2026 Esther M. Conwell: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	53	9169	2227	200	11162

Esther M. Conwell 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 Esther M. Conwell sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 200 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Esther M. Conwell 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 Esther M. Conwell sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% 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

2009 - US President's National Medal of Science "For her broad contributions to understanding electron and hole transport in semiconducting materials, which helped to enable commercial applications of semiconductor and organic electronic devices, and for extending her analysis to studying the electronic properties of DNA.", Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on November 17, 2010.
2008 - ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, American Chemical Society (ACS)
1997 - IEEE Edison Medal For fundamental contributions to transport theory in semiconductor and organic conductors, and their application to the semiconductor, electronic copying and printing industries.
1990 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1961 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Esther M. Conwell is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. The academic and scientific record does not specify particular recent papers, co-authors, or publication venues linked to this individual.

Esther M. Conwell's awards include several significant recognitions over the years. Among these is the US President's National Medal of Science, awarded in 2009. The citation for this honor highlights contributions to understanding electron and hole transport in semiconducting materials, facilitating commercial applications of semiconductor and organic electronic devices, and extending research to the electronic properties of DNA. This award was presented by President Barack H. Obama on November 17, 2010, in the East Room of the White House.

Other awards include the ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences, given by the American Chemical Society in 2008, the IEEE Edison Medal in 1997, which recognized fundamental contributions to transport theory in semiconductor and organic conductors and their application to industries such as semiconductor manufacturing and electronic copying and printing, membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1990, and fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1961.

These awards reflect activity in fields related to semiconductor and organic conductors transport theory and the application of this research to electronic devices and industrial processes.

Best Publications

High field transport in semiconductors

Esther M. Conwell

1075
Citations
Theory of Impurity Scattering in Semiconductors

E. Conwell;V. F. Weisskopf

1049
Citations
Electrical and optical properties of some M2v−bN3vi−b semiconductors

Unknown

387
Citations
High-field hopping mobility in molecular systems with spatially correlated energetic disorder

Yu.N. Gartstein;Yu.N. Gartstein;E.M. Conwell;E.M. Conwell

332
Citations
Impurity Band Conduction in Germanium and Silicon

Esther M. Conwell

288
Citations
Excitons and the band gap in poly(phenylene vinylene).

P. Gomes da Costa;P. Gomes da Costa;E. M. Conwell;E. M. Conwell

203
Citations
Charge transport in DNA in solution: The role of polarons

Esther M. Conwell

188
Citations
Band transport in quasi-one-dimensional conductors in the phonon-scattering regime and application to tetrathiofulvalene-tetracyanoquinodimethane

Esther M. Conwell

177
Citations
Solid-state carbon-13 NMR characterization of polyanilines

S. Kaplan;E. M. Conwell;A. F. Richter;A. G. MacDiarmid

157
Citations
Contact injection into polymer light-emitting diodes

E. M. Conwell;M. W. Wu

156
Citations
Novel photovoltaic devices based on donor-acceptor molecular and conducting polymer systems

K. Yoshino;K. Tada;A. Fujii;E.M. Conwell

151
Citations
Polaron Motion in DNA

Svetlana V. Rakhmanova† and;Esther M. Conwell

150
Citations
Effect of solvation on hole motion in DNA.

D. M. Basko;E. M. Conwell

139
Citations
Electric-field dependence of mobility in conjugated polymer films

S. V. Rakhmanova;E. M. Conwell

132
Citations
First-principles calculation of the three-dimensional band structure of poly(phenylene vinylene).

P. Gomes da Costa;P. Gomes da Costa;R. G. Dandrea;E. M. Conwell;E. M. Conwell

129
Citations
High-field distribution function in GaAs

Unknown

127
Citations
Electronic structure of some polyanilines

W.R Salaneck;I Lundström;T Hjertberg;C.B Duke

126
Citations
Photoinduced charge transfer in poly(p-phenylene vinylene).

H. A. Mizes;H. A. Mizes;E. M. Conwell;E. M. Conwell

124
Citations
Photogeneration of polaron pairs in conducting polymers.

E. M. Conwell;H. A. Mizes

104
Citations
INTERCHAIN PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN POLY(PHENYLENE VINYLENE) DERIVATIVES

E. M. Conwell;J. Perlstein;S. Shaik

104
Citations
Hole traps in DNA.

Conwell Em;Basko Dm

102
Citations
Field-dependent thermal injection into a disordered molecular insulator

Yu.N. Gartstein;Yu.N. Gartstein;E.M. Conwell;E.M. Conwell

101
Citations
Current–voltage characteristic of organic light emitting diodes

A. Ioannidis;E. Forsythe;Yongli Gao;M. W. Wu

100
Citations
Stability of polarons in conducting polymers

H. A. Mizes;H. A. Mizes;E. M. Conwell;E. M. Conwell

95
Citations
Localized molecular excitons in polyaniline

Unknown

90
Citations