Dan Thomas Major

9.3k citations

183 papers · 7.9k · 2 hit papers · h-index 46

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Automotive Engineering top 0.5%
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
Electrical and Electronic Engineering top 0.5%
- Advancements in Battery Materials
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies

Papers in

Molecular Biology 75
- Protein Structure and Dynamics 29
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis 27
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 18
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 60
- Advancements in Battery Materials 41
- Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies 40

Co-authors: Doron Aurbach (31 shared papers)Mudit Dixit (22 shared papers)Jiali Gao (15 shared papers)Boris Markovsky (13 shared papers)Michal Weitman (12 shared papers)Monica Kosa (17 shared papers)Florian Schipper (4 shared papers)M. Talianker (11 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (17 papers)Journal of the American Chemical Society (13 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (11 papers)Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (6 papers)The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (6 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States Germany

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Dan Thomas Major

174 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Dan Thomas Major's Hit Papers

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Pushing the limit of layered transition metal oxide cathodes for high-energy density rechargeable Li ion batteries 2018 · 393 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

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it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 Energy & Environmental Science
2017 Advanced Energy Materials

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1	From Surface ZrO₂ Coating to Bulk Zr Doping by High Temperature Annealing of Nickel‐Rich Lithiated Oxides and Their Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in Lithium Ion Batteries Advanced Energy Materials ·Florian Schipper, Hana Bouzaglo, Mudit Dixit, Evan M. Erickson, Tina Weigel, M. Talianker, Judith Grinblat, L. Burstein, Michael A. Schmidt, Jordan Lampert, Christoph Erk, Boris Markovsky, Dan Thomas Major, Doron Aurbach Hit paper breakdown →	2017	522
2	Pushing the limit of layered transition metal oxide cathodes for high-energy density rechargeable Li ion batteries Energy & Environmental Science ·Un‐Hyuck Kim, Dayoung Jun, Kwang-Kuen Park, Q. Zhang, Payam Kaghazchi, Doron Aurbach, Dan Thomas Major, Gil Goobes, Mudit Dixit, Nicole Leifer, C. M. Wang, Pengfei Yan, Docheon Ahn, Kwang Ho Kim, Chong Seung Yoon, (unknown) Hit paper breakdown →	2018	393
3	Stabilizing nickel-rich layered cathode materials by a high-charge cation doping strategy: zirconium-doped LiNi_0.6Co_0.2Mn_0.2O₂ Journal of Materials Chemistry A ·Florian Schipper, Mudit Dixit, Daniela Kovacheva, M. Talianker, Ortal Haik, Judith Grinblat, Evan M. Erickson, Chandan Ghanty, Dan Thomas Major, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach	2016	336
4	Mechanisms and Free Energies of Enzymatic Reactions Chemical Reviews ·Jiali Gao, Shuhua Ma, Dan Thomas Major, Kwangho Nam, Jingzhi Pu, Donald G. Truhlar	2006	332
5	Structural Analysis of Electrolyte Solutions for Rechargeable Mg Batteries by Stereoscopic Means and DFT Calculations Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Nir Pour, Yossi Gofer, Dan Thomas Major, Doron Aurbach	2011	284
6	Layered Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: Review of Computational Studies on LiNi_1–x–yCo_xMn_yO₂ and LiNi_1–x–yCo_xAl_yO₂ Chemistry of Materials ·Arup Chakraborty, Sooraj Kunnikuruvan, Sandeep Kumar, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach, Mudit Dixit, Dan Thomas Major	2020	268
7	Origin of Structural Degradation During Cycling and Low Thermal Stability of Ni-Rich Layered Transition Metal-Based Electrode Materials The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Mudit Dixit, Boris Markovsky, Florian Schipper, Doron Aurbach, Dan Thomas Major	2017	265
8	Improving Energy Density and Structural Stability of Manganese Oxide Cathodes for Na-Ion Batteries by Structural Lithium Substitution Chemistry of Materials ·Ezequiel de la Llave, Elahe Talaie, Elena Levi, Prasant Kumar Nayak, Mudit Dixit, Penki Tirupathi Rao, Pascal Hartmann, Frédérick Chesneau, Dan Thomas Major, Miri Greenstein, Doron Aurbach, Linda F. Nazar	2016	250
9	Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of LiNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂ as a positive electrode material for Li-ion batteries using first principles Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·Mudit Dixit, Monica Kosa, Onit Srur Lavi, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach, Dan Thomas Major	2016	153
