A.L. Greer

28.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
384 papers, 23.0k citations indexed

About

A.L. Greer is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, A.L. Greer has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 23.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 280 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 237 papers in Materials Chemistry and 79 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in A.L. Greer's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (204 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (84 papers) and Glass properties and applications (70 papers). A.L. Greer is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (204 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (84 papers) and Glass properties and applications (70 papers). A.L. Greer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Japan and United States. A.L. Greer's co-authors include John J. Lewandowski, G. N. Greaves, Roderic S. Lakes, Tanguy Rouxel, E. Ma, Yongqiang Cheng, W. H. Wang, T. E. Quested, K. F. Kelton and P.V. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

A.L. Greer

382 papers receiving 22.3k citations

Hit Papers

Poisson's ratio and moder... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2011 2013 2005 2000 2005 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Poisson's ratio and modern materials
    2011 1.8k citations A.L. Greer et al. profile →
  2. Shear bands in metallic glasses
    2013 1.3k citations A.L. Greer et al. profile →
  3. Intrinsic plasticity or brittleness of metallic glasses
    2005 1.0k citations A.L. Greer et al. profile →
  4. Modelling of inoculation of metallic melts: application to grain refinement of aluminium by Al–Ti–B
    2000 881 citations A.L. Greer et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  5. Temperature rise at shear bands in metallic glasses
    2005 779 citations A.L. Greer et al. profile →
  6. Confusion by design
    1993 696 citations A.L. Greer profile →
  7. Rejuvenation of metallic glasses by non-affine thermal strain
    2015 632 citations D. V. Louzguine, A.L. Greer et al. profile →
  8. Bulk Metallic Glasses: At the Cutting Edge of Metals Research
    2007 519 citations A.L. Greer et al. MRS Bulletin profile →
  9. Formation of bulk metallic glass by fluxing
    1984 501 citations A.L. Greer et al. profile →
  10. Making metallic glasses plastic by control of residual stress
    2006 458 citations A.L. Greer et al. profile →
  11. Metallic glasses…on the threshold
    2009 404 citations A.L. Greer profile →
  12. Thermomechanical processing of metallic glasses: extending the range of the glassy state
    2016 287 citations A.L. Greer et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
A.L. Greer 18.3k 13.3k 5.4k 4.2k 2.1k 384 23.0k
Christopher A. Schuh 16.5k 0.9× 14.8k 1.1× 3.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 344 23.8k
Bo Sundman 12.5k 0.7× 8.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.2× 3.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 184 17.4k
M. Rühle 6.1k 0.3× 13.3k 1.0× 5.9k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 2.0k 1.0× 479 20.0k
H. Gleiter 15.4k 0.8× 21.9k 1.6× 2.5k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 2.1k 1.0× 347 28.9k
C.C. Koch 11.0k 0.6× 8.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.2× 2.5k 0.6× 912 0.4× 217 15.1k
Gerhard Wilde 7.9k 0.4× 7.3k 0.5× 1.2k 0.2× 2.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 446 11.9k
J. Th. M. De Hosson 13.0k 0.7× 13.2k 1.0× 1.6k 0.3× 3.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 820 23.7k
F. Spaepen 8.6k 0.5× 10.8k 0.8× 3.3k 0.6× 648 0.2× 1.8k 0.9× 246 17.1k
E. J. Mittemeijer 10.9k 0.6× 13.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.3× 2.6k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 670 21.3k
E. Ma 34.3k 1.9× 32.4k 2.4× 6.6k 1.2× 6.2k 1.5× 2.5k 1.2× 417 46.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A.L. Greer

