2026 Graeme Ackland: 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	62	6366	6155	251	236	286	18609

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Research.com Recognitions

2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Graeme Ackland is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Physics and Astronomy, with 81 publications in this domain. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Modeling and Simulation.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

High-pressure geophysics and materials
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics
Hydrogen Storage and Materials
Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Ackland has coauthored papers with several frequent collaborators, including Ciprian G. Pruteanu, Hongxiang Zong, Jakkapat Seeyangnok, Udomsilp Pinsook, and Miriam Peña-Álvarez. The number of collaborations ranges from nine to twelve for these individuals.

Their research has appeared predominantly in venues such as Physical Review B, with 17 publications, and arXiv, with 14 papers. Other frequent publication venues include The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, bioRxiv, and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

Among recent scholarly contributions are the following papers:

"Effect of school closures on mortality from coronavirus disease 2019: old and new predictions," 2020, BMJ
"Nucleation mechanism for hcp → bcc phase transformation in shock-compressed Zr," 2020, Physical Review B
"Free electron to electride transition in dense liquid potassium," 2021, Nature Physics
"Synthesis of Weaire-Phelan Barium Polyhydride," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
"Superconductivity and electron self-energy in tungsten-sulfur-hydride monolayer," 2024, 2D Materials

Ackland was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2007. This fellowship marks a formal acknowledgment of their participation in the scientific community.

Best Publications

Development of new interatomic potentials appropriate for crystalline and liquid iron

M I Mendelev;S Han;D J Srolovitz;Graeme Ackland

1579
Citations
Development of an interatomic potential for phosphorus impurities in α-iron

Graeme Ackland;M.I. Mendelev;D.J. Srolovitz;S. Han

830
Citations
Computer simulation of point defect properties in dilute Fe—Cu alloy using a many-body interatomic potential

G. J. Ackland;D. J. Bacon;A. F. Calder;T. Harry

817
Citations
An improved N-body semi-empirical model for body-centred cubic transition metals

Graeme Ackland;R Thetford

782
Citations
Simple N-body potentials for the noble metals and nickel

G. J. Ackland;G. Tichy;V. Vitek;M. W. Finnis

775
Citations
Applications of local crystal structure measures in experiment and simulation

G. J. Ackland;A. P. Jones

559
Citations
Development of an interatomic potential for phosphorus impurities in iron

G. J. Ackland;M. I. Mendelev;D. Srolovitz;S. Han

559
Citations
Controlling Radiation Damage

Graeme Ackland

440
Citations
Crystal structures and shape-memory behaviour of NiTi.

Xiangyang Huang;Graeme J. Ackland;Graeme J. Ackland;Karin M. Rabe

434
Citations
Elastic instabilities in crystals from ab initio stress - strain relations

B.B. Karki;Graeme Ackland;J. Crain

433
Citations
HIGH-TEMPERATURE ORDERED INTERMETALLIC ALLOYS III

Gj Ackland;Vitek;Graeme Ackland

419
Citations
Many-body potentials and atomic-scale relaxations in noble-metal alloys.

Graeme J Ackland;Vaclav Vitek

417
Citations
Development of an interatomic potential for the simulation of phase transformations in zirconium

M. I. Mendelev;Graeme Ackland

405
Citations
Reversible pressure-induced structural transitions between metastable phases of silicon.

J. Crain;G. J. Ackland;J. R. Maclean;R. O. Piltz

352
Citations
Structure and properties of silicon XII: A complex tetrahedrally bonded phase

R.O. Piltz;J.R. MacLean;S.J. Clark;Graeme Ackland

325
Citations
Free energy of crystalline solids: A lattice-switch Monte Carlo method

Alastair Bruce;N.B. Wilding;Graeme Ackland

263
Citations
Semi-empirical calculation of solid surface tensions in body-centred cubic transition metals

Graeme Ackland;M.W. Finnis

237
Citations
Practical methods in ab initio lattice dynamics

G J Ackland;M C Warren;S J Clark

232
Citations
THEORETICAL-STUDY OF TITANIUM SURFACES AND DEFECTS WITH A NEW MANY-BODY POTENTIAL

Graeme J. Ackland

227
Citations
High-pressure phases of group IV and III-V semiconductors

G J Ackland

226
Citations