Mel Levy

22.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
126 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Mel Levy is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Mel Levy has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 30 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 27 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Mel Levy's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (106 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (54 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (18 papers). Mel Levy is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (106 papers), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (54 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (18 papers). Mel Levy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Mel Levy's co-authors include John P. Perdew, Robert G. Parr, Andreas Görling, Robert A. Donnelly, William E. Palke, Jose L. Balduz, Paul W. Ayers, Viraht Sahni, A. Seidl and P. Vogl and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Mel Levy

124 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Hit Papers

Electronegativity: The density functional viewpoint 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 1982 1983 1979 1996 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Electronegativity: The density functional viewpoint
    1978 2.8k citations Robert G. Parr, Robert A. Donnelly et al. The Journal of Chemical Physics profile →
  2. Density-Functional Theory for Fractional Particle Number: Derivative Discontinuities of the Energy
    1982 2.4k citations John P. Perdew, Robert G. Parr et al. Physical Review Letters profile →
  3. Physical Content of the Exact Kohn-Sham Orbital Energies: Band Gaps and Derivative Discontinuities
    1983 2.0k citations John P. Perdew, Mel Levy Physical Review Letters profile →
  4. Universal variational functionals of electron densities, first-order density matrices, and natural spin-orbitals and solution of the v -representability problem
    1979 1.3k citations Mel Levy profile →
  5. Generalized Kohn-Sham schemes and the band-gap problem
    1996 980 citations Andreas Görling, Mel Levy et al. Physical review. B, Condensed matter profile →
  6. Hellmann-Feynman, virial, and scaling requisites for the exact universal density functionals. Shape of the correlation potential and diamagnetic susceptibility for atoms
    1985 733 citations Mel Levy, John P. Perdew profile →
  7. Exact differential equation for the density and ionization energy of a many-particle system
    1984 653 citations Mel Levy, John P. Perdew et al. profile →
  8. Exact Kohn-Sham scheme based on perturbation theory
    1994 455 citations Andreas Görling, Mel Levy Physical Review A profile →
  9. Electron densities in search of Hamiltonians
    1982 398 citations Mel Levy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mel Levy United States 43 11.0k 5.6k 3.4k 3.2k 3.1k 126 16.8k
Hermann Stoll Germany 53 10.1k 0.9× 5.2k 0.9× 4.6k 1.4× 2.3k 0.7× 2.6k 0.8× 203 18.7k
Paula Mori‐Sánchez Spain 32 5.9k 0.5× 6.6k 1.2× 4.4k 1.3× 2.7k 0.8× 3.6k 1.1× 43 16.6k
Andreas Savin France 35 6.2k 0.6× 6.4k 1.1× 5.9k 1.8× 2.5k 0.8× 3.5k 1.1× 82 17.8k
Jan Almløf United States 50 7.5k 0.7× 4.7k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 167 13.1k
Andreas Görling Germany 64 7.2k 0.7× 7.6k 1.4× 2.0k 0.6× 3.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 309 14.5k
Per‐Åke Malmqvist Sweden 44 9.3k 0.8× 6.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 3.8k 1.2× 63 17.6k
Aron J. Cohen United Kingdom 37 8.1k 0.7× 7.5k 1.3× 5.6k 1.7× 2.9k 0.9× 4.2k 1.4× 61 20.3k
Marwan Nusair Canada 3 7.2k 0.7× 6.2k 1.1× 5.2k 1.5× 2.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 5 17.9k
Dennis R. Salahub Canada 65 10.8k 1.0× 7.9k 1.4× 5.0k 1.5× 3.4k 1.1× 4.3k 1.4× 312 22.8k
L. Wilk Canada 9 7.4k 0.7× 6.4k 1.1× 5.2k 1.6× 2.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 14 18.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zahariev, Federico, Mark S. Gordon, & Mel Levy. (2021). Energy components in spin-density functional theory. Physical review. A. 104(2). 2 indexed citations
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Zahariev, Federico & Mel Levy. (2019). Density- and spin-density-functional theories through spin-free wave functions. Physical review. A. 100(6). 2 indexed citations
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Sharpe, Daniel, Mel Levy, & David J. Tozer. (2018). Approximating the Shifted Hartree-Exchange-Correlation Potential in Direct Energy Kohn–Sham Theory. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 14(2). 684–692. 5 indexed citations
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Ayers, Paul W., Mel Levy, & Á. Nagy. (2015). Communication: Kohn-Sham theory for excited states of Coulomb systems. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 143(19). 191101–191101. 34 indexed citations
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Levy, Mel & Federico Zahariev. (2014). Ground-State Energy as a Simple Sum of Orbital Energies in Kohn-Sham Theory: A Shift in Perspective through a Shift in Potential. Physical Review Letters. 113(11). 113002–113002. 30 indexed citations
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Ayers, Paul W. & Mel Levy. (2014). Tight constraints on the exchange-correlation potentials of degenerate states. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 140(18). 18A537–18A537. 5 indexed citations
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Levy, Mel. (2009). Pointwise and generalized virial theorems. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 14(S12). 343–344.
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Nagy, Á. & Mel Levy. (1998). Tests for new ionization formula in density functional theory. Chemical Physics Letters. 296(3-4). 313–315. 6 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P. & Mel Levy. (1997). Comment on “Significance of the highest occupied Kohn-Sham eigenvalue”. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 56(24). 16021–16028. 348 indexed citations
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Levy, Mel, et al.. (1995). DFT ionization formulas and aDFT perturbation theory for exchange and correlation, through adiabatic connection. International Journal of Quantum Chemistry. 56(S29). 93–108. 125 indexed citations
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Levy, Mel & Andreas Görling. (1994). Recent constrained-search advances for approximating density functionals. Philosophical Magazine B. 69(5). 763–769. 22 indexed citations
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Levy, Mel. (1991). Density-functional exchange correlation through coordinate scaling in adiabatic connection and correlation hole. Physical Review A. 43(9). 4637–4646. 217 indexed citations
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Ou-Yang, Hui & Mel Levy. (1990). Path dependence of the Harbola-Sahni exchange potential. Physical Review A. 41(7). 4038–4041. 19 indexed citations
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Levy, Mel, et al.. (1990). Nonlocal Wigner-like correlation-energy density functional through coordinate scaling. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 41(18). 12930–12932. 115 indexed citations
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Perdew, John P., Robert G. Parr, Mel Levy, & Jose L. Balduz. (1982). Density-Functional Theory for Fractional Particle Number: Derivative Discontinuities of the Energy. Physical Review Letters. 49(23). 1691–1694. 2359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Levy, Mel & Yoram Tal. (1980). Energy-density relations and screening constants in atoms. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 73(10). 5168–5173. 17 indexed citations
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Levy, Mel & Yoram Tal. (1980). Atomic binding energies from fundamental theorems involving the electron density, 〈r−1〉, and the Z−1 perturbation expansion. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 72(5). 3416–3417. 31 indexed citations
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Parr, Robert G., Robert A. Donnelly, Mel Levy, & William E. Palke. (1978). Electronegativity: The density functional viewpoint. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 68(8). 3801–3807. 2758 indexed citations breakdown →
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Levy, Mel. (1977). Variational energy functionals involving one-electron operators. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 67(2). 724–726. 5 indexed citations
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Howard, Robert, Mel Levy, Harrison Shull, & Stanley A. Hagstrom. (1977). Transferability of electron pair wavefunctions. IV. Recreation of the hydrogen peroxide hindered rotation potential. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 66(11). 5189–5201. 3 indexed citations

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