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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 69 4660 4508 1236 1161 421 16370

Chris Leighton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Chris Leighton between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Chris Leighton published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 13.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2017. 25 of the 471 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2017. 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 11 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 17 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 20 publications 2007: 25 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 23 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 25 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 13 publications
1991 2025

471 publications in total across all disciplines

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Chris Leighton: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 2
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 2
1998 3
1999 4
2000 11
2001 11
2002 17
2003 8
2004 10
2005 12
2006 20
2007 25
2008 19
2009 23
2010 21
2011 22
2012 23
2013 11
2014 25
2015 20
2016 23
2017 32
2018 16
2019 20
2020 19
2021 23
2022 12
2023 12
2024 12
2025 13
Total 471
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Chris Leighton publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Leighton sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 410–429 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 421 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256 421
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Chris Leighton D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chris Leighton sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 68–69 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469 69
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the understanding of magnetic oxides, interfaces, and nanostructures
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his creative contributions to the fundamental understanding of the physics of magnetic materials including complex oxides, highly spinpolarized ferromagnets, magnetic nanostructures, and interfacial magnetism

Overview

Chris Leighton is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a specific focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics such as:

  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Magnetic properties of thin films
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics

Leighton has contributed extensively to several publication venues. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Physical Review Materials
  • APL Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Nature Communications

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Isotype Heterojunction Solar Cells Using n-Type Sb2Se3 Thin Films," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Enhanced superconductivity and ferroelectric quantum criticality in plastically deformed strontium titanate," 2021, Nature Materials
  • "Voltage-induced ferromagnetism in a diamagnet," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Sulfur Vacancy Clustering and Its Impact on Electronic Properties in Pyrite FeS2," 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Violation of the Wiedemann-Franz law through reduction of thermal conductivity in gold thin films," 2020, Physical Review Materials

Frequent collaborators of Leighton include:

  • Justin Ramberger
  • William M. Postiglione
  • Bhaskar Das
  • Vipul Chaturvedi
  • Turan Birol

Leighton's professional recognitions include being named an IEEE Fellow in 2020 for contributions to the understanding of magnetic oxides, interfaces, and nanostructures.

In 2012, they were also designated a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), acknowledged for creative contributions to the fundamental understanding of the physics of magnetic materials such as complex oxides, highly spin-polarized ferromagnets, magnetic nanostructures, and interfacial magnetism.

Best Publications

  • Artificial ‘spin ice’ in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands

    R. F. Wang;C. Nisoli;R. S. Freitas;J. Li

  • Interface-induced phenomena in magnetism

    Frances Hellman;Axel Hoffmann;Yaroslav Tserkovnyak;Geoffrey S.D. Beach

  • Glassy ferromagnetism and magnetic phase separation in La 1 − x Sr x CoO 3

    J. Wu;C. Leighton

  • Asymmetric magnetization reversal in exchange-biased hysteresis loops

    M. R. Fitzsimmons;P. Yashar;C. Leighton;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Aqueous Only Route toward Graphene from Graphite Oxide

    Ken Hsuan Liao;Anudha Mittal;Shameek Bose;Christopher Leighton

  • Electrolyte-based ionic control of functional oxides.

    Chris Leighton

  • Coercivity enhancement in exchange biased systems driven by interfacial magnetic frustration

    C. Leighton;J. Nogués;B. J. Jönsson-Åkerman;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Correlation between antiferromagnetic interface coupling and positive exchange bias

    J. Nogués;J. Nogués;C. Leighton;Ivan K. Schuller

  • Electronic transport in doped SrTiO 3 : Conduction mechanisms and potential applications

    A. Spinelli;M. A. Torija;C. Liu;C. Jan

  • Crystallites of magnetic charges in artificial spin ice

    Sheng Zhang;Ian Gilbert;Cristiano Nisoli;Gia Wei Chern

  • Imaging and phase identification of Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films using confocal Raman spectroscopy

    A. J. Cheng;M. Manno;A. Khare;Chris Leighton

  • Sphericity and symmetry breaking in the formation of Frank–Kasper phases from one component materials

    Sangwoo Lee;Sangwoo Lee;Chris Leighton;Frank S. Bates

  • Intergranular giant magnetoresistance in a spontaneously phase separated perovskite oxide.

    J. Wu;J. W. Lynn;C. J. Glinka;J. Burley

  • Direct measurement of the low-temperature spin-state transition in LaCoO3.

    R. F. Klie;J. C. Zheng;Y. Zhu;M. Varela

  • Hopping transport and the Hall effect near the insulator-metal transition in electrochemically gated poly(3-hexylthiophene) transistors

    Shun Wang;Mingjing Ha;Michael Manno;C Daniel Frisbie

  • Magnetocaloric effect and refrigerant capacity in charge-ordered manganites

    N. S. Bingham;M. H. Phan;H. Srikanth;M. A. Torija

  • Reliability of normal-state current–voltage characteristics as an indicator of tunnel-junction barrier quality

    B. J. Jönsson-Åkerman;R. Escudero;R. Escudero;C. Leighton;S. Kim

  • Magnetic small-angle neutron scattering

    Sebastian Mühlbauer;Dirk Honecker;Élio A. Périgo;Frank Bergner

  • Magnetic superlattices and multilayers

    Ivan K Schuller;S Kim;C Leighton

  • Magnetic phase separation in La1-xSrxCoO3 by 59Co nuclear magnetic resonance.

    P. L. Kuhns;M. J.R. Hoch;W. G. Moulton;A. P. Reyes

  • Two-Stage Magnetization Reversal in Exchange Biased Bilayers

    C. Leighton;M. R. Fitzsimmons;P. Yashar;A. Hoffmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Ivan K. Schuller
Ivan K. Schuller University of California, San Diego
Maria Varela
Maria Varela Complutense University of Madrid
Josep Nogués
Josep Nogués Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Eray S. Aydil
Eray S. Aydil New York University
J. F. Mitchell
J. F. Mitchell Argonne National Laboratory
Jaume Gazquez
Jaume Gazquez Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Richard D. James
Richard D. James University of Minnesota
Nitin Samarth
Nitin Samarth Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey W. Lynn
Jeffrey W. Lynn National Institute of Standards and Technology
Renata M. Wentzcovitch
Renata M. Wentzcovitch Columbia University

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