Lars G. M. Pettersson

27.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
374 papers, 21.9k citations indexed

About

Lars G. M. Pettersson is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Radiation. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars G. M. Pettersson has authored 374 papers receiving a total of 21.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 244 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 140 papers in Materials Chemistry and 54 papers in Radiation. Recurrent topics in Lars G. M. Pettersson's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (195 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (93 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (61 papers). Lars G. M. Pettersson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (195 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (93 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (61 papers). Lars G. M. Pettersson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Japan. Lars G. M. Pettersson's co-authors include Anders Nilsson, Hirohito Ogasawara, Hans Ågren, Dennis Nordlund, L. Triguero, Ulf Wahlgren, M. Nyberg, Michael Odelius, Uwe Bergmann and Per E. M. Siegbahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lars G. M. Pettersson

366 papers receiving 21.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Structure of the First Coordination Shell in Liquid W... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2004 2016 2002 2009 2012 250 500 750 1000
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. The Structure of the First Coordination Shell in Liquid Water
    2004 1.2k citations Philippe Wernet, Dennis Nordlund et al. Science profile →
  2. Water: A Tale of Two Liquids
    2016 638 citations Lars G. M. Pettersson et al. profile →
  3. Structure and Bonding of Water on Pt(111)
    2002 498 citations Hirohito Ogasawara, Dennis Nordlund et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. The inhomogeneous structure of water at ambient conditions
    2009 476 citations Dennis Nordlund, Uwe Bergmann et al. profile →
  5. Connecting Dopant Bond Type with Electronic Structure in N-Doped Graphene
    2012 466 citations Dennis Nordlund, Hirohito Ogasawara et al. profile →
  6. Calculations of near-edge x-ray-absorption spectra of gas-phase and chemisorbed molecules by means of density-functional and transition-potential theory
    1998 456 citations Lars G. M. Pettersson et al. profile →
  7. The structural origin of anomalous properties of liquid water
    2015 386 citations Anders Nilsson, Lars G. M. Pettersson profile →
  8. Benchmark oxygen-oxygen pair-distribution function of ambient water from x-ray diffraction measurements with a wide Q-range
    2013 363 citations Lars G. M. Pettersson, Anders Nilsson et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lars G. M. Pettersson Sweden 78 11.3k 9.2k 3.3k 3.3k 3.2k 374 21.9k
D. Menzel Germany 70 11.6k 1.0× 9.0k 1.0× 1.7k 0.5× 3.9k 1.2× 1.3k 0.4× 355 17.2k
Kevin C. Prince Italy 58 5.5k 0.5× 6.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 423 12.2k
Theodore E. Madey United States 71 8.5k 0.7× 9.9k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 5.0k 1.5× 2.0k 0.6× 347 18.4k
J. Stöhr United States 78 12.6k 1.1× 7.6k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 4.8k 1.5× 1.1k 0.3× 270 21.4k
Bengt I. Lundqvist Sweden 60 12.2k 1.1× 12.4k 1.4× 1.8k 0.5× 5.9k 1.8× 1.2k 0.4× 138 23.5k
J. J. Rehr United States 66 5.6k 0.5× 16.1k 1.8× 2.0k 0.6× 4.4k 1.4× 3.7k 1.2× 348 29.1k
Hirohito Ogasawara United States 57 4.0k 0.4× 6.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 4.8k 1.5× 6.0k 1.9× 177 14.2k
Russell J. Hemley United States 109 9.0k 0.8× 18.5k 2.0× 2.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 784 0.2× 601 39.2k
M.A. Van Hove United States 75 9.7k 0.9× 8.1k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 3.4k 1.1× 1.3k 0.4× 349 16.1k
Jürg Hutter Switzerland 64 14.5k 1.3× 16.3k 1.8× 3.5k 1.1× 8.0k 2.5× 4.4k 1.4× 194 37.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pettersson, Lars G. M.. (2025). Capitalistic Chemistry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 129(11). 5287–5300. 1 indexed citations
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Fransson, Thomas & Lars G. M. Pettersson. (2024). TDDFT and the x-ray absorption spectrum of liquid water: Finding the “best” functional. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(23). 1 indexed citations
