2026 Andrei V. Ruban: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	53	9066	8752	99	91	208	16361

Andrei V. Ruban publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrei V. Ruban sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 208 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Andrei V. Ruban D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrei V. Ruban sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Andrei V. Ruban is affiliated with the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden and has contributed extensively to engineering and materials science research. Their publications primarily span areas related to mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their recent research papers include the following:

Short-range order in face-centered cubic VCoNi alloys, 2020, Physical Review Materials
Anderson transition in stoichiometric Fe2VAl: high thermoelectric performance from impurity bands, 2022, Nature Communications
Performance of the standard exchange-correlation functionals in predicting melting properties fully from first principles: Application to Al and magnetic Ni, 2020, Physical Review B
CALPHAD modeling based on Gibbs energy functions from zero kelvin and improved magnetic model: A case study on the Cr-Ni system, 2021, Calphad
Solubility and segregation of B in paramagnetic fcc Fe, 2022, Physical Review Materials

The main topics covered in their work are diverse and include:

Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Nanoparticles Nucleation Surface Interactions
High Entropy Alloys Studies
High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Magnetic Properties and Applications

They have frequently published in several key venues, notably:

Physical Review Materials
Physical Review B
Computational Materials Science
Acta Materialia
Scripta Materialia

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as:

Lorenz Romaner
Oleg E. Peil
Franco Moitzi
Axel Forslund
Blazej Grabowski

Their work has been grounded in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with subfield emphases on:

Mechanical Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Atmospheric Science

Best Publications

The surface energy of metals

L. Vitos;A.V. Ruban;H.L. Skriver;J. Kollár

3264
Citations
Surface electronic structure and reactivity of transition and noble metals

Andrei Ruban;Bjørk Hammer;Per Stoltze;Hans Lomholt Skriver

1537
Citations
Surface segregation energies in transition-metal alloys

Andrei Ruban;Hans Lomholt Skriver;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

1213
Citations
Adsorption and dissociation of O2 on Pt-Co and Pt-Fe alloys.

Ye Xu;and Andrei V. Ruban;Manos Mavrikakis

790
Citations
Phase diagrams for surface alloys

Asbjørn Christensen;Andrei Ruban;Per Stoltze;Karsten Wedel Jacobsen

522
Citations
Anode materials for low-temperature fuel cells : A density functional theory study

Ebbe Christoffersen;Ping Liu;Andrei Ruban;Hans Lomholt Skriver

469
Citations
First-principles calculations of the vacancy formation energy in transition and noble metals

P.A. Korzhavyi;Igor A. Abrikosov;Börje Johansson;Andrei Ruban

332
Citations
Combined electronic structure and evolutionary search approach to materials design

Gisli Holmar Johannesson;Thomas Bligaard;Andrei Ruban;Hans Lomholt Skriver

330
Citations
How a gold substrate can increase the reactivity of a Pt overlayer

Morten Ø. Pedersen;Stig Helveg;Andrei Ruban;Ivan Stensgaard

314
Citations
Calculated surface segregation in transition metal alloys

Andrei Ruban;Hans Lomholt Skriver

314
Citations
Order-N Green's function technique for local environment effects in alloys.

I. A. Abrikosov;A. M. N. Niklasson;S. I. Simak;B. Johansson

268
Citations
Mixing and decomposition thermodynamics of c-Ti1-xAlxN from first-principles calculations

Björn Alling;Björn Alling;A. V. Ruban;A. Karimi;O. E. Peil

240
Citations
Madelung energy for random metallic alloys in the coherent potential approximation.

P. A. Korzhavyi;Andrei Ruban;I. A. Abrikosov;Hans Lomholt Skriver

224
Citations
Constitutional and thermal point defects in B2 NiAl

Pavel A. Korzhavyi;Andrei V. Ruban;A. Y. Lozovoi;Y. K. Vekilov

209
Citations
Temperature-induced longitudinal spin fluctuations in Fe and Ni

Andrei V. Ruban;S. Khmelevskyi;P. Mohn;Börje Johansson

208
Citations
Deformation Microstructure and Deformation-Induced Martensite in Austenitic Fe-Cr-Ni Alloys Depending on Stacking Fault Energy

Ye Tian;Oleg I. Gorbatov;Oleg I. Gorbatov;Annika Borgenstam;Andrei V. Ruban

193
Citations
Screened Coulomb interactions in metallic alloys. II. Screening beyond the single-site and atomic-sphere approximations

Andrei Ruban;S.I. Simak;P.A. Korzhavyi;Hans Lomholt Skriver

188
Citations
Calculated site substitution in ternary γ | I H - Ni 3 Al: Temperature and composition effects

A. V. Ruban;H. L. Skriver

187
Citations
Atomic and magnetic configurational energetics by the generalized perturbation method

Andrei V. Ruban;Sam Shallcross;S.I. Simak;Hans Lomholt Skriver

168
Citations
Competition between magnetic structures in the Fe-rich fcc FeNi alloys

Igor Abrikosov;Andreas Kissavos;Francois Liot;Bjorn Alling

162
Citations
Competition between Magnetic Structures in the Fe-Rich FCC FeNi Alloys

Igor Abrikosov;Andreas E. Kissavos;Francois Liot;Björn Alling

162
Citations
Magnetic anisotropy of L10 FePt and Fe1-xMnxPt

Till Burkert;Olle Eriksson;Olle Eriksson;Sergei I. Simak;Sergei I. Simak;Andrei V. Ruban

157
Citations
Calculated Phase Diagram for the γ ⇌ α Transition in Ce

Børje Johansson;I. A. Abrikosov;Magnus Aldén;Andrei Ruban

142
Citations