Highly cited papers in 2023

With 32 citations, a paper on ferroelectric properties in barium hexaferrites:

Microscopic mechanism of ferroelectric properties in barium hexaferrites
Turchenko, Vitalii; Bondyakov, A.S.; Trukhanov, Sergei; Fina, Ignasi; Korovushkin, V.V.; Balasoiu, Maria; Polosan, Silviu; Bozzo, Bernat; Lupu, Nicoleta; Trukhanov, Alex
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 931, 167433, 2023
10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.167433

With 32 citations, an article on enhancing the O-O coupling in the oxygen evolution reaction: 

Sulfate-Decorated Amorphous-Crystalline Cobalt-Iron Oxide Nanosheets to Enhance O-O Coupling in the Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Wang, Xiang; Li, Junshan; Xue, Qian; Han, Xu; Xing, Congcong; Liang, Zhifu; Guardia, Pablo; Zuo, Yong; Du, Ruifeng; Balcells, Lluis; Arbiol, Jordi; Llorca, Jordi; Qi, Xueqiang; Cabot, Andreu
Acs Nano, 17, 1, 825–836, 2023
10.1021/acsnano.2c12029

With 23 citations, nanoparticles:

Plate-Like Colloidal Metal Nanoparticles
Scarabelli, Leonardo; Sun, Muhua; Zhuo, Xiaolu; Yoo, Sungjae; Millstone, Jill E.; Jones, Matthew R.; Liz-Marzán, Luis M.
Chemical Reviews, 123, 7, 3493–3542, 2023
10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00033

These three "Highly cited articles" are the articles with more citations of 2023, and are followed by these other articles:

Direct Bottom-Up in Situ Growth: A Paradigm Shift for Studies in Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles
Vinnacombe-Willson, Gail A.; Conti, Ylli; Stefancu, Andrei; Weiss, Paul S.; Cortés, Emiliano; Scarabelli, Leonardo
Chemical Reviews 123, 13, 8041-8942, 2023
10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00914
Citatoins: 21

Nanoimprinted 2D-Chiral Perovskite Nanocrystal Metasurfaces for Circularly Polarized Photoluminescence
Mendoza-Carreño, Jose; Molet, Pau; Otero-Martínez, Clara; Alonso, Maria Isabel; Polavarapu, Lakshminarayana; Mihi, Agustín
Advanced Materials 35, 15, 2023
10.1002/adma.202210477
Citations: 12

Synchrotron radiation based operando characterization of battery materials
Black, Ashley P.; Sorrentino, Andrea; Fauth, François; Yousef, Ibraheem; Simonelli, Laura; Frontera, Carlos; Ponrouch, Alexandre; Tonti, Dino; Palacín, M. Rosa
Chemical Science 14, 7, 1641, 1665, 2023
10.1039/d2sc04397a
Citations: 11

A practical perspective on the potential of rechargeable Mg batteries
Blázquez, J. Alberto; Maça, Rudi R.; Leonet, Olatz; Azaceta, Eneko; Mukherjee, Ayan; Zhao-Karger, Zhirong; Li, Zhenyou; Kovalevsky, Aleksey; Fernández-Barquín, Ana; Mainar, Aroa R.; Jankowski, Piotr; Rademacher, Laurin; Dey, Sunita; Dutton, Siân E.; Grey, Clare P.; Häcker, Joachim; Drews, Janina; Latz, Arnulf; Danner, Timo; Palacin, M. Rosa; Sotta, Dane; Lastra, Juan Maria García; Martin, Jean-Frédéric; Kundu, Sumana; Fichtner, Maximilian; Ein-Eli, Yair; Kraytsberg, Alexander; Aurbach, Doron; Noked, Malachi
Energy & Environmental Science 16, 5, 1964-1981, 2023
10.1039/d2ee04121a
Citations: 11

Capital cost evaluation of conventional and emerging redox flow batteries for grid storage applications
Tang, L.; Leung, P.; Mohamed, M.R.; Xu, Q.; Dai, S.; Zhu, X.; Flox, C.; Shah, A.A.; Liao, Q.
Electrochimica Acta 437, 1, 2023
10.1016/j.electacta.2022.141460
Citations: 10

