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Top Materials Science Researchers

J. Häfner ranks first, out of 5,662 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 J. Häfner Austria · #81 worldwide 11k citations · 132 works
  2. 2 David Vanderbilt United States · #102 worldwide 7.3k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria · #163 worldwide 24k citations · 113 works
  4. 4 Henry J. Snaith United Kingdom · #217 worldwide 6.6k citations · 125 works
  5. 5 Moungi G. Bawendi United States · #653 worldwide 4.1k citations · 131 works
  6. 6 Rodney S. Ruoff United States · #685 worldwide 5.5k citations · 134 works
  7. 7 Hongjie Dai United States · #840 worldwide 5.8k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Marc A. Meyers United States · #1,008 worldwide 3.2k citations · 128 works
  9. 9 Jean‐Marie Tarascon France · #1,069 worldwide 4.9k citations · 166 works
  10. 10 Fujio Izumi Japan · #1,117 worldwide 5.8k citations · 88 works
  11. 11 Anders Hagfeldt Sweden · #1,363 worldwide 4.6k citations · 126 works
  12. 12 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland · #1,491 worldwide 13k citations · 436 works
  13. 13 David J. Singh United States · #1,553 worldwide 5.1k citations · 208 works
  14. 14 A.G. Evans United States · #1,647 worldwide 3.2k citations · 161 works
  15. 15 Andrea C. Ferrari United Kingdom · #1,795 worldwide 3.2k citations · 101 works
  16. 16 Bruce Dunn United States · #1,913 worldwide 4.1k citations · 117 works
  17. 17 A. Paul Alivisatos United States · #2,072 worldwide 3.2k citations · 126 works
  18. 18 Yi Cui United States · #2,076 worldwide 5k citations · 138 works
  19. 19 Julian D. Gale Australia · #2,323 worldwide 3.1k citations · 85 works
  20. 20 Liming Dai United States · #2,364 worldwide 4.2k citations · 144 works
  21. 21 Judith A. K. Howard United Kingdom · #2,575 worldwide 5.5k citations · 294 works
  22. 22 Philip Kim United States · #2,626 worldwide 3.5k citations · 170 works
  23. 23 Chad A. Mirkin United States · #2,755 worldwide 4.6k citations · 236 works
  24. 24 B. Delley Switzerland · #2,845 worldwide 2.6k citations · 86 works
  25. 25 Omar K. Farha United States · #2,847 worldwide 3.2k citations · 125 works
  26. 26 D. P. Norton United States · #2,984 worldwide 2.1k citations · 137 works
  27. 27 L. Schlapbach Switzerland · #3,011 worldwide 2.2k citations · 88 works
  28. 28 Alain Dufresne France · #3,187 worldwide 2.2k citations · 140 works
  29. 29 M. Cardona Germany · #3,526 worldwide 4.1k citations · 282 works
  30. 30 Tony F. Heinz United States · #3,541 worldwide 2.6k citations · 143 works
  31. 31 Younan Xia United States · #3,548 worldwide 3.7k citations · 178 works
  32. 32 Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi Austria · #3,609 worldwide 3.8k citations · 169 works
  33. 33 Eric A. Stach United States · #3,718 worldwide 2.6k citations · 113 works
  34. 34 K. Lu China · #3,811 worldwide 2k citations · 88 works
  35. 35 Roberto Car United States · #3,836 worldwide 3k citations · 151 works
  36. 36 Alexander A. Balandin United States · #3,845 worldwide 3.8k citations · 194 works
  37. 37 Martin A. Green Australia · #4,037 worldwide 3.4k citations · 259 works
  38. 38 David J. Hagan United States · #4,055 worldwide 2.1k citations · 133 works
  39. 39 Alex Zunger United States · #4,092 worldwide 4.7k citations · 278 works
  40. 40 Peter Blaha Austria · #4,113 worldwide 2.3k citations · 100 works
  41. 41 Joseph T. Hupp United States · #4,174 worldwide 3.1k citations · 135 works
  42. 42 Rongchao Jin United States · #4,225 worldwide 2.3k citations · 66 works
  43. 43 M. I. Baskes United States · #4,257 worldwide 2.2k citations · 70 works
  44. 44 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States · #4,573 worldwide 4.4k citations · 264 works
  45. 45 K.H.J. Buschow Netherlands · #4,754 worldwide 1.3k citations · 77 works
  46. 46 John B. Goodenough United States · #4,875 worldwide 6.2k citations · 309 works
  47. 47 Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero United States · #5,033 worldwide 2.1k citations · 91 works
  48. 48 Phaedon Avouris United States · #5,549 worldwide 2.6k citations · 156 works
  49. 49 Taeghwan Hyeon South Korea · #5,712 worldwide 2.6k citations · 121 works
  50. 50 Marvin L. Cohen United States · #5,815 worldwide 4.7k citations · 291 works
