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D-Index
95
Citations
33721
World Ranking
1926
National Ranking
1001

Stephen R. Leone 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 Stephen R. Leone sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 819 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen R. Leone 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 Stephen R. Leone sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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

  • 1989 - Herbert P. Broida Prize, American Physical Society
  • 1982 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)

Overview

Stephen R. Leone is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a specialized focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research spans multiple subfields including:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Spectroscopy
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Radiation

Their work covers broad scientific topics, such as:

  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

Leone has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, with recent notable papers including:

  • Revealing electronic state-switching at conical intersections in alkyl iodides by ultrafast XUV transient absorption spectroscopy, 2020, Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha)
  • Attosecond Time-Domain Measurement of Core-Level-Exciton Decay in Magnesium Oxide, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Simultaneous Observation of Carrier-Specific Redistribution and Coherent Lattice Dynamics in 2H-MoTe2 with Femtosecond Core-Level Spectroscopy, 2020, ACS Nano
  • X-ray transient absorption reveals the 1Au (nπ*) state of pyrazine in electronic relaxation, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Interplay of Open-Shell Spin-Coupling and Jahn-Teller Distortion in Benzene Radical Cation Probed by X-ray Spectroscopy, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Daniel M. Neumark
  • Valeriu Scutelnic
  • Eric A. Haugen
  • Yuki Kobayashi
  • Ashley P. Fidler

Leone has published regularly in several scientific venues, such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Physical Review A
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

Among their recognitions are the Herbert P. Broida Prize awarded by the American Physical Society in 1989 and a Fellowship with the American Physical Society since 1982.

Best Publications

  • Real-time observation of valence electron motion

    Eleftherios Goulielmakis;Zhi-Heng Loh;Zhi-Heng Loh;Adrian Wirth;Robin Santra;Robin Santra

  • Lasing in robust cesium lead halide perovskite nanowires

    Samuel W. Eaton;Minliang Lai;Natalie A. Gibson;Natalie A. Gibson;Andrew B. Wong;Andrew B. Wong

  • Attosecond band-gap dynamics in silicon

    Martin Schultze;Martin Schultze;Krupa Ramasesha;C.D. Pemmaraju;S.A. Sato

  • Synthesis of Composition Tunable and Highly Luminescent Cesium Lead Halide Nanowires through Anion-Exchange Reactions

    Dandan Zhang;Yiming Yang;Yehonadav Bekenstein;Yi Yu

  • Measurement of Higgs boson production in the diphoton decay channel in pp collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;J. Abdallah;S. Abdel Khalek

  • Operando spectroscopic analysis of an amorphous cobalt sulfide hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst

    Nikolay Kornienko;Joaquin Resasco;Nigel Becknell;Chang-Ming Jiang

  • Roadmap of ultrafast x-ray atomic and molecular physics

    Linda Young;Linda Young;Kiyoshi Ueda;Markus Gühr;Markus Gühr;Philip H. Bucksbaum;Philip H. Bucksbaum

  • Femtosecond x-ray spectroscopy of an electrocyclic ring-opening reaction

    Andrew R. Attar;Andrew R. Attar;Aditi Bhattacherjee;Aditi Bhattacherjee;C. D. Pemmaraju;C. D. Pemmaraju;Kirsten Schnorr;Kirsten Schnorr

  • The ultrafast X- ray spectroscopic revolution in chemical dynamics

    P. M. Kraus;M. Zürch;S.K. Cushing;D. M. Neumark

  • What will it take to observe processes in 'real time'?

    Stephen R. Leone;Stephen R. Leone;C. William McCurdy;C. William McCurdy;Joachim Burgdörfer;Lorenz S. Cederbaum

  • Shapes and vorticities of superfluid helium nanodroplets

    Luis F. Gomez;Ken R. Ferguson;James P. Cryan;Camila Bacellar;Camila Bacellar

  • Photofragmentation infrared emission studies of vibrationally excited free radicals CH3 and CH2I

    Steven L. Baughcum;Stephen R. Leone

  • The multiplexed chemical kinetic photoionization mass spectrometer: a new approach to isomer-resolved chemical kinetics.

    David L. Osborn;Peng Zou;Howard Johnsen;Carl C. Hayden

  • Single attosecond pulse generation in the multicycle-driver regime by adding a weak second-harmonic field.

    Thomas Pfeifer;Lukas Gallmann;Mark J. Abel;Daniel M. Neumark

  • Real-Time Probing of Electron Dynamics Using Attosecond Time-Resolved Spectroscopy

    Krupa Ramasesha;Stephen R. Leone;Daniel M. Neumark

  • The heterogeneous reaction of hydroxyl radicals with sub-micron squalane particles: a model system for understanding the oxidative aging of ambient aerosols

    J. D. Smith;J. H. Kroll;C. D. Cappa;D. L. Che;D. L. Che

  • Jet energy scale and resolution measured in proton-proton collisions at s =13 TeV with the ATLAS detector

    G. Aad;B. Abbott;D. C. Abbott;A. Abed Abud

  • Ultraintense X-Ray Induced Ionization, Dissociation, and Frustrated Absorption in Molecular Nitrogen

    M. Hoener;L. Fang;O. Kornilov;O. Gessner

  • Metallic adhesion layer induced plasmon damping and molecular linker as a nondamping alternative.

    Terefe G. Habteyes;Terefe G. Habteyes;Scott Dhuey;Scott Dhuey;Erin Wood;Erin Wood;Daniel Gargas;Daniel Gargas

  • Excitation-wavelength-dependent small polaron trapping of photoexcited carriers in α-Fe2O3.

    Lucas M. Carneiro;Lucas M. Carneiro;Scott K. Cushing;Scott K. Cushing;Chong Liu;Chong Liu;Yude Su

Frequent Co-Authors

A. T. Goshaw
A. T. Goshaw Duke University
A. V. Kotwal
A. V. Kotwal Duke University
J. Yoh
J. Yoh Fermilab
L. Pondrom
L. Pondrom University of Wisconsin–Madison
P. Lukens
P. Lukens Fermilab
Jacobo Konigsberg
Jacobo Konigsberg University of Florida
P. F. Shepard
P. F. Shepard University of Pittsburgh
A. Barbaro-Galtieri
A. Barbaro-Galtieri Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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