W. E. Spicer

10.4k citations

216 papers · 8.6k · 3 hit papers · h-index 51

Impact in

Surfaces, Coatings and Films top 0.1%
- Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Condensed Matter Physics top 0.5%
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Advanced Condensed Matter Physics

Papers in

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 117
- Surface and Thin Film Phenomena 45
- Advanced Chemical Physics Studies 38
- Semiconductor materials and interfaces 34
- Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices 31
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 100
- Semiconductor materials and devices 46
- Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials 30

Co-authors: I. Lindau (81 shared papers)Zhi‐Xun Shen (26 shared papers)D. S. Dessau (21 shared papers)Roy Powell (2 shared papers)P. Pianetta (24 shared papers)D. M. Collins (5 shared papers)B. O. Wells (20 shared papers)David M. King (9 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films (30 papers)Physical review. B, Condensed matter (28 papers)Physical Review Letters (20 papers)Surface Science (15 papers)Applied Physics Letters (12 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Sweden

In The Last Decade

W. E. Spicer

212 papers receiving 8.1k citations

W. E. Spicer's Hit Papers

align trajectories log scale

Key features in the measured band structure ofBi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ: Flat bands atEFand Fermi surface nesting 1993 · 392 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1993 Physical Review Letters
1993 Physical Review Letters
1970 Physical review. B, Solid state

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by W. E. Spicer

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of W. E. Spicer's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by W. E. Spicer with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites W. E. Spicer more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by W. E. Spicer

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by W. E. Spicer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by W. E. Spicer. The network helps show where W. E. Spicer may publish in the future.

Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside W. E. Spicer, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

Border = papers with W. E. Spicer Line = papers co-authored together W. E. Spicer links everyone, so they are left out of the graph.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Showing the 20 most-cited of 216 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.

