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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 76 4318 3920 1360 1139 223 18055
Physics 78 3186 3029 1513 1410 240 18899

Piotr Piecuch publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Piotr Piecuch between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Piotr Piecuch published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 5.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 18 publications in 2005. 8 of the 255 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 18. Peak 18 publications in 2005. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 4 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 3 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 2 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 10 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 18 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 3 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 4 publications
1982 2025

255 publications in total across all disciplines

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Piotr Piecuch: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 4
1985 3
1986 3
1987 1
1988 2
1989 2
1990 3
1991 2
1992 4
1993 5
1994 6
1995 6
1996 5
1997 3
1998 5
1999 4
2000 13
2001 10
2002 9
2003 4
2004 7
2005 18
2006 16
2007 11
2008 16
2009 12
2010 5
2011 3
2012 8
2013 7
2014 3
2015 2
2016 3
2017 6
2018 2
2019 3
2020 8
2021 10
2022 9
2023 3
2024 4
2025 4
Total 255
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Piotr Piecuch 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 Piotr Piecuch sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 223–242 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 240 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85 240
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Piotr Piecuch 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 Piotr Piecuch sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 78–79 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144 78
80–81 167
82–83 167
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his outstanding contributions to electronic structure and quantum manybody theories, in particular developments in coupledcluster theory, important advances in understanding molecular properties, chemical reactivities and intermolecular interactions as well as nuclear structure, through discerning use of computational methods
  • 2002 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Piotr Piecuch is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry, with significant specialization in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies, Machine Learning in Materials Science, Quantum superfluid helium dynamics, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, and Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications.

Piercing together a research profile from publication venues, Piecuch has published frequently in:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Molecular Physics
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Notable recent papers include:

  • Recent developments in the general atomic and molecular electronic structure system, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science, 2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • The Ground State Electronic Energy of Benzene, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Photoluminescence, photophysics, and photochemistry of the VB⁻ defect in hexagonal boron nitride, 2020, Physical Review B
  • The General Atomic and Molecular Electronic Structure System (GAMESS): Novel Methods on Novel Architectures, 2023, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Frequent co-authors of Piecuch include Jun Shen, Karthik Gururangan, Ilias Magoulas, Stephen H. Yuwono, and J. Emiliano Deustua.

Throughout their career, Piecuch has been recognized with several awards, including Fellowships from major scientific organizations:

  • Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2002)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008) for contributions to electronic structure and quantum many-body theories, molecular properties, chemical reactivities, intermolecular interactions, and nuclear structure through computational methods
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011)

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in the general atomic and molecular electronic structure system.

    Giuseppe M.J. Barca;Colleen Bertoni;Laura Carrington;Dipayan Datta

  • Efficient computer implementation of the renormalized coupled-cluster methods: The R-CCSD[T], R-CCSD(T), CR-CCSD[T], and CR-CCSD(T) approaches

    Piotr Piecuch;Stanisław A. Kucharski;Karol Kowalski;Monika Musiał

  • The method of moments of coupled-cluster equations and the renormalized CCSD[T], CCSD(T), CCSD(TQ), and CCSDT(Q) approaches

    Karol Kowalski;Piotr Piecuch

  • Renormalized coupled-cluster methods exploiting left eigenstates of the similarity-transformed Hamiltonian.

    Piotr Piecuch;Marta Włoch

  • A state-selective multireference coupled-cluster theory employing the single-reference formalism

    Piotr Piecuch;Nevin Oliphant;Nevin Oliphant;Ludwik Adamowicz

  • New coupled-cluster methods with singles, doubles, and noniterative triples for high accuracy calculations of excited electronic states.

    Karol Kowalski;Piotr Piecuch

  • The active-space equation-of-motion coupled-cluster methods for excited electronic states: Full EOMCCSDt

    Karol Kowalski;Piotr Piecuch

  • Recent advances in electronic structure theory: Method of moments of coupled-cluster equations and renormalized coupled-cluster approaches

    Piotr Piecuch;Karol Kowalski;Ian S. O. Pimienta;Michael J. Mcguire

  • Coupled-cluster methods with internal and semi-internal triply and quadruply excited clusters: CCSDt and CCSDtq approaches

    Piotr Piecuch;Stanisław A. Kucharski;Rodney J. Bartlett

  • Application of Hilbert-space coupled-cluster theory to simple (H 2 ) 2 model systems. II. Nonplanar models

    Piotr Piecuch;Piotr Piecuch;Josef Paldus;Josef Paldus

  • Local correlation calculations using standard and renormalized coupled-cluster approaches.

    Wei Li;Piotr Piecuch;Jeffrey R. Gour;Shuhua Li

  • STATE-SELECTIVE MULTIREFERENCE COUPLED-CLUSTER THEORY EMPLOYING THE SINGLE-REFERENCE FORMALISM : IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION TO THE H8 MODEL SYSTEM

    Piotr Piecuch;Ludwik Adamowicz

  • Renormalized CCSD(T) and CCSD(TQ) approaches: Dissociation of the N2 triple bond

    Karol Kowalski;Piotr Piecuch

  • Theoretical models on the Cu2O2 torture track: mechanistic implications for oxytyrosinase and small-molecule analogues.

    Christopher J. Cramer;Marta Włoch;Piotr Piecuch;Cristina Puzzarini

  • Method of moments of coupled-cluster equations: a new formalism for designing accurate electronic structure methods for ground and excited states

    P. Piecuch;K. Kowalski;I. S. O. Pimienta;P.-D. Fan

  • Single-reference, size-extensive, non-iterative coupled-cluster approaches to bond breaking and biradicals

    Piotr Piecuch;Marta Włoch;Jeffrey R. Gour;Armagan Kinal

  • Where does the planar-to-nonplanar turnover occur in small gold clusters?

    Ryan M. Olson;Sergey Aleksandrovich Varganov;Mark S. Gordon;Horia Metiu

  • Extension of the Renormalized Coupled-Cluster Methods Exploiting Left Eigenstates of the Similarity-Transformed Hamiltonian to Open-Shell Systems: A Benchmark Study†

    Marta Włoch;Jeffrey R. Gour;Piotr Piecuch

  • Coupled-cluster theory for three-body Hamiltonians

    Gaute Hagen;Gaute Hagen;Gaute Hagen;Thomas F Papenbrock;Thomas F Papenbrock;David Jarvis Dean;A. Schwenk;A. Schwenk

  • Coupled Cluster Calculations of Ground and Excited States of Nuclei

    K. Kowalski;D. J. Dean;M. Hjorth-Jensen;T. Papenbrock;T. Papenbrock

Frequent Co-Authors

Josef Paldus
Josef Paldus University of Waterloo
Donald G. Truhlar
Donald G. Truhlar University of Minnesota
Marcos Dantus
Marcos Dantus Michigan State University
Ludwik Adamowicz
Ludwik Adamowicz University of Arizona
Babak Borhan
Babak Borhan Michigan State University
Mark S. Gordon
Mark S. Gordon Iowa State University
Laura Gagliardi
Laura Gagliardi University of Chicago
James E. Jackson
James E. Jackson Michigan State University
Christopher J. Cramer
Christopher J. Cramer UL Research Institutes
António J. C. Varandas
António J. C. Varandas University of Coimbra

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