M. D. Towler

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

M. D. Towler is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, M. D. Towler has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 25 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in M. D. Towler's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (28 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (9 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (6 papers). M. D. Towler is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (28 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (9 papers) and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics (6 papers). M. D. Towler collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and Italy. M. D. Towler's co-authors include R. J. Needs, N. D. Drummond, V. R. Saunders, Pablo López Ríos, N. M. Harrison, Neil L. Allan, W. C. Mackrodt, Edoardo Aprà, Ao Ma and Ryo Maezono and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

M. D. Towler

47 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ab initiostudy of MnO and NiO 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400
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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. Ab initiostudy of MnO and NiO
    1994 416 citations M. D. Towler et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. D. Towler United Kingdom 29 1.5k 1.3k 618 516 348 47 2.7k
Nektarios N. Lathiotakis Greece 26 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 831 1.3× 526 1.0× 300 0.9× 81 2.4k
J. C. Boettger United States 29 1.4k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 534 0.9× 197 0.4× 349 1.0× 81 2.8k
Chun-Yueh Chiang Taiwan 4 1.5k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 383 0.6× 574 1.1× 1.1k 3.2× 10 3.5k
Michael P. Teter United States 10 981 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 223 0.4× 336 0.7× 439 1.3× 14 2.3k
T. P. Das United States 28 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 545 0.9× 474 0.9× 462 1.3× 194 3.1k
D. G. Kanhere India 32 1.5k 1.0× 1.8k 1.4× 393 0.6× 378 0.7× 439 1.3× 134 2.8k
Stefan Kurth Spain 26 2.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 498 0.8× 294 0.6× 911 2.6× 60 3.4k
D. Schoemaker Belgium 25 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.3× 278 0.4× 379 0.7× 517 1.5× 165 2.6k
L. A. Bloomfield United States 24 2.7k 1.8× 1.4k 1.1× 541 0.9× 780 1.5× 395 1.1× 74 3.6k
P. Ziesche Germany 25 1.6k 1.0× 655 0.5× 430 0.7× 289 0.6× 253 0.7× 118 2.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Korth, Martin, Stefan Grimme, & M. D. Towler. (2011). The Lithium–Thiophene Riddle Revisited. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 115(42). 11734–11739. 21 indexed citations
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Towler, M. D., N. J. Russell, & Antony Valentini. (2011). Time scales for dynamical relaxation to the Born rule. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 468(2140). 990–1013. 38 indexed citations
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Esler, K., R. E. Cohen, Burkhard Militzer, et al.. (2010). Fundamental High-Pressure Calibration from All-Electron Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations. Physical Review Letters. 104(18). 25 indexed citations
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Needs, R. J., M. D. Towler, N. D. Drummond, & Pablo López Ríos. (2009). Continuum variational and diffusion quantum Monte Carlo calculations. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 22(2). 23201–23201. 294 indexed citations
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Maezono, Ryo, Ao Ma, M. D. Towler, & R. J. Needs. (2007). Equation of State and Raman Frequency of Diamond from Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 98(2). 25701–25701. 38 indexed citations
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Maezono, Ryo, Hirofumi Watanabe, Shigenori Tanaka, M. D. Towler, & R. J. Needs. (2007). Fragmentation Method Combined with Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 76(6). 64301–64301. 11 indexed citations
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Ríos, Pablo López, Ao Ma, N. D. Drummond, M. D. Towler, & R. J. Needs. (2006). Inhomogeneous backflow transformations in quantum Monte Carlo calculations. Physical Review E. 74(6). 66701–66701. 180 indexed citations
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Gurtubay, Idoia G., N. D. Drummond, M. D. Towler, & R. J. Needs. (2006). Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the dissociation energies of three-electron hemibonded radical cationic dimers. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 124(2). 24318–24318. 23 indexed citations
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Drummond, N. D., Pablo López Ríos, Ao Ma, et al.. (2006). Quantum Monte Carlo study of the Ne atom and the Ne+ ion. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 124(22). 224104–224104. 28 indexed citations
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Ma, Ao, N. D. Drummond, M. D. Towler, & R. J. Needs. (2005). All-electron quantum Monte Carlo calculations for the noble gas atoms He to Xe. Physical Review E. 71(6). 66704–66704. 46 indexed citations
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Drummond, N. D., M. D. Towler, & R. J. Needs. (2004). Jastrow correlation factor for atoms, molecules, and solids. Physical Review B. 70(23). 274 indexed citations
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Alfè, Dario, M. J. Gillan, M. D. Towler, & R. J. Needs. (2004). Diamond andβ-tin structures of Si studied with quantum Monte Carlo calculations. Physical Review B. 70(21). 36 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Valeria, M. D. Towler, & P. B. Littlewood. (2003). Oxygen Stripes inLa0.5Ca0.5MnO3fromAb InitioCalculations. Physical Review Letters. 91(22). 227202–227202. 63 indexed citations
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Needs, R. J. & M. D. Towler. (2003). THE DIFFUSION QUANTUM MONTE CARLO METHOD: DESIGNING TRIAL WAVE FUNCTIONS FOR NiO. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 17(28). 5425–5434. 14 indexed citations
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Maezono, Ryo, et al.. (2003). Quantum Monte Carlo study of sodium. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 68(16). 27 indexed citations
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Towler, M. D., et al.. (2001). Excitons in small hydrogenated Si clusters. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 64(3). 45 indexed citations
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Towler, M. D., et al.. (2001). Electronic excited-state wave functions for quantum Monte Carlo: Application to silane and methane. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 114(18). 7795–7804. 23 indexed citations
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Needs, R. J., et al.. (2001). Quantum Monte Carlo calculations for ground and excited states. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 86(2). 218–225. 10 indexed citations
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Towler, M. D., Randolph Q. Hood, & R. J. Needs. (2000). Minimum principles and level splitting in quantum Monte Carlo excitation energies: Application to diamond. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 62(4). 2330–2337. 32 indexed citations
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Kent, Paul R. C., Randolph Q. Hood, M. D. Towler, R. J. Needs, & G. Rajagopal. (1998). Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the one-body density matrix and excitation energies of silicon. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 57(24). 15293–15302. 38 indexed citations

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