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Tapio Ala-Nissila

Tapio Ala-Nissila

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 65 5713 5526 23 20 376 13033

Tapio Ala-Nissila publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Tapio Ala-Nissila between 1985 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Tapio Ala-Nissila published across 41 years, from 1985 to 2025, averaging 13.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2021. 34 of the 564 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1985 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2021. 1985: 1 publication 1986: 6 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 2 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 8 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 8 publications 1995: 8 publications 1996: 11 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 19 publications 1999: 10 publications 2000: 16 publications 2001: 25 publications 2002: 18 publications 2003: 11 publications 2004: 17 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 23 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 27 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 23 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 39 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 22 publications
1985 2025

564 publications in total across all disciplines

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Tapio Ala-Nissila: publications per year, 1985 to 2025
Year Publications
1985 1
1986 6
1987 2
1988 2
1989 3
1990 8
1991 6
1992 5
1993 6
1994 8
1995 8
1996 11
1997 8
1998 19
1999 10
2000 16
2001 25
2002 18
2003 11
2004 17
2005 11
2006 13
2007 9
2008 18
2009 14
2010 16
2011 12
2012 17
2013 23
2014 13
2015 17
2016 27
2017 20
2018 23
2019 20
2020 12
2021 39
2022 25
2023 11
2024 12
2025 22
Total 564
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Tapio Ala-Nissila 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 Tapio Ala-Nissila 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, 370–389 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: 376 publications — 74th percentile

74% 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
370–389 356 376
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
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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Tapio Ala-Nissila 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 Tapio Ala-Nissila 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, 64–65 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: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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 65
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
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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Overview

Tapio Ala-Nissila is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to various subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Tapio Ala-Nissila are:

  • Zheyong Fan
  • Ping Qian
  • Maria Sammalkorpi
  • Yanzhou Wang
  • Alberto Scacchi

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with notable frequency in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review B
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Review A

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Tapio Ala-Nissila include:

  • "GPUMD: A package for constructing accurate machine-learned potentials and performing highly efficient atomistic simulations," 2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "General-purpose machine-learned potential for 16 elemental metals and their alloys," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Structure and Pore Size Distribution in Nanoporous Carbon," 2022, Chemistry of Materials
  • "Spectral decomposition of thermal conductivity: Comparing velocity decomposition methods in homogeneous molecular dynamics simulations," 2021, Physical Review B
  • "Quantum-corrected thickness-dependent thermal conductivity in amorphous silicon predicted by machine learning molecular dynamics simulations," 2023, Physical Review B

Best Publications

  • Collective and single particle diffusion on surfaces

    T. Ala-Nissila;R. Ferrando;S. C. Ying

  • Global transition path search for dislocation formation in Ge on Si(001)

    Emile Maras;Oleg Trushin;Alexander Stukowski;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila

  • On-Chip Maxwell's Demon as an Information-Powered Refrigerator

    Jonne Koski;Aki Kutvonen;Ivan Khaymovich;Ivan Khaymovich;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä

  • Coarse-graining polymers with the MARTINI force-field: polystyrene as a benchmark case

    Giulia Rossi;Luca Monticelli;Luca Monticelli;Sakari R. Puisto;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • The hydrophobic effect and its role in cold denaturation.

    Cristiano L. Dias;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Jirasak Wong-ekkabut;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Thermodynamics of bcc metals in phase-field-crystal models

    A. Jaatinen;C. V. Achim;K. R. Elder;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä

  • Polymer translocation: the first two decades and the recent diversification

    Vladimir V. Palyulin;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Ralf Metzler;Ralf Metzler

  • Influence of polymer-pore interactions on translocation.

    Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying;Aniket Bhattacharya

  • Homogeneous nonequilibrium molecular dynamics method for heat transport and spectral decomposition with many-body potentials

    Zheyong Fan;Zheyong Fan;Haikuan Dong;Ari Harju;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila

  • Theory of classical surface diffusion

    T. Ala-Nissila;T. Ala-Nissila;S.C. Ying;S.C. Ying;S.C. Ying

  • Physical tests for random numbers in simulations.

    I. Vattulainen;T. Ala-Nissila;K. Kankaala

  • Sequence dependence of DNA translocation through a nanopore

    Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying;Aniket Bhattacharya

  • Langevin dynamics simulations of polymer translocation through nanopores.

    Ilkka Huopaniemi;Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying

  • Thermal conductivity decomposition in two-dimensional materials: Application to graphene

    Zheyong Fan;Luiz Felipe C. Pereira;Petri Hirvonen;Mikko M. Ervasti

  • Distribution of entropy production in a single-electron box

    J.V. Koski;T. Sagawa;O.-P. Saira;O.-P. Saira;Y. Yoon

  • Driven polymer translocation through nanopores: Slow-vs.-fast dynamics

    Kaifu Luo;Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;See-Chen Ying;Ralf Metzler

  • Driven polymer translocation through nanopores: slow versus fast dynamics

    Kaifu Luo;Tapio Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying;Ralf Metzler

  • Microscopic Mechanism for Cold Denaturation

    Cristiano L. Dias;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Tapio Ala-Nissila;Mikko Karttunen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen;Ilpo Vattulainen

  • Energetics and vibrational states for hydrogen on Pt(111).

    Stefan C. Badescu;Stefan C. Badescu;Petri Salo;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;Tapio Ala-Nissilä;See-Chen Ying

  • Polymer translocation through a nanopore: A two-dimensional Monte Carlo study

    Kaifu Luo;T. Ala-Nissila;See-Chen Ying

  • Influence of thermostatting on nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of heat conduction in solids

    Zhen Li;Shiyun Xiong;Charles Sievers;Yue Hu

  • Influence of polymer-pore interactions on translocation

    Tapio Ala-Nissila;Kaifu Luo;See-Chen Ying;Aniket Bhattacharya

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikko Karttunen
Mikko Karttunen University of Western Ontario
Nikolas Provatas
Nikolas Provatas McGill University
Hannes Jónsson
Hannes Jónsson University of Iceland
Kimmo Kaski
Kimmo Kaski Aalto University
Talat S. Rahman
Talat S. Rahman University of Central Florida
Risto M. Nieminen
Risto M. Nieminen Aalto University
Riccardo Ferrando
Riccardo Ferrando University of Genoa
Arkady V. Krasheninnikov
Arkady V. Krasheninnikov Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Adam S. Foster
Adam S. Foster Aalto University
Ralf Metzler
Ralf Metzler University of Potsdam

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