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Dan Thomas Major

Dan Thomas Major

Bar-Ilan University
Israel

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
51
Citations
9575
World Ranking
13920
National Ranking
108

Dan Thomas Major publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dan Thomas Major sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 206 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Dan Thomas Major D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dan Thomas Major sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dan Thomas Major is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to the subfields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on topics related to advancements in battery materials and technologies, as well as plant biochemistry and protein structure and dynamics. The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Plant Biochemistry and Biosynthesis
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Dan Thomas Major has contributed to multiple research papers across several reputable venues. Some frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Energy Storage Materials

Recent papers by this researcher feature the following titles, publication years, and venues:

  • Layered Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Review of Computational Studies on LiNi1-x-yCoxMnyO2 and LiNi1-x-yCoxAlyO2 (2020, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Can Anions Be Inserted into MXene? (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Boron doped Ni-rich LiNi0.85Co0.10Mn0.05O2 cathode materials studied by structural analysis, solid state NMR, computational modeling, and electrochemical performance (2021, Energy Storage Materials)
  • Enhancement of Structural, Electrochemical, and Thermal Properties of High-Energy Density Ni-Rich LiNi0.85Co0.1Mn0.05O2 Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries by Niobium Doping (2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Benchmarking the Ability of Common Docking Programs to Correctly Reproduce and Score Binding Modes in SARS-CoV-2 Protease Mpro (2021, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling)

The researcher has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Amreen Bano, Doron Aurbach, Arup Chakraborty, Shani Zev, and Renana Schwartz.

Best Publications

  • From Surface ZrO2 Coating to Bulk Zr Doping by High Temperature Annealing of Nickel-Rich Lithiated Oxides and Their Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in Lithium Ion Batteries

    Florian Schipper;Hana Bouzaglo;Mudit Dixit;Evan M. Erickson

  • Mechanisms and free energies of enzymatic reactions.

    Jiali Gao;Shuhua Ma;Dan T. Major;Kwangho Nam

  • Pushing the limit of layered transition metal oxide cathodes for high-energy density rechargeable Li ion batteries

    U.-H. Kim;D.-W. Jun;K.-J. Park;Q. Zhang

  • Stabilizing nickel-rich layered cathode materials by a high-charge cation doping strategy: zirconium-doped LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2

    Florian Schipper;Mudit Dixit;Daniela Kovacheva;Michael Talianker

  • Structural analysis of electrolyte solutions for rechargeable Mg batteries by stereoscopic means and DFT calculations.

    Nir Pour;Yossi Gofer;Dan T. Major;Doron Aurbach

  • Layered Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Review of Computational Studies on LiNi1–x–yCoxMnyO2 and LiNi1–x–yCoxAlyO2

    Arup Chakraborty;Sooraj Kunnikuruvan;Sandeep Kumar;Boris Markovsky

  • Origin of Structural Degradation During Cycling and Low Thermal Stability of Ni-Rich Layered Transition Metal-Based Electrode Materials

    Mudit Dixit;Boris Markovsky;Florian Schipper;Doron Aurbach

  • Improving Energy Density and Structural Stability of Manganese Oxide Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries by Structural Lithium Substitution

    Ezequiel de la Llave;Elahe Talaie;Elena Levi;Prasant Kumar Nayak

  • Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 as a positive electrode material for Li-ion batteries using first principles

    Mudit Dixit;Monica Kosa;Onit Srur Lavi;Boris Markovsky

  • Metallocorroles as Nonprecious-Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction

    Naomi Levy;Atif Mahammed;Monica Kosa;Dan T. Major

  • Studies of Aluminum-Doped LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2: Electrochemical Behavior, Aging, Structural Transformations, and Thermal Characteristics

    Doron Aurbach;Onit Srur-Lavi;Chandan Ghanty;Mudit Dixit

  • A Combined Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Study of the Reaction Mechanism and α-Amino Acidity in Alanine Racemase

    Dan Thomas Major;Jiali Gao

  • Unraveling the Effects of Al Doping on the Electrochemical Properties of LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 Using First Principles

    Mudit Dixit;Boris Markovsky;Doron Aurbach;Dan T. Major

  • Understanding the Role of Minor Molybdenum Doping in LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 Electrodes: from Structural and Surface Analyses and Theoretical Modeling to Practical Electrochemical Cells

    Ortal Breuer;Arup Chakraborty;Jing Liu;Tatyana Kravchuk

  • (15N5)-Labeled Adenine Derivatives: Synthesis and Studies of Tautomerism by 15N NMR Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations

    Avital Laxer;Dan T. Major;and Hugo E. Gottlieb;Bilha Fischer

  • Putting DFT to the test: a first-principles study of electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of Co3O4.

    Vijay Singh;Monica Kosa;Koushik Majhi;Dan Thomas Major

  • Polymer-surfactant interactions: binding mechanism of sodium dodecyl sulfate to poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride).

    Gilat Nizri;Serge Lagerge;Alexander Kamyshny;Dan T. Major

  • Electrostatically guided dynamics--the root of fidelity in a promiscuous terpene synthase?

    Dan Thomas Major;Michal Weitman

  • Unique Behavior of Dimethoxyethane (DME)/Mg(N(SO2CF3)2)2 Solutions

    Michael Salama;Ivgeni Shterenberg;Haim Gizbar;Neta N. Eliaz

  • Predicting accurate cathode properties of layered oxide materials using the SCAN meta-GGA density functional

    Arup Chakraborty;Mudit Dixit;Doron Aurbach;Dan T. Major

  • Challenges posed to bornyl diphosphate synthase: diverging reaction mechanisms in monoterpenes.

    Michal Weitman;Dan Thomas Major

Frequent Co-Authors

Doron Aurbach
Doron Aurbach Bar-Ilan University
Amnon Kohen
Amnon Kohen University of Iowa
Jiali Gao
Jiali Gao University of Minnesota
Boris Markovsky
Boris Markovsky Bar-Ilan University
Arie Zaban
Arie Zaban Bar-Ilan University
Shlomo Magdassi
Shlomo Magdassi Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
Mikhael D. Levi
Mikhael D. Levi Bar-Ilan University
Yang-Kook Sun
Yang-Kook Sun Hanyang University
Elena Levi
Elena Levi Bar-Ilan University

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