2026 Karin M. Rabe: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	85	2565	2440	1271	1186	361	43850

Karin M. Rabe publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karin M. Rabe sits on this spectrum.

103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 361 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Karin M. Rabe D-index placement in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Physics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Karin M. Rabe sits on this spectrum.

70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2013 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2008 - David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics
2002 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the development and application of theoretical and computational methods for the study of structural phase transitions in solids
1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Karin M. Rabe is a researcher affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans extensive work in materials science and engineering, with a strong focus on the properties and behaviors of functional materials.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Materials Science
Engineering

The subfields tackled in their work cover:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics

Key topics investigated consist of:

Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
Semiconductor materials and devices
Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Multiferroics and related materials
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials

Frequent co-authors of Karin M. Rabe's publications include:

Sobhit Singh
David Vanderbilt
Yubo Qi
Paul M. Voyles
Jason K. Kawasaki

Publications by Karin M. Rabe appear in various academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Nature Communications
Physical Review Letters
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among recent papers are:

Roadmap on ferroelectric hafnia- and zirconia-based materials and devices, 2023, APL Materials
Stabilization of Competing Ferroelectric Phases of HfO₂ under Epitaxial Strain, 2020, Physical Review Letters
Engineering Weyl Phases and Nonlinear Hall Effects in Tₑd-MoTe₂, 2020, Physical Review Letters
Stabilizing hidden room-temperature ferroelectricity via a metastable atomic distortion pattern, 2020, Nature Communications
Vibrational fingerprints of ferroelectric HfO₂, 2022, npj Quantum Materials

Karin M. Rabe has been recognized through several awards including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2013)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2013)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)
David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics (2008)
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2002) for contributions to theoretical and computational methods for structural phase transitions in solids
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1993)

Best Publications

Epitaxial BiFeO3 multiferroic thin film heterostructures.

J. Wang;J. B. Neaton;H. Zheng;V. Nagarajan

7455
Citations
Physics of thin-film ferroelectric oxides

Matthew Dawber;K. M. Rabe;J. F. Scott

2705
Citations
First-principles study of spontaneous polarization in multiferroic Bi Fe O 3

J. B. Neaton;C. Ederer;U. V. Waghmare;N. A. Spaldin

1713
Citations
Structural anomalies, oxygen ordering and superconductivity in oxygen deficient Ba2YCu3Ox

Robert Joseph Cava;A. W. Hewat;E. A. Hewat;B. Batlogg

1454
Citations
Pseudopotentials for high-throughput DFT calculations

Kevin F. Garrity;Joseph W. Bennett;Karin M. Rabe;David Vanderbilt

1442
Citations
Strain Tuning of Ferroelectric Thin Films

Darrell G. Schlom;Long Qing Chen;Chang Beom Eom;Karin M. Rabe

1346
Citations
A strong ferroelectric ferromagnet created by means of spin–lattice coupling

June Hyuk Lee;June Hyuk Lee;Lei Fang;Eftihia Vlahos;Xianglin Ke

884
Citations
First-principles theory of ferroelectric phase transitions for perovskites: The case of BaTiO3

W. Zhong;David Vanderbilt;K. M. Rabe

800
Citations
Response to Comment on "Epitaxial BiFeO3 Multiferroic Thin Film Heterostructures"

J. Wang;A. Scholl;H. Zheng;S. B. Ogale

769
Citations
Physics of ferroelectrics : a modern perspective

Karin M. Rabe;Charles H. Ahn;Jean-Marc Triscone

723
Citations
Phase transitions in BaTiO3 from first principles.

W. Zhong;David Vanderbilt;Karin Rabe

704
Citations
Lattice dynamics of BaTiO 3 , PbTiO 3 , and PbZrO 3 : A comparative first-principles study

Philippe Ghosez;E. Cockayne;U. V. Waghmare;K. M. Rabe

576
Citations
Ferroelectric transition in YMnO3 from first principles

Craig J. Fennie;Karin M. Rabe

468
Citations
Universal Behavior and Electric-Field-Induced Structural Transition in Rare-Earth-Substituted BiFeO3

Daisuke Kan;Lucia Pálová;Varatharajan Anbusathaiah;Ching Jung Cheng

464
Citations
FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATION OF FERROMAGNETISM AND FERROELECTRICITY IN BISMUTH MANGANITE

Nicola A. Hill;Karin M. Rabe

459
Citations
Magnetic and electric phase control in epitaxial EuTiO(3) from first principles.

Craig J. Fennie;Karin M. Rabe

447
Citations
Crystal structures and shape-memory behaviour of NiTi.

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

434
Citations
Theory of polarization enhancement in epitaxial BaTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattices

J. B. Neaton;Karin Rabe

417
Citations
Probing Nanoscale Ferroelectricity by Ultraviolet Raman Spectroscopy

D. A. Tenne;A. Bruchhausen;N. D. Lanzillotti-Kimura;A. Fainstein

382
Citations
Phenomenological thermodynamic potential for CaTiO 3 single crystals

Yijia Gu;Karin Rabe;Eric Bousquet;Eric Bousquet;Venkatraman Gopalan

63
Citations