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Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple 1981 2026 1996 2011 168.4k
  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple (1996)
    John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Physical Review Letters
  2. Accurate and simple analytic representation of the electron-gas correlation energy (1992)
    John P. Perdew, Yue Wang Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  3. Atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces: Applications of the generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation (1992)
    John P. Perdew, J. A. Chevary et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  4. Self-interaction correction to density-functional approximations for many-electron systems (1981)
    John P. Perdew, Alex Zunger Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  5. Density-functional approximation for the correlation energy of the inhomogeneous electron gas (1986)
    John P. Perdew Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  6. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3865 (1996)] (1997)
    John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Physical Review Letters
  7. Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces (2008)
    John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. Physical Review Letters
  8. Climbing the Density Functional Ladder: Nonempirical Meta–Generalized Gradient Approximation Designed for Molecules and Solids (2003)
    Jianmin Tao, John P. Perdew et al. Physical Review Letters
  9. Generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation hole of a many-electron system (1996)
    John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  10. Rationale for mixing exact exchange with density functional approximations (1996)
    John P. Perdew, Matthias Ernzerhof et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics
  11. Accurate and simple density functional for the electronic exchange energy: Generalized gradient approximation (1986)
    John P. Perdew, Yue Wang Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  12. Strongly Constrained and Appropriately Normed Semilocal Density Functional (2015)
    Jianwei Sun, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. Physical Review Letters
  13. Density-Functional Theory for Fractional Particle Number: Derivative Discontinuities of the Energy (1982)
    John P. Perdew, Robert G. Parr et al. Physical Review Letters
  14. Comparative assessment of a new nonempirical density functional: Molecules and hydrogen-bonded complexes (2003)
    Viktor N. Staroverov, Gustavo E. Scuseria et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics
  15. Physical Content of the Exact Kohn-Sham Orbital Energies: Band Gaps and Derivative Discontinuities (1983)
    John P. Perdew, Mel Levy Physical Review Letters
  16. Correlation hole of the spin-polarized electron gas, with exact small-wave-vector and high-density scaling (1991)
    Yue Wang, John P. Perdew Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  17. Jacob’s ladder of density functional approximations for the exchange-correlation energy (2001)
    John P. Perdew AIP conference proceedings
  18. Pair-distribution function and its coupling-constant average for the spin-polarized electron gas (1992)
    John P. Perdew, Yue Wang Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  19. Assessing the performance of recent density functionals for bulk solids (2009)
    Gábor I. Csonka, John P. Perdew et al. Physical Review B
  20. Exchange-correlation energy of a metallic surface: Wave-vector analysis (1977)
    David C. Langreth, John P. Perdew Physical review. B, Solid state
  21. Accurate first-principles structures and energies of diversely bonded systems from an efficient density functional (2016)
    Jianwei Sun, Richard C. Remsing et al. Nature Chemistry
  22. Hellmann-Feynman, virial, and scaling requisites for the exact universal density functionals. Shape of the correlation potential and diamagnetic susceptibility for atoms (1985)
    Mel Levy, John P. Perdew Physical review. A, General physics
  23. Density functional theory is straying from the path toward the exact functional (2017)
    Michael G. Medvedev, Иван С. Бушмаринов et al. Science
  24. The exchange-correlation energy of a metallic surface (1975)
    David C. Langreth, John P. Perdew Solid State Communications
  25. Density functional theory and the band gap problem (2009)
    John P. Perdew International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
  26. Prescription for the design and selection of density functional approximations: More constraint satisfaction with fewer fits (2005)
    John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics
  27. Accurate and Numerically Efficient r2SCAN Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation (2020)
    James W. Furness, Aaron D. Kaplan et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  28. Accurate Density Functional with Correct Formal Properties: A Step Beyond the Generalized Gradient Approximation (1999)
    John P. Perdew, Stefan Kurth et al. Physical Review Letters
  29. Exact differential equation for the density and ionization energy of a many-particle system (1984)
    Mel Levy, John P. Perdew et al. Physical review. A, General physics
  30. Tests of functionals for systems with fractional electron number (2007)
    Oleg A. Vydrov, Gustavo E. Scuseria et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics
  31. Molecular and solid-state tests of density functional approximations: LSD, GGAs, and meta-GGAs (1999)
    Stefan Kurth, John P. Perdew et al. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
  32. The performance of semilocal and hybrid density functionals in 3d transition-metal chemistry (2006)
    Filipp Furche, John P. Perdew The Journal of Chemical Physics
  33. Workhorse Semilocal Density Functional for Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Chemistry (2009)
    John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. Physical Review Letters
  34. Theory of nonuniform electronic systems. I. Analysis of the gradient approximation and a generalization that works (1980)
    David C. Langreth, John P. Perdew Physical review. B, Condensed matter
  35. Generalized gradient approximation to the angle- and system-averaged exchange hole (1998)
    Matthias Ernzerhof, John P. Perdew The Journal of Chemical Physics
  36. Versatile van der Waals Density Functional Based on a Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation (2016)
    Haowei Peng, Zeng-hui Yang et al. Physical Review X
  37. Understanding band gaps of solids in generalized Kohn–Sham theory (2017)
    John P. Perdew, Weitao Yang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  38. Ab initio theory and modeling of water (2017)
    Mohan Chen, Hsin-Yu Ko et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John P. Perdew 94040 196200 31917 87217 330 325.5k
Georg Kresse 68488 239236 35055 108818 379 337.2k
Kieron Burke 48252 137013 20789 64772 176 211.7k
Matthias Ernzerhof 44680 139663 20068 66755 92 210.1k
J. Furthmüller 32403 120054 18691 58034 180 170.3k
Stefan Grimme 36991 68730 2200 30885 810 165.8k
Axel D. Becke 56136 60849 3293 24153 92 186.1k
William A. Goddard 25191 57916 2590 28731 1.6k 136.9k
Jens K. Nørskov 21769 105609 2218 75483 671 201.9k
Peidong Yang 12165 87235 4946 56390 485 130.2k
A. K. Geǐm 61264 192433 6653 83107 325 240.3k

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