2026 Raphaël P. Hermann: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	44	12031	11634	2787	2590	268	7717
Chemistry	45	16436	14838	4093	3364	240	7489

Overview

Raphaël P. Hermann is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and physics with particular emphasis on condensed matter physics and materials chemistry.

Their work spans several fields of study, including:

Materials Science
Physics and Astronomy

Within these broad disciplines, their research covers key subfields such as:

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

The main topics they explore are diverse and include:

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
Rare-earth and actinide compounds
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Crystal Structures and Properties
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography

Raphaël P. Hermann has contributed extensively to scientific literature, publishing in a variety of venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Physical Review B
The Cambridge Structural Database
Physical Review Materials
arXiv (Cornell University)

Notable recent papers highlight the breadth of their research interests:

"Tuning the thermal activation atmosphere breaks the activity-stability trade-off of Fe-N-C oxygen reduction fuel cell catalysts," 2023, Nature Catalysis
"Charge Density Wave in Kagome Lattice Intermetallic ScV₆Sn₆," 2022, Physical Review Letters
"Lithium Iron Aluminum Nickelate, LiNi_xFe_yAl_zO₂-New Sustainable Cathodes for Next-Generation Cobalt-Free Li-Ion Batteries," 2020, Advanced Materials
"High frequency atomic tunneling yields ultralow and glass-like thermal conductivity in chalcogenide single crystals," 2020, Nature Communications
"Uncovering design principles for amorphous-like heat conduction using two-channel lattice dynamics," 2021, Materials Today Physics

Throughout their career, Raphaël P. Hermann has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including:

Michael E. Manley
Duncan H. Moseley
D. L. Abernathy
Michael A. McGuire
George Yumnam

Best Publications

Ferromagnetism Near Room Temperature in the Cleavable van der Waals Crystal Fe5GeTe2

Andrew F May;Dmitry Ovchinnikov;Qiang Zheng;Raphael Hermann

429
Citations
Phase Transitions in LaFeAsO: Structural, Magnetic, Elastic, and Transport Properties, Heat Capacity and Mössbauer Spectra

Michael A McGuire;Andrew D Christianson;Athena S Sefat;Brian C Sales

396
Citations
Einstein oscillators in thallium filled antimony skutterudites.

Raphaël P. Hermann;Rongying Jin;Werner Schweika;Fernande Grandjean

230
Citations
Lattice dynamics and structure of GeTe, SnTe and PbTe

Paula Bauer Pereira;Paula Bauer Pereira;Ilya Sergueev;Ilya Sergueev;Stéphane Gorsse;Jayaram Dadda

222
Citations
Charge Density Wave in Kagome Lattice Intermetallic ScV_{6}Sn_{6}.

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217
Citations
Role of Disorder in the Thermodynamics and Atomic Dynamics of Glasses

Aleksandr I. Chumakov;G. Monaco;G. Monaco;A. Fontana;A. Fontana;Alexeï Bosak

180
Citations
Shape Induced Symmetry in Self-Assembled Mesocrystals of Iron Oxide Nanocubes

Sabrina Disch;Erik Wetterskog;Raphaël P. Hermann;Raphaël P. Hermann;German Salazar-Alvarez

177
Citations
Long-Range Antiferromagnetic Order in a Rocksalt High Entropy Oxide

Junjie Zhang;Jiaqiang Yan;Stuart Calder;Qiang Zheng

173
Citations
Charge Order in LuFe2O4 : Antiferroelectric Ground State and Coupling to Magnetism

Manuel Angst;Manuel Angst;Raphael P. Hermann;Raphael P. Hermann;Andrew D Christianson;Mark D Lumsden

166
Citations
Phase-Change Materials: Vibrational Softening upon Crystallization and Its Impact on Thermal Properties

Toshiyuki Matsunaga;Noboru Yamada;Noboru Yamada;Rie Kojima;Shinichi Shamoto

165
Citations
Lattice dynamics in Bi 2 Te 3 and Sb 2 Te 3 : Te and Sb density of phonon states

D. Bessas;D. Bessas;I. Sergueev;I. Sergueev;H.-C. Wille

153
Citations
Charge order, dynamics, and magnetostructural transition in multiferroic LuFe2O4.

X. S. Xu;M. Angst;M. Angst;T. V. Brinzari;Raphaël Hermann;Raphaël Hermann

152
Citations
Paramagnon drag in high thermoelectric figure of merit Li-doped MnTe.

Yuanhua Zheng;T. Lu;M. H. Polash;M. Rasoulianboroujeni

139
Citations
Structure Characterization and Properties of K-Containing Copper Hexacyanoferrate

Dickson O. Ojwang;Jekabs Grins;Dariusz Wardecki;Mario Valvo

138
Citations
Influence of the rare-earth element on the effects of the structural and magnetic phase transitions in CeFeAsO, PrFeAsO and NdFeAsO

Michael A McGuire;Raphaël P Hermann;Raphaël P Hermann;Athena S Sefat;Brian C Sales

137
Citations
Dumbbell rattling in thermoelectric zinc antimony

W. Schweika;R. P. Hermann;R. P. Hermann;M. Prager

134
Citations
Quantitative spatial magnetization distribution in iron oxide nanocubes and nanospheres by polarized small-angle neutron scattering

S Disch;E Wetterskog;R P Hermann;R P Hermann;A Wiedenmann

130
Citations
Electronegative guests in CoSb3

Bo Duan;Bo Duan;Jiong Yang;Jiong Yang;James R. Salvador;Yang He

124
Citations
Transition-Metal Carbodiimides as Molecular Negative Electrode Materials for Lithium- and Sodium-Ion Batteries with Excellent Cycling Properties

Moulay Tahar sougrati;Ali Darwiche;Xiaohiu Liu;Abdelfattah Mahmoud;Abdelfattah Mahmoud

122
Citations
Strongly decoupled europium and iron vibrational modes in filled skutterudites

Gary J. Long;Raphaël P. Hermann;Fernande Grandjean;Ercan E. Alp

104
Citations
Lithium Iron Aluminum Nickelate, LiNixFeyAlzO2—New Sustainable Cathodes for Next-Generation Cobalt-Free Li-Ion Batteries

Nitin Muralidharan;Rachid Essehli;Raphael P. Hermann;Ruhul Amin

87
Citations