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Materials Science

D-Index
86
Citations
23422
World Ranking
2094
National Ranking
624

Physics

D-Index
89
Citations
25949
World Ranking
2333
National Ranking
1171

E. W. Plummer 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 E. W. Plummer sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 496 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.

E. W. Plummer 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 E. W. Plummer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1986 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1985 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the fields of field emission spectroscopy FES, photoelectron spectroscopy PES including UV, xray and especially angleresolved photoelectron spectroscopy, and electron energy loss spectroscopy EELS

Overview

E. W. Plummer was a researcher affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their work spanned multiple disciplines within physics and materials science, contributing to the understanding of surface and thin film phenomena as well as the magnetic and electronic properties of complex materials.

The scientist's primary fields of study included:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science

Within these broader categories, their research focused on subfields such as:

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

Plummer's main research topics covered areas including:

  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Theoretical and Computational Physics
  • Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Their recent published works consisted of:

  • "Surface Fermi contours and phonon anomalies at the surface of the random alloy," published in 2021 in the Journal of Physics Communications
  • "Buffer-layer effect on the ferromagnetism of manganite heterojunctions," published in 2025 in Physical Review Materials

Frequent collaborators with Plummer included:

  • Michio Okada
  • Eli Rotenberg
  • S. D. Kevan
  • J. Schäfer
  • David Howe

Their work appeared primarily in the following venues:

  • Journal of Physics Communications
  • Physical Review Materials

Throughout their career, E. W. Plummer was recognized with several honors:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, awarded in 2006
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, awarded in 1986
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 1985 with a citation for contributions to field emission spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, including ultraviolet and X-ray techniques, angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, and electron energy loss spectroscopy

Best Publications

  • ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION AS A TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF SURFACES

    E. W. Plummer;W. Eberhardt

  • Angle-resolved photoemission determination of the band structure and multielectron excitations in Ni

    W. Eberhardt;E. W. Plummer

  • Classification of charge density waves based on their nature

    Xuetao Zhu;Yanwei Cao;Jiandi Zhang;E. W. Plummer

  • The orientation of CO adsorbed on Ni(100)

    C. L. Allyn;Torgny Gustafsson;E. W. Plummer

  • Partial photoionization cross sections of N 2 and CO using synchrotron radiation

    E. W. Plummer;T. Gustafsson;W. Gudat;D. E. Eastman

  • Bonding of H to Ni, Pd, and Pt Surfaces

    W. Eberhardt;F. Greuter;E. W. Plummer

  • Photoelectron spectra of transition-metal carbonyl complexes: comparison with the spectra of adsorbed CO

    E. W. Plummer;W. R. Salaneck;J. S. Miller

  • Experimental evidence for the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect in La 0.65 Ca 0.35 Mn O 3

    P. Dai;Jiandi Zhang;H. A. Mook;S. H. Liou

  • Giant Friedel Oscillations on the Beryllium(0001) Surface

    P. T. Sprunger;L. Petersen;E. W. Plummer;E. Lægsgaard

  • Ferromagnetism Stabilized by Lattice Distortion at the Surface of the p-Wave Superconductor Sr2RuO4

    R. Matzdorf;Z. Fang;Ismail;Jiandi Zhang

  • Electronic states and phases of KxC60 from photoemission and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    C. T. Chen;L. H. Tjeng;P. Rudolf;G. Meigs

  • Effects on Photoemission of the Spatially Varying Photon Field at a Metal Surface

    Harry J. Levinson;E. W. Plummer;Peter J. Feibelman

  • Multipole plasmon modes at a metal surface.

    K.-D. Tsuei;E. W. Plummer;A. Liebsch;K. Kempa

  • Short-range polaron correlations in the ferromagnetic La1-xCaxMnO3

    Pengcheng Dai;J. A. Fernandez-Baca;N. Wakabayashi;E. W. Plummer;E. W. Plummer

  • Observation of nondipole electron impact vibrational excitations: H on W(100)

    W. Ho;R. F. Willis;E. W. Plummer

  • The normal modes at the surface of simple metals

    K.-D Tsuei;E.W Plummer;A Liebsch;E Pehlke

  • Surface segregation and restructuring of colossal-magnetoresistant manganese perovskites La 0.65 Sr 0.35 MnO 3

    H. Dulli;H. Dulli;P. A. Dowben;Sy-Hwang Liou;E. W. Plummer;E. W. Plummer

  • Direct imaging of the two-dimensional Fermi contour: Fourier-transform STM

    L. Petersen;P. T. Sprunger;P. T. Sprunger;Ph. Hofmann;Ph. Hofmann;E. Lægsgaard

  • Surface Charge Ordering Transition: α Phase of Sn/Ge(111)

    J. M. Carpinelli;J. M. Carpinelli;H. H. Weitering;H. H. Weitering;M. Bartkowiak;M. Bartkowiak;R. Stumpf

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy of iodine‐doped polyacetylene

    W. R. Salaneck;H. R. Thomas;R. W. Bigelow;C. B. Duke

  • Experimental band structure of Na.

    E. Jensen;E. W. Plummer

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur P. Baddorf
Arthur P. Baddorf Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rongying Jin
Rongying Jin University of South Carolina
Hans-Joachim Freund
Hans-Joachim Freund Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
David Mandrus
David Mandrus University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Pengcheng Dai
Pengcheng Dai Rice University
Peter A. Dowben
Peter A. Dowben University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Sergei V. Kalinin
Sergei V. Kalinin University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Wanli Yang
Wanli Yang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William R. Salaneck
William R. Salaneck Linköping University
Yimei Zhu
Yimei Zhu Brookhaven National Laboratory

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