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Michael J. Mehl

Michael J. Mehl

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
51
Citations
16096
World Ranking
9729
National Ranking
2348

Michael J. Mehl publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael J. Mehl sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 195 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Michael J. Mehl D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael J. Mehl sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding contributions to the development of density functional theory and to its applications using the LAPW method, tightbinding Hamiltonians and methods based on localized charge densities

Overview

Michael J. Mehl is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science, with a specific emphasis on materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, physical and theoretical chemistry, geophysics, and aerospace engineering.

Mehl's work addresses topics that include:

  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Advanced Materials and Composites

They have published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Computational Materials Science
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Nature
  • Nature Communications

Recent papers by Michael J. Mehl include:

  • "Disordered enthalpy-entropy descriptor for high-entropy ceramics discovery," 2024, Nature
  • "Settling the matter of the role of vibrations in the stability of high-entropy carbides," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "aflow.org: A web ecosystem of databases, software and tools," 2022, Computational Materials Science
  • "AFLOW-XtalFinder: a reliable choice to identify crystalline prototype," 2021, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • "The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 3," 2021, Computational Materials Science

Among frequent collaborators, Michael J. Mehl has worked closely with:

  • Stefano Curtarolo
  • David Hicks
  • Cormac Toher
  • Marco Esters
  • Corey Oses

Michael J. Mehl was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999. The citation noted outstanding contributions to the development of density functional theory and its applications, particularly involving the LAPW method, tight-binding Hamiltonians, and methods based on localized charge densities.

Best Publications

  • Structural stability and lattice defects in copper: Ab initio , tight-binding, and embedded-atom calculations

    Y. Mishin;M. J. Mehl;D. A. Papaconstantopoulos;A. F. Voter

  • Interatomic potentials for monoatomic metals from experimental data and ab initio calculations

    Y. Mishin;Diana Farkas;M. J. Mehl;D. A. Papaconstantopoulos

  • AFLOW: An automatic framework for high-throughput materials discovery

    Stefano Curtarolo;Wahyu Setyawan;Gus L Hart;Michal Jahnatek

  • Bright triplet excitons in caesium lead halide perovskites

    Michael A. Becker;Michael A. Becker;Roman Vaxenburg;Georgian Nedelcu;Georgian Nedelcu;Peter C. Sercel

  • Applications of a tight-binding total-energy method for transition and noble metals: Elastic constants, vacancies, and surfaces of monatomic metals

    Michael J. Mehl;Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos

  • Structural properties of ordered high-melting-temperature intermetallic alloys from first-principles total-energy calculations

    M. J. Mehl;J. E. Osburn;D. A. Papaconstantopoulos;B. M. Klein

  • Easily Implementable Nonlocal Exchange-Correlation Energy Functional

    David C. Langreth;M. J. Mehl

  • Embedded-atom potential for B2-NiAl

    Y. Mishin;M. J. Mehl;D. A. Papaconstantopoulos

  • Phase stability in the Fe–Ni system: Investigation by first-principles calculations and atomistic simulations

    Y. Mishin;M.J. Mehl;D.A. Papaconstantopoulos;D.A. Papaconstantopoulos

  • The AFLOW standard for high-throughput materials science calculations

    Camilo E. Calderon;Jose J. Plata;Cormac Toher;Corey Oses

  • Tight-binding total-energy method for transition and noble metals

    Ronald E. Cohen;Michael J. Mehl;Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos

  • The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 1

    Michael J. Mehl;David Hicks;Cormac Toher;Ohad Levy

  • Linearized augmented plane wave electronic structure calculations for MgO and CaO

    M. J. Mehl;R. E. Cohen;H. Krakauer

  • Electronic structure calculations of lead chalcogenides PbS, PbSe, PbTe

    Mohammed Lach-hab;Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos;Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos;Michael J. Mehl

  • Potential-induced breathing model for the elastic moduli and high-pressure behavior of the cubic alkaline-earth oxides

    M. J. Mehl;R. J. Hemley;L. L. Boyer

  • Calculated elastic and thermal properties of MGO at high pressures and temperatures

    Donald G. Isaak;Ronald E. Cohen;Michael J. Mehl

  • Disordered enthalpy–entropy descriptor for high-entropy ceramics discovery

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  • Energetic, vibrational, and electronic properties of silicon using a nonorthogonal tight-binding model

    N. Bernstein;M. J. Mehl;D. A. Papaconstantopoulos;N. I. Papanicolaou

  • Lattice dynamics of the potential-induced breathing model: Phonon dispersion in the alkaline-earth oxides.

    Ronald E. Cohen;L. L. Boyer;M. J. Mehl

  • The AFLOW Library of Crystallographic Prototypes: Part 2

    David Hicks;Michael J. Mehl;Eric Gossett;Cormac Toher

  • Tight-binding study of stacking fault energies and the Rice criterion of ductility in the fcc metals

    Michael J. Mehl;Dimitrios A. Papaconstantopoulos;Nicholas Kioussis;M. Herbranson

  • High thermal conductivity of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon film.

    Xiao Liu;J. L. Feldman;J. L. Feldman;D. G. Cahill;R. S. Crandall

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefano Curtarolo
Stefano Curtarolo Duke University
Ronald E. Cohen
Ronald E. Cohen Carnegie Institution for Science
Mark R. Pederson
Mark R. Pederson The University of Texas at El Paso
David J. Singh
David J. Singh University of Missouri
Igor Mazin
Igor Mazin George Mason University
Yuri Mishin
Yuri Mishin George Mason University
Charles R. Eddy
Charles R. Eddy United States Naval Research Laboratory
Stefano Sanvito
Stefano Sanvito Trinity College Dublin
Matthias Scheffler
Matthias Scheffler Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

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