2026 James K. Gimzewski: 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	87	1923	1855	581	544	346	36410

Research.com Recognitions

2009 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2001 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

James K. Gimzewski is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on engineering and neuroscience. The main fields of study covered by their publications include Engineering, with 28 publications, and Neuroscience, comprising 15 publications.

Their work encompasses several subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. These areas reflect a comprehensive approach to combining physical engineering principles with biological systems.

The scientist's research topics include Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Neural dynamics and brain function, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Extracellular vesicles in disease, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with James K. Gimzewski are:

Adam Z. Stieg
Sam Lilak
Christopher Dunham
Shivani Sharma
Hirofumi Tanaka

The scientist has published multiple recent papers, including:

"Spoken Digit Classification by In-Materio Reservoir Computing With Neuromorphic Atomic Switch Networks" (2021) in Frontiers in Nanotechnology
"A review of the biomechanical properties of single extracellular vesicles" (2020) in Nano Select
"Impact of isolation methods on the biophysical heterogeneity of single extracellular vesicles" (2020) in Scientific Reports
"Emergence of In-Materio Intelligence from an Incidental Structure of a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Porphyrin Polyoxometalate Random Network" (2022) in Advanced Intelligent Systems
"Cancer cell mechanobiology: a new frontier for cancer research" (2021) in Journal of the National Cancer Center

Publication venues where James K. Gimzewski has frequently appeared include Advanced Intelligent Systems, PLoS ONE, arXiv (Cornell University), Frontiers in Nanotechnology, and Nano Select.

Awards received by the scientist include Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2009, and Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), awarded in 2001.

Best Publications

Electronics using hybrid-molecular and mono-molecular devices

C. Joachim;J. K. Gimzewski;A. Aviram

3962
Citations
Translating biomolecular recognition into nanomechanics.

J. Fritz;M. K. Baller;M. K. Baller;H. P. Lang;H. P. Lang;H. Rothuizen

2324
Citations
Nanomechanical analysis of cells from cancer patients

Sarah E. Cross;Yu-Sheng Jin;Jianyu Rao;James K. Gimzewski

2259
Citations
Short-term plasticity and long-term potentiation mimicked in single inorganic synapses

Takeo Ohno;Tsuyoshi Hasegawa;Tohru Tsuruoka;Kazuya Terabe

1872
Citations
Nanoscale science of single molecules using local probes

James K. Gimzewski;Christian Joachim

916
Citations
Surface Stress in the Self-Assembly of Alkanethiols on Gold

Rüdiger Berger;Emmanuel Delamarche;Emmanuel Delamarche;Hans Peter Lang;Hans Peter Lang;Christoph Gerber;Christoph Gerber

746
Citations
Observation of a chemical reaction using a micromechanical sensor

J.K. Gimzewski;Ch. Gerber;E. Meyer;E. Meyer;R.R. Schlittler

695
Citations
Transition from the tunneling regime to point contact studied using scanning tunneling microscopy

J. K. Gimzewski;R. Möller

687
Citations
Controlled Room-Temperature Positioning of Individual Molecules: Molecular Flexure and Motion

T. A. Jung;R. R. Schlittler;J. K. Gimzewski;H. Tang

664
Citations
A chemical sensor based on a microfabricated cantilever array with simultaneous resonance-frequency and bending readout

F.M Battiston;J.-P Ramseyer;H.P Lang;H.P Lang;M.K Baller;M.K Baller

621
Citations
Electronic transparence of a single C60 molecule.

Christian Joachim;James K. Gimzewski;Reto R. Schlittler;Corinne Chavy

605
Citations
Inelastic tunneling excitation of tip-induced plasmon modes on noble-metal surfaces.

Richard Berndt;James K. Gimzewski;Peter Johansson

584
Citations
AFM-based analysis of human metastatic cancer cells

Sarah E. Cross;Yu-Sheng Jin;Julianne Tondre;Roger Wong

545
Citations
A cantilever array-based artificial nose

M.K Baller;M.K Baller;H.P Lang;H.P Lang;J Fritz;J Fritz;Ch Gerber

517
Citations
Conformational identification of individual adsorbed molecules with the STM

T. A. Jung;T. A. Jung;R. R. Schlittler;J. K. Gimzewski

509
Citations
Rotation of a Single Molecule Within a Supramolecular Bearing

J. Gimzewski;Christian Joachim;R. Schlittler;V. Langlais

495
Citations
Local Nanomechanical Motion of the Cell Wall of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Andrew E. Pelling;Sadaf Sehati;Edith B. Gralla;Joan S. Valentine

486
Citations
Photothermal spectroscopy with femtojoule sensitivity using a micromechanical device

J. R. Barnes;R. J. Stephenson;M. E. Welland;Ch. Gerber

458
Citations
A femtojoule calorimeter using micromechanical sensors

J. R. Barnes;R. J. Stephenson;C. N. Woodburn;S. J. O’Shea

420
Citations
An artificial nose based on a micromechanical cantilever array

H.P Lang;H.P Lang;M.K Baller;M.K Baller;R Berger;Ch Gerber

418
Citations