  51. 51 Efthimios Kaxiras United States · #6,159 worldwide 3.2k citations · 174 works
  52. 52 Jacky W. Y. Lam Hong Kong · #6,351 worldwide 3.4k citations · 216 works
  53. 53 Eric W. Van Stryland United States · #6,374 worldwide 2.2k citations · 154 works
  54. 54 Fred Wudl United States · #6,737 worldwide 2.9k citations · 163 works
  55. 55 Yuntian Zhu United States · #6,815 worldwide 2.3k citations · 140 works
  56. 56 William L. Johnson United States · #6,945 worldwide 2.2k citations · 179 works
  57. 57 Jiaguo Yu China · #7,073 worldwide 4.2k citations · 160 works
  58. 58 Shuji Nakamura United States · #7,138 worldwide 3k citations · 250 works
  59. 59 Peidong Yang United States · #7,429 worldwide 2.3k citations · 110 works
  60. 60 Chris G. Van de Walle United States · #7,451 worldwide 3.1k citations · 171 works
  61. 61 Jing Kong United States · #7,485 worldwide 2.4k citations · 126 works
  62. 62 M.A. Quraishi India · #7,630 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
  63. 63 David B. Mitzi United States · #7,638 worldwide 1.9k citations · 69 works
  64. 64 G. Shirane United States · #7,928 worldwide 2.9k citations · 193 works
  65. 65 Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin Switzerland · #8,163 worldwide 3.5k citations · 186 works
  66. 66 Jeffrey R. Long United States · #8,206 worldwide 2.4k citations · 100 works
  67. 67 Robert O. Ritchie United States · #8,330 worldwide 2.5k citations · 177 works
  68. 68 L. E. Cross United States · #8,426 worldwide 2.4k citations · 176 works
  69. 69 Nobuhiro Tsuji Japan · #8,462 worldwide 2.3k citations · 172 works
  70. 70 E. Ma United States · #8,545 worldwide 1.5k citations · 92 works
  71. 71 Guangming Zeng China · #8,556 worldwide 5.6k citations · 251 works
  72. 72 Zhong Lin Wang United States · #8,619 worldwide 11k citations · 628 works
  73. 73 Stefan A. Maier United Kingdom · #8,768 worldwide 2.5k citations · 209 works
  74. 74 Ian A. Kinloch United Kingdom · #8,841 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
  75. 75 Murali Sastry India · #8,902 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
  76. 76 Kian Ping Loh Singapore · #8,952 worldwide 2.7k citations · 123 works
  77. 77 Edward H. Sargent Canada · #9,070 worldwide 3.6k citations · 193 works
  78. 78 Kyeongjae Cho United States · #9,193 worldwide 2k citations · 96 works
  79. 79 M. A. Pimenta Brazil · #9,331 worldwide 1.8k citations · 71 works
  80. 80 A. Matthews United Kingdom · #9,380 worldwide 1.6k citations · 115 works
  81. 81 H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia United Kingdom · #9,406 worldwide 1.4k citations · 161 works
  82. 82 Luis M. Liz‐Marzán Spain · #9,638 worldwide 2.2k citations · 139 works
  83. 83 John J. Jonas Canada · #9,722 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  84. 84 Mingwei Chen Japan · #9,727 worldwide 2.2k citations · 107 works
  85. 85 Kristin A. Persson United States · #9,806 worldwide 2.3k citations · 128 works
  86. 86 V. K. Pecharsky United States · #9,915 worldwide 2.3k citations · 158 works
  87. 87 Harald Ade United States · #9,963 worldwide 1.8k citations · 152 works
  88. 88 Prashant V. Kamat United States · #10,125 worldwide 2.3k citations · 168 works
  89. 89 E. J. Melé United States · #10,167 worldwide 1.9k citations · 88 works
  90. 90 G. Ertl Germany · #10,198 worldwide 3.1k citations · 189 works
  91. 91 Horst Weller Germany · #10,202 worldwide 1.8k citations · 73 works
  92. 92 Yury Gogotsi United States · #10,271 worldwide 5.1k citations · 255 works
  93. 93 Alan G. MacDiarmid United States · #10,303 worldwide 2.1k citations · 136 works
  94. 94 Nicolas Sbirrazzuoli France · #10,544 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  95. 95 Jonathan N. Coleman Ireland · #10,617 worldwide 1.8k citations · 82 works
  96. 96 Daan Frenkel Netherlands · #10,641 worldwide 1.8k citations · 127 works
  97. 97 Adi Eisenberg Canada · #10,661 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works
  98. 98 Roberta Sessoli Italy · #11,292 worldwide 1.5k citations · 108 works
  99. 99 J. J. Rehr United States · #11,344 worldwide 1.9k citations · 140 works
  100. 100 Shyue Ping Ong United States · #11,363 worldwide 1.9k citations · 118 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Materials Science, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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