2026 Bobby G. Sumpter: 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	97	1206	1155	395	368	780	36947
Chemistry	96	1532	1362	588	485	699	36580

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding scientific impact and development in computational soft matter and nanoscience through the development and use of principles from computer science and mathematics and the results of theoretical physics and chemistry to facilitate solving materials problems and discovery of new functional materials

Overview

Bobby G. Sumpter is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within materials science and engineering, with a focus on computational methods and materials chemistry.

Their recent publications include:

Benchmarking graph neural networks for materials chemistry, 2021, npj Computational Materials
Chemical upcycling of polyethylene, polypropylene, and mixtures to high-value surfactants, 2023, Science
Machine learned features from density of states for accurate adsorption energy prediction, 2021, Nature Communications
Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane to Propylene with Soft Oxidants via Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2021, ACS Catalysis
Radical Chemistry and Reaction Mechanisms of Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation over Hexagonal Boron Nitride Catalysts, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

Jan-Michael Y. Carrillo
Panchapakesan Ganesh
Changwoo Do
Sergei V. Kalinin
Chi-Huan Tung

The primary publication venues where their work appears include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Macromolecules
npj Computational Materials
Carbon Trends
The Journal of Chemical Physics

The main fields of study for their research are:

Materials Science
Engineering

Key subfields include:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Biomedical Engineering
Polymers and Plastics

Main topics in Bobby G. Sumpter's work cover:

Machine Learning in Materials Science
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Material Dynamics and Properties
Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Graphene research and applications

They have been recognized with several awards, including:

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2014, with citation for outstanding scientific impact and development in computational soft matter and nanoscience through the development and use of principles from computer science and mathematics and the results of theoretical physics and chemistry to facilitate solving materials problems and discovery of new functional materials

Best Publications

Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

Ganesh R. Bhimanapati;Zhenqiu Lin;Vincent Meunier;Vincent Meunier;Yeonwoong Jung

2760
Citations
Ultrathin Planar Graphene Supercapacitors

Jung Joon Yoo;Kaushik Balakrishnan;Jingsong Huang;Vincent Meunier;Vincent Meunier

1431
Citations
Controlled formation of sharp zigzag and armchair edges in graphitic nanoribbons.

Xiaoting Jia;Mario Hofmann;Vincent Meunier;Bobby G. Sumpter

817
Citations
Density-functional approaches to noncovalent interactions: A comparison of dispersion corrections (DFT-D), exchange-hole dipole moment (XDM) theory, and specialized functionals

Lori A. Burns;Álvaro Vázquez Mayagoitia;Bobby G. Sumpter;C. David Sherrill

774
Citations
A Universal Model for Nanoporous Carbon Supercapacitors Applicable to Diverse Pore Regimes, Carbon Materials, and Electrolytes

Jingsong Huang;Bobby G. Sumpter;Vincent Meunier

754
Citations
PdSe2: Pentagonal Two-Dimensional Layers with High Air Stability for Electronics.

Akinola D. Oyedele;Shize Yang;Liangbo Liang;Alexander A. Puretzky

745
Citations
Theoretical Model for Nanoporous Carbon Supercapacitors

Jingsong Huang;Bobby G. Sumpter;Vincent Meunier

690
Citations
Electronic Bandgap and Edge Reconstruction in Phosphorene Materials

Liangbo Liang;Jun Wang;Wenzhi Lin;Bobby G. Sumpter

588
Citations
Unique chemical reactivity of a graphene nanoribbon's zigzag edge.

De-en Jiang;Bobby G. Sumpter;Sheng Dai

566
Citations
The unique chemical reactivity of a graphene nanoribbon's zigzag edge

De-en Jiang;Bobby G. Sumpter;Sheng Dai

501
Citations
Covalently bonded three-dimensional carbon nanotube solids via boron induced nanojunctions

Daniel P. Hashim;Narayanan T. Narayanan;Jose M. Romo-Herrera;David A. Cullen

434
Citations
Anisotropic Electron-Photon and Electron-Phonon Interactions in Black Phosphorus

Xi Ling;Shengxi Huang;Eddwi H. Hasdeo;Liangbo Liang

429
Citations
JARVIS: An Integrated Infrastructure for Data-driven Materials Design

Kamal Choudhary;Kevin F. Garrity;Andrew C. E. Reid;Brian DeCost

396
Citations
High-Selectivity Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Ethanol using a Copper Nanoparticle/N-Doped Graphene Electrode

Yang Song;Rui Peng;Dale K. Hensley;Peter V. Bonnesen

376
Citations
Big-deep-smart data in imaging for guiding materials design.

Sergei V. Kalinin;Bobby G. Sumpter;Richard K. Archibald

372
Citations
A physical catalyst for the electrolysis of nitrogen to ammonia.

Yang Song;Daniel Johnson;Rui Peng;Dale K. Hensley

342
Citations
Ultrathin nanosheets of CrSiTe3: a semiconducting two-dimensional ferromagnetic material

Ming Wei Lin;Houlong L. Zhuang;Jiaqiang Yan;Jiaqiang Yan;Thomas Zac Ward

289
Citations
Low-Frequency Shear and Layer-Breathing Modes in Raman Scattering of Two-Dimensional Materials.

Liangbo Liang;Jun Zhang;Bobby G. Sumpter;Qing-Hai Tan

275
Citations
How do aryl groups attach to a graphene sheet

De-En Jiang;Bobby G. Sumpter;Sheng Dai

275
Citations
Dynamics of fluid flow inside carbon nanotubes

Robert E Tuzun;Donald W Noid;Bobby G Sumpter;Ralph C Merkle

273
Citations
Transition-Metal Substitution Doping in Synthetic Atomically Thin Semiconductors.

Jian Gao;Young Duck Kim;Liangbo Liang;Liangbo Liang;Juan Carlos Idrobo

269
Citations
Nitrogen-Mediated Carbon Nanotube Growth: Diameter Reduction, Metallicity, Bundle Dispersability, and Bamboo-like Structure Formation

Bobby G. Sumpter;Vincent Meunier;José M. Romo-Herrera;Eduardo Cruz-Silva

255
Citations