Kristin A. Persson

63.7k citations

365 papers · 48.2k indexed · 31 hit papers · h-index 100

Materials Chemistry top 0.02%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.02%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials top 0.2%
Automotive Engineering top 0.05%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.2%

Co-authors: Gerbrand Ceder Anubhav Jain Shyue Ping Ong Geoffroy HautierWei ChenDan Gunter William D. Richards Shreyas Cholia
Topics: Machine Learning in Materials Science (122 papers)Advancements in Battery Materials (112 papers)Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (100 papers)
Cited by: Materials Chemistry Automotive Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Journals: Nature Chemical Reviews Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United States China United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Kristin A. Persson

354 papers receiving 47.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Commentary: The Materials Project: A materials genome approach to accelerating materials innovation

2013 9.2k citations Anubhav Jain, Shyue Ping Ong et al. profile →
Python Materials Genomics (pymatgen): A robust, open-source python library for materials analysis

2012 3.1k citations Shyue Ping Ong, Anubhav Jain et al. Computational Materials Science profile →
Promises and Challenges of Next-Generation “Beyond Li-ion” Batteries for Electric Vehicles and Grid Decarbonization

2020 1.2k citations Julius Koettgen, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Formation enthalpies by mixing GGA and GGA+Ucalculations

2011 1.0k citations Anubhav Jain, Geoffroy Hautier et al. profile →
Odyssey of Multivalent Cathode Materials: Open Questions and Future Challenges

2017 1.0k citations Miao Liu, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
A high-throughput infrastructure for density functional theory calculations

2011 842 citations Anubhav Jain, Geoffroy Hautier et al. Computational Materials Science profile →
Charting the complete elastic properties of inorganic crystalline compounds

2015 792 citations Wei Chen, Anubhav Jain et al. profile →
Surface energies of elemental crystals

2016 763 citations Wenhao Sun, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Lithium Diffusion in Graphitic Carbon

2010 720 citations Kristin A. Persson, Gerbrand Ceder et al. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters profile →
Unsupervised word embeddings capture latent knowledge from materials science literature

2019 698 citations John Dagdelen, Alexander Dunn et al. profile →
Matminer: An open source toolkit for materials data mining

2018 675 citations Alexander Dunn, Kristin A. Persson et al. Computational Materials Science profile →
The thermodynamic scale of inorganic crystalline metastability

2016 671 citations Wenhao Sun, Shyue Ping Ong et al. Science Advances profile →
Computational predictions of energy materials using density functional theory

2016 658 citations Anubhav Jain, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Accelerating the discovery of materials for clean energy in the era of smart automation

2018 572 citations Shyam Dwaraknath, Muratahan Aykol et al. profile →
Materials Design Rules for Multivalent Ion Mobility in Intercalation Structures

2015 485 citations Miao Liu, Anubhav Jain et al. profile →
The origin of high electrolyte–electrode interfacial resistances in lithium cells containing garnet type solid electrolytes

2014 471 citations Lei Cheng, Ethan J. Crumlin et al. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics profile →
Spinel compounds as multivalent battery cathodes: a systematic evaluation based on ab initio calculations

2014 464 citations Miao Liu, Anubhav Jain et al. profile →
Lattice instabilities in metallic elements

2012 452 citations Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
An autonomous laboratory for the accelerated synthesis of inorganic materials

2023 451 citations Matthew J. McDermott, Anubhav Jain et al. profile →
Uncharted Waters: Super-Concentrated Electrolytes

2020 448 citations Julian Self, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Efficient calculation of carrier scattering rates from first principles

2021 412 citations Rachel Woods‐Robinson, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

2020 405 citations Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
FireWorks: a dynamic workflow system designed for high‐throughput applications

2015 393 citations Anubhav Jain, Shyue Ping Ong et al. profile →
The influence of FEC on the solvation structure and reduction reaction of LiPF6/EC electrolytes and its implication for solid electrolyte interphase formation

2019 365 citations Julian Self, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Combining theory and experiment in lithium–sulfur batteries: Current progress and future perspectives

2018 359 citations Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Thermodynamic and kinetic properties of the Li-graphite system from first-principles calculations

2010 358 citations Kristin A. Persson, Gerbrand Ceder et al. profile →
Machine Learning for Materials Scientists: An Introductory Guide toward Best Practices

2020 323 citations Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Structured information extraction from scientific text with large language models

2024 225 citations John Dagdelen, Alexander Dunn et al. profile →
Enabling selective zinc-ion intercalation by a eutectic electrolyte for practical anodeless zinc batteries

2023 223 citations Ryan Kingsbury, Kristin A. Persson et al. profile →
Systematic softening in universal machine learning interatomic potentials

2025 51 citations Kristin A. Persson, Gerbrand Ceder et al. npj Computational Materials profile →
A framework to evaluate machine learning crystal stability predictions

