L. L. Boyer

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

L. L. Boyer is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, L. L. Boyer has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Materials Chemistry, 46 papers in Geophysics and 39 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in L. L. Boyer's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (46 papers), Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (34 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (23 papers). L. L. Boyer is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (46 papers), Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography (34 papers) and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (23 papers). L. L. Boyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. L. L. Boyer's co-authors include D. A. Papaconstantopoulos, Bern Klein, Michael J. Mehl, Vladimir Antropov, K. D. Belashchenko, Jens Kortus, I. I. Mazin, J. R. Hardy, Warren E. Pickett and Henry Krakauer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

L. L. Boyer

123 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Superconductivity of Metallic Boron inMgB2 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Superconductivity of Metallic Boron inMgB2
    2001 1.0k citations Jens Kortus, I. I. Mazin et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
L. L. Boyer United States 35 2.9k 2.2k 1.3k 1.3k 1.2k 126 5.1k
A. K. McMahan United States 40 1.8k 0.6× 2.4k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.8× 72 4.8k
K. Parliński Poland 36 5.1k 1.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 210 6.8k
Yuichi Akahama Japan 39 3.1k 1.0× 943 0.4× 944 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 2.6k 2.2× 171 5.0k
H. G. Smith United States 33 2.4k 0.8× 961 0.4× 642 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 759 0.6× 78 4.1k
W. M. Temmerman United Kingdom 40 2.2k 0.7× 3.1k 1.4× 2.3k 1.7× 2.0k 1.5× 484 0.4× 132 5.7k
H. Winter Germany 38 1.7k 0.6× 2.1k 0.9× 1.8k 1.4× 1.8k 1.4× 455 0.4× 109 4.6k
N. E. Christensen Denmark 37 2.0k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 2.4k 1.8× 575 0.5× 109 4.6k
L. R. Testardi United States 36 1.9k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 456 0.4× 122 4.7k
D. G. Pettifor United Kingdom 35 2.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 645 0.5× 2.0k 1.5× 727 0.6× 73 4.5k
N. E. Christensen Denmark 40 3.4k 1.1× 2.1k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 3.0k 2.3× 662 0.6× 125 6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. L. Boyer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boyer, L. L., Michael J. Mehl, & Daniel Finkenstadt. (2007). Structural distortions inAlF3: A test for density-functional methods. Physical Review B. 75(13). 3 indexed citations
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Park, Kyungwha, Mark R. Pederson, L. L. Boyer, et al.. (2006). Electronic Structure and Vibrational Spectra of C2B10-Based Clusters and Films.
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Boyer, L. L., et al.. (2005). Absence of metastable states in strained monoatomic cubic crystals.. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Stokes, Harold T., et al.. (2002). Analysis of the ferroelectric phase transition inBaAl2O4by group theoretical methods and first-principles calculations. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 65(6). 36 indexed citations
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Kortus, Jens, I. I. Mazin, K. D. Belashchenko, Vladimir Antropov, & L. L. Boyer. (2001). Superconductivity of Metallic Boron inMgB2. Physical Review Letters. 86(20). 4656–4659. 1034 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boyer, L. L., Harold T. Stokes, & Michael J. Mehl. (1997). Application of a Kohn-Sham-like formulation of the self-consistent atomic deformation model. Ferroelectrics. 194(1). 173–186. 18 indexed citations
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Flocken, J. W., et al.. (1992). A double well oscillator model for the ferroelectric phase transition in SBSi. Ferroelectrics. 135(1). 309–318. 9 indexed citations
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Boyer, L. L., Efthimios Kaxiras, Joseph L. Feldman, J. Q. Broughton, & Michael J. Mehl. (1991). New low-energy crystal structure for silicon. Physical Review Letters. 67(6). 715–718. 94 indexed citations
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Flocken, J. W., et al.. (1990). Ferroelectric phase transitions in na-ca-halide perovskites. Ferroelectrics. 104(1). 411–416. 3 indexed citations
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Boyer, L. L., Efthimios Kaxiras, & Michael J. Mehl. (1990). Energy Barrier for ‘Magic-Strain’ Transformations in Crystals with Fcc Lattices. MRS Proceedings. 205. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, R. E., Warren E. Pickett, Henry Krakauer, & L. L. Boyer. (1988). Applications of ionic models to the high-temperature superconductor La2CuO4. Physica B+C. 150(1-2). 61–73. 31 indexed citations
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Boyer, L. L. & G. S. Pawley. (1988). Molecular dynamics of clusters of particles interacting with pairwise forces using a massively parallel computer. Journal of Computational Physics. 78(2). 405–423. 32 indexed citations
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Katkanant, V., et al.. (1987). AB initio explanation of the incommensurate phase transition in BaMnF4. Solid State Communications. 64(4). 625–629. 8 indexed citations
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Papaconstantopoulos, D. A., Warren E. Pickett, Henry Krakauer, & L. L. Boyer. (1987). Calculations of the Superconducting Properties of Cu–O Based Perovskite-Like Structures. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 26(S3-2). 1091–1091. 2 indexed citations
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Katkanant, V., et al.. (1986). First-Principles Theoretical Explanation of Incommensurate Behavior inRb2ZnCl4. Physical Review Letters. 57(22). 2877–2877. 3 indexed citations
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Boyer, L. L.. (1984). Parameter-free equation-of-state calculations for CsCaF3. Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics. 17(11). 1825–1832. 33 indexed citations
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Boyer, L. L.. (1981). Origin of superionicity in the alkaline earth halides. Solid State Ionics. 5. 581–583. 14 indexed citations
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Klein, Bern, L. L. Boyer, & Dimitris A. Papaconstantopoulos. (1978). Self-consistent APW bandstructure of V3Ga. Journal of Physics F Metal Physics. 8(4). 617–621. 9 indexed citations
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Klein, Bern, L. L. Boyer, D. A. Papaconstantopoulos, & L. F. Mattheiss. (1978). Self-consistent augmented-plane-wave electronic-structure calculations for theA15compoundsV3XandNb3X,X=Al,Ga,Si,Ge,andSn. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 18(12). 6411–6438. 169 indexed citations
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Boyer, L. L., James A. Harrington, M. Hass, & Herbert B. Rosenstock. (1975). Multiphonon absorption in ionic crystals. Physical review. B, Solid state. 11(4). 1665–1680. 41 indexed citations

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