2026 Peter Blaha: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	96	1845	1756	8	8	411	50734

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Physics in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Peter Blaha is affiliated with TU Wien in Austria and has contributed extensively to research in materials science and physics. Their work spans a variety of topics within these fields, frequently focusing on the theoretical and computational properties of solids and related materials.

Their recent publications include:

WIEN2k: An APW+lo program for calculating the properties of solids (2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
Giant spontaneous Hall effect in a nonmagnetic Weyl-Kondo semimetal (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
How to verify the precision of density-functional-theory implementations via reproducible and universal workflows (2023, Nature Reviews Physics)
Shortcomings of meta-GGA functionals when describing magnetism (2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B)
Bandgap of two-dimensional materials: Thorough assessment of modern exchange-correlation functionals (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))

Frequent collaborators in their research include Fabien Tran, Christoph Rameshan, Thomas Ruh, Andreas Nenning, and Lorenz Lindenthal. These partnerships reflect ongoing work in closely related subfields.

The scientist has published primarily in the following venues:

The Cambridge Structural Database
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
The Journal of Chemical Physics
arXiv (Cornell University)

Peter Blaha's research intersects several fields of study, notably:

Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy

Within these, their work covers a range of subfields such as:

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

The primary topics of their research include:

X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Rare-earth and actinide compounds
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Best Publications

Accurate band gaps of semiconductors and insulators with a semilocal exchange-correlation potential.

Fabien Tran;Peter Blaha

5676
Citations
WIEN2k: An Augmented Plane Wave Plus Local Orbitals Program for Calculating Crystal Properties

Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz;Georg K. H. Madsen;Dieter Kvasnicka

3326
Citations
Full-potential, linearized augmented plane wave programs for crystalline systems

P. Blaha;K. Schwarz;P. Sorantin;S.B. Trickey

3307
Citations
WIEN2k: An APW+lo program for calculating the properties of solids

Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz;Fabien Tran;Robert Laskowski

2325
Citations
Electronic structure calculations of solids using the WIEN2k package for material sciences

K. Schwarz;P. Blaha;G.K.H. Madsen

2045
Citations
Solid state calculations using WIEN2k

Karlheinz Schwarz;Peter Blaha

1535
Citations
Reproducibility in density functional theory calculations of solids

Kurt Lejaeghere;Gustav Bihlmayer;Torbjörn Björkman;Torbjörn Björkman;Peter Blaha

1523
Citations
Efficient linearization of the augmented plane-wave method

Georg K. H. Madsen;Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz;Elisabeth Sjöstedt

1328
Citations
Accurate Density Functional with Correct Formal Properties: A Step Beyond the Generalized Gradient Approximation

John P. Perdew;Stefan Kurth;Aleš Zupan;Peter Blaha

1190
Citations
Calculation of the lattice constant of solids with semilocal functionals

Philipp Haas;Fabien Tran;Peter Blaha

1097
Citations
Merits and limits of the modified Becke-Johnson exchange potential

David Koller;Fabien Tran;Peter Blaha

949
Citations
Molecular and solid‐state tests of density functional approximations: LSD, GGAs, and meta‐GGAs

Stefan Kurth;John P. Perdew;Peter Blaha

866
Citations
Improving the modified Becke-Johnson exchange potential

David Koller;Fabien Tran;Peter Blaha

751
Citations
Lattice dynamics and hyperfine interactions in ZnO and ZnSe at high external pressures.

H. Karzel;W. Potzel;M. Köfferlein;W. Schiessl

731
Citations
Hybrid exchange-correlation energy functionals for strongly correlated electrons: Applications to transition-metal monoxides

Fabien Tran;Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz;Pavel Novák

483
Citations
Applications of Engel and Vosko's generalized gradient approximation in solids.

Philipp Dufek;Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz

458
Citations
Performance on molecules, surfaces, and solids of the Wu-Cohen GGA exchange-correlation energy functional

Fabien Tran;Robert Laskowski;Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz

438
Citations
Band gap calculations with Becke?Johnson exchange potential

Fabien Tran;Peter Blaha;Karlheinz Schwarz

403
Citations
Improving the efficiency of FP-LAPW calculations

Max Petersen;Frank Wagner;Lars Hufnagel;Matthias Scheffler

391
Citations
Towards efficient band structure and effective mass calculations for III-V direct band-gap semiconductors

Yoon-Suk Kim;Martijn Marsman;Georg Kresse;Fabien Tran

359
Citations