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All Works

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Okugawa, Masayuki, et al.. (2025). Ultrahigh strength in Ti-Fe-Sn-Nb alloys through short-range chemical and topological ordering. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1027. 180542–180542. 1 indexed citations
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Klotz, Ulrich, et al.. (2025). Pd- and Zr-based bulk metallic glasses for jewellery applications: Scratch, wear and tarnish behaviour. Materials Science and Engineering A. 924. 147791–147791. 1 indexed citations
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Ivanov, Yurii P., et al.. (2024). CALPHAD-enabled design of metallic glasses with target properties: Gold-based glass for jewellery. Materials & Design. 248. 113487–113487. 3 indexed citations
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Loudon, J. C., A. C. Twitchett-Harrison, N.T. Panagiotopoulos, et al.. (2024). Reinterpretation of Report of Tetrataenite in Bulk Alloy Castings. Advanced Science. 12(4). e2408796–e2408796. 1 indexed citations
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Louzguine, D. V., Yurii P. Ivanov, & A.L. Greer. (2023). Separate primary crystallization of three crystalline phases in a nearly eutectic Cu58Y37Sc5 metallic glass on heating and deformation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 960. 170618–170618. 5 indexed citations
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Greer, A.L., et al.. (2023). Metallic glasses. MRS Bulletin. 48(10). 1054–1061. 28 indexed citations
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Ter-Ovanessian, Benoît, Nicolas Courtois, Franck Tancret, et al.. (2023). Machine learning-guided exploration and experimental assessment of unreported compositions in the quaternary Ti-Zr-Cu-Pd biocompatible metallic glass system. Acta Biomaterialia. 175. 411–421. 5 indexed citations
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Greer, A.L., et al.. (2022). Machine-learning improves understanding of glass formation in metallic systems. Digital Discovery. 1(4). 476–489. 6 indexed citations
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Greer, A.L., et al.. (2021). A Conflict of Fineness and Stability: Platinum- and Palladium-Based Bulk Metallic Glasses for Jewellery: Part II. Johnson Matthey Technology Review. 65(4). 519–534. 3 indexed citations
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Orava, J., et al.. (2020). Rejuvenation through plastic deformation of a La-based metallic glass measured by fast-scanning calorimetry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 100051–100051. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, F., A. Inoue, F.L. Kong, et al.. (2020). Formation, thermal stability and mechanical properties of high-entropy (Fe0.25Co0.25Ni0.25Cr0.125Mo0.0625Nb0.0625)100‒Bx (x = 7–14) amorphous alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 825. 153858–153858. 21 indexed citations
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Wang, Z., Shengyang Tang, S. Scudino, et al.. (2020). Additive manufacturing of a martensitic Co–Cr–Mo alloy: Towards circumventing the strength–ductility trade-off. Additive manufacturing. 37. 101725–101725. 89 indexed citations
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Inoue, A., F.L. Kong, Shengli Zhu, & A.L. Greer. (2019). Multicomponent bulk metallic glasses with elevated-temperature resistance. MRS Bulletin. 44(11). 867–872. 9 indexed citations
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Pan, Jie, et al.. (2018). Extreme rejuvenation and softening in a bulk metallic glass. Nature Communications. 9(1). 560–560. 233 indexed citations
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Majchrzak, Ewa, B. Mochnacki, A.L. Greer, & J. S. Suchy. (2009). Numerical Modeling of Short-Pulse Laser Interactions with Multi-Layered Thin Metal Films. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 41(2). 131–146. 34 indexed citations
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Makino, Akihiro, Teruo Bitoh, Akihisa Inoue, & A.L. Greer. (2007). Soft Magnetic Bulk Glassy Alloy Synthesized by Flux Melting and Water Quenching. Materials science forum. 539-543. 1921–1925. 7 indexed citations
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Castellero, Alberto, S. J. Lloyd, S.V. Madge, et al.. (2006). Shear-band propagation in fully amorphous and partially crystallized Mg-based alloys studied by nanoindentation and transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 434-435. 48–51. 12 indexed citations
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Egami, T., A.L. Greer, Akihisa Inoue, & S. Ranganathan. (2003). Supercooled liquids, glass transition and bulk metallic glasses. 33 indexed citations
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Atwater, Harry A., et al.. (1997). IUMRS General Assembly Reports on Conferences, Publications. MRS Bulletin. 22(4). 41–42. 1 indexed citations

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