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Kieron Burke 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 Kieron Burke sits on this spectrum.

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 383 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kieron Burke 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 Kieron Burke sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% 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

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his seminal contributions to the development and application of the density functional theory of ground and excited electronic states, and electronic dynamics in condensed matter

Overview

Kieron Burke is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans significant areas within physics and chemistry, with a substantial focus on atomic and molecular physics, materials chemistry, and theoretical aspects of physical chemistry. Their main fields of study include Physics and Astronomy and Chemistry, with notable contributions also in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Catalysis.

The scientist's work covers a range of advanced topics, including:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds
  • Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Kieron Burke has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Physical Review B, and Physical Review Letters.

Some of the recent papers include:

  • Quantum chemical accuracy from density functional approximations via machine learning, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Retrospective on a decade of machine learning for chemical discovery, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Kohn-Sham Equations as Regularizer: Building Prior Knowledge into Machine-Learned Physics, 2021, Physical Review Letters
  • Roadmap on Machine learning in electronic structure, 2022, Electronic Structure
  • Improving Results by Improving Densities: Density-Corrected Density Functional Theory, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaborations form an important part of Burke's research activity. Frequent co-authors include Eunji Sim, Suhwan Song, Stefan Vuckovic, Ryan Pederson, and Antonio C. Cancio.

Kieron Burke has been recognized by professional societies, being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2007. The APS fellowship citation notes pioneering work in the development and application of density functional theory for both ground and excited electronic states, as well as electronic dynamics in condensed matter.

Best Publications

  • Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    John P. Perdew;Kieron Burke;Matthias Ernzerhof

  • Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3865 (1996)]

    John P. Perdew;Kieron Burke;Matthias Ernzerhof

  • Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces

    John P. Perdew;Adrienn Ruzsinszky;Gábor I. Csonka;Oleg A. Vydrov

  • Generalized gradient approximation for the exchange-correlation hole of a many-electron system

    John P. Perdew;Kieron Burke;Yue Wang

  • Rationale for mixing exact exchange with density functional approximations

    John P. Perdew;Matthias Ernzerhof;Kieron Burke

  • Perdew, Burke, and Ernzerhof Reply:

    John P. Perdew;Kieron Burke;Matthias Ernzerhof

  • Perspective on density functional theory

    Kieron Burke

  • Time-dependent density functional theory: Past, present, and future

    Kieron Burke;Jan Werschnik;E. K. U. Gross

  • Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

    Miguel A. L. Marques;Carsten A. Ullrich;Fernando Nogueira;Angel Rubio

  • By-passing the Kohn-Sham equations with machine learning

    Felix Brockherde;Leslie Vogt;Li Li;Mark E. Tuckerman

  • Bypassing the Kohn-Sham equations with machine learning

    Felix Brockherde;Felix Brockherde;Leslie Vogt;Li Li;Mark E. Tuckerman;Mark E. Tuckerman

  • Finding density functionals with machine learning.

    John C. Snyder;Matthias Rupp;Katja Hansen;Klaus Robert Müller;Klaus Robert Müller

  • Double excitations within time-dependent density functional theory linear response

    Neepa T. Maitra;Fan Zhang;Robert J. Cave;Kieron Burke

  • Understanding band gaps of solids in generalized Kohn–Sham theory

    John P. Perdew;Weitao Yang;Kieron Burke;Zenghui Yang

  • Self-Interaction Errors in Density-Functional Calculations of Electronic Transport

    C. Toher;A. Filippetti;S. Sanvito;Kieron Burke

  • Erratum: Restoring the Density-Gradient Expansion for Exchange in Solids and Surfaces [Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 , 136406 (2008)]

    John P. Perdew;Adrienn Ruzsinszky;Gábor I. Csonka;Oleg A. Vydrov

  • Comparison shopping for a gradient-corrected density functional

    John P. Perdew;Kieron Burke

  • Escaping the symmetry dilemma through a pair-density interpretation of spin-density functional theory

    John P. Perdew;John P. Perdew;John P. Perdew;Andreas Savin;Andreas Savin;Andreas Savin;Kieron Burke;Kieron Burke;Kieron Burke

  • Excitation Energies from Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Using Exact and Approximate Potentials

    Martin Petersilka;E. K. U. Gross;Kieron Burke

  • Finding density functionals with machine learning

    John Snyder;Matthias Rupp;Katja Hansen;Klaus Mueller

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Perdew
John P. Perdew Tulane University
E. K. U. Gross
E. K. U. Gross Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Klaus-Robert Müller
Klaus-Robert Müller Technical University of Berlin
Steven R. White
Steven R. White University of California, Irvine
Matthias Rupp
Matthias Rupp Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Roberto Car
Roberto Car Princeton University
Andreas Savin
Andreas Savin Sorbonne University
Richard J. Needs
Richard J. Needs University of Cambridge
Weitao Yang
Weitao Yang Duke University
Mark E. Tuckerman
Mark E. Tuckerman New York University

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