2026 Alexander F. Goncharov: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	71	4256	4123	1144	1079	423	18027
Chemistry	70	5852	5312	1795	1497	382	17364

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Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Materials Science

4256

4123

1144

1079

423

18027

Chemistry

5852

5312

1795

1497

382

17364

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

18027

World Ranking

4256

National Ranking

1144

Chemistry

D-Index

Citations

17364

World Ranking

5852

National Ranking

1795

Overview

Alexander F. Goncharov is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their primary field of study is Materials Science, with a total of 158 publications. Subfields include Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Inorganic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Condensed Matter Physics.

The research topics covered in Alexander F. Goncharov's work emphasize:

Crystallization and Solubility Studies
High-pressure geophysics and materials
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
Geological and Geochemical Analysis

Frequent co-authors working alongside Goncharov include:

Vitali B. Prakapenka
Maxim Bykov
Stella Chariton
Elena Bykova
Leonid Dubrovinsky

Common publication venues for Goncharov's research are:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Physical Review B
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Applied Physics
The Journal of Chemical Physics

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexander F. Goncharov include:

High-Pressure Synthesis of Dirac Materials: Layered van der Waals Bonded BeN₄ Polymorph (2021, Physical Review Letters)
Thermal conductivity of materials under pressure (2022, Nature Reviews Physics)
Realization of an Ideal Cairo Tessellation in Nickel Diazenide NiN₂: High-Pressure Route to Pentagonal 2D Materials (2021, ACS Nano)
Structure and properties of two superionic ice phases (2021, Nature Physics)
Stabilization of hexazine rings in potassium polynitride at high pressure (2022, Nature Chemistry)

Alexander F. Goncharov has also contributed to academic book publications, including the title Static and Dynamic High Pressure Mineral Physics, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022.

Best Publications

Hydrogen clusters in clathrate hydrate.

Wendy L. Mao;Wendy L. Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Alexander F. Goncharov;Viktor V. Struzhkin

1104
Citations
The pressure-temperature phase and transformation diagram for carbon; updated through 1994

F.P. Bundy;W.A. Bassett;M.S. Weathers;R.J. Hemley

881
Citations
Synthesis and Characterization of the Nitrides of Platinum and Iridium

Jonathan C. Crowhurst;Jonathan C. Crowhurst;Alexander F. Goncharov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Babak Sadigh;Babak Sadigh;Cheryl L. Evans;Cheryl L. Evans

591
Citations
Unexpected Stable Stoichiometries of Sodium Chlorides

Weiwei Zhang;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Qiang Zhu

530
Citations
Compression of Ice to 210 Gigapascals: Infrared Evidence for a Symmetric Hydrogen-Bonded Phase

A. F. Goncharov;V. V. Struzhkin;M. S. Somayazulu;R. J. Hemley

393
Citations
A stable compound of helium and sodium at high pressure

Xiao Dong;Artem R. Oganov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Elissaios Stavrou;Elissaios Stavrou

377
Citations
Pressure-induced metallization of molybdenum disulfide.

Zhen-Hua Chi;Xiao-Miao Zhao;Haidong Zhang;Alexander F. Goncharov;Alexander F. Goncharov

322
Citations
Mixed molecular and atomic phase of dense hydrogen.

Ross T. Howie;Christophe L. Guillaume;Thomas Scheler;Alexander F. Goncharov

309
Citations
Optical evidence for a nonmolecular phase of nitrogen above 150 GPa

Alexander F. Goncharov;Eugene Gregoryanz;Ho-kwang Mao;Zhenxian Liu

309
Citations
Direct measurement of thermal conductivity in solid iron at planetary core conditions

Zuzana Konôpková;R. Stewart McWilliams;Natalia Gómez-Pérez;Natalia Gómez-Pérez;Alexander F. Goncharov;Alexander F. Goncharov

303
Citations
Dynamic ionization of water under extreme conditions.

Alexander F. Goncharov;Nir Goldman;Laurence E. Fried;Jonathan C. Crowhurst

283
Citations
Raman Spectroscopy of Dense H 2 O and the Transition to Symmetric Hydrogen Bonds

Alexander F. Goncharov;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Ho-kwang Mao;Russell J. Hemley

269
Citations
Transformations in methane hydrates.

I-Ming Chou;Anurag Sharma;Robert C. Burruss;Jinfu Shu

251
Citations
Methane-derived hydrocarbons produced under upper-mantle conditions

Anton Kolesnikov;Vladimir G. Kutcherov;Alexander F. Goncharov

214
Citations
Elasticity of (Mg,Fe)O Through the Spin Transition of Iron in the Lower Mantle

J. C. Crowhurst;J. M. Brown;A. F. Goncharov;S. D. Jacobsen

204
Citations
Reduced Radiative Conductivity of Low-Spin (Mg,Fe)O in the Lower Mantle

Alexander F. Goncharov;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Steven D. Jacobsen

192
Citations
Diamond at high pressures - Raman scattering of light, equation of state, and a high pressure scale

I. V. Aleksandrov;A. F. Goncharov;A. N. Zisman;S. M. Stishov

185
Citations
High P-T transformations of nitrogen to 170 GPa.

Eugene Gregoryanz;Alexander F. Goncharov;Chrystele Sanloup;Maddury Somayazulu

183
Citations
Raman spectroscopy of iron to 152 gigapascals: implications for Earth's inner core

Sébastien Merkel;Sébastien Merkel;Alexander F. Goncharov;Ho-kwang Mao;Philippe Gillet

181
Citations
Raman Spectroscopy of Hot Dense Hydrogen

Eugene Gregoryanz;Alexander F. Goncharov;Kiyoto Matsuishi;Ho-kwang Mao

179
Citations