2026 John C. Crocker: 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	54	8748	8450	2139	1984	189	20151

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Materials Science

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1984

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20151

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the microrheology of soft matter and cells, and to DNAdirected colloidal selfassembly

Overview

John C. Crocker is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research mainly spans materials science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant focus on materials chemistry and atomic and molecular physics, and optics. They have contributed extensively to topics such as Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, material dynamics and properties, cellular mechanics and interactions, force microscopy techniques and applications, surfactants and colloidal systems, theoretical and computational physics, and advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques.

Their recent significant publications include:

Elusive photonic crystals come a step closer, 2020, Nature
Particle tracking of nanoparticles in soft matter, 2020, Journal of Applied Physics
Advancing mental health screening in schools: Innovative, field-tested practices and observed trends during a 15-month learning collaborative, 2022, Psychology in the Schools
Interfacial Flow around Brownian Colloids, 2021, Physical Review Letters
Hydrodynamic and frictional modulation of deformations in switchable colloidal crystallites, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Crocker frequently publishes in venues that include arXiv (Cornell University), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Research, Soft Matter, and the Journal of Applied Physics.

Their collaborative network involves several frequent coauthors, including Amruthesh Thirumalaiswamy, Robert A. Riggleman, Shankar Sivarajan, Daniel H. Reich, and Yu Shi.

Award recognition includes being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2018, with a citation acknowledging contributions to the microrheology of soft matter and cells, as well as its application to DNA-directed colloidal self-assembly.

Best Publications

Three-Dimensional Direct Imaging of Structural Relaxation Near the Colloidal Glass Transition

Eric R. Weeks;J. C. Crocker;Andrew C. Levitt;Andrew Schofield

2306
Citations
Two-point microrheology of inhomogeneous soft materials.

John C. Crocker;Megan T. Valentine;Eric R. Weeks;Thomas Gisler

775
Citations
Microscopic measurement of the pair interaction potential of charge-stabilized colloid.

John C. Crocker;David G. Grier

696
Citations
When Like Charges Attract: The Effects of Geometrical Confinement on Long-Range Colloidal Interactions.

John C. Crocker;David G. Grier

605
Citations
Prestressed F-actin networks cross-linked by hinged filamins replicate mechanical properties of cells

M. L. Gardel;F. Nakamura;J. H. Hartwig;J. C. Crocker

541
Citations
Microrheology, stress fluctuations, and active behavior of living cells.

A. W. C. Lau;Brenton D Hoffman;A. Davies;John C Crocker

519
Citations
ENTROPIC ATTRACTION AND REPULSION IN BINARY COLLOIDS PROBED WITH A LINE OPTICAL TWEEZER

J. C. Crocker;J. A. Matteo;A. D. Dinsmore;A. G. Yodh

503
Citations
Rheology of Soft Materials

Daniel T.N. Chen;Qi Wen;Paul A. Janmey;John C. Crocker

467
Citations
The consensus mechanics of cultured mammalian cells

Brenton D. Hoffman;Gladys Massiera;Kathleen M. Van Citters;John C. Crocker

458
Citations
Microrheology of entangled F-actin solutions.

M. L. Gardel;M. T. Valentine;John C Crocker;A. R. Bausch

406
Citations
Colloidal interactions and self-assembly using DNA hybridization.

Paul L. Biancaniello;Anthony J. Kim;John C. Crocker

401
Citations
Cell Mechanics: Dissecting the Physical Responses of Cells to Force

Brenton D. Hoffman;John C. Crocker

398
Citations
Investigating the microenvironments of inhomogeneous soft materials with multiple particle tracking

Megan T. Valentine;Peter D. Kaplan;D. Thota;John C. Crocker

389
Citations
Entropically Driven Colloidal Crystallization on Patterned Surfaces

Keng-hui Lin;John C. Crocker;Vikram Prasad;Andrew Schofield

383
Citations
Microrheology of polyethylene oxide using diffusing wave spectroscopy and single scattering

Bivash R. Dasgupta;Shang-You Tee;John C. Crocker;B. J. Frisken

356
Citations
Reversible self-assembly and directed assembly of DNA-linked micrometer-sized colloids

Marie Pierre Valignat;Olivier Theodoly;John C. Crocker;William B. Russel

302
Citations
ENTROPIC COLLOIDAL INTERACTIONS IN CONCENTRATED DNA SOLUTIONS

Ritu Verma;J. C. Crocker;T. C. Lubensky;A. G. Yodh

290
Citations
Microrheology probes length scale dependent rheology

J. Liu;M. L. Gardel;K. Kroy;E. Frey

252
Citations
Multiple-particle tracking and two-point microrheology in cells.

John C. Crocker;Brenton D. Hoffman

251
Citations
Rheological microscopy: local mechanical properties from microrheology.

D. T. Chen;E. R. Weeks;John C Crocker;M. F. Islam

249
Citations
Microrheology, stress fluctuations and active behavior of living cells

Andy W. C. Lau;Brenton D. Hoffman;John C. Crocker;Tom C. Lubensky

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