Berend Smit

72.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
433 papers, 52.1k citations indexed

About

Berend Smit is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Berend Smit has authored 433 papers receiving a total of 52.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 250 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 207 papers in Materials Chemistry and 123 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Berend Smit's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (153 papers), Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (118 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (96 papers). Berend Smit is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (153 papers), Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (118 papers) and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics (96 papers). Berend Smit collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Switzerland. Berend Smit's co-authors include Daan Frenkel, Jeffrey R. Long, Mark A. Ratner, Deanna M. D’Alessandro, Jan Tobochnik, Susan R. McKay, Wolfgang Christian, Theo L. M. Maesen, Maciej Harańczyk and Rajamani Krishna and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Berend Smit

429 papers receiving 51.1k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding Molecular S... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2001 1997 1997 2010 2019 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications
    2001 5.0k citations Berend Smit et al. profile →
  2. Understanding Molecular Simulation
    1997 4.4k citations Berend Smit et al. profile →
  3. Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications
    1997 4.0k citations Berend Smit et al. profile →
  4. Carbon Dioxide Capture: Prospects for New Materials
    2010 3.5k citations Berend Smit, Jeffrey R. Long et al. profile →
  5. Data-driven design of metal–organic frameworks for wet flue gas CO2 capture
    2019 662 citations Christopher P. Ireland, Seyed Mohamad Moosavi et al. profile →
  6. Molecular Simulations of Zeolites: Adsorption, Diffusion, and Shape Selectivity
    2008 659 citations Berend Smit et al. profile →
  7. In silico screening of carbon-capture materials
    2012 485 citations Li‐Chiang Lin, Jihan Kim et al. profile →
  8. Towards a molecular understanding of shape selectivity
    2008 478 citations Berend Smit et al. profile →
  9. Mapping of Functional Groups in Metal-Organic Frameworks
    2013 440 citations Jihan Kim, Berend Smit et al. profile →
  10. Understanding the diversity of the metal-organic framework ecosystem
    2020 426 citations Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Kevin Maik Jablonka et al. profile →
  11. The Role of Machine Learning in the Understanding and Design of Materials
    2020 299 citations Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Kevin Maik Jablonka et al. profile →
  12. Materials Cloud, a platform for open computational science
    2020 267 citations Berend Smit et al. profile →
  13. Leveraging large language models for predictive chemistry
    2024 190 citations Kevin Maik Jablonka, Philippe Schwaller et al. Nature Machine Intelligence profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Berend Smit 25.5k 21.3k 12.6k 11.5k 6.9k 433 52.1k
David S. Sholl 18.8k 0.7× 16.1k 0.8× 7.5k 0.6× 11.3k 1.0× 3.1k 0.5× 464 33.3k
C. N. R. Rao 53.9k 2.1× 11.1k 0.5× 10.8k 0.9× 2.6k 0.2× 5.5k 0.8× 1.5k 83.9k
Stephan Ehrlich 32.3k 1.3× 12.6k 0.6× 5.1k 0.4× 3.0k 0.3× 11.1k 1.6× 15 68.6k
Rutger A. van Santen 23.8k 0.9× 12.7k 0.6× 4.0k 0.3× 5.2k 0.4× 6.2k 0.9× 735 37.0k
Christof Wöll 24.1k 0.9× 12.0k 0.6× 7.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.2× 7.5k 1.1× 661 38.7k
Alexis T. Bell 32.5k 1.3× 11.4k 0.5× 8.1k 0.6× 7.9k 0.7× 4.1k 0.6× 748 64.3k
Jeffrey R. Long 55.6k 2.2× 56.6k 2.7× 5.5k 0.4× 16.5k 1.4× 2.0k 0.3× 466 89.3k
Jens Antony 23.4k 0.9× 8.4k 0.4× 3.7k 0.3× 2.1k 0.2× 7.9k 1.1× 32 48.2k
Jun Li 40.2k 1.6× 10.9k 0.5× 4.0k 0.3× 4.0k 0.3× 4.4k 0.6× 1.0k 64.5k
Dionisios G. Vlachos 15.4k 0.6× 5.1k 0.2× 12.8k 1.0× 8.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.2× 682 34.5k

