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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Best Female Scientists 109 937 894 569 538 574 41842
Materials Science 113 639 609 226 206 512 42228
Chemistry 114 676 595 278 221 516 44775
Physics 111 1131 1069 600 558 477 43215

Emily A. Carter publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Emily A. Carter between 1980 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Emily A. Carter published across 47 years, from 1980 to 2026, averaging 13.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2013. 25 of the 645 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1980 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2013. 1980: 1 publication 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 5 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 6 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 12 publications 1993: 14 publications 1994: 7 publications 1995: 11 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 9 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 22 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 15 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 33 publications 2014: 27 publications 2015: 31 publications 2016: 26 publications 2017: 25 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 22 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 24 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 23 publications 2026: 2 publications
1980 2026

645 publications in total across all disciplines

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Emily A. Carter: publications per year, 1980 to 2026
Year Publications
1980 1
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 1
1985 0
1986 7
1987 5
1988 8
1989 4
1990 6
1991 7
1992 12
1993 14
1994 7
1995 11
1996 7
1997 8
1998 9
1999 7
2000 4
2001 12
2002 16
2003 14
2004 22
2005 19
2006 15
2007 15
2008 19
2009 19
2010 16
2011 20
2012 22
2013 33
2014 27
2015 31
2016 26
2017 25
2018 21
2019 22
2020 27
2021 22
2022 18
2023 24
2024 17
2025 23
2026 2
Total 645
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Emily A. Carter 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 Emily A. Carter 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, 510–529 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: 512 publications — 87th percentile

87% 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
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194 512
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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Emily A. Carter 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 Emily A. Carter 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, 112–113 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: 113 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 49 113
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2020 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of quantum chemistry computational methods for the design of molecules and materials for sustainable energy.
  • 2014 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1998 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For her pioneering development and applications of abinitio methods to energetics, kinetics and dynamics studies of surface reactions
  • 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Emily A. Carter is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected scientific fields, including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and environmental science, electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, and catalysis.

The scientist's most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Theory and Simulations
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Emily A. Carter are:

  • John Mark P. Martirez
  • Hossein Robatjazi
  • Peter Nordlander
  • Naomi J. Halas
  • Gopalakrishnan Sai Gautam

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by Emily A. Carter include:

  • Light-driven methane dry reforming with single atomic site antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts, 2020, Nature Energy
  • DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science, 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Earth-abundant photocatalyst for H 2 generation from NH 3 with light-emitting diode illumination, 2022, Science
  • Factors Governing Oxygen Vacancy Formation in Oxide Perovskites, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Facet-Independent Oxygen Evolution Activity of Pure β-NiOOH: Different Chemistries Leading to Similar Overpotentials, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Emily A. Carter has received multiple awards and professional recognitions, including:

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences, 2020
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2016, for development of quantum chemistry computational methods for the design of molecules and materials for sustainable energy
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2014
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2008
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1999
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1998, cited for pioneering development and applications of ab initio methods to energetics, kinetics and dynamics studies of surface reactions
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1993

Best Publications

  • The technological and economic prospects for CO2 utilization and removal

    Cameron Hepburn;Ella Adlen;John Beddington;Emily A. Carter;Emily A. Carter

  • Hot Electrons Do the Impossible: Plasmon-Induced Dissociation of H2 on Au

    Shaunak Mukherjee;Florian Libisch;Nicolas Large;Oara Neumann

  • Constrained reaction coordinate dynamics for the simulation of rare events

    E.A. Carter;Giovanni Ciccotti;Giovanni Ciccotti;James T. Hynes;Raymond Kapral

  • Quantifying hot carrier and thermal contributions in plasmonic photocatalysis

    Linan Zhou;Dayne F. Swearer;Chao Zhang;Hossein Robatjazi

  • Oligoacenes: Theoretical Prediction of Open-Shell Singlet Diradical Ground States

    Michael Bendikov;Hieu M. Duong;Kyle Starkey;K. N. Houk

  • Light-driven methane dry reforming with single atomic site antenna-reactor plasmonic photocatalysts

    Linan Zhou;John Mark P. Martirez;John Mark P. Martirez;Jordan Finzel;Chao Zhang

  • Diffusion of interstitial hydrogen into and through bcc Fe from first principles

    D. E. Jiang;Emily A. Carter

  • Water Oxidation on Pure and Doped Hematite (0001) Surfaces: Prediction of Co and Ni as Effective Dopants for Electrocatalysis

    Peilin Liao;John A. Keith;Emily A. Carter

  • Theoretical Insights into Heterogeneous (Photo)electrochemical CO2 Reduction

    Shenzhen Xu;Emily Ann Carter

  • Carbon dissolution and diffusion in ferrite and austenite from first principles

    D. E. Jiang;Emily A. Carter

  • Heterometallic antenna-reactor complexes for photocatalysis

    Dayne F. Swearer;Hangqi Zhao;Linan Zhou;Chao Zhang

  • First principles scheme to evaluate band edge positions in potential transition metal oxide photocatalysts and photoelectrodes

    Maytal Caspary Toroker;Dalal K. Kanan;Nima Alidoust;Leah Y. Isseroff

  • Solvation dynamics for an ion pair in a polar solvent: Time‐dependent fluorescence and photochemical charge transfer

    Emily A. Carter;James T. Hynes

  • First principles study of the surfaces of Zirconia

    Asbjørn Christensen;Emily A. Carter

  • A quantum-mechanically informed continuum model of hydrogen embrittlement

    S. Serebrinsky;E. A. Carter;M. Ortiz

  • Aluminum Nanocrystals as a Plasmonic Photocatalyst for Hydrogen Dissociation

    Linan Zhou;Chao Zhang;Michael J. McClain;Alejandro Manjavacas

  • Rotationally invariant ab initio evaluation of Coulomb and exchange parameters for DFT+U calculations

    Nicholas J. Mosey;Peilin Liao;Emily A. Carter

  • Relation between singlet-triplet gaps and bond energies

    Emily A. Carter;William A. Goddard

  • Mechanistic Contrasts between Manganese and Rhenium Bipyridine Electrocatalysts for the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

    Christoph Riplinger;Matthew D. Sampson;Andrew M. Ritzmann;Clifford P. Kubiak

  • Orbital-free kinetic-energy density functionals with a density-dependent kernel

    Yan Alexander Wang;Niranjan Govind;Emily A. Carter

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele Pavone
Michele Pavone University of Naples Federico II
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
Peter Nordlander
Peter Nordlander Rice University
De-en Jiang
De-en Jiang Vanderbilt University
Michael Ortiz
Michael Ortiz California Institute of Technology
Houlong L. Zhuang
Houlong L. Zhuang Arizona State University
Todd J. Martínez
Todd J. Martínez Stanford University
Naomi J. Halas
Naomi J. Halas Rice University
Yiguang Ju
Yiguang Ju Princeton University
Lin-Wang Wang
Lin-Wang Wang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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