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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 99 1332 1184 509 417 625 36313
Physics 99 1708 1625 901 845 625 36088

Joel M. Bowman publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joel M. Bowman between 1971 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joel M. Bowman published across 55 years, from 1971 to 2025, averaging 12.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2014. 36 of the 692 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1971 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2014. 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 6 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 4 publications 1976: 4 publications 1977: 7 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 5 publications 1980: 5 publications 1981: 8 publications 1982: 11 publications 1983: 7 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 11 publications 1987: 11 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 5 publications 1990: 12 publications 1991: 13 publications 1992: 9 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 8 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 12 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 23 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 22 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 28 publications 2013: 30 publications 2014: 33 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 15 publications
1971 2025

692 publications in total across all disciplines

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Joel M. Bowman: publications per year, 1971 to 2025
Year Publications
1971 1
1972 0
1973 6
1974 1
1975 4
1976 4
1977 7
1978 4
1979 5
1980 5
1981 8
1982 11
1983 7
1984 6
1985 5
1986 11
1987 11
1988 6
1989 5
1990 12
1991 13
1992 9
1993 6
1994 8
1995 8
1996 8
1997 11
1998 12
1999 15
2000 13
2001 11
2002 10
2003 13
2004 12
2005 16
2006 23
2007 16
2008 18
2009 22
2010 22
2011 21
2012 28
2013 30
2014 33
2015 24
2016 22
2017 14
2018 19
2019 16
2020 17
2021 12
2022 18
2023 17
2024 21
2025 15
Total 692
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Joel M. Bowman 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 Joel M. Bowman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 621–640 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 625 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104 625
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Joel M. Bowman 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 Joel M. Bowman sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 98–99 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125 99
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Joel M. Bowman is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in physics and astronomy, with a primary focus on atomic and molecular physics, spectroscopy, and materials chemistry.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Joel M. Bowman's publication record features recent papers such as:

  • "Crossover from hydrogen to chemical bonding," 2021, Science
  • "q-AQUA: A Many-Body CCSD(T) Water Potential, Including Four-Body Interactions, Demonstrates the Quantum Nature of Water from Clusters to the Liquid Phase," 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Capturing roaming molecular fragments in real time," 2020, Science
  • "Breaking the Coupled Cluster Barrier for Machine-Learned Potentials of Large Molecules: The Case of 15-Atom Acetylacetone," 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Δ-Machine Learned Potential Energy Surfaces and Force Fields," 2022, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

The scientist has frequently published in venues including:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Chen Qu
  • Paul L. Houston
  • Riccardo Conte
  • Apurba Nandi
  • Qi Yu

Joel M. Bowman has also published a book titled Vibrational Dynamics of Molecules, released in 2021 by World Scientific.

Best Publications

  • Permutationally invariant potential energy surfaces in high dimensionality

    Bastiaan J. Braams;Joel M. Bowman

  • Self‐consistent field energies and wavefunctions for coupled oscillators

    Joel M. Bowman

  • The self-consistent-field approach to polyatomic vibrations

    Joel M. Bowman

  • The roaming atom: straying from the reaction path in formaldehyde decomposition

    David Townsend;Sridhar A Lahankar;Suk Kyoung Lee;Suk Kyoung Lee;Suk Kyoung Lee;Steven D Chambreau

  • Vibrational self-consistent field method for many-mode systems: A new approach and application to the vibrations of CO adsorbed on Cu(100)

    Stuart Carter;Susan J. Culik;Joel M. Bowman

  • Reduced dimensionality theory of quantum reactive scattering

    Joel M. Bowman

  • MULTIMODE: A code to calculate rovibrational energies of polyatomic molecules

    Joel M. Bowman;Stuart Carter;Xinchuan Huang

  • Variational quantum approaches for computing vibrational energies of polyatomic molecules

    Joel M Bowman;Tucker Carrington;Hans-Dieter Meyer

  • Extensions and tests of “multimode”: a code to obtain accurate vibration/rotation energies of many-mode molecules

    Stuart Carter;Joel M. Bowman;Nicholas C. Handy

  • Ab initio potential energy and dipole moment surfaces for H5O2

    Xinchuan Huang;Bastiaan J. Braams;Joel M. Bowman

  • Application of SCF-SI theory to vibrational motion in polyatomic molecules

    Joel M. Bowman;Kurt. Christoffel;Frank. Tobin

  • The vibrational predissociation spectra of the H5O2+∙RGn(RG=Ar,Ne) clusters: Correlation of the solvent perturbations in the free OH and shared proton transitions of the Zundel ion

    Nathan I. Hammer;Eric G. Diken;Joseph R. Roscioli;Mark A. Johnson

  • Investigations of self-consistent field, scf ci and virtual stateconfiguration interaction vibrational energies for a model three-mode system

    Kurt M. Christoffel;Joel M. Bowman

  • Permutationally Invariant Polynomial Basis for Molecular Energy Surface Fitting via Monomial Symmetrization.

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  • High-dimensional ab initio potential energy surfaces for reaction dynamics calculations.

    Joel M. Bowman;Gábor Czakó;Bina Fu

  • Flexible, ab initio potential, and dipole moment surfaces for water. I. Tests and applications for clusters up to the 22-mer

    Yimin Wang;Xinchuan Huang;Benjamin C. Shepler;Bastiaan J. Braams

  • Exact quantum, quasiclassical, and semiclassical reaction probabilities for the collinear F+H2 → FH+H reaction

    George C. Schatz;Joel M. Bowman;Joel M. Bowman;Aron Kuppermann

  • Quasiclassical trajectory calculations of correlated product distributions for the F+CHD3(v1=0,1) reactions using an ab initio potential energy surface

    Gábor Czakó;Joel M. Bowman

  • Ab initio calculations of electronic and vibrational energies of HCO and HOC

    Joel M. Bowman;Joseph S. Bittman;Lawrence B. Harding

  • Crossover from hydrogen to chemical bonding.

    Bogdan Dereka;Qi Yu;Nicholas H. C. Lewis;William B. Carpenter

  • Theoretical studies of polyatomic bimolecular reaction dynamics.

    Joel M. Bowman;George C. Schatz

  • Vibrational energy levels of formaldehyde

    Hubert Romanowski;Joel M. Bowman;Lawrence B. Harding

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul L. Houston
Paul L. Houston Cornell University
Gábor Czakó
Gábor Czakó University of Szeged
Albert F. Wagner
Albert F. Wagner Argonne National Laboratory
George C. Schatz
George C. Schatz Northwestern University
Anne B. McCoy
Anne B. McCoy University of Washington
Lawrence B. Harding
Lawrence B. Harding Argonne National Laboratory
Arthur G. Suits
Arthur G. Suits University of Missouri
Donald G. Truhlar
Donald G. Truhlar University of Minnesota
Aron Kuppermann
Aron Kuppermann California Institute of Technology
Shengli Zou
Shengli Zou University of Central Florida

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