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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 91 1579 1516 492 459 521 37365
Chemistry 91 1943 1736 711 586 536 38011
Physics 91 2150 2044 1098 1026 555 37462

Sergei Tretiak publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sergei Tretiak between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sergei Tretiak published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 22.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 56 publications in 2018. 44 of the 693 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 56. Peak 56 publications in 2018. 1996: 3 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 14 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 23 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 26 publications 2015: 30 publications 2016: 40 publications 2017: 43 publications 2018: 56 publications 2019: 27 publications 2020: 46 publications 2021: 48 publications 2022: 47 publications 2023: 51 publications 2024: 33 publications 2025: 43 publications 2026: 1 publication
1996 2026

693 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sergei Tretiak: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 3
1997 3
1998 6
1999 8
2000 14
2001 2
2002 8
2003 5
2004 12
2005 8
2006 8
2007 23
2008 23
2009 14
2010 15
2011 15
2012 15
2013 20
2014 26
2015 30
2016 40
2017 43
2018 56
2019 27
2020 46
2021 48
2022 47
2023 51
2024 33
2025 43
2026 1
Total 693
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Sergei Tretiak publications per year - data summary

  • Sergei Tretiak, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has 693 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1996 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2018, with 56 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2026, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 22.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 22.4 per year counting only the 31 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 175 publications, 25% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1996-2006: 77 publications (7.0 per year); 2007-2017: 264 publications (24.0 per year); 2018-2026: 352 publications (39.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Sergei Tretiak 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 Sergei Tretiak sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 510–529 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 521 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194 521
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Sergei Tretiak publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Sergei Tretiak, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 521 publications - the 88th percentile of the discipline.
  • 88% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Sergei Tretiak, and about 12% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Sergei Tretiak ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Sergei Tretiak 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 Sergei Tretiak sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 90–91 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175 91
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Sergei Tretiak D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Sergei Tretiak, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 91 D-Index - the 88th percentile of the discipline.
  • 88% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Sergei Tretiak, and about 12% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Sergei Tretiak ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to the theoretical chemistry of excited state dynamics in nanoscale materials and nonlinear optical response of molecular systems

Overview

Sergei Tretiak is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Within these fields, Tretiak has contributed extensively to subfields such as materials chemistry, atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, and physical and theoretical chemistry.

Their scientific work frequently addresses topics including spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, perovskite materials and applications, machine learning in materials science, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, advanced chemical physics studies, quantum dots synthesis and properties, and quantum computing algorithms and architecture.

Tretiak has published numerous papers in various well-regarded venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • Chemical Science
  • ACS Nano

Some of Tretiak's notable recent papers are:

  • Non-adiabatic Excited-State Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Applications for Modeling Photophysics in Extended Molecular Materials, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • The ANI-1ccx and ANI-1x data sets, coupled-cluster and density functional theory properties for molecules, 2020, Scientific Data
  • A sensitive and robust thin-film x-ray detector using 2D layered perovskite diodes, 2020, Science Advances
  • Polarons in Halide Perovskites: A Perspective, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Extending machine learning beyond interatomic potentials for predicting molecular properties, 2022, Nature Reviews Chemistry

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Tretiak's research career, with frequent coauthors including Sebastian Fernández-Alberti, Nicholas Lubbers, Yu Zhang, Victor M. Freixas, and Benjamin Nebgen.

Sergei Tretiak has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2014 with a citation for seminal contributions to the theoretical chemistry of excited state dynamics in nanoscale materials and nonlinear optical response of molecular systems.

Best Publications

  • High-efficiency solution-processed perovskite solar cells with millimeter-scale grains

    Wanyi Nie;Hsinhan Tsai;Reza Asadpour;Jean Christophe Blancon

  • High-efficiency two-dimensional Ruddlesden–Popper perovskite solar cells

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge states in layered 2D perovskites

    Jean Christophe Robert Blancon;Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Costas C. Stoumpos

  • Spectrally resolved dynamics of energy transfer in quantum-dot assemblies: towards engineered energy flows in artificial materials.

