John P. Perdew

418.8k total citations · 38 hit papers
331 papers, 333.1k citations indexed

About

John P. Perdew is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, John P. Perdew has authored 331 papers receiving a total of 333.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 278 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 115 papers in Materials Chemistry and 57 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in John P. Perdew's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (250 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (71 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (48 papers). John P. Perdew is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (250 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (71 papers) and Machine Learning in Materials Science (48 papers). John P. Perdew collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Germany. John P. Perdew's co-authors include Kieron Burke, Matthias Ernzerhof, Yue Wang, Alex Zunger, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Carlos Fiolhais, S. H. Vosko, Mark R. Pederson and J. A. Chevary and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

John P. Perdew

328 papers receiving 328.0k citations

Hit Papers

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple 1975 2026 1992 2009 1996 1992 1992 1981 1986 50.0k 100.0k 150.0k
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  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
    1996 173.3k citations John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Accurate and simple analytic representation of the electron-gas correlation energy
    1992 21.8k citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  3. Atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces: Applications of the generalized gradient approximation for exchange and correlation
    1992 19.5k citations John P. Perdew, Koblar Alan Jackson et al. profile →
  4. Self-interaction correction to density-functional approximations for many-electron systems
    1981 17.4k citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  5. Density-functional approximation for the correlation energy of the inhomogeneous electron gas
    1986 16.9k citations John P. Perdew profile →
  6. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3865 (1996)]
    1997 12.6k citations John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces
    2008 9.2k citations John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  8. Generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation hole of a many-electron system
    1996 5.8k citations John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. profile →
  9. Climbing the Density Functional Ladder: Nonempirical Meta–Generalized Gradient Approximation Designed for Molecules and Solids
    2003 5.8k citations John P. Perdew et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  10. Rationale for mixing exact exchange with density functional approximations
    1996 5.3k citations John P. Perdew, Matthias Ernzerhof et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  11. Accurate and simple density functional for the electronic exchange energy: Generalized gradient approximation
    1986 3.5k citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  12. Strongly Constrained and Appropriately Normed Semilocal Density Functional
    2015 2.6k citations Jianwei Sun, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  13. Density-Functional Theory for Fractional Particle Number: Derivative Discontinuities of the Energy
    1982 2.4k citations John P. Perdew et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  14. Comparative assessment of a new nonempirical density functional: Molecules and hydrogen-bonded complexes
    2003 2.3k citations John P. Perdew et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  15. Physical Content of the Exact Kohn-Sham Orbital Energies: Band Gaps and Derivative Discontinuities
    1983 2.0k citations John P. Perdew et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  16. Correlation hole of the spin-polarized electron gas, with exact small-wave-vector and high-density scaling
    1991 1.3k citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  17. Jacob’s ladder of density functional approximations for the exchange-correlation energy
    2001 929 citations John P. Perdew profile →
  18. Pair-distribution function and its coupling-constant average for the spin-polarized electron gas
    1992 834 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  19. Assessing the performance of recent density functionals for bulk solids
    2009 786 citations John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. profile →
  20. Exchange-correlation energy of a metallic surface: Wave-vector analysis
    1977 761 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  21. Accurate first-principles structures and energies of diversely bonded systems from an efficient density functional
    2016 754 citations Jianwei Sun, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. profile →
  22. Accurate and Numerically Efficient r2SCAN Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation
    2020 735 citations James W. Furness, Aaron D. Kaplan et al. profile →
  23. Hellmann-Feynman, virial, and scaling requisites for the exact universal density functionals. Shape of the correlation potential and diamagnetic susceptibility for atoms
    1985 733 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  24. Density functional theory is straying from the path toward the exact functional
    2017 721 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  25. Density functional theory and the band gap problem
    2009 691 citations John P. Perdew profile →
  26. The exchange-correlation energy of a metallic surface
    1975 690 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  27. Prescription for the design and selection of density functional approximations: More constraint satisfaction with fewer fits
    2005 677 citations John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  28. Accurate Density Functional with Correct Formal Properties: A Step Beyond the Generalized Gradient Approximation
    1999 667 citations John P. Perdew et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  29. Exact differential equation for the density and ionization energy of a many-particle system
    1984 653 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  30. Tests of functionals for systems with fractional electron number
    2007 563 citations John P. Perdew et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  31. Molecular and solid-state tests of density functional approximations: LSD, GGAs, and meta-GGAs
    1999 528 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  32. Workhorse Semilocal Density Functional for Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Chemistry
    2009 497 citations John P. Perdew, Adrienn Ruzsinszky et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  33. The performance of semilocal and hybrid density functionals in 3d transition-metal chemistry
    2006 495 citations John P. Perdew et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  34. Theory of nonuniform electronic systems. I. Analysis of the gradient approximation and a generalization that works
    1980 477 citations John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  35. Generalized gradient approximation to the angle- and system-averaged exchange hole
    1998 440 citations Matthias Ernzerhof, John P. Perdew The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  36. Understanding band gaps of solids in generalized Kohn–Sham theory
    2017 431 citations John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  37. Versatile van der Waals Density Functional Based on a Meta-Generalized Gradient Approximation
    2016 430 citations Haowei Peng, John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  38. Ab initio theory and modeling of water
    2017 321 citations Biswajit Santra, Michael L. Klein et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John P. Perdew United States 98 200.2k 95.2k 89.3k 58.7k 36.8k 331 333.1k
Georg Kresse Austria 116 244.4k 1.2× 69.6k 0.7× 111.6k 1.2× 56.5k 1.0× 25.1k 0.7× 384 346.5k
Kieron Burke United States 59 140.3k 0.7× 49.1k 0.5× 66.5k 0.7× 40.3k 0.7× 19.9k 0.5× 179 217.7k
Matthias Ernzerhof Canada 32 142.9k 0.7× 45.4k 0.5× 68.6k 0.8× 39.8k 0.7× 19.5k 0.5× 92 216.1k
J. Furthmüller Germany 55 122.8k 0.6× 33.0k 0.3× 59.5k 0.7× 30.0k 0.5× 12.0k 0.3× 182 175.2k
Axel D. Becke Canada 55 62.2k 0.3× 56.9k 0.6× 24.7k 0.3× 24.3k 0.4× 36.9k 1.0× 93 190.6k
Stefan Grimme Germany 128 71.0k 0.4× 37.7k 0.4× 31.9k 0.4× 13.2k 0.2× 30.9k 0.8× 817 171.5k
William A. Goddard United States 166 59.3k 0.3× 25.5k 0.3× 29.4k 0.3× 9.5k 0.2× 16.2k 0.4× 1.7k 140.4k
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 182 122.4k 0.6× 10.1k 0.1× 92.8k 1.0× 32.6k 0.6× 17.4k 0.5× 1.6k 158.9k
Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 201 108.0k 0.5× 22.0k 0.2× 76.9k 0.9× 8.0k 0.1× 7.3k 0.2× 675 207.7k
Peidong Yang United States 179 88.6k 0.4× 12.5k 0.1× 57.5k 0.6× 23.1k 0.4× 6.2k 0.2× 499 133.0k

