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Michael E. Cates publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael E. Cates sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 406 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Michael E. Cates D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael E. Cates sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 108 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For research on the rheology, dynamics, and thermodynamics of complex fluids, and for scientific leadership in the European Community.
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Michael E. Cates is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily concentrates on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several subfields, including Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Micro and Nano Robotics, Material Dynamics and Properties, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization, Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics, and Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies.

Some recent publications by Michael E. Cates include:

  • Statistical mechanics of active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particles (2021), published in Physical Review E
  • Irreversibility and biased ensembles in active matter: Insights from stochastic thermodynamics (2021), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Capillary Interfacial Tension in Active Phase Separation (2021), published in Physical Review Letters
  • Thermodynamic cycles with active matter (2020), published in Physical Review E
  • Non-equilibrium phase separation with reactions: a canonical model and its behaviour (2020), published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Michael E. Cates include:

  • Robert L. Jack
  • Étienne Fodor
  • Cesare Nardini
  • Yuting I. Li
  • Tal Agranov

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • Physical Review E
  • New Journal of Physics

Michael E. Cates has received recognition including becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2005 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom in 2007. In 2019, they were named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, cited for research on the rheology, dynamics, and thermodynamics of complex fluids, as well as for scientific leadership within the European Community.

Best Publications

  • Statics and dynamics of worm-like surfactant micelles

    M E Cates;S J Candau

  • Motility-Induced Phase Separation

    Michael E. Cates;Julien Tailleur

  • Rheology of Soft Glassy Materials

    Peter Sollich;François Lequeux;Pascal Hébraud;Michael E. Cates

  • Jamming, Force Chains, and Fragile Matter

    M. E. Cates;J. P. Wittmer;J.-P. Bouchaud;P. Claudin

  • Statistical mechanics of interacting run-and-tumble bacteria.

    J. Tailleur;M. E. Cates

  • How Far from Equilibrium Is Active Matter

    Étienne Fodor;Cesare Nardini;Cesare Nardini;Michael E. Cates;Michael E. Cates;Julien Tailleur

  • Stress relaxation in living polymers: Results from a Poisson renewal model

    R. Granek;M. E. Cates

  • Diffusive transport without detailed balance in motile bacteria: does microbiology need statistical physics?

    M E Cates

  • Discontinuous Shear Thickening without Inertia in Dense Non-Brownian Suspensions

    M. Wyart;M. E. Cates

  • When are active Brownian particles and run-and-tumble particles equivalent? Consequences for motility-induced phase separation

    Michael Cates;J. Tailleur

  • Pressure is not a state function for generic active fluids

    A. P. Solon;Y. Fily;A. Baskaran;M. E. Cates

  • Nonlinear rheology of wormlike micelles

    N. A. Spenley;M. E. Cates;T. C. B. McLeish

  • Depletion force in colloidal systems

    Y. Mao;M.E. Cates;H.N.W. Lekkerkerker

  • Aging and rheology in soft materials

    S M Fielding;P Sollich;Michael Cates

  • Continuum theory of phase separation kinetics for active Brownian particles

    Joakim Stenhammar;Adriano Tiribocchi;Rosalind J. Allen;Davide Marenduzzo

  • Ageing and Rheology in Soft Materials

    S. M. Fielding;P. Sollich;M. E. Cates

  • Theory of nonlinear rheology and yielding of dense colloidal suspensions

    Matthias Fuchs;Michael E. Cates

  • Pressure and Phase Equilibria in Interacting Active Brownian Spheres

    Alexandre P. Solon;Joakim Stenhammar;Raphael Wittkowski;Mehran Kardar

  • Phase behaviour of active Brownian particles: the role of dimensionality

    Joakim Stenhammar;Joakim Stenhammar;Davide Marenduzzo;Rosalind J. Allen;Michael E. Cates

  • Rheology of giant micelles

    M. E. Cates;S. M. Fielding

Frequent Co-Authors

Wilson C. K. Poon
Wilson C. K. Poon University of Edinburgh
Stefan U. Egelhaaf
Stefan U. Egelhaaf Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Peter Sollich
Peter Sollich University of Göttingen
Scott T. Milner
Scott T. Milner Pennsylvania State University
David Andelman
David Andelman Tel Aviv University
Samuel A. Safran
Samuel A. Safran Weizmann Institute of Science
Enzo Orlandini
Enzo Orlandini University of Padua
Julia M. Yeomans
Julia M. Yeomans University of Oxford
Martin R. Evans
Martin R. Evans University of Edinburgh
Doris Vollmer
Doris Vollmer Max Planck Society

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