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All Works

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Jin, Xin, Kevin Maik Jablonka, Elias Moubarak, Yutao Li, & Berend Smit. (2025). MOFChecker: a package for validating and correcting metal–organic framework (MOF) structures. Digital Discovery. 4(6). 1560–1569. 7 indexed citations
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Majumdar, Sauradeep, Xin Jin, Joren Van Herck, et al.. (2025). Exploring the chemical design space of metal–organic frameworks for photocatalysis. Chemical Science. 16(25). 11434–11446. 5 indexed citations
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Jablonka, Kevin Maik, Philippe Schwaller, Andres Ortega‐Guerrero, & Berend Smit. (2024). Leveraging large language models for predictive chemistry. Nature Machine Intelligence. 6(2). 161–169. 190 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Yutao, Xin Jin, Elias Moubarak, & Berend Smit. (2024). A Refined Set of Universal Force Field Parameters for Some Metal Nodes in Metal–Organic Frameworks. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 20(23). 10540–10552. 5 indexed citations
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García, Susana & Berend Smit. (2023). How to Decarbonize Our Energy Systems: Process‐Informed Design of New Materials for Carbon Capture. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. 95(3). 309–314. 3 indexed citations
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Jablonka, Kevin Maik, Charithea Charalambous, Eva Sánchez Fernández, et al.. (2023). Machine learning for industrial processes: Forecasting amine emissions from a carbon capture plant. Science Advances. 9(1). eadc9576–eadc9576. 25 indexed citations
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Kang, Yeonghun, Hyunsoo Park, Berend Smit, & Jihan Kim. (2023). A multi-modal pre-training transformer for universal transfer learning in metal–organic frameworks. Nature Machine Intelligence. 5(3). 309–318. 118 indexed citations
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Moubarak, Elias, Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Charithea Charalambous, Susana García, & Berend Smit. (2023). A Robust Framework for Generating Adsorption Isotherms to Screen Materials for Carbon Capture. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 62(26). 10252–10265. 10 indexed citations
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Lund, Alicia, G. V. Manohara, Ah‐Young Song, et al.. (2022). Characterization of Chemisorbed Species and Active Adsorption Sites in Mg–Al Mixed Metal Oxides for High-Temperature CO2 Capture. Chemistry of Materials. 34(9). 3893–3901. 23 indexed citations
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Young, John, et al.. (2022). Process-informed adsorbent design guidelines for direct air capture. Chemical Engineering Journal. 456. 141035–141035. 46 indexed citations
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Capano, Gloria, Francesco Ambrosio, Stavroula Kampouri, et al.. (2020). On the Electronic and Optical Properties of Metal–Organic Frameworks: Case Study of MIL-125 and MIL-125-NH 2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(7). 4065–4072. 64 indexed citations
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Jablonka, Kevin Maik, Seyed Mohamad Moosavi, Mehrdad Asgari, et al.. (2020). A data-driven perspective on the colours of metal–organic frameworks. Chemical Science. 12(10). 3587–3598. 18 indexed citations
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Witman, Matthew, Dogan Gidon, David B. Graves, Berend Smit, & Ali Mesbah. (2019). Sim-to-real transfer reinforcement learning for control of thermal effects of an atmospheric pressure plasma jet. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 28(9). 95019–95019. 35 indexed citations
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Sutanto, Albertus Adrian, Valentin I. E. Queloz, Inés García‐Benito, et al.. (2019). Pushing the limit of Cs incorporation into FAPbBr3 perovskite to enhance solar cells performances. APL Materials. 7(4). 35 indexed citations
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Xu, Jun, Yifei Michelle Liu, Andrew Lipton, et al.. (2019). Amine Dynamics in Diamine-Appended Mg2(dobpdc) Metal–Organic Frameworks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 10(22). 7044–7049. 21 indexed citations
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Liu, Yifei Michelle, Céline Merlet, & Berend Smit. (2019). Carbons with Regular Pore Geometry Yield Fundamental Insights into Supercapacitor Charge Storage. ACS Central Science. 5(11). 1813–1823. 57 indexed citations
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Vlaisavljevich, Bess, Johanna M. Huck, Z. Hulvey, et al.. (2017). Performance of van der Waals Corrected Functionals for Guest Adsorption in the M2(dobdc) Metal–Organic Frameworks. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121(21). 4139–4151. 54 indexed citations
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Janda, Amber, Bess Vlaisavljevich, Berend Smit, Li‐Chiang Lin, & Alexis T. Bell. (2016). Effects of Pore and Cage Topology on the Thermodynamics of n-Alkane Adsorption at Brønsted Protons in Zeolites at High Temperature. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(3). 1618–1638. 20 indexed citations

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