Éric Cancès

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
23 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Éric Cancès is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Cancès has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Éric Cancès's work include Graphene research and applications (7 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (4 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (3 papers). Éric Cancès is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (7 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (4 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (3 papers). Éric Cancès collaborates with scholars based in France, Spain and United States. Éric Cancès's co-authors include Benedetta Mennucci, J. Tomasi, Frédéric Legoll, Mihai‐Cosmin Marinica, F. Willaime, Gabriel Stoltz, Andreas Savin, Renaud Keriven, Bérengère Lebental and Paul Cazeaux and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Applied Physics and Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Éric Cancès

21 papers receiving 8.7k citations

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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.

A new integral equation formalism for the polarizable continuum model: Theoretical background and applications to isotropic and anisotropic dielectrics

1997 6.0k citations Éric Cancès, Benedetta Mennucci et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
The IEF version of the PCM solvation method: an overview of a new method addressed to study molecular solutes at the QM ab initio level

1999 2.2k citations J. Tomasi, Benedetta Mennucci et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Éric Cancès France	13	4.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.9k	1.2k	23	8.8k
G. Narahari Sastry India	47	4.2k 0.9×	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	2.5k 2.1×	311	10.2k
B. Miehlich Germany	15	3.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	712 0.6×	20	7.2k
Alejandro Toro‐Labbé Chile	46	4.7k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.4×	3.3k 1.8×	728 0.6×	244	9.9k
Michelle Francl United States	22	4.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	2.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	74	10.5k
Ming Wah Wong Singapore	49	5.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.0×	3.1k 1.7×	1.2k 1.0×	246	11.4k
Tore Brinck Sweden	48	3.1k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	3.3k 1.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	158	9.0k
Steven E. Wheeler United States	44	4.0k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	121	7.6k
Vitaly A. Rassolov United States	28	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.6k 1.2×	3.6k 2.0×	589 0.5×	95	9.4k
Tadafumi Uchimaru Japan	49	3.7k 0.8×	2.7k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.8k 1.5×	1.8k 1.5×	206	8.8k
James A. Platts United Kingdom	46	3.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	244	8.0k

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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2025). Analysis of density matrix embedding theory around the non‐interacting limit. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 78(8). 1359–1410. 1 indexed citations

Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2023). Simple derivation of moiré-scale continuous models for twisted bilayer graphene. Physical review. B.. 107(15). 16 indexed citations

Zucchi, G., et al.. (2020). Insights into the π – π interaction driven non-covalent functionalization of carbon nanotubes of various diameters by conjugated fluorene and carbazole copolymers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 152(6). 64708–64708. 16 indexed citations

Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2019). Effective resistance of random percolating networks of stick nanowires: Functional dependence on elementary physical parameters. Journal of Applied Physics. 126(4). 24 indexed citations

Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2018). Compression of Wannier functions into Gaussian-type orbitals. Computer Physics Communications. 230. 27–37. 3 indexed citations

Cancès, Éric, Lingling Cao, & Gabriel Stoltz. (2018). A reduced Hartree-Fock model of slice-like defects in the Fermi sea. arXiv (Cornell University).

Cancès, Éric, Paul Cazeaux, & Mitchell Luskin. (2017). Generalized Kubo formulas for the transport properties of incommensurate 2D atomic heterostructures. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 58(6). 23 indexed citations

Brochard, Laurent, et al.. (2016). Coupling a reactive potential with a harmonic approximation for atomistic simulations of material failure. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 305. 422–440. 1 indexed citations

Tritsaris, Georgios A., Sharmila N. Shirodkar, Efthimios Kaxiras, et al.. (2016). Perturbation theory for weakly coupled two-dimensional layers. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 31(7). 959–966. 16 indexed citations

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Brochard, Laurent, et al.. (2015). Combining a reactive potential with a harmonic approximation for molecular dynamics simulation of failure: construction of a reduced potential. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 574. 12041–12041. 3 indexed citations

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Cancès, Éric, Virginie Ehrlacher, Frédéric Legoll, & Benjamin Stamm. (2014). An embedded corrector problem to approximate the homogenized\n coefficients of an elliptic equation. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations

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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2009). Some improvements of the activation-relaxation technique method for finding transition pathways on potential energy surfaces. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 130(11). 114711–114711. 100 indexed citations

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Dabo, Ismaïla, Éric Cancès, Yanli Li, & Nicola Marzari. (2008). First-principles Simulation of Electrochemical Systems at Fixed Applied Voltage: Vibrational Stark Effect for CO on Platinum Electrodes. arXiv (Cornell University). 2010.

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Belhadj, Mohamed, et al.. (2007). Homogenization approach to filtration through a fibrous medium. Networks and Heterogeneous Media. 2(3). 529–550. 9 indexed citations

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Cancès, Éric, Frédéric Legoll, & Gabriel Stoltz. (2007). Theoretical and numerical comparison of some sampling methods for molecular dynamics. ESAIM Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis. 41(2). 351–389. 56 indexed citations

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Gallegos, Ana, et al.. (2005). Maximal probability domains in linear molecules. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 26(5). 455–460. 30 indexed citations

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Cancès, Éric, et al.. (2004). How electrons guard the space: shape optimization with probability distribution criteria. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts. 111(2-6). 373–380. 65 indexed citations

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Cancès, Éric & Claude Le Bris. (1998). ON THE PERTURBATION METHODS FOR SOME NONLINEAR QUANTUM CHEMISTRY MODELS. Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. 8(1). 55–94. 8 indexed citations

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Cancès, Éric & Benedetta Mennucci. (1998). Analytical derivatives for geometry optimization in solvation continuum models. I. Theory. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 109(1). 249–259. 105 indexed citations

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Cancès, Éric, Benedetta Mennucci, & J. Tomasi. (1997). A new integral equation formalism for the polarizable continuum model: Theoretical background and applications to isotropic and anisotropic dielectrics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 107(8). 3032–3041. 6030 indexed citations breakdown →

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