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All Works

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Johnson, J. Karl, et al.. (2025). Atomic ionization: sd energy imbalance and Perdew–Zunger self-interaction correction energy penalty in 3d atoms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(10). e2418305122–e2418305122. 1 indexed citations
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Shahi, Chandra, et al.. (2024). Symmetry breaking and self-interaction correction in the chromium atom and dimer. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(14). 5 indexed citations
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Ning, Jinliang, Christopher Lane, B. Barbiellini, et al.. (2024). Comparing first-principles density functionals plus corrections for the lattice dynamics of YBa2Cu3O6. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(6). 5 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P.. (2024). My life in science: Lessons for yours?. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(1). 4 indexed citations
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DelloStritto, Mark, Aaron D. Kaplan, John P. Perdew, & Michael L. Klein. (2023). Predicting the properties of NiO with density functional theory: Impact of exchange and correlation approximations and validation of the r2SCAN functional. APL Materials. 11(6). 9 indexed citations
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Kaplan, Aaron D., et al.. (2023). Understanding Density-Driven Errors for Reaction Barrier Heights. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 19(2). 532–543. 19 indexed citations
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Sharkas, Kamal, et al.. (2022). Fermi–Löwdin orbital self-interaction correction of adsorption energies on transition metal ions. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 156(13). 134102–134102. 4 indexed citations
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Kothakonda, Manish, Aaron D. Kaplan, Eric B. Isaacs, et al.. (2022). Testing the r2SCAN Density Functional for the Thermodynamic Stability of Solids with and without a van der Waals Correction. ACS Materials Au. 3(2). 102–111. 42 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P., et al.. (2022). Symmetry Breaking with the SCAN Density Functional Describes Strong Correlation in the Singlet Carbon Dimer. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 127(1). 384–389. 16 indexed citations
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Peralta, Juan E., et al.. (2021). Density-related properties from self-interaction corrected density functional theory calculations. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 154(2). 24102–24102. 8 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P., Adrienn Ruzsinszky, Jianwei Sun, Niraj K. Nepal, & Aaron D. Kaplan. (2021). Interpretations of ground-state symmetry breaking and strong correlation in wavefunction and density functional theories. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 73 indexed citations
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Dasgupta, Saswata, Eleftherios Lambros, John P. Perdew, & Francesco Paesani. (2021). Elevating density functional theory to chemical accuracy for water simulations through a density-corrected many-body formalism. Nature Communications. 12(1). 71 indexed citations
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Gould, Tim, et al.. (2020). What do we learn from the classical turning surface of the Kohn–Sham potential as electron number is varied continuously?. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 152(5). 54105–54105. 2 indexed citations
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Peng, Haowei, et al.. (2019). Anisotropic Conductivity at the Single‐Molecule Scale. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(40). 14275–14280. 27 indexed citations
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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
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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
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Peng, Haowei & John P. Perdew. (2017). Rehabilitation of the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof generalized gradient approximation for layered materials. Physical review. B.. 95(8). 145 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P.. (2008). Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in a GGA for Solid and Surfaces. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 4 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P., Kieron Burke, & Matthias Ernzerhof. (1996). Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple. Physical Review Letters. 77(18). 3865–3868. 173307 indexed citations breakdown →

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