2026 James R. Chelikowsky: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	83	2346	2269	679	639	543	27216
Physics	89	2308	2198	1160	1084	596	30903

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics, American Physical Society
2011 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2006 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society
2006 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
2001 - David Turnbull Lectureship, Materials Research Society
1995 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For contributions to the understanding of electronic, optical, and structural properties of materials through creative synthesis of empirical and firstprinciples quantum theory

Overview

James R. Chelikowsky is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Physics and Astronomy and Materials Science, with notable contributions to several subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Materials Chemistry; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials; and Condensed Matter Physics.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Machine Learning in Materials Science, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Quantum and Electron Transport Phenomena, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, 2D Materials and Applications, and Mechanical and Optical Resonators.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Physical Review Materials, arXiv (Cornell University), Nano Letters, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, and Nature Communications.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by James R. Chelikowsky are:

"Roadmap on electronic structure codes in the exascale era" (2023), Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
"Prediction of Intrinsic Ferroelectricity and Large Piezoelectricity in Monolayer Arsenic Chalcogenides" (2020), Nano Letters
"Accelerating the discovery of novel magnetic materials using machine learning-guided adaptive feedback" (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Discovering rare-earth-free magnetic materials through the development of a database" (2020), Physical Review Materials
"Accelerating Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory and GW Calculations for Molecules and Nanoclusters with Symmetry Adapted Interpolative Separable Density Fitting" (2020), Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

James R. Chelikowsky frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including Kai-Hsin Liou, Masahiro Sakurai, Timothy Liao, Dingxin Fan, and Chao Zhang.

The scientist has received several awards, among them the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics from the American Physical Society in 2013, Fellowship honors from the Materials Research Society in 2011, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1995.

Additional recognitions include the David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, awarded by the American Physical Society in 2006, and the David Turnbull Lectureship from the Materials Research Society in 2001. They have also been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society since 1987, with a citation noting contributions to the understanding of electronic, optical, and structural properties of materials through a synthesis of empirical and first-principles quantum theory.

Best Publications

Nonlocal pseudopotential calculations for the electronic structure of eleven diamond and zinc-blende semiconductors

James R. Chelikowsky;Marvin L. Cohen

2721
Citations
Electronic structure and optical properties of semiconductors

Marvin L. Cohen;James R. Chelikowsky;Frank Herman

1348
Citations
Finite-difference-pseudopotential method: Electronic structure calculations without a basis.

James R. Chelikowsky;N. Troullier;Yousef Saad

1066
Citations
Self-purification in semiconductor nanocrystals.

Gustavo M. Dalpian;James R. Chelikowsky

805
Citations
Higher-order finite-difference pseudopotential method: An application to diatomic molecules

James R. Chelikowsky;N. Troullier;K. Wu;Y. Saad

626
Citations
Structural and electronic properties of titanium dioxide

Keith M. Glassford;James R. Chelikowsky

522
Citations
Quantum Confinement and Optical Gaps in Si Nanocrystals

Serdar Öğüt;James R. Chelikowsky;Steven G. Louie

512
Citations
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF SILICON

James R. Chelikowsky;James R. Chelikowsky;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen

484
Citations
Ionicity and the theory of Schottky barriers

Steven G. Louie;Steven G. Louie;James R. Chelikowsky;James R. Chelikowsky;Marvin L. Cohen;Marvin L. Cohen

445
Citations
Electron states in α-quartz: A self-consistent pseudopotential calculation

James R. Chelikowsky;M. Schlüter

426
Citations
Self-consistent pseudopotential calculations for Si (111) surfaces: Unreconstructed (1×1) and reconstructed (2×1) model structures

M. Schlüter;James R. Chelikowsky;Steven G. Louie;Marvin L. Cohen

344
Citations
PARSEC – the pseudopotential algorithm for real‐space electronic structure calculations: recent advances and novel applications to nano‐structures

Leeor Kronik;Adi Makmal;Murilo L. Tiago;Murilo L. Tiago;M. M. G. Alemany

318
Citations
Numerical Methods for Electronic Structure Calculations of Materials

Yousef Saad;James R. Chelikowsky;Suzanne M. Shontz

314
Citations
First-principles linear combination of atomic orbitals method for the cohesive and structural properties of solids: Application to diamond

James R. Chelikowsky;Steven G. Louie

306
Citations
Negative Poisson ratios in crystalline SiO2 from first-principles calculations

Nitin R. Keskar;James R. Chelikowsky

290
Citations
Ab initio Calculations for the Polarizabilities of Small Semiconductor Clusters

Igor Vasiliev;Serdar Öğüt;James R. Chelikowsky

277
Citations
Ab Initio Absorption Spectra and Optical Gaps in Nanocrystalline Silicon

Igor Vasiliev;Serdar Öğüt;James R. Chelikowsky

275
Citations
Electronic structure and spin polarization of Mn x Ga 1 − x N

Leeor Kronik;Manish Jain;James R. Chelikowsky

269
Citations
Ab Initio Excitation Spectra and Collective Electronic Response in Atoms and Clusters

Igor Vasiliev;Serdar Öğüt;James R. Chelikowsky

261
Citations
Surface oxidation effects on the optical properties of silicon nanocrystals

Igor Vasiliev;James R. Chelikowsky;Richard M. Martin

259
Citations
Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Semiconductors

Marvin L. Cohen;James R. Chelikowsky;Jurgen R. Meyer-Arendt

178
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