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Most cited papers in Materials Chemistry

What are the most cited papers in Materials Chemistry?

The most cited paper in Materials Chemistry is "A short history of SHELX" (George M. Sheldrick, 2007), with 87,903 citations. Next come "From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method" (85,965) and "VMD: Visual molecular dynamics" (68,537).

Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 11,217 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 A short history of SHELX George M. Sheldrick · Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography Open access 21 Dec 2007 87,903
2 From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method Georg Kresse, Daniel P. Joubert · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Jan 1999 85,965
3 VMD: Visual molecular dynamics William F Humphrey Jr, Andrew Dalke, Klaus J. Schulten · Journal of Molecular Graphics Feb 1996 68,537
4 Electric Field Effect in Atomically Thin Carbon Films Kostya S. Novoselov, Andre K. Geim, С. В. Морозов et al. · Science Open access 21 Oct 2004 66,991
5 UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis Eric F. Pettersen, Thomas D. Goddard, Conrad C. Huang et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry Jul 2004 48,801
6 Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold John Jumper et al. · Nature Open access 15 Jul 2021 47,486
7 Crystal structure refinement with SHELXL George M. Sheldrick · Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry Open access 30 Dec 2014 43,688
8 Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon Sumio Iijima · Nature Nov 1991 43,125
9 The Protein Data Bank Helen Miriam Berman · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 2000 40,564
10 The rise of graphene Andre K. Geim, Kostya S. Novoselov · Nature Materials Mar 2007 39,928
11 AutoDock Vina: Improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization, and multithreading Oleg Trott, Arthur J. Olson · Journal of Computational Chemistry Open access 4 Jun 2009 38,730
12 OLEX2 : a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program Oleg V. Dolomanov, Luc J. Bourhis, Richard J. Gildea et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography 23 Jan 2009 32,557
13 Gaussian basis sets for use in correlated molecular calculations. I. The atoms boron through neon and hydrogen Thom H. Dunning · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Jan 1989 32,090
14 Coot : model-building tools for molecular graphics Paul Emsley, Kevin D. Cowtan · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography Open access 26 Nov 2004 31,846
15 Balanced basis sets of split valence, triple zeta valence and quadruple zeta valence quality for H to Rn: Design and assessment of accuracy Florian Weigend, Reinhart Ahlrichs · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2005 31,196
16 The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two new functionals and systematic testing of four M06-class functionals and 12 other functionals Yan Zhao, Donald G. Truhlar · Theoretical Chemistry Accounts Open access 12 Jul 2007 30,648
17 Features and development of Coot Paul Emsley, Bernhard Lohkamp, William G. Scott et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography Open access 23 Mar 2010 30,245
18 SHELXT – Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination George M. Sheldrick · Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances Open access 23 Dec 2014 29,598
19 A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films Brian C. O’Regan, Michaël Grätzel · Nature Open access Oct 1991 28,576
20 VESTA 3 for three-dimensional visualization of crystal, volumetric and morphology data Koichi Momma, Fujio Izumi · Journal of Applied Crystallography 28 Oct 2011 26,132
21 THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Edward S. Reynolds · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Apr 1963 25,107
22 The electronic properties of graphene Antonio H. Castro Neto, Francisco Javier Esteban Guinea, Nuno M. R. Peres et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 14 Jan 2009 24,968
23 PHENIX : a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution Paul D. Adams, Pavel V. Afonine, G. Bunkóczi et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography Open access 21 Jan 2010 24,924
24 Array programming with NumPy Charles R. Harris et al. · Nature Open access 16 Sep 2020 23,885
25 A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein Jack Kyte, Russell F. Doolittle · Journal of Molecular Biology May 1982 23,233
