2026 David P. Norton: 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	92	1506	1446	475	444	553	33930

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Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1990 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of the Arts and Humanities

Overview

David P. Norton is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research spans multiple subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Small Animals, and Ecology. The main topics of their work include Economic and Environmental Valuation, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Norton include:

Managing and protecting native biodiversity on-farm - what do sheep and beef farmers think? (2020), published in New Zealand Journal of Ecology
Retraction notice to "Recent progress in processing and properties of ZnO" [Prog. Mater. Sci. 50(3) (2004) 293-340] (2020), published in Progress in Materials Science
MRS Government Affairs Committee responds to COVID-19 pandemic (2020), published in MRS Bulletin

Frequent co-authors associated with Norton include:

Fleur J. F. Maseyk
Bruce Small
Roxanne Henwood
Jennifer Pannell
Hannah L. Buckley

The primary publication venues for Norton's recent research are:

New Zealand Journal of Ecology
Progress in Materials Science
MRS Bulletin

In addition to articles, Norton has contributed to academic books. One such publication is titled Data-Driven Strategic Planning: Aligning Program Planning, Budgeting, and Strategic Goals, published by RAND Corporation eBooks in 2023.

David P. Norton has been recognized with several fellowships, including:

Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2012)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2009)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of the Arts and Humanities (1990)

Best Publications

Recent progress in processing and properties of ZnO

S.J. Pearton;D.P. Norton;K. Ip;Y.W. Heo

2884
Citations
High critical current density superconducting tapes by epitaxial deposition of YBa2Cu3Ox thick films on biaxially textured metals

A. Goyal;D.P. Norton;J.D. Budai;M. Paranthaman

1242
Citations
Wide band gap ferromagnetic semiconductors and oxides

S. J. Pearton;C. R. Abernathy;M. E. Overberg;G. T. Thaler

1227
Citations
Epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7 on Biaxially Textured Nickel (001): An Approach to Superconducting Tapes with High Critical Current Density

David P. Norton;Amit Goyal;John D. Budai;David K. Christen

938
Citations
Recent advances in processing of ZnO

S. J. Pearton;D. P. Norton;K. Ip;Y. W. Heo

884
Citations
Synthesis of Novel Thin-Film Materials by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Douglas H. Lowndes;D. B. Geohegan;A. A. Puretzky;D. P. Norton

818
Citations
ZnO: growth, doping & processing

David P. Norton;Y. W. Heo;M. Ivill;K. Ip

802
Citations
ZnO nanowire growth and devices

Y.W. Heo;D.P. Norton;L.C. Tien;Y. Kwon

785
Citations
Dilute magnetic semiconducting oxides

S J Pearton;W H Heo;M Ivill;D P Norton

713
Citations
Hydrogen-selective sensing at room temperature with ZnO nanorods

H. T. Wang;B. S. Kang;F. Ren;L. C. Tien

697
Citations
Advances in wide bandgap materials for semiconductor spintronics

S.J. Pearton;C.R. Abernathy;D.P. Norton;A.F. Hebard

581
Citations
Ferromagnetism in Mn-implanted ZnO:Sn single crystals

D. P. Norton;S. J. Pearton;A. F. Hebard;N. Theodoropoulou

536
Citations
Origin of green luminescence in ZnO thin film grown by molecular-beam epitaxy

Y. W. Heo;D. P. Norton;S. J. Pearton

503
Citations
Site-specific growth of Zno nanorods using catalysis-driven molecular-beam epitaxy

Y. W. Heo;V. Varadarajan;M. Kaufman;K. Kim

492
Citations
Synthesis and properties of epitaxial electronic oxide thin-film materials

David P. Norton

434
Citations
Hydrogen sensing at room temperature with Pt-coated ZnO thin films and nanorods

L. C. Tien;P. W. Sadik;D. P. Norton;L. F. Voss

359
Citations
Spectroscopic ellipsometry of thin film and bulk anatase (TiO2)

G. E. Jellison;L. A. Boatner;J. D. Budai;B.-S. Jeong

347
Citations
Depletion-mode ZnO nanowire field-effect transistor

Y. W. Heo;L. C. Tien;Y. Kwon;D. P. Norton

341
Citations
Recent advances in wide bandgap semiconductor biological and gas sensors

S.J. Pearton;F. Ren;Yu-Lin Wang;B.H. Chu

335
Citations
Superconductivity in nonsymmetric epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-x/PrBa2Cu3O7-x superlattices: The superconducting behavior of Cu-O bilayers.

Douglas H. Lowndes;David P. Norton;J. D. Budai

323
Citations