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Materials Science

D-Index
51
Citations
8621
World Ranking
9975
National Ranking
109

Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
9348
World Ranking
12716
National Ranking
188

Jan Swenson 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 Jan Swenson sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 191 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Swenson 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 Jan Swenson sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan Swenson is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and has a multidisciplinary research background spanning biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, materials science, and engineering. Their work features a strong focus on molecular biology and materials chemistry, with additional contributions related to polymers and plastics, electrical and electronic engineering, and organic chemistry.

Their research covers diverse topics such as lipid membrane structure and behavior, protein structure and dynamics, material dynamics and properties, advanced battery materials and technologies, enzyme structure and function, magnetic and electromagnetic effects, and RNA interference and gene delivery.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan Swenson include:

  • Cycling Stability of Poly(ethylene glycol) of Six Molecular Weights: Influence of Thermal Conditions for Energy Applications, 2020, ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Structural Comparison between Sucrose and Trehalose in Aqueous Solution, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • DOPC versus DOPE as a helper lipid for gene-therapies: molecular dynamics simulations with DLin-MC3-DMA, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Differentiating bulk nanobubbles from nanodroplets and nanoparticles, 2021, Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Stabilization of proteins embedded in sugars and water as studied by dielectric spectroscopy, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Jan Swenson frequently collaborates with a group of researchers who have contributed to multiple joint publications. These co-authors include Inna Ermilova, Achilleas Pipertzis, Helén Jansson, Nicole Abdou, and Anna Martinelli.

Their work is regularly published in scientific venues such as:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • RSC Advances
  • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Best Publications

  • A unified model of protein dynamics.

    Hans Frauenfelder;Guo Chen;Joel Berendzen;Paul W. Fenimore

  • Dynamics of supercooled water in confined geometry

    R. Bergman;J. Swenson

  • Confined Water as Model of Supercooled Water

    Silvina Cerveny;Francesco Mallamace;Jan Swenson;Michael Vogel

  • Correlation between Free Volume and Ionic Conductivity in Fast Ion Conducting Glasses.

    J. Swenson;L. Börjesson

  • Relaxation processes in supercooled confined water and implications for protein dynamics.

    Jan Swenson;Helén Jansson;Rikard Bergman

  • Mixed alkali effect in glasses.

    Jan Swenson;Stefan Adams

  • Glass transition and relaxation processes in supercooled water

    Silvina Cerveny;Gustavo A. Schwartz;Rikard Bergman;Jan Swenson

  • The Role of Trehalose for the Stabilization of Proteins

    Christoffer Olsson;Helén Jansson;Jan Swenson

  • Quasielastic neutron scattering of two-dimensional water in a vermiculite clay

    J. Swenson;R. Bergman;W. S. Howells

  • Determining ionic conductivity from structural models of fast ionic conductors

    St. Adams;J. Swenson

  • The structure and dynamics of 2-dimensional fluids in swelling clays

    Neal T. Skipper;Peter A. Lock;James O. Titiloye;Jan Swenson

  • Mechanism and Strength of Polymer Bridging Flocculation

    J. Swenson;M. V. Smalley;H. L. M. Hatharasinghe

  • Investigating hydration dependence of dynamics of confined water: monolayer, hydration water and Maxwell-Wagner processes.

    Johan Sjöström;Jan Swenson;Rikard Bergman;Shigeharu Kittaka

  • The protein glass transition as measured by dielectric spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry.

    Helén Jansson;Jan Swenson

  • A neutron spin-echo study of confined water

    J. Swenson;R. Bergman;S. Longeville

  • Random ion distribution model: A structural approach to the mixed-alkali effect in glasses

    J. Swenson;A. Matic;C. Karlsson;L. Borjesson

  • Structure of borate glasses from neutron-diffraction experiments.

    J. Swenson;L. Börjesson;W. S. Howells

  • Diffraction and IR/Raman data do not prove tetrahedral water

    Mikael Leetmaa;Kjartan Thor Wikfeldt;Mathias P. Ljungberg;Michael Odelius

  • Properties of hydration water and its role in protein dynamics

    Jan Swenson;Helén Jansson;Johan Hedström;Rikard Bergman

  • Water dynamics in n-propylene glycol aqueous solutions.

    S. Cerveny;G.A. Schwartz;A. Alegria;Rikard Bergman

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Börjesson
Lars Börjesson Chalmers University of Technology
Stefan Adams
Stefan Adams National University of Singapore
Aleksandar Matic
Aleksandar Matic Chalmers University of Technology
Per Jacobsson
Per Jacobsson Chalmers University of Technology
Daniel T. Bowron
Daniel T. Bowron Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Mikael Käll
Mikael Käll Chalmers University of Technology
Roland Böhmer
Roland Böhmer TU Dortmund University
Alfredo Pasquarello
Alfredo Pasquarello École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Angel Alegría
Angel Alegría University of the Basque Country
Kell Mortensen
Kell Mortensen University of Copenhagen

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