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D-Index
49
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12175
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14655
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3741

Maddury Somayazulu 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 Maddury Somayazulu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 162 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maddury Somayazulu 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 Maddury Somayazulu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maddury Somayazulu is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. The scientist's research spans multiple fields, with a primary focus on Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work extends across several subfields, notably Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics addressed in Somayazulu's research include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Rare-earth and actinide compounds
  • Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Nuclear Physics and Applications
  • Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

Somayazulu's recent publications cover a range of studies in high-pressure materials and superconductivity. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Superconductivity in SrB3C3 clathrate," 2023, published in Physical Review Research
  • "Solid-State Pathway Control via Reaction-Directing Heteroatoms: Ordered Pyridazine Nanothreads through Selective Cycloaddition," 2022, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Hot Hydride Superconductivity Above 550 K," 2022, published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • "Hot Hydride Superconductivity Above 550 K," 2022, published in Frontiers in Electronic Materials
  • "Overview of HPCAT and capabilities for studying minerals and various other materials at high-pressure conditions," 2022, published in Physics and Chemistry of Minerals

The scientist has published books with Frontiers Media, notably a 2024 title titled "Celebrating 1 year of Frontiers in Electronic Materials."

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Somayazulu include:

  • Nenad Velisavljevic
  • Yue Meng
  • Curtis Kenney-Benson
  • Russell J. Hemley
  • Stella Chariton

Somayazulu's publications appear in several scientific venues, with multiple papers in arXiv (Cornell University), Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, and Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances. Other venues include Physical Review Research and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for Superconductivity above 260 K in Lanthanum Superhydride at Megabar Pressures

    Maddury Somayazulu;Muhtar Ahart;Ajay K. Mishra;Zachary M. Geballe

  • Hydrogen clusters in clathrate hydrate.

    Wendy L. Mao;Wendy L. Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Alexander F. Goncharov;Viktor V. Struzhkin

  • Origin of morphotropic phase boundaries in ferroelectrics

    Muhtar Ahart;Maddury Somayazulu;R. E. Cohen;P. Ganesh

  • Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride

    Eugene Gregoryanz;Chrystele Sanloup;M Somayazulu;James Badro

  • Unexpected Stable Stoichiometries of Sodium Chlorides

    Weiwei Zhang;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Alexander F. Goncharov;Qiang Zhu

  • Pressure-induced amorphization and an amorphous–amorphous transition in densified porous silicon

    Sudip K. Deb;Martin C. Wilding;Maddury Somayazulu;Paul F. McMillan;Paul F. McMillan

  • Pressure-induced α → ω transition in titanium metal: a systematic study of the effects of uniaxial stress

    Daniel Errandonea;Daniel Errandonea;Y. Meng;M. Somayazulu;D. Häusermann

  • Compression of Ice to 210 Gigapascals: Infrared Evidence for a Symmetric Hydrogen-Bonded Phase

    A. F. Goncharov;V. V. Struzhkin;M. S. Somayazulu;R. J. Hemley

  • Hard superconducting nitrides.

    Xiao-Jia Chen;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Zhigang Wu;Maddury Somayazulu

  • Synthesis and Stability of Lanthanum Superhydrides

    Zachary Geballe;Hanyu Liu;Ajay Mishra;Muhtar Ahart

  • Melting of dense sodium.

    Eugene Gregoryanz;Olga Degtyareva;Maddury Somayazulu;Russell J. Hemley

  • In situ X-ray diffraction studies of iron to Earth-core conditions

    Yanzhang Ma;Maddury Somayazulu;Guoyin Shen;Ho-kwang Mao

  • High-Pressure Compounds in Methane-Hydrogen Mixtures

    M. S. Somayazulu;L. W. Finger;R. J. Hemley;H. K. Mao

  • High P-T transformations of nitrogen to 170 GPa.

    Eugene Gregoryanz;Alexander F. Goncharov;Chrystele Sanloup;Maddury Somayazulu

  • Melting of tantalum at high pressure determined by angle dispersive x-ray diffraction in a double-sided laser-heated diamond-anvil cell

    D Errandonea;D Errandonea;M Somayazulu;D Häusermann;H K Mao

  • Pressure-induced bonding and compound formation in xenon–hydrogen solids

    Maddury Somayazulu;Przemyslaw Dera;Alexander F Goncharov;Stephen A Gramsch

  • Synthesis and Structure Refinement of the Spinel, γ‐Ge3N4

    Kurt Leinenweber;M. O'Keeffe;M. Somayazulu;H. Hubert

  • Raman, infrared, and x-ray evidence for new phases of nitrogen at high pressures and temperatures

    Eugene Gregoryanz;Alexander F. Goncharov;Russell J. Hemley;Ho-kwang Mao

  • Nature of the high-pressure transition in Fe2O3 hematite.

    James Badro;Guillaume Fiquet;Viktor V. Struzhkin;Maddury Somayazulu

  • First-order isostructural Mott transition in highly compressed MnO.

    C. S. Yoo;B. Maddox;J.-H. P. Klepeis;V. Iota

  • High pressure-high temperature synthesis and elasticity of the cubic nitride spinel γ-Si3N4

    Emmanuel Soignard;Maddury Somayazulu;Jianjun Dong;Jianjun Dong;Otto F Sankey

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell J. Hemley
Russell J. Hemley University of Illinois at Chicago
Ho-kwang Mao
Ho-kwang Mao Carnegie Institution for Science
Alexander F. Goncharov
Alexander F. Goncharov Carnegie Institution for Science
Yue Meng
Yue Meng Argonne National Laboratory
Viktor V. Struzhkin
Viktor V. Struzhkin Carnegie Institution for Science
Paul F. McMillan
Paul F. McMillan University College London
Ronald E. Cohen
Ronald E. Cohen Carnegie Institution for Science
Daniel Errandonea
Daniel Errandonea University of Valencia
Eugene Gregoryanz
Eugene Gregoryanz University of Edinburgh
Artem R. Oganov
Artem R. Oganov Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

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