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Steve M. Heald

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
63
Citations
13395
World Ranking
6225
National Ranking
1587

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14851
World Ranking
6963
National Ranking
2075

Steve M. Heald 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 Steve M. Heald sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 362 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steve M. Heald 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 Steve M. Heald sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steve M. Heald is affiliated with Argonne National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans across Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Radiation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The primary topics of their work include:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Semiconductor Materials and Devices
  • Copper-based Nanomaterials and Applications

Notable recent papers by Steve M. Heald include:

  • "Understanding the Electronic Structure Evolution of Epitaxial LaNi1-xFexO3 Thin Films for Water Oxidation" (2021), published in Nano Letters
  • "Hybrid Sorbents for 129I Capture from Contaminated Groundwater" (2020), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Origin of the enhanced Nb3Sn performance by combined Hf and Ta doping" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Effect of Cr(III) Adsorption on the Dissolution of Boehmite Nanoparticles in Caustic Solution" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Surface stability of SrNbO3+δ grown by hybrid molecular beam epitaxy" (2022), published in APL Materials

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Steve M. Heald are:

  • Tamás Varga
  • Tatiana G. Levitskaia
  • Daria Boglaienko
  • Amity Andersen
  • Devon R. Mortensen

Steve M. Heald has published extensively in several venues with the most common being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • Batteries & Supercaps

Best Publications

  • X-ray filter assembly for fluorescence measurements of x-ray absorption fine structure.

    Edward A. Stern;Steve M. Heald

  • (De)Lithiation Mechanism of Li/SeSx (x = 0–7) Batteries Determined by in Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

    Yanjie Cui;Ali Abouimrane;Jun Lu;Trudy Bolin

  • Direct kinetic correlation of carriers and ferromagnetism in Co2+: ZnO.

    Kevin R. Kittilstved;Dana A. Schwartz;Allan C. Tuan;Steve M. Heald

  • Intrinsic Ferromagnetism in Insulating Cobalt Doped Anatase TiO2

    Kelli A. Griffin;Alexandre Pakhomov;Chong M. Wang;Steve M. Heald

  • Many-body effects on extended x-ray absorption fine structure amplitudes

    E. A. Stern;B. A. Bunker;S. M. Heald

  • Nature of the charge carriers in electron-doped copper oxide superconductors

    J. M. Tranquada;S. M. Heald;A. R. Moodenbaugh;G. Liang

  • Strong Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in Co2+-Doped TiO2 Made from Colloidal Nanocrystals

    J. Daniel Bryan;Steve M. Heald;Scott A. Chambers;Daniel R. Gamelin

  • Understanding the effects of concentration on the solvation structure of Ca2+ in aqueous solution I: the perspective on local structure from EXAFS and XANES

    John L. Fulton;Steve M. Heald;Yaspal S. Badyal;J. M. Simonson

  • Coprecipitation of Uranium(VI) with Calcite: XAFS, micro-XAS, and luminescence characterization

    Richard J Reeder;Melissa Nugent;C.Drew Tait;David E Morris

  • Chemical Natures and Distributions of Metal Impurities in Multicrystalline Silicon Materials

    T. Buonassisi;A. A. Istratov;M. D. Pickett;M. Heuer

  • Engineering metal-impurity nanodefects for low-cost solar cells

    Tonio Buonassisi;Tonio Buonassisi;Andrei A. Istratov;Andrei A. Istratov;Matthew A. Marcus;Barry Lai

  • Speciation and characterization of arsenic in gold ores and cyanidation tailings using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Dogan Paktunc;Andrea Foster;Steve M. Heald;Gilles Laflamme

  • Reduction of TcO4- by sediment-associated biogenic Fe(II)

    James K Fredrickson;John M Zachara;David W Kennedy;Ravi K Kukkadapu

  • Zinc and mechanical prowess in the jaws of Nereis, a marine worm

    Helga C. Lichtenegger;Thomas Schöberl;Janne T. Ruokolainen;Julie O. Cross

  • The Discovery and Study of Nanocrystalline TiO2-(MoO3) Core−Shell Materials

    S. H. Elder;F. M. Cot;Y. Su;S. M. Heald

  • Hidden ferromagnetic secondary phases in cobalt-doped ZnO epitaxial thin films

    Tiffany C. Kaspar;Timothy C. Droubay;Steve M. Heald;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Insights into the structural effects of layered cathode materials for high voltage sodium-ion batteries

    Gui-Liang Xu;Rachid Amine;Rachid Amine;Yue-Feng Xu;Jianzhao Liu;Jianzhao Liu

  • Negligible magnetism in excellent structural quality Cr(x)Ti(1-x)O(2) anatase: contrast with high-T(C) ferromagnetism in structurally defective Cr(x)Ti(1-x)O(2).

    Tiffany C. Kaspar;Steve M. Heald;Chong M. Wang;J. D. Bryan

  • Ferromagnetism in oxide semiconductors

    S.A. Chambers;T.C. Droubay;C.M. Wang;K.M. Rosso

  • Heterogeneous reduction of Tc(VII) by Fe(II) at the solid-water interface

    Tetyana Peretyazhko;John M. Zachara;Steve M. Heald;Byong Hun Jeon

  • Reduction of pertechnetate (Tc(VII)) by aqueous Fe(II) and the nature of solid phase redox products

    John M. Zachara;Steve M. Heald;Steve M. Heald;Byong-Hun Jeon;Ravi K. Kukkadapu

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott A. Chambers
Scott A. Chambers Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Cheng-Jun Sun
Cheng-Jun Sun Argonne National Laboratory
Edward A. Stern
Edward A. Stern University of Washington
Timothy C. Droubay
Timothy C. Droubay Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
John M. Zachara
John M. Zachara Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yang Ren
Yang Ren City University of Hong Kong
Chongxuan Liu
Chongxuan Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Mark E. Bowden
Mark E. Bowden Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Gan Moog Chow
Gan Moog Chow National University of Singapore
Khalil Amine
Khalil Amine Argonne National Laboratory

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