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Robert Joseph Cava

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D-Index
171
Citations
138609
World Ranking
825
National Ranking
496

Materials Science

D-Index
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Citations
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102
National Ranking
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Robert Joseph Cava 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 Robert Joseph Cava sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 1,444 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert Joseph Cava 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 Robert Joseph Cava sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 163 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

  • A topological Dirac insulator in a quantum spin Hall phase

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

  • A tunable topological insulator in the spin helical Dirac transport regime

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

  • 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

  • Large, non-saturating magnetoresistance in WTe2.

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

  • Observation of Unconventional Quantum Spin Textures in Topological Insulators

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

  • Ultrahigh mobility and giant magnetoresistance in the Dirac semimetal Cd3As2

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

  • 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

  • Zero-point entropy in ‘spin ice’

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

  • Structural anomalies, oxygen ordering and superconductivity in oxygen deficient Ba2YCu3Ox

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

  • Experimental realization of a three-dimensional Dirac semimetal.

    Sergey Borisenko;Quinn Gibson;Danil Evtushinsky;Volodymyr Zabolotnyy

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

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

  • Topological surface states protected from backscattering by chiral spin texture

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

  • Beyond Dirac and Weyl fermions: Unconventional quasiparticles in conventional crystals

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

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

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

  • 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

  • Evidence for the chiral anomaly in the Dirac semimetal Na3Bi

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

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

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

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

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

  • A topological Dirac insulator in a quantum spin Hall phase

    David Hsieh;Dong Qian;Lewis Wray;YuQi Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomasz Klimczuk
Tomasz Klimczuk Gdańsk University of Technology
Nai Phuan Ong
Nai Phuan Ong Princeton University
Henny W. Zandbergen
Henny W. Zandbergen Delft University of Technology
Shuang Jia
Shuang Jia Peking University
Tyrel M. McQueen
Tyrel M. McQueen Johns Hopkins University
Jeffrey W. Lynn
Jeffrey W. Lynn National Institute of Standards and Technology
Collin Broholm
Collin Broholm Johns Hopkins University
Arthur P. Ramirez
Arthur P. Ramirez University of California, Santa Cruz
Claudia Felser
Claudia Felser Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Theo Siegrist
Theo Siegrist Florida A&M University - Florida State University College of Engineering

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