2026 Russell J. Hemley: Chemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	122	459	408	197	160	688	53701

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1997 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1997 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1995 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For advancing ultra highpressure of condensed matters and for discovering new materials, transitions, and properties at high pressures

Overview

Russell J. Hemley is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on condensed matter physics, materials chemistry, and geophysics. Subfields such as atomic and molecular physics, optics, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials also represent important areas of their work.

The main topics of research undertaken include high-pressure geophysics and materials, rare-earth and actinide compounds, physics of superconductivity and magnetism, hydrogen storage and materials, advanced chemical physics studies, superconductivity in MgB2 and alloys, and advanced condensed matter physics.

Recent papers by Hemley cover a variety of subjects related to superconductivity and high-pressure materials. Some noteworthy publications are:

Route to high-Tc superconductivity via CH4-intercalated H3S hydride perovskites, 2020, Physical Review B
Prediction of high-Tc superconductivity in ternary lanthanum borohydrides, 2021, Physical Review B
Measuring the melting curve of iron at super-Earth core conditions, 2022, Science
Prediction of Above-Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Lanthanide/Actinide Extreme Superhydrides, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
Hole-doped room-temperature superconductivity in H3S1-xZ (Z=C, Si), 2020, Materials Today Physics

Frequent co-authors working with Hemley include Ravhi S. Kumar, Muhtar Ahart, Nilesh P. Salke, Hanyu Liu, and Changyong Park.

Ravhi S. Kumar
Muhtar Ahart
Nilesh P. Salke
Hanyu Liu
Changyong Park

Many of their publications appear in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Physical Review B, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications, and Materials Today Physics.

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Nature Communications
Materials Today Physics

Hemley has also contributed to book publications, including a 2024 title "Celebrating 1 year of Frontiers in Electronic Materials" published by Frontiers Media.

The scientist has received several awards and recognitions, including:

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2008
Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2001
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1997
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 1997
Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1995, with citation for advancing ultra high-pressure condensed matter physics and discovering new materials, transitions, and properties at high pressures

Best Publications

Low compressibility carbon nitrides

David M. Teter;Russell J. Hemley

1776
Citations
Evidence for Superconductivity above 260 K in Lanthanum Superhydride at Megabar Pressures

Maddury Somayazulu;Muhtar Ahart;Ajay K. Mishra;Zachary M. Geballe

1392
Citations
Hydrogen clusters in clathrate hydrate.

Wendy L. Mao;Wendy L. Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Alexander F. Goncharov;Viktor V. Struzhkin

1104
Citations
Origin of morphotropic phase boundaries in ferroelectrics

Muhtar Ahart;Maddury Somayazulu;R. E. Cohen;P. Ganesh

1022
Citations
Potential high-Tc superconducting lanthanum and yttrium hydrides at high pressure.

Hanyu Liu;Ivan I. Naumov;Roald Hoffmann;N. W. Ashcroft

969
Citations
The pressure-temperature phase and transformation diagram for carbon; updated through 1994

F.P. Bundy;W.A. Bassett;M.S. Weathers;R.J. Hemley

881
Citations
Ultrahigh-pressure transitions in solid hydrogen

Ho-kwang Mao;Russell J. Hemley

777
Citations
Bonding Changes in Compressed Superhard Graphite

Wendy L. Mao;Wendy L. Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Peter J. Eng;Thomas P. Trainor;Thomas P. Trainor

748
Citations
Pressure-induced amorphization of crystalline silica

R. J. Hemley;A. P. Jephcoat;H. K. Mao;L. C. Ming

748
Citations
Raman spectroscopy of SiO2 glass at high pressure.

RJ Hemley;HK Mao;PM Bell;BO Mysen

625
Citations
High-pressure x-ray diffraction of SiO2 glass.

Charles Meade;R. J. Hemley;H. K. Mao

617
Citations
Synthesis of novel transition metal nitrides IrN2 and OsN2.

Andrea F. Young;Andrea F. Young;Chrystele Sanloup;Eugene Gregoryanz;Eugene Gregoryanz;Sandro Scandolo;Sandro Scandolo

599
Citations
Synthesis and characterization of a binary noble metal nitride

Eugene Gregoryanz;Chrystele Sanloup;M Somayazulu;James Badro

597
Citations
Elasticity of MgO and a primary pressure scale to 55 GPa

Chang-Sheng Zha;Ho-kwang Mao;Russell J. Hemley

589
Citations
X-ray diffraction and equation of state of hydrogen at megabar pressures

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

526
Citations
Electronic Properties and Metrology Applications of the Diamond NV − Center under Pressure

Marcus W. Doherty;Viktor V. Struzhkin;David A. Simpson;Liam P. McGuinness;Liam P. McGuinness

524
Citations
Raman spectroscopic study of microcrystalline silica

Kathleen J. Kingma;Russell J. Hemley

492
Citations
Quasi‐hydrostatic compression of magnesium oxide to 52 GPa: Implications for the pressure‐volume‐temperature equation of state

Sergio Speziale;Chang-Sheng Zha;Thomas S. Duffy;Russell J. Hemley

488
Citations
Equation of state and shear strength at multimegabar pressures: Magnesium oxide to 227 GPa.

Thomas S. Duffy;Russell J. Hemley;Ho Kwang Mao

473
Citations
Analysis of lattice strains measured under nonhydrostatic pressure

Anil K. Singh;C. Balasingh;Ho-kwang Mao;Russell J. Hemley

471
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ho-kwang Mao Carnegie Institution for Science

Viktor V. Struzhkin Carnegie Institution for Science

Alexander F. Goncharov Carnegie Institution for Science

Maddury Somayazulu Carnegie Institution for Science

Eugene Gregoryanz University of Edinburgh

Wendy L. Mao Stanford University

Ronald E. Cohen Carnegie Institution for Science

Jung-Fu Lin The University of Texas at Austin

Yue Meng Argonne National Laboratory

Yingwei Fei Carnegie Institution for Science

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