26 Organometal Halide Perovskites as Visible-Light Sensitizers for Photovoltaic Cells Akihiro Kojima, Kenjiro Teshima, Yasuo Shirai et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 14 Apr 2009 23,141
27 Atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces: Applications of the generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation John P. Perdew, J. A. Chevary, S. H. Vosko et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Sep 1992 22,339
28 Two-dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene Kostya S. Novoselov, Andre K. Geim, С. В. Морозов et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2005 21,624
29 Phaser crystallographic software Airlie J. McCoy, Ralf W. Grosse‐Kunstleve, Paul D. Adams et al. · Journal of Applied Crystallography Open access 13 Jul 2007 21,198
30 Measurement of the Elastic Properties and Intrinsic Strength of Monolayer Graphene Changgu Lee, Xiaoding Wei, Jeffrey W. Kysar et al. · Science 17 Jul 2008 20,935
31 Polymorphic transitions in single crystals: A new molecular dynamics method Michele Parrinello, Ananda Fathur Rahman · Journal of Applied Physics Dec 1981 20,747
32 The Reliability of Molecular Weight Determinations by Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis Karolin Weber, Mary Osborn · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Aug 1969 20,350
33 Colloquium : Topological insulators M. Zahid Hasan, C. L. Kane · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 8 Nov 2010 20,174
34 ORTEP-3 for Windows - a version ofORTEP-III with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) Louis J. Farrugia · Journal of Applied Crystallography Oct 1997 19,952
35 Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential Jochen Heyd, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Matthias Ernzerhof · The Journal of Chemical Physics 25 Apr 2003 19,740
36 WinGX suite for small-molecule single-crystal crystallography Louis J. Farrugia · Journal of Applied Crystallography Aug 1999 18,916
37 Experimental and computational approaches to estimate solubility and permeability in drug discovery and development settings 1PII of original article: S0169-409X(96)00423-1. The article was originally published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 23 (1997) 3–25. 1 Christopher A. Lipinski, Franco Lombardo, Beryl W. Dominy et al. · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Review Mar 2001 18,154
38 Scalable molecular dynamics with NAMD James Christopher Phillips, Rosemary Braun, Wei Wang et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry Open access 12 Oct 2005 17,545
39 XDS Wolfgang Kabsch · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography Open access 21 Jan 2010 17,173
40 The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks Hiroyasu Furukawa, Kyle E. Cordova, Michael O'Keeffe et al. · Science 29 Aug 2013 17,052
41 Visualization and analysis of atomistic simulation data with OVITO–the Open Visualization Tool Alexander Stukowski · Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering Open access 15 Dec 2009 16,794
42 Elements of X-Ray Diffraction B. D. Cullity, John W. Weymouth · American Journal of Physics Sep 1957 16,537
43 Electronics and optoelectronics of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides Qing Hua Wang, Kourosh Kalantar‐Zadeh, András Kis et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Open access Nov 2012 16,413
44 Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism Charles T. Kresge, Michael E. Leonowicz, Wiesław J. Roth et al. · Nature Oct 1992 16,257
45 Efficient pseudopotentials for plane-wave calculations N. Troullier, José Luı́s Martins · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Jan 1991 16,228
46 GROMACS 4: Algorithms for Highly Efficient, Load-Balanced, and Scalable Molecular Simulation Berk Hess, Carsten Kutzner, David van der Spoel et al. · Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation Open access 2 Feb 2008 16,214
47 C60: Buckminsterfullerene Harold Walter Kroto, J. R. Heath, Sean C. O’Brien et al. · Nature Nov 1985 16,047
48 Dictionary of protein secondary structure: Pattern recognition of hydrogen‐bonded and geometrical features Wolfgang Kabsch, Christian Sander · Biopolymers Open access Dec 1983 15,893
49 Crystallography & NMR System: A New Software Suite for Macromolecular Structure Determination Axel T. Brünger, Paul D. Adams, G. Marius Clore et al. · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography Sep 1998 15,809
50 Interpretation of Raman spectra of disordered and amorphous carbon Andrea Carlo Ferrari, John D. Robertson · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 May 2000 15,691

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