J. Häfner

99.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
415 papers, 86.3k citations indexed

About

J. Häfner is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Häfner has authored 415 papers receiving a total of 86.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 220 papers in Materials Chemistry, 199 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 138 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. Häfner's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (117 papers), Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (101 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (72 papers). J. Häfner is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (117 papers), Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys (101 papers) and Magnetic properties of thin films (72 papers). J. Häfner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Slovakia and France. J. Häfner's co-authors include Georg Kresse, M. Krajčı́, D. Spišák, Alexander Rohrbach, A. Eichler, J. Furthmüller, H. Toulhoat, W. Jank, Ch. Hausleitner and Ľ. Benco and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

J. Häfner

409 papers receiving 84.9k citations

Hit Papers

Ab initiomolecular dynamics for liquid metals 1993 2026 2004 2015 1993 1994 1993 1994 1998 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k
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. Ab initiomolecular dynamics for liquid metals
    1993 38.0k citations Georg Kresse, J. Häfner Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  2. Ab initiomolecular-dynamics simulation of the liquid-metal–amorphous-semiconductor transition in germanium
    1994 19.4k citations Georg Kresse, J. Häfner Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  3. Ab initiomolecular dynamics for open-shell transition metals
    1993 7.0k citations Georg Kresse, J. Häfner Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  4. Norm-conserving and ultrasoft pseudopotentials for first-row and transition elements
    1994 3.5k citations Georg Kresse, J. Häfner Journal of Physics Condensed Matter profile →
  5. First-principles investigation of phase stability inLixCoO2
    1998 630 citations Gerbrand Ceder, Georg Kresse et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  6. Theory of the crystal structures of selenium and tellurium: The effect of generalized-gradient corrections to the local-density approximation
    1994 459 citations Georg Kresse, J. Häfner et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Häfner Austria 66 57.8k 24.1k 20.0k 13.2k 12.2k 415 86.3k
Peter E. Blöchl Germany 41 59.5k 1.0× 29.1k 1.2× 16.3k 0.8× 15.7k 1.2× 14.1k 1.2× 95 87.5k
Daniel P. Joubert South Africa 14 49.3k 0.9× 22.4k 0.9× 12.7k 0.6× 12.1k 0.9× 11.4k 0.9× 66 69.8k
Hendrik J. Monkhorst United States 40 46.0k 0.8× 19.8k 0.8× 15.8k 0.8× 11.6k 0.9× 8.0k 0.7× 124 67.1k
Gábor A. Somorjai United States 131 44.2k 0.8× 16.2k 0.7× 18.8k 0.9× 7.3k 0.6× 17.5k 1.4× 890 73.3k
Hannes Jónsson Iceland 59 40.1k 0.7× 21.7k 0.9× 11.6k 0.6× 4.4k 0.3× 21.6k 1.8× 248 65.6k
Graeme Henkelman United States 82 44.2k 0.8× 25.4k 1.1× 8.6k 0.4× 6.3k 0.5× 16.9k 1.4× 356 68.7k
M. C. Payne United Kingdom 59 33.5k 0.6× 13.2k 0.5× 11.8k 0.6× 9.7k 0.7× 4.3k 0.3× 222 50.1k
J. Furthmüller Germany 55 122.8k 2.1× 59.5k 2.5× 33.0k 1.6× 30.0k 2.3× 29.0k 2.4× 182 175.2k
David J. Singh United States 96 38.6k 0.7× 15.5k 0.6× 12.2k 0.6× 22.5k 1.7× 4.6k 0.4× 637 61.0k
Matthias Scheffler Germany 118 33.5k 0.6× 15.0k 0.6× 23.0k 1.2× 6.0k 0.5× 5.5k 0.5× 491 53.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Krajčı́, M. & J. Häfner. (2014). Semihydrogenation of Acetylene on the (010) Surface of GaPd2: Ga Enrichment Improves Selectivity. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 118(23). 12285–12301. 32 indexed citations
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Krajčı́, M. & J. Häfner. (2011). Surface structures of complex intermetallic compounds: AnabinitioDFT study for the (100) surface of o-Al13Co4. Physical Review B. 84(11). 18 indexed citations
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Addou, Rafik, A. K. Shukla, Marc Heggen, et al.. (2010). Structure of the (010) surface of the orthorhombic complex metallic alloyT-Al3(Mn,Pd). Physical Review B. 81(12). 21 indexed citations
