Publications Citing LAMMPS
A good way to learn more about what can be done with LAMMPS — beyond studying the manual and learning from tutorials — is to read publications about studies that used LAMMPS. You can find those among the publications that cite the two canonical LAMMPS papers.
Here are Google Scholar links to lists of papers which cite LAMMPS, via either our recent 2022 Comp. Phys. Comm. paper, or the original 1995 J. Comp. Phys. paper. Both papers are briefly discussed on the citing LAMMPS page.
Most of the papers discuss simulation results generated with LAMMPS, but some describe other codes or algorithms and may only cite LAMMPS in passing.
At the two links for individual LAMMPS papers, you can search the contents of the citing papers by checking the box at the top of the page for Search within citing articles. The Advanced search option in the hamburger menu to the left lets you search for multiple words, exact phrases, only the title, by author or journal, or within date ranges. For example, searching within the citations of the 1995 LAMMPS paper by author:
Klein— 4850 results"ML Klein"— 1110 results, probably includes referencesauthor:"ML Klein"— 58 resultsauthor:"ML Klein" from 2016-2026— 26 resultsauthor:"ML Klein" source:Nature— 1 result
or by title keyword:
"machine learning"— 7710 resultsallintitle:"machine learning"— 976 resultsallintitle:"machine learning" from 1995-2015— 3 resultsallintitle:"machine learning" in 2025— 196 results
Please note that Google Scholar is rather inclusive and also includes pre-prints, reports, posted Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis documents, and more.
As of July 4, 2026, Google Scholar counts about 64,600 papers citing either (or both) of the two LAMMPS papers. The Thomson Reuters Web of Science bibliographic database counted 43,109 papers at the end of 2025.