Éric Cancès

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Éric Cancès is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Cancès has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 19 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 15 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Éric Cancès's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (31 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (22 papers) and Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (11 papers). Éric Cancès is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (31 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (22 papers) and Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (11 papers). Éric Cancès collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Italy. Éric Cancès's co-authors include Benedetta Mennucci, J. Tomasi, Claude Le Bris, Benjamin Stamm, Filippo Lipparini, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Yvon Maday, Konstantin N. Kudin, Yvon Maday and C. M. Dion and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Éric Cancès

87 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluation of Solvent Effects in Isotropic and Anisotropi... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 500 1000 1.5k
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  1. Evaluation of Solvent Effects in Isotropic and Anisotropic Dielectrics and in Ionic Solutions with a Unified Integral Equation Method:  Theoretical Bases, Computational Implementation, and Numerical Applications
    1997 1.9k citations Benedetta Mennucci, Éric Cancès et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Éric Cancès France 29 2.1k 1.4k 1.2k 883 644 88 4.7k
Josep María Bofill Spain 33 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 725 0.6× 1.0k 1.2× 738 1.1× 180 4.4k
Lori A. Burns United States 21 2.0k 1.0× 901 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.6× 862 1.3× 39 4.2k
Narbe Mardirossian United States 19 2.2k 1.1× 1.2k 0.8× 848 0.7× 1.9k 2.1× 671 1.0× 25 4.8k
Lyudmila V. Slipchenko United States 37 2.9k 1.4× 764 0.6× 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.6× 94 4.8k
Yihan Shao United States 39 2.8k 1.3× 650 0.5× 949 0.8× 1.3k 1.5× 855 1.3× 163 4.8k
Philippe Y. Ayala United States 16 2.0k 0.9× 1.7k 1.3× 803 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 838 1.3× 21 4.8k
Umpei Nagashima Japan 41 2.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 1.3k 2.0× 290 5.4k
Mutasem Omar Sinnokrot United States 16 1.4k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 1.7k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 756 1.2× 36 4.2k
Tanja van Mourik United Kingdom 37 2.6k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.6k 2.4× 120 5.1k
Roberto Peverati United States 21 2.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 784 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 553 0.9× 43 4.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2025). Multi-center decomposition of molecular densities: A numerical perspective. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 162(7). 2 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2023). Van der Waals interactions between two hydrogen atoms: The next orders. Communications in Mathematical Sciences. 21(4). 915–948. 1 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2023). A Priori Error Analysis of Linear and Nonlinear Periodic Schrödinger Equations with Analytic Potentials. Journal of Scientific Computing. 98(1).
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Cancès, Éric & Gero Friesecke. (2023). Density Functional Theory. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 6 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2023). Numerical stability and efficiency of response property calculations in density functional theory. Letters in Mathematical Physics. 113(1). 3 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2022). Multi-center decomposition of molecular densities: A mathematical perspective. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 156(16). 164107–164107. 7 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2020). Guaranteed a posteriori bounds for eigenvalues and eigenvectors: Multiplicities and clusters. Mathematics of Computation. 89(326). 2563–2611. 6 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2020). Convergence analysis of direct minimization and self-consistent iterations. arXiv (Cornell University). 31 indexed citations
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Stamm, Benjamin, Louis Lagardère, Giovanni Scalmani, et al.. (2018). How to make continuum solvation incredibly fast in a few simple steps: A practical guide to the domain decomposition paradigm for the conductor‐like screening model. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 119(1). 23 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, Virginie Ehrlacher, & Tony Lelièvre. (2014). Greedy Algorithms for High-Dimensional Eigenvalue Problems. Constructive Approximation. 40(3). 387–423. 12 indexed citations
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Lipparini, Filippo, Louis Lagardère, Benjamin Stamm, et al.. (2014). Scalable Evaluation of Polarization Energy and Associated Forces in Polarizable Molecular Dynamics: I. Toward Massively Parallel Direct Space Computations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 10(4). 1638–1651. 70 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric & Claude Le Bris. (2013). MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF POINT DEFECTS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 23(10). 1795–1859. 15 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, Virginie Ehrlacher, & Tony Lelièvre. (2013). Greedy algorithms for high-dimensional non-symmetric linear problems***. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, Virginie Ehrlacher, & Tony Lelièvre. (2010). Convergence of a greedy algorithm for high-dimensional convex nonlinear\n problems. arXiv (Cornell University). 37 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, Gabriel Stoltz, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Viktor N. Staroverov, & Ernest R. Davidson. (2009). Local Exchange Potentials for Electronic Structure Calculations. ArXiv.org. 2(1). 1–42. 5 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2008). Non-perturbative embedding of local defects in crystalline materials. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 20(29). 294213–294213. 16 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2008). Molecular simulation and related topics: some open mathematical problems. Nonlinearity. 21(9). T165–T176. 9 indexed citations
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Alfonsi, Aurélien, Éric Cancès, Gabriel Turinici, Barbara Di Ventura, & Wilhelm Huisinga. (2005). Adaptive simulation of hybrid stochastic and deterministic models for biochemical systems. ESAIM Proceedings. 14. 1–13. 90 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric & Benedetta Mennucci. (2001). Comment on “Reaction field treatment of charge penetration” [J. Chem. Phys. 112, 5558 (2000)]. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 114(10). 4744–4745. 153 indexed citations
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Cancès, Éric & Benedetta Mennucci. (2001). The escaped charge problem in solvation continuum models. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 115(13). 6130–6135. 39 indexed citations

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