    S. A. Crooker;J. A. Hollingsworth;S. Tretiak;V. I. Klimov

  • Light-activated photocurrent degradation and self-healing in perovskite solar cells

    Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Amanda J. Neukirch;Kannatassen Appavoo

  • Scaling law for excitons in 2D perovskite quantum wells.

    J.-C. Blancon;A. V. Stier;H. Tsai;H. Tsai;W. Nie

  • Light-induced lattice expansion leads to high-efficiency perovskite solar cells

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Reza Asadpour;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Approaching coupled cluster accuracy with a general-purpose neural network potential through transfer learning.

    Justin S. Smith;Justin S. Smith;Benjamin T. Nebgen;Roman Zubatyuk;Roman Zubatyuk;Nicholas Lubbers

  • Density Matrix Analysis and Simulation of Electronic Excitations in Conjugated and Aggregated Molecules

    Sergei Tretiak;Shaul Mukamel

  • Enhanced two-photon absorption of organic chromophores: theoretical and experimental assessments ∗∗

    Francesca Terenziani;Claudine Katan;Ekaterina Badaeva;Sergei Tretiak

  • Type-II core/shell CdS/ZnSe nanocrystals: synthesis, electronic structures, and spectroscopic properties.

    Sergei A. Ivanov;Andrei Piryatinski;Jagjit Nanda;Sergei Tretiak

  • Advances and Promises of Layered Halide Hybrid Perovskite Semiconductors.

    Laurent Pedesseau;Daniel Sapori;Boubacar Traore;Roberto Robles

  • Effects of (Multi)branching of Dipolar Chromophores on Photophysical Properties and Two-Photon Absorption

    Claudine Katan;Francesca Terenziani;Olivier Mongin;Martinus H. V. Werts

  • Conformational dynamics of photoexcited conjugated molecules.

    S. Tretiak;A. Saxena;R. L. Martin;A. R. Bishop

  • Non-adiabatic Excited-State Molecular Dynamics: Theory and Applications for Modeling Photophysics in Extended Molecular Materials.

    Tammie R Nelson;Alexander J White;Josiah A Bjorgaard;Andrew E Sifain;Andrew E Sifain

  • Electronic coherence and collective optical excitations of conjugated molecules

    Shaul Mukamel;Sergei Tretiak;Thomas Wagersreiter;Vladimir Chernyak

  • Third and fourth optical transitions in semiconducting carbon nanotubes.

    Paulo T. Araujo;Stephen K. Doorn;Svetlana Kilina;Sergei Tretiak

  • Dependence of Spurious Charge-Transfer Excited States on Orbital Exchange in TDDFT: Large Molecules and Clusters

    Rudolph Magyar;S Tretiak

  • Effect of surface ligands on optical and electronic spectra of semiconductor nanoclusters.

    Svetlana Kilina;Sergei Ivanov;Sergei Tretiak

  • Stable Light-Emitting Diodes Using Phase-Pure Ruddlesden-Popper Layered Perovskites.

    Hsinhan Tsai;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Jean Christophe Blancon;Constantinos C. Stoumpos

  • Extremely efficient internal exciton dissociation through edge-states in layered 2D perovskites for high-efficiency optoelectronic devices

    Jean-Christophe Blancon;Hsinhan Tsai;Wanyi Nie;Andreas Stier

Frequent Co-Authors

Hsinhan Tsai
Hsinhan Tsai University of California, Berkeley
Aditya D. Mohite
Aditya D. Mohite Rice University
Jacky Even
Jacky Even University of Rennes
Wanyi Nie
Wanyi Nie Los Alamos National Laboratory
Claudine Katan
Claudine Katan University of Rennes
Svetlana Kilina
Svetlana Kilina North Dakota State University
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Shaul Mukamel
Shaul Mukamel University of California, Irvine
Constantinos C. Stoumpos
Constantinos C. Stoumpos University of Crete
Stephen K. Doorn
Stephen K. Doorn Los Alamos National Laboratory

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