2025 29 citations Gerbrand Ceder, Anubhav Jain et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Structural origin of disorder-induced ion conduction in NaFePO ₄ cathode materials 2025 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·(unknown),Kristin A. Persson,Morten M. Smedskjær	0
2	Disordered Rocksalts as High‐Energy and Earth‐Abundant Li‐Ion Cathodes 2025 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Bernardine L. D. Rinkel,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ethan C. Self,Kristin A. Persson,Bryan D. McCloskey,Gerbrand Ceder	2
3	Reactivity of Cyclic and Linear Alkyl Carbonates with Reactive Oxygen Species 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Bernardine L. D. Rinkel,(unknown),(unknown),Kristin A. Persson,Bryan D. McCloskey	0
4	Enabling automated high-throughput Density Functional Theory studies of amorphous material surface reactions 2023 ·Computational Materials Science ·Martin Siron,(unknown),Kristin A. Persson	4
5	Modernist materials synthesis: Finding thermodynamic shortcuts with hyperdimensional chemistry 2023 ·Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·James R. Neilson,Matthew J. McDermott,Kristin A. Persson	12
6	Continuum-level modeling of Li-ion battery SEI by upscaling atomistically informed reaction mechanisms 2023 ·Electrochimica Acta ·Peter J. Weddle,Evan Walter Clark Spotte‐Smith,Ankit Verma,Hetal D. Patel,(unknown),Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers,Maxwell C. Schulze,Samuel M. Blau,Kandler Smith,Kristin A. Persson,Andrew M. Colclasure	6
7	Extracting structured seed-mediated gold nanorod growth procedures from scientific text with LLMs 2023 ·Digital Discovery ·Nicholas Walker,Sanghoon Lee,John Dagdelen,Kevin Cruse,(unknown),Alexander Dunn,Gerbrand Ceder,(unknown),Kristin A. Persson,Anubhav Jain	14
8	A flexible and scalable scheme for mixing computed formation energies from different levels of theory 2022 ·npj Computational Materials ·Ryan Kingsbury,Andrew Rosen,(unknown),Jason M. Munro,Shyue Ping Ong,Anubhav Jain,Shyam Dwaraknath,Matthew K. Horton,Kristin A. Persson	30
9	Performance comparison of r 2 SCAN and SCAN metaGGA density functionals for solid materials via an automated, high-throughput computational workflow 2022 ·Physical Review Materials ·Ryan Kingsbury,(unknown),Christopher J. Bartel,Jason M. Munro,Shyam Dwaraknath,Matthew K. Horton,Kristin A. Persson	68
10	Big Data in a Nano World: A Review on Computational, Data-Driven Design of Nanomaterials Structures, Properties, and Synthesis 2022 ·ACS Nano ·Ruoxi Yang,(unknown),(unknown),Martin Siron,Rachel Woods‐Robinson,Matthew K. Horton,Kristin A. Persson	43
11	Reductive Decomposition Kinetics and Thermodynamics That Govern the Design of Fluorinated Alkoxyaluminate/Borate Salts for Mg-Ion and Ca-Ion Batteries 2022 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Xiaowei Xie,(unknown),David W. Small,Evan Walter Clark Spotte‐Smith,Chen Liao,Kristin A. Persson	14
12	Ion Correlations and Their Impact on Transport in Polymer-Based Electrolytes 2021 ·Macromolecules ·Kara D. Fong,Julian Self,Bryan D. McCloskey,Kristin A. Persson	95
13	First-principles study of CaB ₁₂ H ₁₂ as a potential solid-state conductor for Ca 2020 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Julius Koettgen,Christopher J. Bartel,Jimmy‐Xuan Shen,Kristin A. Persson,Gerbrand Ceder	11
14	Ion Pairing and Redissociaton in Low-Permittivity Electrolytes for Multivalent Battery Applications 2020 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters ·Julian Self,Nathan Hahn,Kara D. Fong,(unknown),Kevin R. Zavadil,Kristin A. Persson	36
15	Automated generation and ensemble-learned matching of X-ray absorption spectra 2018 ·npj Computational Materials ·Zheng Chen,Kiran Mathew,Chi Chen,Yiming Chen,Hanmei Tang,Alan Dozier,J. J. Kas,Fernando D. Vila,J. J. Rehr,Louis F. J. Piper,Kristin A. Persson,Shyue Ping Ong	105
16	Garnet Electrolyte Surface Degradation and Recovery 2018 ·ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Lei Cheng,Miao Liu,Apurva Mehta,Huolin L. Xin,Feng Lin,Kristin A. Persson,Guoying Chen,Ethan J. Crumlin,Marca M. Doeff	106
17	Thermodynamic limit for synthesis of metastable inorganic materials 2018 ·Science Advances ·Muratahan Aykol,Shyam Dwaraknath,Wenhao Sun,Kristin A. Persson	297
18	Mechanical Properties and Chemical Reactivity of Li_xSiO_y Thin Films 2018 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Yun Xu,Caleb Stetson,Kevin N. Wood,Eric Sivonxay,Chun‐Sheng Jiang,Glenn Teeter,Svitlana Pylypenko,Sang‐Don Han,Kristin A. Persson,Anthony K. Burrell,Andriy Zakutayev	25
19	Nucleation of metastable aragonite CaCO ₃ in seawater 2015 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Wenhao Sun,Saivenkataraman Jayaraman,Wei Chen,Kristin A. Persson,Gerbrand Ceder	222
20	First Principles Study of the LiâBiâF Phase Diagram and Bismuth Fluoride Conversion Reactions with Lithium 2009 ·DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) ·Robert E. Doe,Kristin A. Persson,Geoffroy Hautier,Gerbrand Ceder	20

About Kristin A. Persson

Kristin A. Persson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry, having authored 365 papers that have together received 48.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Machine Learning in Materials Science (122 papers), Advancements in Battery Materials (112 papers) and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (100 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Materials Chemistry (27.4k citations), Automotive Engineering (5.3k citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (25.0k citations). Kristin A. Persson has collaborated with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Gerbrand Ceder, Anubhav Jain, Shyue Ping Ong, Geoffroy Hautier, Wei Chen, Dan Gunter, William D. Richards, Shreyas Cholia, Stephen Dacek and David Skinner. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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