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Most cited papers in Magnetic properties of thin films

What are the most cited papers in Magnetic properties of thin films?

The most cited paper in Magnetic properties of thin films is "Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool" (Alexander Stukowski, 2009), with 16,794 citations. Next come "Spintronics: A Spin-Based Electronics Vision for the Future" (11,490) and "Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications" (11,330).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,634 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool Alexander Stukowski · Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering Open access 15 Dec 2009 16,794
2 Spintronics: A Spin-Based Electronics Vision for the Future Stefan Wolf, D. D. Awschalom, Robert A. Buhrman et al. · Science 16 Nov 2001 11,490
3 Spintronics: Fundamentals and applications Igor Žutić, Jaroslav Fabian, Sankar Das Sarma · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 23 Apr 2004 11,330
4 Giant Magnetoresistance of (001)Fe/(001)Cr Magnetic Superlattices M. N. Baibich, J.M. Broto, ALBERT FERT et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 21 Nov 1988 9,354
5 Current-driven excitation of magnetic multilayers John C. Slonczewski · Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Jun 1996 6,837
6 Monodisperse FePt Nanoparticles and Ferromagnetic FePt Nanocrystal Superlattices Shouheng Sun, Chris B. Murray, D. Weller et al. · Science 17 Mar 2000 6,139
7 Emission of spin waves by a magnetic multilayer traversed by a current Lara Marie Berger · Physical review. B, Condensed matter Oct 1996 4,902
8 Skyrmion Lattice in a Chiral Magnet S. Mühlbauer, Benedikt Binz, Florian Jonietz et al. · Science Open access 12 Feb 2009 4,856
9 Making Nonmagnetic Semiconductors Ferromagnetic Hideo Ohno · Science 14 Aug 1998 4,810
10 Exchange bias Josep Nogués, Iván K. Schuller · Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Feb 1999 4,677
11 Magnetic Domain-Wall Racetrack Memory S. Parkin, Masamitsu Hayashi, Luc Thomas · Science 10 Apr 2008 4,658
12 Magnetic bistability in a metal-ion cluster Roberta Sessoli, Dante Gatteschi, Andréa Caneschi et al. · Nature Sep 1993 4,319
13 Enhanced magnetoresistance in layered magnetic structures with antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange G. Binasch, P. Grünberg, Frank Saurenbach et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter Mar 1989 4,300
14 Topological properties and dynamics of magnetic skyrmions Naoto Nagaosa, Yoshinori Tokura · Nature Nanotechnology Dec 2013 4,171
15 Spin-Torque Switching with the Giant Spin Hall Effect of Tantalum Luqiao Liu, Chi‐Feng Pai, Yi Li et al. · Science Open access 3 May 2012 4,158
16 Tunneling between ferromagnetic films M. Julliere · Physics Letters A Sep 1975 3,982
17 The design and verification of MuMax3 Arne Vansteenkiste, Jonathan Leliaert, Mykola Dvornik et al. · AIP Advances Open access Oct 2014 3,812
18 Large Magnetoresistance at Room Temperature in Ferromagnetic Thin Film Tunnel Junctions Jagadeesh S. Moodera, Lisa R. Kinder, Terrilyn M. Wong et al. · Physical Review Letters 17 Apr 1995 3,701
19 Electron Spectroscopy Studies on Magneto-Optical Media and Plastic Substrate Interface Takehiko Yorozu, Mitsuhiro Hirano, Kunihiko Oka et al. · IEEE Translation Journal on Magnetics in Japan Aug 1987 3,691
20 A perpendicular-anisotropy CoFeB–MgO magnetic tunnel junction Shoji Ikeda, K. Miura, Hirotsugu Yamamoto et al. · Nature Materials 11 Jul 2010 3,645
21 Magnetoelectronics Gary A. Prinz · Science 27 Nov 1998 3,595
22 Real-space observation of a two-dimensional skyrmion crystal Xiuzhen Yu, Y. Onose, Naoya Kanazawa et al. · Nature Jun 2010 3,507
23 Diluted magnetic semiconductors J. K. Furdyna · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Aug 1988 3,489
24 Giant room-temperature magnetoresistance in single-crystal Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions Shinji Yuasa, Taro Nagahama, Akio Fukushima et al. · Nature Materials 31 Oct 2004 3,328
