2026 Joseph P. Heremans: 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	73	3752	3631	1027	967	442	28395

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For discoveries in thermal energy transfer and conversion to electricity, and for commercial devices employed in automobiles.
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering work in the thermal conductivity of lowdimensional materials and electronic magnetostriction and for the study of electronic and thermal properties of marrowgap semiconductors, semimetals, and graphite intercalation compounds

Overview

Joseph P. Heremans is a researcher affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their primary fields of study encompass Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a notable focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Thermal properties of materials
Graphene research and applications
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Among their recent publications are:

"Giant anomalous Nernst signal in the antiferromagnet YbMnBi₂." (2022, PubMed)
"Thermoelectrics: From longitudinal to transverse" (2022, Joule)
"Highly efficient transverse thermoelectric devices with Re₄Si₇ crystals" (2021, Energy & Environmental Science)
"Large magnon-induced anomalous Nernst conductivity in single-crystal MnBi" (2021, Joule)
"Electric field-dependent phonon spectrum and heat conduction in ferroelectrics" (2023, Science Advances)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Joseph P. Heremans include:

Joshua E. Goldberger
Brandi L. Wooten
Karl G. Koster
Claudia Felser
Dung Vu

The research outputs have been published across several venues, notably:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Chemistry of Materials
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Joule
Energy & Environmental Science

Joseph P. Heremans has received several recognitions including:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2013) for discoveries in thermal energy transfer and conversion to electricity, and for commercial devices employed in automobiles.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011).
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (1987) cited for pioneering work in thermal conductivity of low-dimensional materials and electronic magnetostriction, alongside studies of electronic and thermal properties of narrow-gap semiconductors, semimetals, and graphite intercalation compounds.

Best Publications

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
Compromise and Synergy in High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Materials.

Tiejun Zhu;Yintu Liu;Chenguang Fu;Joseph P. Heremans

1563
Citations
Intrinsically minimal thermal conductivity in cubic I-V-VI2 semiconductors.

D. T. Morelli;V. Jovovic;J. P. Heremans

1252
Citations
Resonant levels in bulk thermoelectric semiconductors

Joseph P. Heremans;Bartlomiej Wiendlocha;Bartlomiej Wiendlocha;Audrey M. Chamoire

1032
Citations
Interface-induced phenomena in magnetism

Frances Hellman;Axel Hoffmann;Yaroslav Tserkovnyak;Geoffrey S.D. Beach

953
Citations
Observation of the spin-Seebeck effect in a ferromagnetic semiconductor

C. M. Jaworski;J. Yang;S. Mack;D. D. Awschalom

905
Citations
Estimation of the isotope effect on the lattice thermal conductivity of group IV and group III-V semiconductors

D. T. Morelli;J. P. Heremans;G. A. Slack

719
Citations
Quantum transport in a multiwalled carbon nanotube

L. Langer;V. Bayot;E. Grivei;J.-P. Issi

719
Citations
When thermoelectrics reached the nanoscale

Joseph P. Heremans;Mildred S. Dresselhaus;Lon E. Bell;Donald T. Morelli

717
Citations
Thermopower enhancement in lead telluride nanostructures

Joseph P. Heremans;Christopher M. Thrush;Donald T. Morelli

697
Citations
Lone pair electrons minimize lattice thermal conductivity

Michele D. Nielsen;Vidvuds Ozolins;Joseph P. Heremans

696
Citations
Bismuth nanowire arrays: Synthesis and galvanomagnetic properties

J. Heremans;C. M. Thrush;Yu-Ming Lin;S. Cronin

525
Citations
Electronic transport properties of single-crystal bismuth nanowire arrays

Zhibo Zhang;Xiangzhong Sun;M. S. Dresselhaus;Jackie Y. Ying

435
Citations
Thermopower Enhancement in PbTe with Pb Precipitates

Joseph Heremans;Christopher Thrush;Donald Morelli

430
Citations
High performance Na-doped PbTe-PbS thermoelectric materials: electronic density of states modification and shape-controlled nanostructures.

Steven N. Girard;Jiaqing He;Xiaoyuan Zhou;Daniel Shoemaker

405
Citations
Thermoelectric power of bismuth nanocomposites.

Joseph P. Heremans;Christopher M. Thrush;Donald T. Morelli;Ming Cheng Wu

404
Citations
Demonstration of high mobility and quantum transport in modulation-doped β-(AlxGa1-x)2O3/Ga2O3 heterostructures

Yuewei Zhang;Adam Neal;Zhanbo Xia;Chandan Joishi;Chandan Joishi

361
Citations
Thermoelectric power of bismuth nanowires

J. Heremans;C. M. Thrush

290
Citations
Resonant level formed by tin in Bi 2 Te 3 and the enhancement of room-temperature thermoelectric power

Christopher M. Jaworski;Vladimir Kulbachinskii;Joseph P. Heremans

277
Citations
Electrical-resistance of a Carbon Nanotube Bundle

L. Langer;L. Stockman;J. P. Heremans;V. Bayot

261
Citations
Tetradymites as thermoelectrics and topological insulators

Joseph P. Heremans;Robert J. Cava;Nitin Samarth

259
Citations