2026 G. Jeffrey Snyder: 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	146	179	172	78	73	671	96918

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

G. Jeffrey Snyder is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States, with a research focus primarily in materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple aspects of materials chemistry and electronic engineering, contributing extensively to the study of thermoelectric materials and devices.

The scientist's research topics include:

Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Thermal properties of materials
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Topological Materials and Phenomena

G. Jeffrey Snyder has published numerous papers in notable scientific journals. Some recent publications are:

Weighted Mobility, 2020, Advanced Materials
Stretchable fabric generates electric power from woven thermoelectric fibers, 2020, Nature Communications
All-Inorganic Halide Perovskites as Potential Thermoelectric Materials: Dynamic Cation off-Centering Induces Ultralow Thermal Conductivity, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Band Sharpening and Band Alignment Enable High Quality Factor to Enhance Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type PbS, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Metallic n-Type Mg₃Sb₂ Single Crystals Demonstrate the Absence of Ionized Impurity Scattering and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance, 2020, Advanced Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with G. Jeffrey Snyder include:

Michael Y. Toriyama
Shashwat Anand
James P. Male
Madison K. Brod
Max Wood

The scientist has a notable presence in several publication venues, with a significant number of publications in:

Advanced Materials
Advanced Functional Materials
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Energy & Environmental Science
Chemistry of Materials

Snyder's contributions also extend to academic books, including work published by the University of Milano-Bicocca. One such publication is Advances in thermoelectricity: Foundational issues, materials and nanotechnology, released in 2021.

Best Publications

Complex thermoelectric materials.

G. Jeffrey Snyder;Eric S. Toberer

12650
Citations
Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency in PbTe by Distortion of the Electronic Density of States

Joseph P. Heremans;Vladimir Jovovic;Eric S. Toberer;Ali Saramat

4567
Citations
Convergence of electronic bands for high performance bulk thermoelectrics

Yanzhong Pei;Xiaoya Shi;Aaron LaLonde;Heng Wang

4351
Citations
Copper ion liquid-like thermoelectrics

Huili Liu;Xun Shi;Fangfang Xu;Linlin Zhang

2185
Citations
Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectrics

Sang Il Kim;Kyu Hyoung Lee;Hyeon A Mun;Hyun Sik Kim;Hyun Sik Kim

2122
Citations
Ultrahigh power factor and thermoelectric performance in hole-doped single-crystal SnSe

Li Dong Zhao;Li Dong Zhao;Gangjian Tan;Shiqiang Hao;Jiaqing He

2058
Citations
Characterization of Lorenz number with Seebeck coefficient measurement

Hyun Sik Kim;Hyun Sik Kim;Zachary M. Gibbs;Yinglu Tang;Heng Wang

1894
Citations
Disordered zinc in Zn4Sb3 with phonon-glass and electron-crystal thermoelectric properties.

G. Jeffrey Snyder;Mogens Christensen;Eiji Nishibori;Thierry Caillat

989
Citations
Yb14MnSb11: New High Efficiency Thermoelectric Material for Power Generation

Shawna R. Brown;Susan M. Kauzlarich;Franck Gascoin;G. Jeffrey Snyder

980
Citations
Phonon engineering through crystal chemistry

Eric S. Toberer;Alex Zevalkink;G. Jeffrey Snyder

966
Citations
Matminer: An open source toolkit for materials data mining

Logan Ward;Logan Ward;Alexander Dunn;Alexander Dunn;Alireza Faghaninia;Nils E.R. Zimmermann

925
Citations
Thinking Like a Chemist: Intuition in Thermoelectric Materials.

Wolfgang G. Zeier;Alex Zevalkink;Zachary M. Gibbs;Geoffroy Hautier

846
Citations
High thermoelectric figure of merit in heavy hole dominated PbTe

Yanzhong Pei;Aaron LaLonde;Shiho Iwanaga;G. Jeffrey Snyder

844
Citations
Intrinsic electrical transport and magnetic properties of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 and La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 MOCVD thin films and bulk material.

G. Jeffrey Snyder;Ron Hiskes;Steve DiCarolis;M. R. Beasley

843
Citations
High thermoelectric performance in non-toxic earth-abundant copper sulfide.

Ying He;Tristan Day;Tiansong Zhang;Huili Liu

813
Citations
Convergence of multi-valley bands as the electronic origin of high thermoelectric performance in CoSb3 skutterudites.

Yinglu Tang;Yinglu Tang;Zachary M. Gibbs;Luis A. Agapito;Luis A. Agapito;Guodong Li;Guodong Li;Guodong Li

792
Citations
Zintl phases for thermoelectric devices

Susan M. Kauzlarich;Shawna R. Brown;G. Jeffrey Snyder

774
Citations
Zintl Chemistry for Designing High Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials

Eric S. Toberer;Andrew F. May;G. Jeffrey Snyder

767
Citations
Flexible n-type thermoelectric materials by organic intercalation of layered transition metal dichalcogenide TiS2

Chunlei Wan;Xiaokun Gu;Feng Dang;Tomohiro Itoh

764
Citations
The Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth Telluride

Ian T. Witting;Thomas C. Chasapis;Francesco Ricci;Matthew Peters

733
Citations
Fuel cell materials and components

G. Jeffrey Snyder;Sossina M. Haile

8
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