25 Giant tunnelling magnetoresistance at room temperature with MgO (100) tunnel barriers S. Parkin, Christian Kaiser, Alex F. Panchula et al. · Nature Materials 31 Oct 2004 3,322
26 Skyrmions on the track ALBERT FERT, Vincent Cros, J. Sampaio · Nature Nanotechnology Mar 2013 3,206
27 Magnetic Properties of Cu-Mn Alloys Kei Yosida · Physical Review Jun 1957 3,198
28 Spin Hall Effect J. E. Hirsch · Physical Review Letters Open access 30 Aug 1999 3,168
29 Spin Hall effects Jairo Sinova, Sergio O. Valenzuela, J. Wunderlich et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics 27 Oct 2015 3,145
30 Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection Ioan Mihai Miron, Kévin Garello, Gilles Gaudin et al. · Nature 29 Jul 2011 3,007
31 Oscillations in exchange coupling and magnetoresistance in metallic superlattice structures: Co/Ru, Co/Cr, and Fe/Cr S. Parkin, Neha More, Kevin P. Roche · Physical Review Letters 7 May 1990 2,752
32 A Theory of Metallic Ferro- and Antiferromagnetism on Zener's Model T. Kasuya · Progress of Theoretical Physics Jul 1956 2,751
33 Antiferromagnetic spintronics V. Baltz, Aurélien Manchon, Maxim Tsoi et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 15 Feb 2018 2,737
34 Observation of the Spin Hall Effect in Semiconductors Yuichiro K. Kato, Roberto C. Myers, Arthur C. Gossard et al. · Science 12 Nov 2004 2,649
35 Classics in Magnetics A Phenomenological Theory of Damping in Ferromagnetic Materials Thomas L. Gilbert · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics Nov 2004 2,625
36 Magnon spintronics Andrii V. Chumak, Vitaliy I. Vasyuchka, Alexander A. Serga et al. · Nature Physics Jun 2015 2,607
37 The exchange-spring magnet: a new material principle for permanent magnets Eckart Kneller, Reinhard Hawig · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics Jul 1991 2,560
38 The emergence of spin electronics in data storage Claude Chappert, ALBERT FERT, Frédéric Nguyen Van Dau · Nature Materials Nov 2007 2,545
39 Magnetic skyrmions: advances in physics and potential applications ALBERT FERT, Nicolas Reyren, Vincent Cros · Nature Reviews Materials Review 13 Jun 2017 2,474
40 Antiferromagnetic spintronics Tomas Jungwirth, X. Martí, P. Wadley et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Open access Mar 2016 2,472
41 Grain size dependence of coercivity and permeability in nanocrystalline ferromagnets Giselher Herzer · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 1990 2,454
42 Composite-fermion approach for the fractional quantum Hall effect Jainendra K. Jain · Physical Review Letters 10 Jul 1989 2,362
43 Layered Magnetic Structures: Evidence for Antiferromagnetic Coupling of Fe Layers across Cr Interlayers P. Grünberg, Reinert Schreiber, Y. Pang et al. · Physical Review Letters 10 Nov 1986 2,326
44 New Magnetic Anisotropy W. H. Meiklejohn, Charles P. Bean · Physical Review Feb 1957 2,308
45 A case for redundant arrays of inexpensive disks (RAID) David A. Patterson, Garth A. Gibson, Randy Howard Katz · ACM SIGMOD Record Open access Jun 1988 2,295
46 Theory of ferromagnetic hysteresis David C. Jiles, D.L. Atherton · Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Sep 1986 2,281
47 Observation of the spin Seebeck effect Ken‐ichi Uchida, S. Takahashi, Kazuya Harii et al. · Nature Oct 2008 2,263
48 Spin Current and Magnetoelectric Effect in Noncollinear Magnets Hosho Katsura, Naoto Nagaosa, Alexander V. Balatsky · Physical Review Letters Open access 28 Jul 2005 2,220
49 Conversion of spin current into charge current at room temperature: Inverse spin-Hall effect Eiji Saitoh, Masahito Ueda, H. Miyajima et al. · Applied Physics Letters May 2006 2,175
50 General properties of power losses in soft ferromagnetic materials G. Bertotti · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 1988 2,145

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