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Ledieu, J., M. Krajčı́, J. Häfner, et al.. (2009). Nucleation of Pb starfish clusters on the five-fold Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystal surface. Physical Review B. 79(16). 41 indexed citations
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Häfner, J., Chris Wolverton, & Gerbrand Ceder. (2006). Toward Computational Materials Design: The Impact of Density Functional Calculations on Materials Science. MRS Bulletin. 31. 5 indexed citations
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Eichler, A. & J. Häfner. (2003). Ab-initio density functional study of O on the Ag(001) surface. 41 indexed citations
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Spišák, D., D. Hobbs, & J. Häfner. (2001). Reply to “Comment on ‘Ultrathin Mn films on Cu(111) substrates: Frustrated antiferromagnetic order’ ”. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(9). 1 indexed citations
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Woodward, C., Mark Asta, Georg Kresse, & J. Häfner. (2001). Density of constitutional and thermal point defects inL12Al3Sc. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 63(9). 61 indexed citations
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Krajčı́, M. & J. Häfner. (2000). Electronic and magnetic properties of hexagonal rare-earth-Zn-Mg compounds and their relation to the properties of icosahedral alloys. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 12(27). 5831–5842. 12 indexed citations
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Spišák, D. & J. Häfner. (2000). Magnetic structures in ordered and disorderedγ-FeMn alloys: Ordering due to disorder. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 61(17). 11569–11575. 33 indexed citations
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Denton, Alan R. & J. Häfner. (1997). Thermodynamically stable one-component quasicrystals: A density-functional survey of relative stabilities. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 56(5). 2469–2482. 10 indexed citations
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Spišák, D., J. Häfner, & R. Lorenz. (1997). Noncollinear magnetism in amorphous Fe-Y alloys. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 166(3). 303–314. 7 indexed citations
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Häfner, J., Maurício Aredes, & Klemens Heumann. (1995). ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS FOR REDUCING MAINS POLLUTION — ACTIVE POWER FILTERS AND OPTIMIZED UTILITY INTERFACES. Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers. 5(4). 789–811. 2 indexed citations
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Lorenz, R. & J. Häfner. (1995). Non-collinear magnetism in amorphous alloys. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 140-144. 257–258. 3 indexed citations
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Kresse, Georg & J. Häfner. (1994). Ab initiomolecular-dynamics simulation of the liquid-metal–amorphous-semiconductor transition in germanium. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 49(20). 14251–14269. 19375 indexed citations breakdown →
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Häfner, J.. (1994). Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of liquid, amorphous and quasicrystalline metals. Materials Science and Engineering A. 178(1-2). 1–8. 6 indexed citations
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Kresse, Georg & J. Häfner. (1993). Ab initiomolecular dynamics for liquid metals. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 47(1). 558–561. 38041 indexed citations breakdown →
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Häfner, J., Ch. Hausleitner, W. Jank, & I. Turek. (1992). First-principles calculations of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of transition-metal glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 150(1-3). 307–313. 4 indexed citations
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Häfner, J.. (1977). Structure, bonding, and stability of topologically close-packed intermetallic compounds. Physical review. B, Solid state. 15(2). 617–630. 53 indexed citations
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Häfner, J. & Helga Nowotny. (1971). A first principle calculation of binding energies, structures and lattice constants of simple metals. Physics Letters A. 37(4). 335–336. 4 indexed citations

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