2026 Michael Hanfland: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	77	3954	3587	113	98	484	25590

Overview

Michael Hanfland is a researcher affiliated with the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France. Their scientific work primarily spans the field of Materials Science, with notable contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

Their research output is substantial, covering main topics such as Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, High-pressure Geophysics and Materials, Crystal Structures and Properties, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, Crystallography and Molecular Interactions, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Hanfland has published extensively in several scientific journals and databases. Frequent publication venues include:

The Cambridge Structural Database
American Mineralogist
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Physical Review B
Angewandte Chemie

Their recent papers demonstrate a strong focus on high-pressure synthesis, crystallography, and advanced X-ray diffraction techniques. Selected recent publications include:

"High-Pressure Synthesis of Dirac Materials: Layered van der Waals Bonded BeN₄ Polymorph", 2021, Physical Review Letters
"Pressure-Induced Polymerization of Polycyclic Arene-Perfluoroarene Cocrystals: Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Studies, Reaction Kinetics, and Design of Columnar Hydrofluorocarbons", 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
"EIGER2 hybrid-photon-counting X-ray detectors for advanced synchrotron diffraction experiments", 2023, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
"High-Pressure Synthesis of Metal-Inorganic Frameworks Hf₄N₂₀⋅N₂, WN₈⋅N₂, and Os₅N₂₈⋅3 N₂ with Polymeric Nitrogen Linkers", 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"Melting Curve and Isostructural Solid Transition in Superionic Ice", 2020, Physical Review Letters

Hanfland frequently collaborates with other researchers in related fields. Their most common co-authors are:

Konstantin Glazyrin
Leonid Dubrovinsky
Maxim Bykov
Ines E. Collings
Natalia Dubrovinskaia

Best Publications

Two-dimensional detector software: From real detector to idealised image or two-theta scan

A. P. Hammersley;S. O. Svensson;M. Hanfland;A. N. Fitch

5389
Citations
Superconductivity in Weyl semimetal candidate MoTe2

Yanpeng Qi;Pavel G. Naumov;Mazhar N. Ali;Catherine R. Rajamathi

1012
Citations
Graphite under pressure: Equation of state and first-order Raman modes.

M Hanfland;H Beister;K Syassen

732
Citations
X-ray diffraction and equation of state of hydrogen at megabar pressures

P. Loubeyre;R. LeToullec;D. Hausermann;M. Hanfland

526
Citations
New high-pressure phases of lithium

M. Hanfland;K. Syassen;N. E. Christensen;D. L. Novikov

461
Citations
Pressure-induced quenching of the Jahn-Teller distortion and insulator-to-metal transition in LaMnO(3).

I. Loa;P. Adler;A. Grzechnik;K. Syassen

417
Citations
Equation of state of magnetite and its high-pressure modification: Thermodynamics of the Fe-O system at high pressure

Camilla Haavik;Svein Stølen;Helmer Fjellvåg;Michael Hanfland

340
Citations
X-ray Imaging of Stress and Strain of Diamond, Iron, and Tungsten at Megabar Pressures

Russell J. Hemley;Russell J. Hemley;Russell J. Hemley;Ho-kwang Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Guoyin Shen;Guoyin Shen;Guoyin Shen;James Badro;James Badro;James Badro

323
Citations
Cold melting and solid structures of dense lithium

Christophe L. Guillaume;Eugene Gregoryanz;Olga Degtyareva;Malcolm I. McMahon

317
Citations
Pressure-Induced Landau-Type Transition in Stishovite

Denis Andrault;Guillaume Fiquet;François Guyot;Michael Hanfland

285
Citations
Discovery of a superhard iron tetraboride superconductor.

Huiyang Gou;Natalia Dubrovinskaia;Elena Bykova;Alexander A. Tsirlin;Alexander A. Tsirlin

258
Citations
The most incompressible metal osmium at static pressures above 750 gigapascals

Leonid Dubrovinsky;Natalia Dubrovinskaia;Elena Bykova;Maxim Bykov

252
Citations
First hexagonal close packed high-entropy alloy with outstanding stability under extreme conditions and electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation

Kirill V. Yusenko;Sephira Riva;Patricia A. Carvalho;Patricia A. Carvalho;Maria V. Yusenko

247
Citations
Structural complexity of simple Fe2O3 at high pressures and temperatures.

Elena Bykova;Leonid Dubrovinsky;Natalia Dubrovinskaia;Maxim Bykov

236
Citations
Crystal Structure of the High-Pressure Phase Silicon VI

M. Hanfland;U. Schwarz;K. Syassen;K. Takemura

231
Citations
Terapascal static pressure generation with ultrahigh yield strength nanodiamond

Natalia Dubrovinskaia;Leonid Dubrovinsky;Natalia A. Solopova;Artem M. Abakumov

228
Citations
Electronic structure and magnetic properties of cubic and hexagonal Sr Mn O 3

Rune Søndenå;P. Ravindran;Svein Stølen;Tor Grande

216
Citations
Structural stability and pressure-induced phase transitions in MgH 2

P. Vajeeston;P. Ravindran;B. C. Hauback;H. Fjellvåg

216
Citations
New high-pressure structural transition of oxygen at 96 GPa associated with metallization in a molecular solid.

Yuichi Akahama;Haruki Kawamura;Daniel Häusermann;Michael Hanfland

215
Citations
Superhard semiconducting optically transparent high pressure phase of boron

E.Yu. Zarechnaya;L. Dubrovinsky;N. Dubrovinskaia;N. Dubrovinskaia;Yaroslav Filinchuk

181
Citations
Superconductivity at 253 K in lanthanum-yttrium ternary hydrides.

Dmitrii V. Semenok;Ivan A. Troyan;Alexander G. Kvashnin;Anna G. Ivanova

22
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Syassen Max Planck Society

Leonid Dubrovinsky University of Bayreuth

Ulrich S. Schwarz Heidelberg University

Natalia Dubrovinskaia University of Bayreuth

Vitali B. Prakapenka University of Chicago

Catherine McCammon University of Bayreuth

Malcolm McMahon University of Edinburgh

Igor A. Abrikosov Linköping University

Mohamed Mezouar European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Roberto Bini University of Florence

External Links

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