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Most cited papers in Condensed Matter Physics
What are the most cited papers in Condensed Matter Physics?
The most cited paper in Condensed Matter Physics is "Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set" (Georg Kresse, Jürgen Furthmüller, 1996), with 123,939 citations. Next come "Optimization by Simulated Annealing" (45,251) and "Particle mesh Ewald: An N ⋅log( N ) method for Ewald sums in large systems" (31,396).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 3,749 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set Georg Kresse, Jürgen Furthmüller · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Oct 1996 | 123,939 |
| 2 | Optimization by Simulated Annealing Scott Kirkpatrick, C. D. Gelatt, Mario P. Vecchi · Science | 13 May 1983 | 45,251 |
| 3 | Particle mesh Ewald: An N ⋅log( N ) method for Ewald sums in large systems Tom Darden, Darrin M. York, Lee G. Pedersen · The Journal of Chemical Physics | 15 Jun 1993 | 31,396 |
| 4 | Accurate and simple analytic representation of the electron-gas correlation energy John P. Perdew, Yue Wang · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Jun 1992 | 25,193 |
| 5 | Soft self-consistent pseudopotentials in a generalized eigenvalue formalism David Vanderbilt · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Apr 1990 | 23,211 |
| 6 | Accurate spin-dependent electron liquid correlation energies for local spin density calculations: a critical analysis S. H. Vosko, L. Wilk, Marwan Nusair · Canadian Journal of Physics | Aug 1980 | 20,860 |
| 7 | Colloquium : Topological insulators M. Zahid Hasan, C. L. Kane · Reviews of Modern Physics | 8 Nov 2010 | 20,174 |
| 8 | Canonical sampling through velocity rescaling Giovanni Bussi, Davide Donadio, Michele Parrinello · The Journal of Chemical Physics | 3 Jan 2007 | 19,040 |
| 9 | Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool Alexander Stukowski · Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering | 15 Dec 2009 | 16,794 |
| 10 | Efficient pseudopotentials for plane-wave calculations N. Troullier, José Luı́s Martins · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Jan 1991 | 16,228 |
| 11 | Topological insulators and superconductors Xiao-Liang Qi, Shou-Cheng Zhang · Reviews of Modern Physics | 14 Oct 2011 | 14,641 |
| 12 | Possible highT c superconductivity in the Ba?La?Cu?O system J. Georg Bednorz, K. Alex M�ller · The European Physical Journal B | Jun 1986 | 14,328 |
| 13 | Theory of Superconductivity J. Bardeen, Leon N. Cooper, J. R. Schrieffer · Physical Review | Dec 1957 | 13,231 |
| 14 | First-principles simulation: ideas, illustrations and the CASTEP code Matthew Segall, Philip J. D. Lindan, Matt I. J. Probert et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter | 8 Mar 2002 | 11,917 |
| 15 | Free Energy of a Nonuniform System. I. Interfacial Free Energy John W. Cahn, J. E. Hilliard · The Journal of Chemical Physics | Feb 1958 | 10,487 |
| 16 | Ordering, metastability and phase transitions in two-dimensional systems J. Michael Kosterlitz, D. J. Thouless · Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics | 12 Apr 1973 | 9,586 |
| 17 | SIR 97: a new tool for crystal structure determination and refinement Angela Altomare, Maria Cristina Burla, Mercedes Camalli et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography | Feb 1999 | 9,117 |
| 18 | Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices Yuan Cao, Valla Fatemi, Shiang Fang et al. · Nature | 5 Mar 2018 | 8,553 |
| 19 | Absence of Ferromagnetism or Antiferromagnetism in One- or Two-Dimensional Isotropic Heisenberg Models N. David Mermin, Hermann‐Josef Wagner · Physical Review Letters | 28 Nov 1966 | 8,374 |
| 20 | Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials Wilma Eerenstein, N. D. Mathur, James Floyd Scott · Nature | Aug 2006 | 8,024 |
| 21 | Density matrix formulation for quantum renormalization groups Steven R. White · Physical Review Letters | 9 Nov 1992 | 7,923 |
| 22 | Pattern formation outside of equilibrium M. C. Cross, Pierre C. Hohenberg · Reviews of Modern Physics | Jul 1993 | 7,918 |
| 23 | Iron-Based Layered Superconductor La[O 1- x F x ]FeAs ( x = 0.05−0.12) with T c = 26 K Yoichi Kamihara, Takumi Watanabe, Masahiro Hirano et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society | 23 Feb 2008 | 7,903 |
