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Juergen Hafner

Juergen Hafner

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
70485
World Ranking
6388
National Ranking
34

Juergen Hafner 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 Juergen Hafner sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 292 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Juergen Hafner 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 Juergen Hafner sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Juergen Hafner is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria. Their research contributions include work on relativistic phenomena in astrophysics, with a focus on plasma geometries in high-energy environments.

Their recent publication record includes the paper titled Relativistic reflection within an extended hot plasma geometry, published in 2025 in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics.

  • Relativistic reflection within an extended hot plasma geometry, 2025, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include:

  • A. D. Nekrasov
  • Thomas Dauser
  • José Miguel Alonso Garcia
  • D.J. Walton
  • Christian M. Fromm

The principal publication venue for their work is Astronomy and Astrophysics.

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Norm-conserving and ultrasoft pseudopotentials for first-row and transition elements

    G Kresse;J Hafner

  • Ab initio Force Constant Approach to Phonon Dispersion Relations of Diamond and Graphite

    G. Kresse;J. Furthmüller;J. Hafner

  • First-principles investigation of phase stability in Li x CoO 2

    A. Van der Ven;M. K. Aydinol;G. Ceder;G. Kresse

  • Ab initio study of the (0001) surfaces of hematite and chromia: Influence of strong electronic correlations

    A. Rohrbach;J. Hafner;G. Kresse

  • Precursor-mediated adsorption of oxygen on the (111) surfaces of platinum-group metals

    A. Eichler;F. Mittendorfer;J. Hafner

  • Ab initio study of the H2-H2S/MoS2 gas-solid interface : The nature of the catalytically active sites

    P. Raybaud;J. Hafner;G. Kresse;S. Kasztelan

  • Electronic correlation effects in transition-metal sulfides

    A Rohrbach;J Hafner;G Kresse

  • Tkatchenko-Scheffler van der Waals correction method with and without self-consistent screening applied to solids

    Tomas Bucko;Tomas Bucko;Sébastien Lebègue;Juergen Hafner;Janos G. Angyan

  • First-principles study of the adsorption of atomic H on Ni (111), (100) and (110)

    G. Kresse;J. Hafner

  • Structure, Energetics, and Electronic Properties of the Surface of a Promoted MoS2 Catalyst: An ab Initio Local Density Functional Study

    P. Raybaud;J. Hafner;G. Kresse;S. Kasztelan

  • Theory of polaron bandwidth narrowing in organic molecular crystals

    K Karsten Hannewald;VM Vladimir Stojanovic;Jmt Jochen Schellekens;PA Peter Bobbert

  • Ab initio calculation of the lithium-tin voltage profile

    I. A. Courtney;J. S. Tse;Ou Mao;J. Hafner

  • Understanding the complex metallic element Mn. I. Crystalline and noncollinear magnetic structure of α-Mn

    D. Hobbs;J. Hafner;D. Spišák

  • Polymorphism in silica studied in the local density and generalized-gradient approximations

    Th Demuth;Y Jeanvoine;J Hafner;J G Ángyán

  • COHESIVE, STRUCTURAL, AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF FE-SI COMPOUNDS

    E. G. Moroni;W. Wolf;J. Hafner;R. Podloucky

  • Theory of the formation of metallic glasses

    J. Hafner

  • Molecular adsorption on the surface of strongly correlated transition-metal oxides: A case study for CO/NiO(100)

    A. Rohrbach;J. Hafner;G. Kresse

  • Periodic trends in hydrodesulfurization: in support of the Sabatier principle

    R.R Chianelli;G Berhault;P Raybaud;S Kasztelan

  • Extending the applicability of the Tkatchenko-Scheffler dispersion correction via iterative Hirshfeld partitioning

    Tomas Bucko;Sébastien Lebègue;János G. Angyán;Juergen Hafner

  • Improved Density Dependent Correction for the Description of London Dispersion Forces.

    Tomas Bucko;Tomas Bucko;Tomas Bucko;Sébastien Lebègue;Sébastien Lebègue;Juergen Hafner;János G. Angyán;János G. Angyán

  • Structure and thermodynamics of liquid metals and alloys

    J. Hafner

  • Ab initio density functional studies of transition-metal sulphides: I. Crystal structure and cohesive properties

    P Raybaud;P Raybaud;G Kresse;J Hafner;H Toulhoat

  • Theoretical study of oxygen adsorption at the Fe(1 1 0) and (1 0 0) surfaces

    P. Błoński;P. Błoński;A. Kiejna;J. Hafner

  • N2O decomposition over Fe-zeolites: Structure of the active sites and the origin of the distinct reactivity of Fe-ferrierite, Fe-ZSM-5, and Fe-beta. A combined periodic DFT and multispectral study

    Stepan Sklenak;Prokopis C. Andrikopoulos;Bundet Boekfa;Bavornpon Jansang

  • Ab initio density functional studies of transition-metal sulphides: II. Electronic structure

    P Raybaud;P Raybaud;J Hafner;G Kresse;H Toulhoat

  • Adsorption of Thiophene on the Catalytically Active Surface of MoS 2 : An Ab Initio Local-Density-Functional Study

    P. Raybaud;P. Raybaud;J. Hafner;G. Kresse;H. Toulhoat

  • Understanding the complex metallic element Mn. II. Geometric frustration in β-Mn, phase stability, and phase transitions

    J. Hafner;D. Hobbs

  • Broken symmetries in the crystalline and magnetic structures of γ-iron

    M. Marsman;J. Hafner

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg Kresse
Georg Kresse University of Vienna
Hervé Toulhoat
Hervé Toulhoat French Institute of Petroleum
Rutger A. van Santen
Rutger A. van Santen Eindhoven University of Technology
János G. Ángyán
János G. Ángyán University of Lorraine
Pascal Raybaud
Pascal Raybaud French Institute of Petroleum
Raimund Podloucky
Raimund Podloucky University of Vienna
Axel Groß
Axel Groß University of Ulm
Karsten Horn
Karsten Horn Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Helmut Dosch
Helmut Dosch Max Planck Society

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