Triplet-triplet annihilation mediated photon upconversion solar energy systems
Naimovičius, Lukas; Bharmoria, Pankaj; Moth-Poulsen, Kasper
Materials Chemistry Frontiers 7, 2297-2315, 2023
10.1039/d3qm00069a
Citations: 9

Temperature-modulated synthesis of vertically oriented atomic bilayer graphene nanowalls grown on stainless steel by inductively coupled plasma chemical vapour deposition
Bertran-Serra, Enric; Musheghyan-Avetisyan, Arevik; Chaitoglou, Stefanos; Amade-Rovira, Roger; Alshaikh, Islam; Pantoja-Suárez, Fernando; Andújar-Bella, José-Luis; Jawhari, Tariq; Perez-del-Pino, Angel; Gyorgy, Enikö
Applied Surface Science 610, 155530, 2023
10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155530
Citations: 9

Most cited papers of the last 11 years (2013-2023)

We have looked back at our publications, since 2013, to find the 10 articles that have received the highest number of citations. 

Reversible Hydration of CH₃NH₃Pbl₃ in Films, Single Crystals, and Solar Cells
Leguy, Aurelien M. A.; Hu, Yinghong; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano; Isabel Alonso, M.; Weber, Oliver J.; Azarhoosh, Pooya; van Schilfgaarde, Mark; Weller, Mark T.; Bein, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny; Docampo, Pablo; Barnes, Piers R. F.
Chemistry of Materials 27, 9, 3397-3407, 2015
10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00660
Citations: 1059

Tunable near-infrared and visible-light transmittance in nanocrystal-in-glass composites
Llordes, Anna; Garcia, Guillermo; Gazquez, Jaume; Milliron, Delia J.
Nature 500, 7462, 323, 2013
10.1038/nature12398
Citations: 668

Why do batteries fail?
Palacin, M. R.; de Guibert, A.
Science 5, 351, 6273, 1253292, 2016
10.1126/science.1253292
Citations: 570

Towards a calcium-based rechargeable battery
Ponrouch, A.; Frontera, C.; Barde, F.; Palacin, M. R.
Nature Materials 15, 2, 169, 2016
10.1038/NMAT4462
Citations: 527

Deterministic switching of ferromagnetism at room temperature using an electric field
Heron, J. T.; Bosse, J. L.; He, Q.; Gao, Y.; Trassin, M.; Ye, L.; Clarkson, J. D.; Wang, C.; Liu, Jian; Salahuddin, S.; Ralph, D. C.; Schlom, D. G.; Iniguez, J.; Huey, B. D.; Ramesh, R. Nature 18, 516, 7531. 370, 2014
10.1038/nature14004
Citations: 527

Non-aqueous electrolytes for sodium-ion batteries
Ponrouch, A.; Monti, D.; Boschin, A.; Steen, B.; Johansson, P.; Palacin, M. R.
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3, 1, 22, 42, 2015
10.1039/c4ta04428b
Citations: 516

Room-temperature antiferromagnetic memory resistor
Marti, X.; Fina, I.; Frontera, C.; Liu, Jian; Wadley, P.; He, Q.; Paull, R. J.; Clarkson, J. D.; Kudrnovsky, J.; Turek, I.; Kunes, J.; Yi, D.; Chu, J-H.; Nelson, C. T.; You, L.; Arenholz, E.; Salahuddin, S.; Fontcuberta, J.; Jungwirth, T.; Ramesh, R.
Nature Materials 13, 4, 367-374, 2014
10.1038/NMAT3861
Citations: 507

Review-Hard Carbon Negative Electrode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Irisarri, E.; Ponrouch, A.; Palacin, M. R.
Journal of the Electrochemical Society 162, 14, 2476-2482, 2015
10.1149/2.0091514jes
Citations: 477

FCC-ee: The Lepton Collider: Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 2
Abada, A. et al.
European Physical Journal-Special Topics 228, 261-263, 2019
10.1140/epjst/e2019-900045-4
Citations: 458

Recent Achievements on Inorganic Electrode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Croguennec, Laurence; Palacin, M. Rosa
Journal Of The American Chemical Society 137, 9, 3140–3156, 2015
10.1021/ja507828x
Citations: 444

Most cited papers of all ICMAB history (1986-2023)

If we look back even further, and take a look at the articles with most citations, we see that our most cited article, the one about the SIESTA method published in the Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, from year 2002, has now more than 10,000 citations! Congratulations!

