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Romain Quidant

Romain Quidant

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 78 2923 2825 49 47 243 26155

Romain Quidant publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Romain Quidant between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Romain Quidant published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 13.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2012. 44 of the 330 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2012. 2001: 2 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 27 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 18 publications 2025: 26 publications
2001 2025

330 publications in total across all disciplines

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Romain Quidant: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 2
2002 4
2003 0
2004 10
2005 9
2006 10
2007 16
2008 20
2009 10
2010 22
2011 13
2012 27
2013 20
2014 12
2015 12
2016 10
2017 11
2018 12
2019 14
2020 14
2021 15
2022 15
2023 8
2024 18
2025 26
Total 330
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Romain Quidant 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 Romain Quidant sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 230–249 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 243 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766 243
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Romain Quidant 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 Romain Quidant sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 78–79 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299 78
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - OSA Fellows Romain Quidant ICFO & ICREA, Spain For pioneering plasmon-enabled light–matter interaction at the nanometer scale, including laser tweezers, biosensors, thermoplasmonics and control of quantum emitter emission.

Overview

Romain Quidant is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has a significant research footprint in the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy. Their work spans multiple subfields, including atomic and molecular physics and optics, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and materials chemistry.

The scientist's research covers an array of main topics such as mechanical and optical resonators, orbital angular momentum in optics, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, photonic and optical devices, gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications, microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications, and digital holography and microscopy.

Romain Quidant has contributed frequently to various publication venues which include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACS Photonics
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)
  • Nano Letters

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Jaime Ortega Arroyo
  • Nadine Meyer
  • Jose García-Guirado
  • Oriol Romero-Isart
  • Bernard Ciraulo

The following are recent papers authored or co-authored by Romain Quidant:

  • Applications and challenges of thermoplasmonics, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Levitodynamics: Levitation and control of microscopic objects in vacuum, 2021, Science
  • Roadmap for optical tweezers, 2023, Journal of Physics Photonics
  • Simultaneous ground-state cooling of two mechanical modes of a levitated nanoparticle, 2023, Nature Physics
  • Simple experimental procedures to distinguish photothermal from hot-carrier processes in plasmonics, 2020, Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Romain Quidant received the OSA Fellows award in 2018 for pioneering work on plasmon-enabled light-matter interaction at the nanometer scale, with contributions spanning laser tweezers, biosensors, thermoplasmonics, and control of quantum emitter emission.

Best Publications

  • Unidirectional emission of a quantum dot coupled to a nanoantenna

    Alberto G. Curto;Giorgio Volpe;Tim H. Taminiau;Mark P. Kreuzer

  • Plasmon nano-optical tweezers

    Mathieu L Juan;Maurizio Righini;Romain Quidant

  • Thermo‐plasmonics: using metallic nanostructures as nano‐sources of heat

    Guillaume Baffou;Romain Quidant

  • Nanoscale control of optical heating in complex plasmonic systems.

    Guillaume Baffou;Romain Quidant;F. Javier García de Abajo

  • Nanoplasmonics for chemistry

    Guillaume Baffou;Romain Quidant

  • Subkelvin Parametric Feedback Cooling of a Laser-Trapped Nanoparticle

    Jan Gieseler;Bradley Deutsch;Romain Quidant;Lukas Novotny;Lukas Novotny

  • Heat generation in plasmonic nanostructures: Influence of morphology

    G. Baffou;R. Quidant;C. Girard

  • Self -induced back-action optical trapping of dielectric nanoparticles

    Mathieu L. Juan;Reuven Gordon;Yuanjie Pang;Fatima Eftekhari

  • Mapping intracellular temperature using green fluorescent protein.

    Jon S. Donner;Sebastian A. Thompson;Mark P. Kreuzer;Guillaume Baffou

  • Spectroscopic Mode Mapping of Resonant Plasmon Nanoantennas

    Petru Ghenuche;Sudhir Cherukulappurath;Tim H. Taminiau;Niek F. van Hulst

  • Photoinduced Heating of Nanoparticle Arrays

    Guillaume Baffou;Pascal Berto;Esteban Bermudez Urena;Romain Quidant

  • Nano-optical trapping of Rayleigh particles and Escherichia coli bacteria with resonant optical antennas.

    M Righini;P Ghenuche;S Cherukulappurath;V Myroshnychenko

  • Applications and challenges of thermoplasmonics.

    Guillaume Baffou;Frank Cichos;Romain Quidant;Romain Quidant;Romain Quidant

  • Plasmon near-field coupling in metal dimers as a step toward single-molecule sensing.

    Srdjan S. Aćimović;Mark P. Kreuzer;María U. González;Romain Quidant

  • Three-dimensional manipulation with scanning near-field optical nanotweezers

    J. Berthelot;S. S. Aćimović;M. L. Juan;M. P. Kreuzer

  • Direct Measurement of Photon Recoil from a Levitated Nanoparticle

    Vijay Jain;Vijay Jain;Jan Gieseler;Clemens Moritz;Christoph Dellago

  • Plasmon-assisted optofluidics.

    Jon S. Donner;Guillaume Baffou;David McCloskey;Romain Quidant

  • Mapping Heat Origin in Plasmonic Structures

    Guillaume Baffou;Christian Girard;Romain Quidant

  • Levitodynamics: Levitation and control of microscopic objects in vacuum

    C. Gonzalez-Ballestero;C. Gonzalez-Ballestero;M. Aspelmeyer;M. Aspelmeyer;L. Novotny;R. Quidant

  • Thermal nonlinearities in a nanomechanical oscillator

    Jan Gieseler;Lukas Novotny;Romain Quidant

  • Surface Plasmon Radiation Forces

    Giovanni Volpe;Romain Quidant;Gonçal Badenes;Dmitri Petrov

  • Surface plasmon optical tweezers: tunable optical manipulation in the femtonewton range.

    Maurizio Righini;Giovanni Volpe;Christian Girard;Dmitri Petrov

Frequent Co-Authors

Lukas Novotny
Lukas Novotny ETH Zurich
Alain Dereux
Alain Dereux University of Burgundy
Niek F. van Hulst
Niek F. van Hulst Institute of Photonic Sciences
F. Javier García de Abajo
F. Javier García de Abajo Institute of Photonic Sciences
Yong Chen
Yong Chen École Normale Supérieure
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi University of Southern Denmark
Ramon Alcubilla
Ramon Alcubilla Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Sébastien Guenneau
Sébastien Guenneau Imperial College London
Frank H. L. Koppens
Frank H. L. Koppens Institute of Photonic Sciences
Erik Dujardin
Erik Dujardin Centre d’Élaboration de Matériaux et d’Etudes Structurales

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