 2k citations · 103 works
- 20 D. E. Aspnes United States · #3,240 worldwide 1.6k citations · 112 works
- 21 Eric A. Stach United States · #3,718 worldwide 2.6k citations · 113 works
- 22 Roberto Car United States · #3,836 worldwide 3k citations · 151 works
- 23 Martin A. Green Australia · #4,037 worldwide 3.4k citations · 259 works
- 24 G. A. Sawatzky Netherlands · #4,294 worldwide 1.9k citations · 104 works
- 25 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States · #4,573 worldwide 4.4k citations · 264 works
- 26 Mark S. Hybertsen United States · #5,018 worldwide 1.9k citations · 69 works
- 27 Frank Caruso Australia · #5,248 worldwide 1.4k citations · 109 works
- 28 Stephen Y. Chou United States · #5,427 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works
- 29 Qiwen Zhan United States · #5,687 worldwide 1.1k citations · 105 works
- 30 Marvin L. Cohen United States · #5,815 worldwide 4.7k citations · 291 works
- 31 Jean M. J. Fréchet United States · #6,312 worldwide 2k citations · 130 works
- 32 Jacob N. Israelachvili United States · #6,350 worldwide 1.9k citations · 111 works
- 33 Mark J. Stevens United States · #6,838 worldwide 2k citations · 59 works
- 34 Boris Luk’yanchuk Singapore · #6,853 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
- 35 Wim Bogaerts Belgium · #6,865 worldwide 1.9k citations · 192 works
- 36 R. M. Tromp United States · #7,037 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
- 37 D. R. Hamann United States · #7,120 worldwide 3.8k citations · 54 works
- 38 Pieter Dumon Belgium · #8,075 worldwide 1.1k citations · 75 works
- 39 Sajeev John Canada · #8,142 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
- 40 Zhong Lin Wang United States · #8,619 worldwide 11k citations · 628 works
- 41 Axel Scherer United States · #8,649 worldwide 1.4k citations · 120 works
- 42 Stefan A. Maier United Kingdom · #8,768 worldwide 2.5k citations · 209 works
- 43 Isao Takahashi Japan · #8,921 worldwide 1.8k citations · 170 works
- 44 R. E. Watson United States · #8,930 worldwide 1.1k citations · 67 works
- 45 F. J. García‐Vidal Spain · #9,356 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
- 46 William L. Barnes United Kingdom · #9,544 worldwide 1.4k citations · 146 works
- 47 Luis M. Liz‐Marzán Spain · #9,638 worldwide 2.2k citations · 139 works
- 48 W.T. Welford United Kingdom · #9,819 worldwide 656 citations · 55 works
- 49 Harald Ade United States · #9,963 worldwide 1.8k citations · 152 works
- 50 G. Ertl Germany · #10,198 worldwide 3.1k citations · 189 works
- 51 Yury Gogotsi United States · #10,271 worldwide 5.1k citations · 255 works
- 52 Frank M. F. de Groot Netherlands · #10,295 worldwide 1.1k citations · 90 works
- 53 Shankar Kumar Selvaraja India · #10,369 worldwide 946 citations · 89 works
- 54 Shanhui Fan United States · #10,508 worldwide 3.6k citations · 292 works
- 55 Adi Eisenberg Canada · #10,661 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
- 56 Ludwik Leibler France · #10,741 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
- 57 E. Umbach Germany · #10,801 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works
- 58 A. A. Maradudin United States · #10,996 worldwide 895 citations · 88 works
- 59 J. J. Rehr United States · #11,344 worldwide 1.9k citations · 140 works
- 60 V. W. Hughes United States · #11,409 worldwide 899 citations · 70 works
- 61 O.S. Heavens United Kingdom · #11,662 worldwide 759 citations · 49 works
- 62 Nikolaos A. Peppas United States · #11,836 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
- 63 Wolfgang J. Parak Germany · #11,883 worldwide 1.3k citations · 84 works
- 64 W. E. Spicer United States · #11,930 worldwide 1.4k citations · 117 works
- 65 Lewis J. Fetters United States · #12,879 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
- 66 C. J. Powell United States · #13,761 worldwide 677 citations · 57 works
- 67 P. St. J. Russell Germany · #13,858 worldwide 2.8k citations · 316 works
- 68 Ying‐Wei Yang China · #14,025 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
- 69 Zenji Horita Japan · #14,444 worldwide 2.1k citations · 189 works
- 70 A. W. Neumann Canada · #14,703 worldwide 1.2k citations · 83 works
- 71 Metin Sitti United States · #14,759 worldwide 1.3k citations · 121 works
- 72 David Quéré France · #14,831 worldwide 1k citations · 68 works
- 73 N. S. McIntyre Canada · #15,236 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
- 74 Geoffroy Hautier Belgium · #15,382 worldwide 1.6k citations · 102 works
- 75 Frank S. Bates United States · #15,497 worldwide 2.5k citations · 186 works
- 76 A. V. Phelps United States · #16,146 worldwide 968 citations · 46 works
- 77 Donald W. Brenner United States · #16,172 worldwide 1.3k citations · 106 works
- 78 L. Ley Germany · #16,620 worldwide 1.4k citations · 105 works
- 79 Anders Nilsson Sweden · #16,965 worldwide 1.5k citations · 166 works
- 80 F. Bechstedt Germany · #17,194 worldwide 2.2k citations · 190 works
- 81 D. E. East̀man United States · #17,442 worldwide 806 citations · 46 works
- 82 John E. Northrup United States · #17,489 worldwide 870 citations · 53 works
- 83 Steven J. Spencer United Kingdom · #17,519 worldwide 874 citations · 49 works
- 84 D. B. Tanner United States · #17,523 worldwide 2.6k citations · 226 works
- 85 Mitio Inokuti United States · #17,547 worldwide 739 citations · 73 works
- 86 Hideki Masuda Japan · #17,684 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
- 87 Werner Brandt United States · #18,481 worldwide 747 citations · 56 works
- 88 J. C. Fuggle Netherlands · #18,744 worldwide 963 citations · 41 works
- 89 Satish G. Kandlikar United States · #19,453 worldwide 1.6k citations · 124 works
- 90 M. Koshiba Japan · #19,716 worldwide 683 citations · 85 works
- 91 Lionel C. Kimerling United States · #19,897 worldwide 1.4k citations · 163 works
- 92 L. Martı́n-Moreno Spain · #19,974 worldwide 965 citations · 83 works
- 93 J. E. Demuth United States · #20,208 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
- 94 P. M. Petroff United States · #20,651 worldwide 1.1k citations · 94 works
- 95 J. W. Rabalais United States · #20,885 worldwide 821 citations · 83 works
- 96 John D. Bozek United States · #21,088 worldwide 824 citations · 83 works
- 97 Thomas Seyller Germany · #21,211 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
- 98 J. A. Venables United Kingdom · #21,330 worldwide 631 citations · 44 works
- 99 Joseph B. Schlenoff United States · #21,392 worldwide 641 citations · 43 works
- 100 Michael Rubinstein United States · #21,632 worldwide 846 citations · 96 works
authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.