The following paper describe the basic parallel algorithms used in LAMMPS. If you use LAMMPS results in your published work, please cite this paper and include a pointer to the LAMMPS WWW Site(
http://lammps.sandia.gov):
S. J. Plimpton, Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics, J Comp Phys, 117, 1-19 (1995).
from :
http://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/Section_intro.html#acknowledgments-and-citations