Matthias Ernzerhof

262.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
92 papers, 216.1k citations indexed

About

Matthias Ernzerhof is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Ernzerhof has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 216.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 45 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Matthias Ernzerhof's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (52 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (44 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (32 papers). Matthias Ernzerhof is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (52 papers), Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (44 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (32 papers). Matthias Ernzerhof collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. Matthias Ernzerhof's co-authors include Kieron Burke, John P. Perdew, Gustavo E. Scuseria, Jochen Heyd, Sergey N. Maximoff, Min Zhuang, Andreas Görling, Hilke Bahmann, Ales̆ Zupan and Ron Shepard and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Review B.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Ernzerhof

91 papers receiving 213.2k citations

Hit Papers

Generalized Gradient Appr... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 2003 1997 1996 1999 50.0k 100.0k 150.0k
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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. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
    1996 173.3k citations John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  2. Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential
    2003 15.5k citations Jochen Heyd, Gustavo E. Scuseria et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  3. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3865 (1996)]
    1997 12.6k citations John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Rationale for mixing exact exchange with density functional approximations
    1996 5.3k citations John P. Perdew, Matthias Ernzerhof et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  5. Assessment of the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof exchange-correlation functional
    1999 4.3k citations Matthias Ernzerhof, Gustavo E. Scuseria The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  6. Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof Reply:
    1998 1.3k citations Kieron Burke, Matthias Ernzerhof et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  7. Generalized gradient approximation to the angle- and system-averaged exchange hole
    1998 440 citations Matthias Ernzerhof, John P. Perdew 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
Matthias Ernzerhof Canada 32 142.9k 68.6k 45.4k 39.8k 29.3k 92 216.1k
Kieron Burke United States 59 140.3k 1.0× 66.5k 1.0× 49.1k 1.1× 40.3k 1.0× 27.7k 0.9× 179 217.7k
J. Furthmüller Germany 55 122.8k 0.9× 59.5k 0.9× 33.0k 0.7× 30.0k 0.8× 29.0k 1.0× 182 175.2k
John P. Perdew United States 98 200.2k 1.4× 89.3k 1.3× 95.2k 2.1× 58.7k 1.5× 36.7k 1.3× 331 333.1k
Georg Kresse Austria 116 244.4k 1.7× 111.6k 1.6× 69.6k 1.5× 56.5k 1.4× 55.1k 1.9× 384 346.5k
Peidong Yang United States 179 88.6k 0.6× 57.5k 0.8× 12.5k 0.3× 23.1k 0.6× 35.7k 1.2× 499 133.0k
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis United States 182 122.4k 0.9× 92.8k 1.4× 10.1k 0.2× 32.6k 0.8× 10.8k 0.4× 1.6k 158.9k
Peter E. Blöchl Germany 41 59.5k 0.4× 29.1k 0.4× 16.3k 0.4× 15.7k 0.4× 14.1k 0.5× 95 87.5k
William A. Goddard United States 166 59.3k 0.4× 29.4k 0.4× 25.5k 0.6× 9.5k 0.2× 22.1k 0.8× 1.7k 140.4k
J. Häfner Austria 66 57.8k 0.4× 24.1k 0.4× 20.0k 0.4× 13.2k 0.3× 12.2k 0.4× 415 86.3k
Stefan Grimme Germany 128 71.0k 0.5× 31.9k 0.5× 37.7k 0.8× 13.2k 0.3× 18.1k 0.6× 817 171.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Spitz, Cédric, et al.. (2019). A Mechanistic Study of the Stereochemical Outcomes of Rhodium‐Catalysed Styrene Aziridinations. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 362(2). 384–397. 11 indexed citations
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Ernzerhof, Matthias, et al.. (2017). Fourth-order series expansion of the exchange hole. Physical review. A. 96(2). 5 indexed citations
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Asgari, Asghar, et al.. (2016). Modeling of molecular photocells: Application to two-level photovoltaic system with electron-hole interaction. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 145(12). 124116–124116. 12 indexed citations
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Bahmann, Hilke, et al.. (2016). The shell model for the exchange-correlation hole in the strong-correlation limit. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 145(12). 124104–124104. 20 indexed citations
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Ernzerhof, Matthias. (2014). Coherent molecular transistor: Control through variation of the gate wave function. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 140(11). 114708–114708. 4 indexed citations
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Ernzerhof, Matthias, et al.. (2012). Calculating the Lifetimes of Metastable States with Complex Density Functional Theory. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 3(14). 1916–1920. 44 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuwei & Matthias Ernzerhof. (2010). Equiconducting molecular electronic devices. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 132(10). 104706–104706. 12 indexed citations
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Ernzerhof, Matthias & Hilke Bahmann. (2008). Construction of an analytic exchange-correlation hole for the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof GGA. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Zhuang, Min & Matthias Ernzerhof. (2005). Mechanism of a molecular electronic photoswitch. Physical Review B. 72(7). 50 indexed citations
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Heyd, Jochen, Gustavo E. Scuseria, & Matthias Ernzerhof. (2003). Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 118(18). 8207–8215. 15547 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maximoff, Sergey N., Matthias Ernzerhof, & Gustavo E. Scuseria. (2002). Functionals of the square kinetic energy density. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 117(7). 3074–3080. 4 indexed citations
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Adamo, Carlo, Matthias Ernzerhof, & Gustavo E. Scuseria. (2000). The meta-GGA functional: Thermochemistry with a kinetic energy density dependent exchange-correlation functional. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 112(6). 2643–2649. 103 indexed citations
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Ernzerhof, Matthias & Gustavo E. Scuseria. (1999). Assessment of the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof exchange-correlation functional. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 110(11). 5029–5036. 4277 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burke, Kieron, et al.. (1998). Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof Reply:. Physical Review Letters. 80(4). 891–891. 1322 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perdew, John P., Kieron Burke, & Matthias Ernzerhof. (1997). Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3865 (1996)]. Physical Review Letters. 78(7). 1396–1396. 12605 indexed citations breakdown →
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Perdew, John P., Matthias Ernzerhof, Kieron Burke, & Andreas Savin. (1997). On-top pair-density interpretation of spin density functional theory, with applications to magnetism. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 61(2). 197–205. 83 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P., Kieron Burke, & Matthias Ernzerhof. (1996). Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple. Physical Review Letters. 77(18). 3865–3868. 173307 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ernzerhof, Matthias, Kieron Burke, & John P. Perdew. (1996). Long-range asymptotic behavior of ground-state wave functions, one-matrices, and pair densities. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 105(7). 2798–2803. 47 indexed citations
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Suter, H. U., et al.. (1994). Difficulties in the calculation of electron spin resonance parameters using density functional methods. Chemical Physics Letters. 230(4-5). 398–404. 35 indexed citations
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Ernzerhof, Matthias. (1994). Density-functional theory as an example for the construction of stationarity principles. Physical Review A. 49(1). 76–80. 8 indexed citations

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