2026 David Mandrus: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	96	1244	1191	402	374	490	46243

David Mandrus 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 David Mandrus sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 490 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Mandrus 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 David Mandrus sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Mandrus is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research encompasses a broad range of topics within materials science and physics, contributing extensively to both fields over many years.

Mandrus's work is primarily situated in the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a specialized focus on the following subfields:

Materials Chemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Their research concentrates on several key scientific topics, including:

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
2D Materials and Applications
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Graphene research and applications
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Magnetic properties of thin films

Mandrus has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Nano Letters
Nature Communications
Physical Review Materials

Examples of recent papers authored or co-authored by Mandrus include:

The emergent field of high entropy oxides: Design, prospects, challenges, and opportunities for tailoring material properties (2020) in APL Materials
Oscillations of the thermal conductivity observed in the spin-liquid state of α-RuCl3 (2021) in arXiv (Cornell University)
Deterministic switching of a perpendicularly polarized magnet using unconventional spin-orbit torques in WTe2 (2022) in Nature Materials
Charge Density Wave in Kagome Lattice Intermetallic ScV6Sn6 (2022) in Physical Review Letters
Planar thermal Hall effect of topological bosons in the Kitaev magnet α-RuCl3 (2022) in Nature Materials

Mandrus collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

Jiaqiang Yan
Kenji Watanabe
Takashi Taniguchi
S. E. Nagler
Shirin Mozaffari

Best Publications

Filled Skutterudite Antimonides: A New Class of Thermoelectric Materials

B. C. Sales;D. Mandrus;R. K. Williams

2889
Citations
Electrical control of neutral and charged excitons in a monolayer semiconductor

Jason S. Ross;Sanfeng Wu;Hongyi Yu;Nirmal J. Ghimire;Nirmal J. Ghimire

1724
Citations
Observation of Long-Lived Interlayer Excitons in Monolayer MoSe2-WSe2 Heterostructures

Pasqual Rivera;John R. Schaibley;Aaron M. Jones;Jason S. Ross

1692
Citations
Magnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals materials.

Kenneth S. Burch;David Mandrus;David Mandrus;Je-Geun Park

1628
Citations
Optical generation of excitonic valley coherence in monolayer WSe2

Aaron M. Jones;Hongyi Yu;Nirmal J. Ghimire;Nirmal J. Ghimire;Sanfeng Wu

1573
Citations
Superconductivity at 22 K in Co-doped BaFe2As2 crystals.

Athena S. Sefat;Rongying Jin;Michael A. McGuire;Brian C. Sales

1383
Citations
Signatures of moiré-trapped valley excitons in MoSe 2 /WSe 2 heterobilayers

Kyle L. Seyler;Pasqual Rivera;Hongyi Yu;Nathan P. Wilson

1201
Citations
FILLED SKUTTERUDITE ANTIMONIDES : ELECTRON CRYSTALS AND PHONON GLASSES

B. C. Sales;D. Mandrus;B. C. Chakoumakos;V. Keppens

1072
Citations
Proximate Kitaev quantum spin liquid behaviour in a honeycomb magnet

A. Banerjee;C. A. Bridges;J.-Q. Yan;J.-Q. Yan;A. A. Aczel

1048
Citations
Monolayer semiconductor nanocavity lasers with ultralow thresholds

Sanfeng Wu;Sonia Buckley;John R. Schaibley;Liefeng Feng

979
Citations
Valley-polarized exciton dynamics in a 2D semiconductor heterostructure.

Pasqual Rivera;Kyle L. Seyler;Hongyi Yu;John R. Schaibley

828
Citations
Neutron scattering in the proximate quantum spin liquid α-RuCl 3 .

Arnab Banerjee;Jiaqiang Yan;Johannes Knolle;Craig A. Bridges

756
Citations
Two-band superconductivity in LaFeAsO0.89F0.11 at very high magnetic fields.

F. Hunte;J. Jaroszynski;A. Gurevich;D. C. Larbalestier

611
Citations
Structural, magnetic, thermal, and transport properties of X 8 Ga 16 Ge 30 ( X = E u , S r , Ba ) single crystals

B. C. Sales;B. C. Chakoumakos;R. Jin;J. R. Thompson

607
Citations
Electrical control of second-harmonic generation in a WSe2 monolayer transistor

Kyle L. Seyler;John R. Schaibley;Pu Gong;Pasqual Rivera

581
Citations
Neutron tomography of magnetic Majorana fermions in a proximate quantum spin liquid

Arnab Banerjee;Jiaqiang Yan;Roderich Moessner;David A. Tennant

580
Citations
High Mobility WSe2 p- and n-Type Field-Effect Transistors Contacted by Highly Doped Graphene for Low-Resistance Contacts

Hsun Jen Chuang;Xuebin Tan;Nirmal Jeevi Ghimire;Meeghage Madusanka Perera

545
Citations
Bulk superconductivity at 14 K in single crystals of Fe 1 + y Te x Se 1 − x

Brian C Sales;A. S. Sefat;Michael A McGuire;Rongying Jin

544
Citations
Probing excitonic states in suspended two-dimensional semiconductors by photocurrent spectroscopy

A. R. Klots;A. K. M. Newaz;A. K. M. Newaz;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;D. Prasai

484
Citations
Low-Resistance 2D/2D Ohmic Contacts: A Universal Approach to High-Performance WSe2, MoS2, and MoSe2 Transistors

Hsun Jen Chuang;Bhim Chamlagain;Michael Koehler;Meeghage Madusanka Perera

475
Citations
Phase Transitions in LaFeAsO: Structural, Magnetic, Elastic, and Transport Properties, Heat Capacity and Mössbauer Spectra

Michael A McGuire;Andrew D Christianson;Athena S Sefat;Brian C Sales

396
Citations
Supplementary Materials Magnetic Control of Valley Pseudospin in Monolayer WSe2

Grant Aivazian;Zhirui Gong;Aaron M. Jones;Rui-Lin Chu

0
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