The SIESTA method for ab initio order-N materials simulation
Soler, JM; Artacho, E; Gale, JD; Garcia, A; Junquera, J; Ordejon, P; Sanchez-Portal, D
Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter 14 ,11, 2745-2779 PII S0953-8984(02)30737-9, 2002
10.1088/0953-8984/14/11/302
Citations: 10780

The article in second position, as over 4,000 citations, and is about density-function method for nonequilibrium electron transport, from the same year 2002 in Physical Review B:

Density-functional method for nonequilibrium electron transport
Brandbyge, M; Mozos, JL; Ordejon, P; Taylor, J; Stokbro, K
Physical Review B 65, 16, 165401, 2002
10.1103/PhysRevB.65.165401
Citations: 4686

The third most cited article i study on hydrogen-bonds from year 1998 in Chemical Physics Letters:

Hydrogen bond strengths revealed by topological analyses of experimentally observed electron densities
Espinosa, E; Molins, E; Lecomte, C
Chemical Physics Letters 285, 3-4, 170-173, 1998
10.1016/S0009-2614(98)00036-0
Citations: 2794

And the one in fourth position, a one in Li-ion batteries from year 2010, published on Advanced Materials:

Beyond Intercalation-Based Li-Ion Batteries: The State of the Art and Challenges of Electrode Materials Reacting Through Conversion Reactions
Cabana, Jordi; Monconduit, Laure; Larcher, Dominique; Rosa Palacin, M.
Advanced Materials 22, 35, E170, E192, 2010
10.1002/adma.201000717
Citations: 2045

Check out here the others in the list:

From weak to strong interactions: A comprehensive analysis of the topological and energetic properties of the electron density distribution involving X-H center dot center dot center dot F-Y systems
Espinosa, E; Alkorta, I; Elguero, J; Molins, E
Journal of Chemical Physics 117, 12, 5529-5542, 2002
10.1063/1.1501133
Citations: 1495

Recent advances in rechargeable battery materials: a chemist's perspective
Rosa Palacin, M.
Chemical Society Reviews 38, 9, 2565-2575, 2009
10.1039/b820555h
Citations: 1150

Raman-Spectroscopic characterization of some commercially available carbon-black materials
Jawhari, T.; Roig, A.; Casado, J.
Carbon 33, 11, 1561-1565, 1995
10.1016/0008-6223(95)00117-V
Citations: 1082

Reversible Hydration of CH₃NH₃Pbl₃ in Films, Single Crystals, and Solar Cells
Leguy, Aurelien M. A.; Hu, Yinghong; Campoy-Quiles, Mariano; Isabel Alonso, M.; Weber, Oliver J.; Azarhoosh, Pooya; van Schilfgaarde, Mark; Weller, Mark T.; Bein, Thomas; Nelson, Jenny; Docampo, Pablo; Barnes, Piers R. F.
Chemistry of Materials 27, 9, 3397-3407, 2015
10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00660
Citations: 1059

Old materials with new tricks: multifunctional open-framework materials
Maspoch, Daniel; Ruiz-Molina, Daniel; Veciana, Jaume
Chemical Society Reviews 36, 5, 770-818, 2007
10.1039/b501600m
Citations: 1008

Tunnel junctions with multiferroic barriers
Gajek, Martin; Bibes, Manuel; Fusil, Stephane; Bouzehouane, Karim; Fontcuberta, Josep; Barthelemy, Agnes; Fert, Albert
Nature Materials 6, 4, 296-302, 2007
10.1038/nmat1860
Citations: 893

Not bad! Congratulations to all ICMAB researchers for this amazing work!

More info: 

• ICMAB publications reach 200,000 citations!
• Top 10 ICMAB articles with a higher IF in 2023 - A year in review

Note: The data has been gathered from the Web of Science-Core collection, as of 11/3/2024. Some 2023 articles may be not yet added to the Web of Science-Core collection. Thank you for your understanding.