| 24 | High-precision sampling for Brillouin-zone integration in metals M. Methfessel, Anthony T. Paxton · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Aug 1989 | 7,879 |
| 25 | Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Q uantum ESPRESSO P Giannozzi et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter | 27 Sep 2017 | 7,842 |
| 26 | The Resonating Valence Bond State in La 2 CuO 4 and Superconductivity P. W. Anderson · Science | 6 Mar 1987 | 7,766 |
| 27 | Metal-insulator transitions Masatoshi Imada, Atsushi Fujimori, Yoshinori Tokura · Reviews of Modern Physics | Oct 1998 | 7,635 |
| 28 | Band theory and Mott insulators: Hubbard U instead of Stoner I Vladimir I. Anisimov, Jan Zaanen, O. K. Andersen · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Jul 1991 | 7,512 |
| 29 | Electronic properties of two-dimensional systems Tsuneya Ando, Alan B. Fowler, Frank B. Stern · Reviews of Modern Physics | Apr 1982 | 7,467 |
| 30 | Superconductivity at 93 K in a new mixed-phase Y-Ba-Cu-O compound system at ambient pressure Meiying Wu, J. R. Ashburn, C. J. Torng et al. · Physical Review Letters | 2 Mar 1987 | 7,158 |
| 31 | Quantized Hall Conductance in a Two-Dimensional Periodic Potential D. J. Thouless, Mahito Kohmoto, M. P. Nightingale et al. · Physical Review Letters | 9 Aug 1982 | 7,031 |
| 32 | Dynamical mean-field theory of strongly correlated fermion systems and the limit of infinite dimensions Antoine Georges, Gabriel Kotliar, Werner Krauth et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | 1996 | 7,005 |
| 33 | Theory of dynamic critical phenomena Pierre C. Hohenberg, Bertrand I. Halperin · Reviews of Modern Physics | Jul 1977 | 6,962 |
| 34 | Generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation hole of a many-electron system John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke, Yue Wang · Physical review. B, Condensed matter | 15 Dec 1996 | 6,900 |
| 35 | Current-driven excitation of magnetic multilayers John C. Slonczewski · Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | Jun 1996 | 6,837 |
| 36 | Interaction between the d -Shells in the Transition Metals. II. Ferromagnetic Compounds of Manganese with Perovskite Structure Clarence Zener · Physical Review | May 1951 | 6,740 |
| 37 | Introduction to Superconductivity M. Tinkham, Victor J. Emery · Physics Today | Oct 1996 | 6,682 |
| 38 | Superconductivity at 39 K in magnesium diboride Jun Nagamatsu, Norimasa Nakagawa, Takahiro Muranaka et al. · Nature | Mar 2001 | 6,487 |
| 39 | Model for a Quantum Hall Effect without Landau Levels: Condensed-Matter Realization of the "Parity Anomaly" F. D. M. Haldane · Physical Review Letters | 31 Oct 1988 | 6,393 |
| 40 | A thermodynamic theory of “weak” ferromagnetism of antiferromagnetics I. Dzyaloshinsky · Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 1958 | 6,337 |
| 41 | Nonphysical sampling distributions in Monte Carlo free-energy estimation: Umbrella sampling Glenn M. Torrie, John P. Valleau · Journal of Computational Physics | Feb 1977 | 6,323 |
| 42 | Vortices in high-temperature superconductors G. Blatter, Mikhail V. Feigel'man, V. B. Geshkenbeǐn et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics | Oct 1994 | 6,270 |
| 43 | Scaling Theory of Localization: Absence of Quantum Diffusion in Two Dimensions Elihu Abrahams, Philip Warren Anderson, Donald C. Licciardello et al. · Physical Review Letters | 5 Mar 1979 | 6,169 |
| 44 | Exactly Solved Models in Statistical Mechanics R. J. Baxter · Series on advances in statistical mechanics | May 1985 | 5,807 |
| 45 | Anomalous Quantum Hall Effect: An Incompressible Quantum Fluid with Fractionally Charged Excitations R. B. Laughlin · Physical Review Letters | 2 May 1983 | 5,799 |
| 46 | Design, fabrication and control of soft robots Daniela L. Rus, Michael Thomas Tolley · Nature | 26 May 2015 | 5,797 |
| 47 | Monte Carlo Statistical Methods Hoon Kim, Christian P. Robert, George Casella · Technometrics | Nov 2000 | 5,603 |
| 48 | Dynamical Model of Elementary Particles Based on an Analogy with Superconductivity. I Y. Nambu, Giovanni Jona-Lasinio · Physical Review | Apr 1961 | 5,550 |
| 49 | Dynamic Scaling of Growing Interfaces Mehran Kardar, Giorgio Parisi, Yi-Cheng Zhang · Physical Review Letters | 3 Mar 1986 | 5,494 |
| 50 | Nonequilibrium Equality for Free Energy Differences Christopher Jarzynski · Physical Review Letters | 7 Apr 1997 | 5,427 |
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