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Most cited papers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Oak Ridge National Laboratory is "An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments" (W. C. Oliver, George M. Pharr, 1992), with 27,030 citations. Next come "The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital" (22,491) and "A new hybrid exchange–correlation functional using the Coulomb-attenuating method (CAM-B3LYP)" (15,226).

Showing 50 of 56 papers. Every paper with more than 2,489 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 An improved technique for determining hardness and elastic modulus using load and displacement sensing indentation experiments W. C. Oliver, George M. Pharr · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources Jun 1992 27,030
2 The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital Robert Costanza, Ralph C. d’Arge, R.S. de Groot et al. · Nature May 1997 22,491
3 A new hybrid exchange–correlation functional using the Coulomb-attenuating method (CAM-B3LYP) Takeshi Yanai, David P. Tew, Nicholas Charles Handy · Chemical Physics Letters Jul 2004 15,226
4 Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification Doug Hyatt, Gwo-Liang Chen, Philip F. LoCascio et al. · BMC Bioinformatics Open access 8 Mar 2010 13,697
5 Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome Curtis Huttenhower et al. · Nature Open access248 authors Jun 2012 12,195
6 Measurement of hardness and elastic modulus by instrumented indentation: Advances in understanding and refinements to methodology W. C. Oliver, George M. Pharr · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 2004 8,017
7 GROMACS 4.5: a high-throughput and highly parallel open source molecular simulation toolkit Sander Pronk, Szilárd Páll, Roland Schulz et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 13 Feb 2013 7,730
8 Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx Botao Qiao, Aiqin Wang, Xiaofeng Yang et al. · Nature Chemistry 21 Jul 2011 7,507
9 Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor Frank Arute et al. · Nature Open access 23 Oct 2019 7,216
10 The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment Richard H. Moss, Jae Edmonds, Kathy A. Hibbard et al. · Nature Feb 2010 6,734
11 BoltzTraP. A code for calculating band-structure dependent quantities Georg K. H. Madsen, David Joseph Singh · Computer Physics Communications Open access 5 May 2006 6,213
12 Layer-dependent ferromagnetism in a van der Waals crystal down to the monolayer limit Bevin Huang, Genevieve Clark, Efrén Navarro‐Moratalla et al. · Nature Open access 6 Jun 2017 6,041
13 NWChem: A comprehensive and scalable open-source solution for large scale molecular simulations Marat Valiev, Eric J. Bylaska, Niranjan Govind et al. · Computer Physics Communications 17 May 2010 5,889
14 A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications Bernd Gludovatz, Anton Hohenwarter, D. Catoor et al. · Science 4 Sep 2014 5,773
15 Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, United States, 2014 Jon Baio et al. · MMWR Surveillance Summaries Open access 26 Apr 2018 5,556
16 Berry phase effects on electronic properties Di Xiao, Ming-Che Chang, Qian Niu · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 6 Jul 2010 5,351
17 Coupled Spin and Valley Physics in Monolayers of MoS 2 and Other Group-VI Dichalcogenides Di Xiao, Gui‐Bin Liu, Wanxiang Feng et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 7 May 2012 5,168
18 High-entropy alloys Easo P. George, Dierk Raabe, Robert O. Ritchie · Nature Reviews Materials Review 18 Jun 2019 5,011
19 Luminescent Carbon Nanodots: Emergent Nanolights Sheila N. Baker, Gary A. Baker · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 4 Aug 2010 4,933
20 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges Michel Loreau, Shahid Naeem, Pablo Inchausti et al. · Science 26 Oct 2001 4,673
21 The Genome of Black Cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray) Gerald A. Tuskan et al. · Science Open access110 authors 15 Sep 2006 4,498
22 Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery Arthur J. Ragauskas, Gregg T. Beckham, Mary J. Biddy et al. · Science 15 May 2014 4,170
23 Factorial Sampling Plans for Preliminary Computational Experiments Max D. Morris · Technometrics May 1991 4,133