10	Unraveling the Effects of Al Doping on the Electrochemical Properties of LiNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂Using First Principles Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Mudit Dixit, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach, Dan Thomas Major	2017	147
11	Metallocorroles as Nonprecious‐Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Naomi Levy, Atif Mahammed, Monica Kosa, Dan Thomas Major, Zeev Gross, Lior Elbaz	2015	141
12	Studies of Aluminum-Doped LiNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂: Electrochemical Behavior, Aging, Structural Transformations, and Thermal Characteristics Journal of The Electrochemical Society ·Doron Aurbach, Onit Srur-Lavi, Chandan Ghanty, Mudit Dixit, Ortal Haik, M. Talianker, Yehudit Grinblat, Nicole Leifer, Ronit Lavi, Dan Thomas Major, Gil Goobes, Ella Zinigrad, Evan M. Erickson, Monica Kosa, Boris Markovsky, Jordan Lampert, Aleksei Volkov, Ji-Yong Shin, Arnd Garsuch	2015	132
13	Understanding the Role of Minor Molybdenum Doping in LiNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂ Electrodes: from Structural and Surface Analyses and Theoretical Modeling to Practical Electrochemical Cells ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Ortal Breuer, Arup Chakraborty, Jing Liu, Tatyana Kravchuk, L. Burstein, Judith Grinblat, Yaron Kauffman, Alexandr Gladkih, Prasant Kumar Nayak, Merav Nadav Tsubery, Anatoly I. Frenkel, M. Talianker, Dan Thomas Major, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach	2018	126
14	A Combined Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Study of the Reaction Mechanism and α-Amino Acidity in Alanine Racemase Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Dan Thomas Major, Jiali Gao	2006	122
15	Unique Behavior of Dimethoxyethane (DME)/Mg(N(SO₂CF₃)₂)₂ Solutions The Journal of Physical Chemistry C ·Michael Salama, Ivgeni Shterenberg, Haim Gizbar, Neta Nitoker Eliaz, Monica Kosa, Keren Keinan‐Adamsky, Michal Afri, Linda J. W. Shimon, Hugo E. Gottlieb, Dan Thomas Major, Yosef Gofer, Doron Aurbach	2016	117
16	Putting DFT to the Test: A First-Principles Study of Electronic, Magnetic, and Optical Properties of Co₃O₄ Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation ·Vijay Singh, Monica Kosa, Koushik Majhi, Dan Thomas Major	2014	112
17	Improving Performance of LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Doping with Molybdenum-Ions: Theoretical and Experimental Studies ACS Applied Energy Materials ·Francis Amalraj Susai, Daniela Kovacheva, Arup Chakraborty, Tatyana Kravchuk, R.V.S.S.N. Ravikumar, M. Talianker, Judith Grinblat, L. Burstein, Yaron Kauffmann, Dan Thomas Major, Boris Markovsky, Doron Aurbach	2019	110
18	(¹⁵N₅)-Labeled Adenine Derivatives: Synthesis and Studies of Tautomerism by¹⁵N NMR Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations The Journal of Organic Chemistry ·Avital Laxer, Dan Thomas Major, Hugo E. Gottlieb, Bilha Fischer	2001	98
19	Challenges Posed to Bornyl Diphosphate Synthase: Diverging Reaction Mechanisms in Monoterpenes Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Michal Weitman, Dan Thomas Major	2010	97
20	Can Anions Be Inserted into MXene? Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Netanel Shpigel, Arup Chakraborty, Fyodor Malchik, Gil Bergman, Amey Nimkar, Bar Gavriel, Meital Turgeman, Chulgi Nathan Hong, Maria R. Lukatskaya, Mikhael D. Levi, Yury Gogotsi, Dan Thomas Major, Doron Aurbach	2021	95

About Dan Thomas Major

Dan Thomas Major is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Spectroscopy, having authored 183 papers that have together received 7.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advancements in Battery Materials (41 papers), Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies (40 papers), Protein Structure and Dynamics (29 papers), Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (27 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (18 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (18 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (16 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Automotive Engineering (1.2k citations), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4.1k citations), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (1.2k citations), Materials Chemistry (1.7k citations) and Pharmacology (475 citations). Dan Thomas Major has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Doron Aurbach, Mudit Dixit, Jiali Gao, Boris Markovsky, Michal Weitman, Monica Kosa, Florian Schipper, M. Talianker, Arup Chakraborty and Judith Grinblat. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

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