Biswajit Santra

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Biswajit Santra is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Biswajit Santra has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Biswajit Santra's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (15 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (15 papers). Biswajit Santra is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers), Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (15 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (15 papers). Biswajit Santra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Biswajit Santra's co-authors include Angelos Michaelides, Matthias Scheffler, Roberto Car, Xifan Wu, Robert A. DiStasio, Alexandre Tkatchenko, Hsin-Yu Ko, Javier Carrasco, Mohan Chen and Wei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Biswajit Santra

25 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ab initio theory and modeling of water

2017 321 citations Mohan Chen, Hsin-Yu Ko et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Biswajit Santra United States	18	1.5k	1.0k	344	342	291	25	2.4k
Matteo Cavalleri United States	17	1.5k 1.0×	666 0.7×	147 0.4×	320 0.9×	406 1.4×	32	2.4k
J. Daniel Gezelter United States	22	775 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	211 0.6×	416 1.2×	223 0.8×	53	2.2k
Christophe Nicolas France	30	1.3k 0.9×	474 0.5×	205 0.6×	329 1.0×	748 2.6×	124	2.4k
Imre Bakó Hungary	32	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	206 0.6×	516 1.5×	561 1.9×	115	3.4k
Kjartan Thor Wikfeldt Sweden	22	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	125 0.4×	480 1.4×	216 0.7×	32	2.0k
Dario Rocca Italy	27	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	601 1.7×	334 1.0×	190 0.7×	107	2.5k
Alexander V. Benderskii United States	29	1.7k 1.1×	505 0.5×	438 1.3×	184 0.5×	636 2.2×	56	2.4k
Oleg Kostko United States	31	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	254 0.7×	247 0.7×	551 1.9×	99	2.8k
Takashi Tokushima Japan	22	1.0k 0.7×	926 0.9×	402 1.2×	300 0.9×	258 0.9×	74	2.4k
Britta Redlich Netherlands	29	1.8k 1.2×	942 0.9×	674 2.0×	181 0.5×	884 3.0×	117	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Biswajit Santra

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhou, Dong, Biswajit Santra, Leif D. Jacobson, et al.. (2025). A robust crystal structure prediction method to support small molecule drug development with large scale validation and blind study. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2210–2210. 9 indexed citations

Ko, Hsin-Yu, Biswajit Santra, & Robert A. DiStasio. (2021). Enabling Large-Scale Condensed-Phase Hybrid Density Functional Theory-Based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics II: Extensions to the Isobaric–Isoenthalpic and Isobaric–Isothermal Ensembles. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 17(12). 7789–7813. 16 indexed citations

Ko, Hsin-Yu, Junteng Jia, Biswajit Santra, et al.. (2020). Enabling Large-Scale Condensed-Phase Hybrid Density Functional Theory Based Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics. 1. Theory, Algorithm, and Performance. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16(6). 3757–3785. 44 indexed citations

Zhang, Chunyi, Linfeng Zhang, Jianhang Xu, et al.. (2020). Isotope effects in x-ray absorption spectra of liquid water. Physical review. B.. 102(11). 6 indexed citations

Sharkas, Kamal, Biswajit Santra, Rajendra R. Zope, et al.. (2020). Self-interaction error overbinds water clusters but cancels in structural energy differences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(21). 11283–11288. 60 indexed citations

Xu, Jianhang, Chunyi Zhang, Linfeng Zhang, et al.. (2020). Isotope effects in molecular structures and electronic properties of liquid water via deep potential molecular dynamics based on the SCAN functional. Physical review. B.. 102(21). 34 indexed citations

Santra, Biswajit & John P. Perdew. (2019). Perdew-Zunger self-interaction correction: How wrong for uniform densities and large-Z atoms?. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 150(17). 174106–174106. 29 indexed citations

Shahi, Chandra, Biswajit Santra, Sebastian Schwalbe, et al.. (2019). Stretched or noded orbital densities and self-interaction correction in density functional theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 150(17). 174102–174102. 42 indexed citations

Ko, Hsin-Yu, Linfeng Zhang, Biswajit Santra, et al.. (2019). Isotope effects in liquid water via deep potential molecular dynamics. Molecular Physics. 117(22). 3269–3281. 56 indexed citations

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Chen, Mohan, Lixin Zheng, Biswajit Santra, et al.. (2018). Hydroxide diffuses slower than hydronium in water because its solvated structure inhibits correlated proton transfer. Nature Chemistry. 10(4). 413–419. 221 indexed citations

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Zheng, Lixin, Mohan Chen, Zhaoru Sun, et al.. (2018). Structural, electronic, and dynamical properties of liquid water by ab initio molecular dynamics based on SCAN functional within the canonical ensemble. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 148(16). 164505–164505. 69 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhaoru, Mohan Chen, Lixin Zheng, et al.. (2017). X-ray absorption of liquid water by advanced ab initio methods. Physical review. B.. 96(10). 11 indexed citations

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Santra, Biswajit, et al.. (2016). Large-Scale Hybrid Density Functional Theory Calculations in the Condensed-Phase: \textit{Ab Initio} Molecular Dynamics in the Isobaric-Isothermal Ensemble. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Santra, Biswajit, Robert A. DiStasio, Fausto Martelli, & Roberto Car. (2015). Local structure analysis in ab initio liquid water. Molecular Physics. 113(17-18). 2829–2841. 92 indexed citations

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DiStasio, Robert A., et al.. (2014). Van der Waals Interactions in Pyridine and Pyridine-like Molecular Crystals: An \textit{ab initio} Molecular Dynamics Study. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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DiStasio, Robert A., et al.. (2014). Nuclear Quantum Effects in Liquid Water: A Highly Accurate \textit{ab initio} Path-Integral Molecular Dynamics Study. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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DiStasio, Robert A., Biswajit Santra, Zhaofeng Li, Xifan Wu, & Roberto Car. (2014). The individual and collective effects of exact exchange and dispersion interactions on the ab initio structure of liquid water. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 141(8). 84502–84502. 226 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Javier Carrasco, Biswajit Santra, et al.. (2012). Benzene adsorbed on metals: Concerted effect of covalency and van der Waals bonding. Physical Review B. 86(24). 244 indexed citations

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Santra, Biswajit, Jiří Klimeš, Dario Alfè, et al.. (2011). Hydrogen Bonds and van der Waals Forces in Ice at Ambient and High Pressures. Physical Review Letters. 107(18). 185701–185701. 173 indexed citations

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Carrasco, Javier, Biswajit Santra, Jiří Klimeš, & Angelos Michaelides. (2011). To Wet or Not to Wet? Dispersion Forces Tip the Balance for Water Ice on Metals. Physical Review Letters. 106(2). 26101–26101. 153 indexed citations

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