24 FLUXNET: A New Tool to Study the Temporal and Spatial Variability of Ecosystem–Scale Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, and Energy Flux Densities Dennis Baldocchi et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access Nov 2001 4,004
25 High-Performance Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Derived from Polyaniline, Iron, and Cobalt Gang Wu, Karren L. More, Christina Johnston et al. · Science 21 Apr 2011 3,983
26 Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback Edward A. G. Schuur, Anthony David McGuire, Christina Schädel et al. · Nature Open access Apr 2015 3,927
27 Generalized Cross-Validation as a Method for Choosing a Good Ridge Parameter Gene Howard Golub, Michael T. Heath, Grace Wahba · Technometrics May 1979 3,822
28 Valley polarization in MoS2 monolayers by optical pumping Hualing Zeng, Junfeng Dai, Wang Yao et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Open access 17 Jun 2012 3,718
29 The influences of temperature and microstructure on the tensile properties of a CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy Frederik Otto, Antonin Dlouhý, Christoph Somsen et al. · Acta Materialia 28 Jun 2013 3,386
30 Quantum Theory of Solids Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Louis D. Roberts · Physics Today May 1956 3,328
31 The Community Climate System Model Version 4 Peter R. Gent, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Leo J. Donner et al. · Journal of Climate 5 May 2011 3,326
32 Discovery of a Weyl fermion semimetal and topological Fermi arcs Su-Yang Xu et al. · Science Open access 16 Jul 2015 3,296
33 Plasma Losses by Fast Electrons in Thin Films R. H. Ritchie · Physical Review Jun 1957 3,106
34 Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX Collaboration K. Adcox et al. · Nuclear Physics A Open access510 authors 5 Jul 2005 3,069
35 Landscape Ecology: The Effect of Pattern on Process Monica G. Turner · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics Nov 1989 3,044
36 Lattice-strain control of the activity in dealloyed core–shell fuel cell catalysts Peter Strasser, Shirlaine Koh, Toyli Anniyev et al. · Nature Chemistry 25 Apr 2010 2,985
37 Carbon Materials for Chemical Capacitive Energy Storage Yunpu Zhai, Yuqian Dou, Dongyuan Zhao et al. · Advanced Materials 26 Sep 2011 2,965
38 ENDF/B-VII.1 Nuclear Data for Science and Technology: Cross Sections, Covariances, Fission Product Yields and Decay Data M. B. Chadwick et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets Dec 2011 2,883
39 Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea Robert M. Bowers et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access Aug 2017 2,869
40 The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research James Wilson Hurrell et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 15 Jul 2013 2,856
41 A precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties Junyang He, Hui Wang, Hailong Huang et al. · Acta Materialia Open access 29 Sep 2015 2,856
42 Cbfa1, a Candidate Gene for Cleidocranial Dysplasia Syndrome, Is Essential for Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Development Florian Otto, Anders Thornell, Tessa Crompton et al. · Cell Open access May 1997 2,834
43 A framework for human microbiome research Barbara A. Methé et al. · Nature Open access248 authors Jun 2012 2,794
44 Greening of the Earth and its drivers Zaichun Zhu et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 22 Apr 2016 2,790
45 Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces Chen Chen, Yijin Kang, Ziyang Huo et al. · Science 28 Feb 2014 2,777
46 TRY – a global database of plant traits Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access135 authors 26 Apr 2011 2,699
47 Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene Ganesh R. Bhimanapati et al. · ACS Nano Open access 6 Nov 2015 2,692
48 Multilevel converters-a new breed of power converters Jih‐Sheng Lai, Fang Zheng Peng Conference paperOpen access 19 Nov 2002 2,671
49 Materials challenges in nuclear energy Steven John Zinkle, Gary S. Was · Acta Materialia 18 Jan 2013 2,657
50 Disruption of a new forkhead/winged-helix protein, scurfin, results in the fatal lymphoproliferative disorder of the scurfy mouse Mary E. Brunkow, Eric W. Jeffery, Kathryn A. Hjerrild et al. · Nature Genetics 2001 2,636

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