2026 Vitalij K. Pecharsky: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	79	2753	774	537	38589

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Materials Science

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Vitalij K. Pecharsky 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 Vitalij K. Pecharsky sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 537 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vitalij K. Pecharsky 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 Vitalij K. Pecharsky sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vitalij K. Pecharsky was affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research spanned materials science and physics and astronomy, with a primary focus on the electronic, optical, and magnetic properties of materials. The scientist's work contributed to several subfields including materials chemistry, condensed matter physics, inorganic chemistry, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their main topics of research included magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials, rare-earth and actinide compounds, shape memory alloy transformations, magnetic properties of alloys, advanced condensed matter physics, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Frequent collaborators in Pecharsky's research included Yaroslav Mudryk, Anis Biswas, Arjun K. Pathak, D. D. Johnson, and Volodymyr Smetana.

Their publications appeared extensively in the following venues:

Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
The Cambridge Structural Database
Physical Review Materials
AIP Advances

Some of the recent papers authored by the scientist are:

First-order magnetic phase transition in Pr₂In with negligible thermomagnetic hysteresis, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Low-force compressive and tensile actuation for elastocaloric heat pumps, 2020, Applied Materials Today
Compact and efficient elastocaloric heat pumps-Is there a path forward?, 2020, Journal of Applied Physics
Magnetoelastic transition and magnetocaloric effect in induction melted Fe100−xRhx bulk alloys with x = 50, 51, 2021, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Unlocking large compressive strains in thin active elastocaloric layers, 2021, Applied Thermal Engineering

Best Publications

Giant Magnetocaloric Effect in Gd 5 \(Si 2 Ge 2 \)

V. K. Pecharsky;K. A. Gschneidner

6120
Citations
Recent developments in magnetocaloric materials

K A GschneidnerJr;V K Pecharsky;A O Tsokol

3978
Citations
Magnetocaloric effect and magnetic refrigeration

Vitalij K. Pecharsky;Karl A. Gschneidner

2018
Citations
Fundamentals of Powder Diffraction and Structural Characterization of Materials

Vitalij K. Pecharsky;Peter Y. Zavalij

1739
Citations
Magnetic phase transitions and the magnetothermal properties of gadolinium

S. Yu. Dan’kov;A. M. Tishin;V. K. Pecharsky;K. A. Gschneidner

1176
Citations
Magnetocaloric effect from indirect measurements: Magnetization and heat capacity

V. K. Pecharsky;K. A. Gschneidner

1056
Citations
Description and Performance of a Near-Room Temperature Magnetic Refrigerator

C. Zimm;A. Jastrab;A. Sternberg;V. Pecharsky

997
Citations
Thirty years of near room temperature magnetic cooling: Where we are today and future prospects

K.A. Gschneidner;V.K. Pecharsky

867
Citations
Tunable magnetic regenerator alloys with a giant magnetocaloric effect for magnetic refrigeration from ∼20 to ∼290 K

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723
Citations
Thermodynamics of the magnetocaloric effect

V. K. Pecharsky;K. A. Gschneidner;A. O. Pecharsky;A. M. Tishin

546
Citations
Recent Developments in Magnetic Refrigeration

K.A. Gschneidner Jr.;V.K. Pecharsky;A.O. Pecharsky;C.B. Zimm

490
Citations
Effect of alloying on the giant magnetocaloric effect of Gd5(Si2Ge2)

V.K. Pecharsky;K.A. Gschneidner

489
Citations
Making and breaking covalent bonds across the magnetic transition in the giant magnetocaloric material Gd5(Si2Ge2)

Wonyoung Choe;Vitalij K. Pecharsky;Alexandra O. Pecharsky;Karl A. Gschneidner Jr.

482
Citations
The giant magnetocaloric effect of optimally prepared Gd5Si2Ge2

A. O. Pecharsky;K. A. Gschneidner;V. K. Pecharsky

423
Citations
Material-based figure of merit for caloric materials

Lucas Griffith;Yaroslav Mudryk;Julie Slaughter;Vitalij K. Pecharsky;Vitalij K. Pecharsky

412
Citations
Cerium: An Unlikely Replacement of Dysprosium in High Performance Nd–Fe–B Permanent Magnets

Arjun K. Pathak;Mahmud Khan;Karl A. Gschneidner;Karl A. Gschneidner;Ralph W. McCallum

381
Citations
Gd5(SixGe1–x)4: An Extremum Material

V. K. Pecharsky;K. A. Gschneidner

381
Citations
Phase relationships and crystallography in the pseudobinary system Gd5Si4Gd5Ge4

V.K. Pecharsky;K.A. Gschneidner

363
Citations
Advanced magnetocaloric materials: What does the future hold?

Vitalij K. Pecharsky;Karl A. Gschneidner

344
Citations
Massive magnetic-field-induced structural transformation in Gd5Ge4 and the nature of the giant magnetocaloric effect.

V.K. Pecharsky;V.K. Pecharsky;A.P. Holm;K.A. Gschneidner;K.A. Gschneidner;R.Rink

336
Citations
Magnetic refrigeration materials (invited)

K. A. Gschneidner;V. K. Pecharsky

295
Citations