#	Work
1	Anomalously large gap anisotropy in thea-bplane ofBi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Physical Review Letters ·Zhi‐Xun Shen, D. S. Dessau, B. O. Wells, David M. King, W. E. Spicer, A. J. Arko, D. S. Marshall, L. W. Lombardo, A. Kapitulnik, P. H. Dickinson, Sebastian Doniach, J. DiCarlo, T. Loeser, C. H. Park Hit paper breakdown →	1993	676
2	Optical Properties of NiO and CoO Physical review. B, Solid state ·Roy Powell, W. E. Spicer Hit paper breakdown →	1970	442
3	Key features in the measured band structure ofBi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ: Flat bands atEFand Fermi surface nesting Physical Review Letters ·D. S. Dessau, Zhi‐Xun Shen, David M. King, D. S. Marshall, L. W. Lombardo, P. H. Dickinson, A. G. Loeser, J. DiCarlo, C.-H Park, A. Kapitulnik, W. E. Spicer Hit paper breakdown →	1993	392
4	The adsorption of CO, O2, and H2 on Pt Surface Science ·D. M. Collins, W. E. Spicer	1977	272
5	An Auger analysis of the SiO2-Si interface Journal of Applied Physics ·J. S. Johannessen, W. E. Spicer, Y. E. Strausser	1976	214
6	Anomalous spectral weight transfer at the superconducting transition ofBi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Physical Review Letters ·D. S. Dessau, B. O. Wells, Zhi‐Xun Shen, W. E. Spicer, A. J. Arko, R. S. List, D. B. Mitzi, A. Kapitulnik	1991	202
7	Observation of a Band of Silicon Surface States Containing One Electron Per Surface Atom Physical Review Letters ·Leopold Wagner, W. E. Spicer	1972	193
8	Photoemission Studies of High- T _c Superconductors: The Superconducting Gap Science ·Zhi‐Xun Shen, W. E. Spicer, David M. King, D. S. Dessau, B. O. Wells	1995	191
9	Photoemission study of CoO Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·Zhi‐Xun Shen, J. W. Allen, P. A. P. Lindberg, D. S. Dessau, B. O. Wells, A. Borg, W. P. Ellis, J.‐S. Kang, S.-J. Oh, I. Lindau, W. E. Spicer	1990	190
10	Chemisorption and oxidation studies of the (110) surfaces of GaAs, GaSb, and InP Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·P. Pianetta, I. Lindau, C. Michael Garner, W. E. Spicer	1978	162
11	UPS studies of the bonding of H2, O2, CO, C2H4 and C2H2 on Fe and Cu Surface Science ·Kaifu Yu, W. E. Spicer, I. Lindau, P. Pianetta, Sansan Lin	1976	159
12	Fermi surface and electronic structure ofNd2−xCexCuO4−δ Physical Review Letters ·David M. King, Zhi‐Xun Shen, D. S. Dessau, B. O. Wells, W. E. Spicer, A. J. Arko, D. S. Marshall, J. DiCarlo, A. G. Loeser, C. H. Park, Edward Ratner, Jie Peng, Z. Y. Li, R. L. Greene	1993	151
13	Observation of a Saddle-Point Singularity inBi2(Sr0.97Pr0.03)2CuO6+δand Its Implications for Normal and Superconducting State Properties Physical Review Letters ·David M. King, Zhi‐Xun Shen, D. S. Dessau, D. S. Marshall, C. H. Park, W. E. Spicer, J. L. Peng, Z. Y. Li, R. L. Greene	1994	148
14	Photoelectron spectroscopic determination of the structure of (Cs,O) activated GaAs (110) surfaces Journal of Applied Physics ·Ching‐Yuan Su, W. E. Spicer, I. Lindau	1983	124
15	Surface extended-x-ray-absorption fine structure and scanning tunneling microscopy of Si(001)2×1-Sb Physical Review Letters ·M. Richter, J. C. Woicik, J. Nogami, P. Pianetta, K. E. Miyano, A. A. Baski, T. Kendelewicz, C. E. Bouldin, W. E. Spicer, C. F. Quate, I. Lindau	1990	123
16	Photoemission Studies of the Noble Metals. II. Gold Physical review. B, Solid state ·W. F. Krolikowski, W. E. Spicer	1970	115
17	Initial stage of thermal oxidation of the Si(111)-(7×7) surface Physical review. B, Condensed matter ·M. Tabe, T. T. Chiang, I. Lindau, W. E. Spicer	1986	110
18	Surface state band on GaAs (110) face Applied Physics Letters ·P. E. Gregory, W. E. Spicer, S. Çiraci, Walter A. Harrison	1974	108
19	Study of Aluminum Films. I. Optical Studies of Reflectance Drops and Surface Oscillations on Controlled-Roughness Films Physical review. B, Solid state ·John G. Endriz, W. E. Spicer	1971	106
20	Photoemission studies of high-temperature superconductors Surface Science Reports ·P. A. P. Lindberg, Zhi‐Xun Shen, W. E. Spicer, I. Lindau	1990	98

About W. E. Spicer

W. E. Spicer is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Condensed Matter Physics, having authored 216 papers that have together received 8.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques (60 papers), Semiconductor materials and devices (46 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (45 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (38 papers), Semiconductor materials and interfaces (34 papers), Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices (31 papers), Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials (30 papers) and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism (28 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Surfaces, Coatings and Films (1.9k citations), Condensed Matter Physics (2.7k citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (4.0k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.6k citations) and Materials Chemistry (2.8k citations). W. E. Spicer has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include I. Lindau, Zhi‐Xun Shen, D. S. Dessau, Roy Powell, P. Pianetta, D. M. Collins, B. O. Wells, David M. King, A. Kapitulnik and I. Lindau. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Physical Review Letters, Surface Science and Applied Physics Letters.

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

W. E. Spicer

Impact in

Papers in i

In The Last Decade

W. E. Spicer

W. E. Spicer's Hit Papers

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by W. E. Spicer

Fields of papers citing papers by W. E. Spicer

All Works

About W. E. Spicer

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Papers in