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Anil, Athira, J.M. White, Egon Campos dos Santos, et al.. (2023). Effect of pore mesostructure on the electrooxidation of glycerol on Pt mesoporous catalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(31). 16570–16577. 15 indexed citations
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Santos, Egon Campos dos, et al.. (2021). Selectivity of the First Two Glycerol Dehydrogenation Steps Determined Using Scaling Relationships. ACS Catalysis. 11(6). 3487–3497. 30 indexed citations
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Yu, Xiaowen, Egon Campos dos Santos, J.M. White, et al.. (2021). Electrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation with Concurrent Hydrogen Evolution Utilizing an Efficient MoOx/Pt Catalyst. Small. 17(44). e2104288–e2104288. 125 indexed citations
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Santos, Egon Campos dos, et al.. (2020). Partial Electrooxidation of Glycerol on Close-Packed Transition Metal Surfaces: Insights from First-Principles Calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 124(33). 17907–17915. 24 indexed citations
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Rodrigues, Gabriel L. S., et al.. (2020). Accuracy of XAS theory for unraveling structural changes of adsorbates: CO on Ni(100). AIP Advances. 10(11). 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Chang, Svante Hedström, Joakim Halldin Stenlid, & Lars G. M. Pettersson. (2019). Amorphous, Periodic Model of a Copper Electrocatalyst with Subsurface Oxygen for Enhanced CO Coverage and Dimerization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(8). 4961–4968. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Chang, Maicon Pierre Lourenço, Svante Hedström, et al.. (2017). Stability and Effects of Subsurface Oxygen in Oxide-Derived Cu Catalyst for CO2 Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(45). 25010–25017. 101 indexed citations
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Cavalca, Filippo, R. Ferragut, S. Aghion, et al.. (2017). Nature and Distribution of Stable Subsurface Oxygen in Copper Electrodes During Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(45). 25003–25009. 113 indexed citations
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LaRue, Jerry, Ondřej Krejčí, Liang Yu, et al.. (2017). Real-Time Elucidation of Catalytic Pathways in CO Hydrogenation on Ru. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 8(16). 3820–3825. 10 indexed citations
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Miller, Daniel J., H. Öberg, Sarp Kaya, et al.. (2011). Oxidation of Pt(111) under Near-Ambient Conditions. Physical Review Letters. 107(19). 195502–195502. 163 indexed citations
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Jalilehvand, Farideh, et al.. (2009). Theoretical and experimental sulfur K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopic (XANES) study of cysteine, cystine, methionine and methionine sulfoxide. Dalton Transactions. 18. 3542–3558. 2 indexed citations
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Nilsson, Anders, Lars G. M. Pettersson, & Jens K. Nørskov. (2008). Chemical bonding at surfaces and interfaces. Elsevier eBooks. 114 indexed citations
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Wernet, Philippe, Dennis Nordlund, Uwe Bergmann, et al.. (2004). The Structure of the First Coordination Shell in Liquid Water. Science. 304(5673). 995–999. 1183 indexed citations breakdown →
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Takahashi, Osamu, Ko Saito, Masaki Mitani, et al.. (2004). Studies of the X-ray absorption spectra of some methylcyano esters. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena. 142(2). 113–119. 8 indexed citations
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Pettersson, Lars G. M.. (2002). Location, Housing and Premises in a Dynamic Perspective. Journal of Comparative Pathology. 72. 19–28. 10 indexed citations
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Pettersson, Lars G. M.. (1999). State Subsidies to Primary Education - Why and When?. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations
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Montenecourt, B.S., et al.. (1980). Biochemical nature of cellulases from mutants of Trichoderma reesei. 10. 12 indexed citations
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Nilsson, Anders & Lars G. M. Pettersson. (1979). Nationalekonomi och historia - exemplet svenskt 1930-tal.

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