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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 66 5223 5052 1362 1275 375 37825
Chemistry 65 7524 6823 2201 1818 333 37238

Blas P. Uberuaga publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Blas P. Uberuaga between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Blas P. Uberuaga published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 16.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 36 publications in 2015. 25 of the 459 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 36. Peak 36 publications in 2015. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 13 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 33 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 36 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 23 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 21 publications 2023: 26 publications 2024: 25 publications 2025: 22 publications 2026: 3 publications
1999 2026

459 publications in total across all disciplines

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Blas P. Uberuaga: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 3
2001 2
2002 7
2003 3
2004 5
2005 13
2006 7
2007 18
2008 17
2009 19
2010 15
2011 17
2012 33
2013 27
2014 15
2015 36
2016 24
2017 17
2018 21
2019 23
2020 22
2021 17
2022 21
2023 26
2024 25
2025 22
2026 3
Total 459
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Blas P. Uberuaga publications per year - data summary

  • Blas P. Uberuaga, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has 459 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1999 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2015, with 36 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1999, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 16.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 16.4 per year counting only the 28 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 97 publications, 21% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1999-2008: 76 publications (7.6 per year); 2009-2018: 224 publications (22.4 per year); 2019-2026: 159 publications (19.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Blas P. Uberuaga 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 Blas P. Uberuaga sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 370–389 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 375 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356 375
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Blas P. Uberuaga publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Blas P. Uberuaga, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 375 publications - the 74th percentile of the discipline.
  • 74% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Blas P. Uberuaga, and about 26% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Blas P. Uberuaga ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Blas P. Uberuaga 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 Blas P. Uberuaga sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 66–67 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490 66
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Blas P. Uberuaga D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Blas P. Uberuaga, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 66 D-Index - the 59th percentile of the discipline.
  • 59% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Blas P. Uberuaga, and about 41% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Blas P. Uberuaga ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of accelerated molecular dynamics methods and their application to the understanding of radiation effects in materials, including the amorphization resistance of complex oxides, and the discovery of a new mechanism for point defect recovery at interfaces

Overview

Blas P. Uberuaga is a researcher affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans various areas within materials science and engineering, with a particular focus on the behavior and properties of nuclear and fusion materials, as well as condensed matter physics.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their research engages with subfields such as:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering

Key research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques

Uberuaga has contributed to numerous papers, including the following recent examples:

  • A Machine Learning Approach for the Prediction of Formability and Thermodynamic Stability of Single and Double Perovskite Oxides, 2021, Chemistry of Materials
  • Prediction of structure and cation ordering in an ordered normal-inverse double spinel, 2020, Communications Materials
  • Machine learning in nuclear materials research, 2022, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science
  • Chemical manipulation of hydrogen induced high p-type and n-type conductivity in Ga2O3, 2020, PubMed
  • Effects of Radiation-Induced Defects on Corrosion, 2021, Annual Review of Materials Research

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ghanshyam Pilania
  • Danny Pérez
  • Aaron A. Kohnert
  • P. D. Hatton
  • Peter Hosemann

Recognition of their contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2020, with a citation noting their development of accelerated molecular dynamics methods and their application to radiation effects in materials, including the amorphization resistance of complex oxides and mechanisms for point defect recovery at interfaces.

Best Publications

  • A climbing image nudged elastic band method for finding saddle points and minimum energy paths

    Graeme Henkelman;Blas P. Uberuaga;Hannes Jónsson

  • Efficient annealing of radiation damage near grain boundaries via interstitial emission.

    Xian-Ming Bai;Arthur F. Voter;Richard G. Hoagland;Michael Nastasi

  • Radiation-induced amorphization resistance and radiation tolerance in structurally related oxides

    Kurt E. Sickafus;Robin W. Grimes;James A. Valdez;Antony Cleave

  • Defect-interface interactions

    I.J. Beyerlein;M.J. Demkowicz;A. Misra;B.P. Uberuaga

  • Radiation damage tolerant nanomaterials

    I.J. Beyerlein;A. Caro;M.J. Demkowicz;N.A. Mara

  • Machine learning bandgaps of double perovskites

    Ghanshyam Pilania;Arun Mannodi-Kanakkithodi;Blas Uberuaga;Rampi Ramprasad

  • Band-gap engineering for removing shallow traps in rare-earth Lu 3 Al 5 O 12 garnet scintillators using Ga 3 + doping

    M. Fasoli;A. Vedda;M. Nikl;C. Jiang

  • Synchronization of trajectories in canonical molecular-dynamics simulations: observation, explanation, and exploitation.

    Blas P. Uberuaga;Marian Anghel;Arthur F. Voter

  • Chapter 4 Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Methods: Introduction and Recent Developments

    Danny Perez;Blas P. Uberuaga;Yunsic Shim;Jacques G. Amar

  • The relationship between grain boundary structure, defect mobility and grain boundary sink efficiency

    Blas Pedro Uberuaga;Louis J. Vernon;Enrique Martinez;Arthur F. Voter

  • Radiation Effects in Solids

    Kurt E. Sickafus;Eugene A. Kotomin;Blas P. Uberuaga

  • Defect Structure of Flash‐Sintered Strontium Titanate

    Aylin Karakuscu;Marco Cologna;Dmitry Yarotski;Jonghan Won

  • Direct transformation of vacancy voids to stacking fault tetrahedra.

    B. P. Uberuaga;R. G. Hoagland;A. F. Voter;S. M. Valone

  • First-principles prediction of disordering tendencies in pyrochlore oxides

    Chao Jiang;C. R. Stanek;K. E. Sickafus;B. P. Uberuaga

  • Cooperativity among defect sites in A O 2 + x and A 4 O 9 ( A = U , Np , Pu ) : Density functional calculations

    D. A. Andersson;J. Lezama;J. Lezama;B. P. Uberuaga;C. Deo

  • U and Xe transport in UO 2 ± x : Density functional theory calculations

    D. A. Andersson;B. P. Uberuaga;P. V. Nerikar;C. Unal

  • Accelerated molecular dynamics methods: introduction and recent developments

    Blas Pedro Uberuaga;Arthur F Voter;Danny Perez;Y Shim

  • Vacancy-mediated dopant diffusion activation enthalpies for germanium

    A. Chroneos;H. Bracht;R. W. Grimes;B. P. Uberuaga

  • Comparison of screened hybrid density functional theory to diffusion Monte Carlo in calculations of total energies of silicon phases and defects

    Enrique R. Batista;Jochen Heyd;Richard G. Hennig;Blas P. Uberuaga

  • Role of atomic structure on grain boundary-defect interactions in Cu

    Xian-Ming Bai;Louis J. Vernon;Richard G. Hoagland;Arthur F. Voter

  • Stick-slip behavior of grain boundaries studied by accelerated molecular dynamics

    Y. Mishin;A. Suzuki;B. P. Uberuaga;A. F. Voter

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur F. Voter
Arthur F. Voter Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kurt E. Sickafus
Kurt E. Sickafus University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Amit Misra
Amit Misra University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Robin W. Grimes
Robin W. Grimes Imperial College London
Yongqiang Wang
Yongqiang Wang Los Alamos National Laboratory
Terry G. Holesinger
Terry G. Holesinger Los Alamos National Laboratory
Quanxi Jia
Quanxi Jia University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Richard G. Hoagland
Richard G. Hoagland Los Alamos National Laboratory
Simon R. Phillpot
Simon R. Phillpot University of Florida
Michael Nastasi
Michael Nastasi Texas A&M University

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