2026 David M. Ceperley: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	91	2138	2032	1090	1018	454	49938

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Physics

2138

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1018

454

49938

Research.com Recognitions

2006 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1998 - Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society
1992 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For development of innovative algorithms to deal with quantum manybody problems with their application to significant physical problems

Overview

David M. Ceperley is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research spans across Physics and Astronomy with a focus also on Materials Science. Within these broader areas, notable subfields of study include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work frequently addresses several main topics:

Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Crystallography and molecular interactions

Their publications have appeared in various venues, with the most frequent including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Physical Review Letters
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Nature

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David M. Ceperley cover topics related to dense hydrogen and quantum simulations. These works include:

"Toward first principles-based simulations of dense hydrogen," 2024, Physics of Plasmas
"Energy Gap Closure of Crystalline Molecular Hydrogen with Pressure," 2020, Physical Review Letters
"Electronic band gaps from quantum Monte Carlo methods," 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
"Stable Solid Molecular Hydrogen above 900 K from a Machine-Learned Potential Trained with Diffusion Quantum Monte Carlo," 2023, Physical Review Letters
"Electronic energy gap closure and metal-insulator transition in dense liquid hydrogen," 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist are:

Markus Holzmann
Carlo Pierleoni
Yubo Yang
В. П. Горелов
Scott Jensen

David M. Ceperley received several distinctions throughout their career, including membership in notable scientific academies and fellowships. Awards include:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2006)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999)
Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society (1998)
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (1992), recognized for the development of innovative algorithms addressing quantum many-body problems applied to significant physical problems

Best Publications

Ground state of the electron gas by a stochastic method

D. M. Ceperley;B. J. Alder

18434
Citations
Path integrals in the theory of condensed helium

D. M. Ceperley

2962
Citations
Fixed-node quantum Monte Carlo for molecules

Peter J. Reynolds;Peter J. Reynolds;David M. Ceperley;David M. Ceperley;Berni J. Alder;William A. Lester

1390
Citations
Ground state of the two-dimensional electron gas

B. Tanatar;David M Ceperley

1365
Citations
Ground state of the fermion one-component plasma: A Monte Carlo study in two and three dimensions

D. Ceperley

1064
Citations
Monte Carlo simulation of a many-fermion study

D. Ceperley;G. V. Chester;M. H. Kalos

924
Citations
Path-integral computation of superfluid densities

E. L. Pollock;David M Ceperley

890
Citations
Simulation of quantum many-body systems by path-integral methods

E. L. Pollock;David M Ceperley

635
Citations
The properties of hydrogen and helium under extreme conditions

Jeffrey M. McMahon;Miguel A. Morales;Carlo Pierleoni;David M. Ceperley

512
Citations
Quantum monte carlo.

David Ceperley;Berni Alder

455
Citations
Path-integral computation of the low-temperature properties of liquid 4He.

D. M. Ceperley;E. L. Pollock

429
Citations
Twist-averaged boundary conditions in continuum quantum Monte Carlo algorithms.

C. Lin;F. H. Zong;D. M. Ceperley

428
Citations
Quantum Monte Carlo for molecules: Green’s function and nodal release

D. M. Ceperley;B. J. Alder

415
Citations
Nonlocal pseudopotentials and diffusion Monte Carlo

Luboš Mitáš;Luboš Mitáš;Eric L. Shirley;David M. Ceperley

380
Citations
Superfluid-insulator transition in disordered boson systems.

Werner Krauth;Werner Krauth;Werner Krauth;Nandini Trivedi;Nandini Trivedi;Nandini Trivedi;David Ceperley;David Ceperley;David Ceperley

375
Citations
Path-integral Monte Carlo study of low-temperature 4He clusters.

Philippe Sindzingre;Michael L. Klein;David M. Ceperley

365
Citations
Ground state of solid hydrogen at high pressures

D. M. Ceperley;B. J. Alder

362
Citations
Properties of liquid and solid He 4

P. A. Whitlock;D. M. Ceperley;G. V. Chester;M. H. Kalos

352
Citations
Static response and local field factor of the electron gas.

Saverio Moroni;David M. Ceperley;Gaetano Senatore

339
Citations
The Monte Carlo Method in Condensed Matter Physics

K. Binder;Steven M. Girvin

33
Citations