2026 Robert Joseph Cava: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	171	825	756	496	444	1591	138609
Materials Science	163	102	98	44	40	1444	131598
Physics	172	134	129	89	86	1544	140052

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2026 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in United States Leader Award
2016 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For pioneering contributions in the discovery of new classes of 3D Topological Insulators.
2016 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Robert Joseph Cava is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy. Their research spans over 400 publications in Materials Science and nearly 250 in Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics of Robert J. Cava's work include advanced condensed matter physics, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, perovskite materials and applications, and topological materials and phenomena.

They have frequently published in venues including The Cambridge Structural Database, arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Chemistry of Materials, and Physical Review Materials.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert J. Cava include:

Data for "All Topological Bands of All Non-Magnetic Stoichiometric Materials," 2022, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Understanding the Instability of the Halide Perovskite CsPbI₃ through Temperature-Dependent Structural Analysis, 2020, Advanced Materials
Titanium Niobium Oxide: From Discovery to Application in Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
Indistinguishable telecom band photons from a single Er ion in the solid state, 2023, Nature
One-dimensional Luttinger liquids in a two-dimensional moiré lattice, 2022, Nature

The frequent co-authors working with Robert J. Cava include Danrui Ni, Shu Guo, Xin Gui, Weiwei Xie, and Xianghan Xu.

Among their recognitions, Robert J. Cava received the MRS Medal from the Materials Research Society in 2016 for work related to the discovery of new classes of 3D topological insulators. They were also elected Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2016 and became a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001.

Best Publications

Discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetism in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals

Cheng Gong;Lin Li;Zhenglu Li;Huiwen Ji

5890
Citations
Observation of a large-gap topological-insulator class with a single Dirac cone on the surface

Y. Xia;D. Qian;D. Qian;D. Hsieh;L. Wray

4437
Citations
A topological Dirac insulator in a quantum spin Hall phase

D. Hsieh;D. Qian;L. Wray;Y. Xia

4420
Citations
A tunable topological insulator in the spin helical Dirac transport regime

D. Hsieh;Y. Xia;D. Qian;L. Wray

2411
Citations
Bulk superconductivity at 91 K in single-phase oxygen-deficient perovskite Ba 2 YCu 3 O 9 − δ

R. J. Cava;B. Batlogg;R. B. van Dover;D. W. Murphy

2118
Citations
Large, non-saturating magnetoresistance in WTe2.

Mazhar N. Ali;Jun Xiong;Steven Flynn;Jing Tao

1796
Citations
Observation of Unconventional Quantum Spin Textures in Topological Insulators

D. Hsieh;Y. Xia;L. Wray;L. Wray;D. Qian

1618
Citations
Ultrahigh mobility and giant magnetoresistance in the Dirac semimetal Cd3As2

Tian Liang;Quinn Gibson;Mazhar N. Ali;Minhao Liu

1609
Citations
Superconductivity near 30 K without copper: the Ba 0.6 K 0.4 BiO 3 perovskite

Robert Joseph Cava;B. Batlogg;J. J. Krajewski;R. Farrow

1595
Citations
Zero-point entropy in ‘spin ice’

A. P. Ramirez;A. Hayashi;R. J. Cava;R. Siddharthan

1564
Citations
Structural anomalies, oxygen ordering and superconductivity in oxygen deficient Ba2YCu3Ox

Robert Joseph Cava;A. W. Hewat;E. A. Hewat;B. Batlogg

1454
Citations
Experimental realization of a three-dimensional Dirac semimetal.

Sergey Borisenko;Quinn Gibson;Danil Evtushinsky;Volodymyr Zabolotnyy

1355
Citations
Ultrahigh mobility and giant magnetoresistance in the Dirac semimetal Cd$_3$As$_2$

Tian Liang;Quinn Gibson;Mazhar N. Ali;Minhao Liu

1309
Citations
Topological surface states protected from backscattering by chiral spin texture

Pedram Roushan;Jungpil Seo;Colin V. Parker;Y. S. Hor

1296
Citations
Beyond Dirac and Weyl fermions: Unconventional quasiparticles in conventional crystals

Barry Jason Bradlyn;Jennifer Cano;Zhijun Wang;M. G. Vergniory

1289
Citations
Superconductivity in CuxBi2Se3 and its implications for pairing in the undoped topological insulator.

Yew San Hor;Anthony J. Williams;Joseph G. Checkelsky;Pedram Roushan

1275
Citations
Electronic and magnetic phase diagram of β-Fe1.01Se with superconductivity at 36.7 K under pressure

S. Medvedev;T. M. McQueen;I. A. Troyan;T. Palasyuk

1269
Citations
Evidence for the chiral anomaly in the Dirac semimetal Na3Bi

Jun Xiong;Satya K. Kushwaha;Tian Liang;Jason W. Krizan

1264
Citations
Bulk superconductivity at 36 K in La1.8Sr0.2CuO4.

Robert Joseph Cava;R. B. Van Dover;B. Batlogg;E. A. Rietman

1227
Citations
Strongly linked current flow in polycrystalline forms of the superconductor MgB2.

D. C. Larbalestier;L. D. Cooley;M. O. Rikel;A. A. Polyanskii

1205
Citations
A topological Dirac insulator in a quantum spin Hall phase

David Hsieh;Dong Qian;Lewis Wray;YuQi Xia

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