Keith Refson

23.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
143 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Keith Refson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Refson has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Materials Chemistry, 53 papers in Geophysics and 32 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Keith Refson's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (47 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (13 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (13 papers). Keith Refson is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (47 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (13 papers) and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (13 papers). Keith Refson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Keith Refson's co-authors include Stewart J. Clark, P. J. Hasnip, Matt Probert, Chris J. Pickard, M. C. Payne, Matthew Segall, P. R. Tulip, Garrison Sposito, Kideok D. Kwon and Victor Milman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Keith Refson

139 papers receiving 17.6k 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.

First principles methods using CASTEP

2005 11.9k citations Stewart J. Clark, P. J. Hasnip et al. profile →
Variational density-functional perturbation theory for dielectrics and lattice dynamics

2006 774 citations Keith Refson, Stewart J. Clark et al. Physical Review B profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith Refson United Kingdom	40	11.2k	4.4k	4.2k	2.4k	2.3k	143	17.9k
P. J. Hasnip United Kingdom	16	16.7k 1.5×	5.9k 1.3×	6.6k 1.6×	2.8k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	42	23.4k
Matt Probert United Kingdom	19	18.1k 1.6×	5.9k 1.3×	7.2k 1.7×	3.1k 1.3×	2.6k 1.1×	64	25.1k
S. L. Dudarev United Kingdom	58	16.1k 1.4×	4.9k 1.1×	4.3k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	268	22.5k
John S. Tse Canada	72	9.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	3.4k 0.8×	4.6k 1.9×	2.4k 1.0×	515	21.0k
Stefano de Gironcoli Italy	49	13.9k 1.2×	4.0k 0.9×	4.6k 1.1×	5.8k 2.4×	1.4k 0.6×	152	20.6k
L. A. Boatner United States	76	17.5k 1.6×	5.4k 1.2×	6.3k 1.5×	3.2k 1.3×	2.2k 0.9×	633	23.2k
Roberto Dovesi Italy	69	11.8k 1.1×	4.6k 1.0×	3.4k 0.8×	5.8k 2.4×	3.9k 1.7×	348	19.3k
Paul F. McMillan United States	80	14.5k 1.3×	2.7k 0.6×	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	369	23.4k
Adrienn Ruzsinszky United States	40	12.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.0×	5.2k 1.2×	6.5k 2.7×	1.9k 0.8×	114	19.3k
Simon J. L. Billinge United States	75	16.9k 1.5×	6.0k 1.4×	6.1k 1.5×	1.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.2×	342	23.4k

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Spahr, Dominik, Lkhamsuren Bayarjargal, Maxim Bykov, et al.. (2024). Ca3[C2O5]2[CO3] is a pyrocarbonate which can be formed at p, T-conditions prevalent in the Earth’s transition zone. Communications Chemistry. 7(1). 238–238. 1 indexed citations

Refson, Keith, et al.. (2023). Phonon mechanism for the negative thermal expansion of zirconium tungstate, ZrW₂O₈. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(25). 16753–16762. 7 indexed citations

Peng, Jie, Sijie Zhang, Keith Refson, & Martin T. Dove. (2023). Unique features of the structural phase transition in acetylene showing simultaneous characteristics of reconstructive, displacive and order–disorder. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(14). 9909–9924.

Refson, Keith, et al.. (2023). The contribution of phonons to the thermal expansion of some simple cubic hexaboride structures: SmB₆, CaB₆, SrB₆ and BaB₆. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(15). 10749–10758. 2 indexed citations

Krzystyniak, M., M. Gutmann, Keith Refson, et al.. (2023). Nuclear quantum dynamics in Hexamethylenetetramine and its deuterated counterpart: a DFT-augmented neutron study. Physica Scripta. 98(2). 25707–25707. 2 indexed citations

Gutmann, M., Gheorghe Lucian Pascut, Kenichi Katoh, et al.. (2022). New Insights on the Electronic-Structural Interplay in LaPdSb and CePdSb Intermetallic Compounds. Materials. 15(21). 7678–7678.

Lobanov, Sergey S., et al.. (2022). Electronic, Structural, and Mechanical Properties of SiO2 Glass at High Pressure Inferred from its Refractive Index. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 12 indexed citations

Refson, Keith, et al.. (2020). Negative thermal expansion of cubic silicon dicarbodiimide, Si(NCN) ₂ , studied by ab initio lattice dynamics. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 32(46). 465402–465402. 7 indexed citations

Quinn, Robert J., Ronald I. Smith, Ian Forbes, et al.. (2019). Suppression of thermal conductivity without impeding electron mobility in n-type XNiSn half-Heusler thermoelectrics. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(47). 27124–27134. 26 indexed citations

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Tan, Lei, Keith Refson, & Martin T. Dove. (2019). Structural phase transitions in malononitrile, CH ₂ (CN) ₂ : crystal structure of the δ phase by neutron powder diffraction, and ab initio calculations of the structures and phonons of the α and δ phases. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 31(25). 255401–255401. 2 indexed citations

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Plekhanov, Evgeny, P. J. Hasnip, Matt Probert, et al.. (2018). Many-body renormalisation of forces in f-materials. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Clark, Stewart J., et al.. (2017). Self-interaction free local exchange potentials applied to metallic systems. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 29(37). 374002–374002. 5 indexed citations

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Porter, D. G., David Voneshen, Keith Refson, et al.. (2015). 鉄系超伝導体Cs0.8Fe1.6Se2における2次元Cs空格子点超構造. Physical Review B. 91(14). 1–144114. 3 indexed citations

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Refson, Keith, et al.. (2014). Ag 3 Co(CN) 6 のAg-Ag分散相互作用と物理特性. Physical Review B. 90(5). 1–54302. 5 indexed citations

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Ryan, Kate R., Anibal J. Ramirez‐Cuesta, Keith Refson, et al.. (2011). A combined experimental inelastic neutron scattering, Raman and ab initio lattice dynamics study of α-lithium amidoborane. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(26). 12249–12249. 12 indexed citations

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Peña, Jasquelin, Kideok D. Kwon, Keith Refson, John Bargar, & Garrison Sposito. (2010). Mechanisms of nickel sorption by a bacteriogenic birnessite. Science and Technology Facilities Council. 114 indexed citations

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Kwon, Kideok D., Keith Refson, & Garrison Sposito. (2010). Surface complexation of Pb(II) by hexagonal birnessite nanoparticles. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 74(23). 6731–6740. 75 indexed citations

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Kwon, Kideok D., Keith Refson, & Garrison Sposito. (2008). Defect-Induced Photoconductivity in Layered Manganese Oxides: A Density Functional Theory \nStudy. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 100 indexed citations

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Stipp, S. L. S., et al.. (2004). Modeling steps and kinks on the surface of calcite. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 121(17). 8511–8523. 53 indexed citations

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Fraser, Donald G., et al.. (2003). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Diffusion in a Silica Melt. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations

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