B. E. Hopkins

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

B. E. Hopkins is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, B. E. Hopkins has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in B. E. Hopkins's work include Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (6 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (6 papers) and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (3 papers). B. E. Hopkins is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (6 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (6 papers) and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (3 papers). B. E. Hopkins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Bulgaria and United States. B. E. Hopkins's co-authors include O. Kubaschewski, H. R. Tipler, T. B. Gibbons, Lyle H. Taylor, Harrison Pugh, Richard Turner, Catherine A. Kelly, John A. Rogers, Malcolm F. Fox and Martin Priest and has published in prestigious journals such as Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Philosophical magazine and Materials and Corrosion.

In The Last Decade

B. E. Hopkins

18 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Oxidation of metals and alloys

1953 1.2k citations O. Kubaschewski, B. E. Hopkins Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. E. Hopkins United Kingdom	12	872	763	422	368	274	20	1.6k
C. A. Steidel United States	5	589 0.7×	436 0.6×	369 0.9×	220 0.6×	236 0.9×	7	1.1k
R. K. Wild United Kingdom	20	992 1.1×	452 0.6×	336 0.8×	355 1.0×	265 1.0×	72	1.4k
H. A. Wriedt United States	21	1.1k 1.3×	904 1.2×	171 0.4×	595 1.6×	324 1.2×	38	1.9k
E. D. Hondros United Kingdom	22	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.6×	414 1.0×	344 0.9×	200 0.7×	56	2.1k
A. Jostsons Australia	19	1.3k 1.5×	591 0.8×	243 0.6×	158 0.4×	114 0.4×	37	1.7k
S. Mrowec Poland	23	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 2.5×	268 0.7×	291 1.1×	119	2.1k
G. A. Chadwick United Kingdom	30	1.7k 1.9×	1.6k 2.1×	910 2.2×	344 0.9×	186 0.7×	84	2.6k
Alan Prince United Kingdom	6	664 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	228 0.5×	138 0.4×	219 0.8×	9	1.4k
O. T. Inal United States	22	810 0.9×	801 1.0×	127 0.3×	559 1.5×	287 1.0×	118	1.6k
G. J. Yurek United States	27	1.0k 1.2×	900 1.2×	929 2.2×	156 0.4×	203 0.7×	48	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. E. Hopkins

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Turner, Richard, et al.. (2018). Re-Formative Polymer Composites from Plastic Waste: Novel Infrastructural Product Application. Recycling. 3(4). 54–54. 11 indexed citations

Priest, Martin, et al.. (2015). The tribological behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced polyaryletherketones (PAEKs) through their glass transitions. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology. 230(10). 1183–1196. 9 indexed citations

Hopkins, B. E.. (1989). Drilling Contractors Against Drugs: Integrity in the Workplace.

Gibbons, T. B. & B. E. Hopkins. (1984). Creep behaviour and microstructure of Ni-Cr base alloys. Metal Science. 18(5). 273–280. 28 indexed citations

Tipler, H. R. & B. E. Hopkins. (1976). The creep cavitation of commercial and high-purity Cr-Mo-V steels. Metal Science. 10(2). 47–56. 60 indexed citations

Tipler, H. R., et al.. (1975). Effect of heattreatment variations on strength and ductility of Cr-Mo-V steels during creep at 550°C. Metals Technology. 2(1). 206–219. 19 indexed citations

Gibbons, T. B. & B. E. Hopkins. (1974). High-Temperature Ductility of Ni–20% Cr-Base Alloys. Metal Science. 8(1). 203–208. 9 indexed citations

Rogers, John A., et al.. (1973). THE PROPERTIES OF IRON CONTAINING A FINE OXIDE DISPERSION. Powder Metallurgy. 16(32). 166–185. 4 indexed citations

Hopkins, B. E., et al.. (1971). The effect of purity on fatigue crack growth in a high-strength steel. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 3(4). 463–473. 32 indexed citations

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Rogers, John A. & B. E. Hopkins. (1971). Preparation and properties of chromium-zirconium-carbon alloys. Journal of the Less Common Metals. 23(3). 293–305. 3 indexed citations

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Gibbons, T. B. & B. E. Hopkins. (1971). The Influence of Grain Size and Certain Precipitate Parameters on the Creep Properties of Ni-Cr-Base Alloys. Metal Science. 5(1). 233–240. 33 indexed citations

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Tipler, H. R., Lyle H. Taylor, & B. E. Hopkins. (1970). Some Direct Observations on the Metallography of Creep-Cavitated Grain Boundaries. Metal Science Journal. 4(1). 167–170. 11 indexed citations

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Hopkins, B. E.. (1965). Der Widerstand von Legierungen gegen Hochtemperaturkorrosion durch Verbrennungsprodukte. Materials and Corrosion. 16(12). 1025–1033. 1 indexed citations

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Hopkins, B. E., et al.. (1964). The structures of niobium-hydride alloys. Journal of the Less Common Metals. 6(5). 362–374. 20 indexed citations

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Pugh, Harrison, et al.. (1963). Tensile properties of a high-purity iron from -196°C to 200°C at two rates of strain. Philosophical magazine. 8(89). 753–768. 10 indexed citations

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Kubaschewski, O. & B. E. Hopkins. (1962). Oxidation of Metals and Alloys -2nd ed.-. 46 indexed citations

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Kubaschewski, O. & B. E. Hopkins. (1960). Oxidation mechanisms of niobium, tantalum, molybdenum and tungsten. Journal of the Less Common Metals. 2(2-4). 172–180. 65 indexed citations

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Hopkins, B. E., et al.. (1956). The tensile properties of single crystals of high-purity iron at temperatures from 100 to ─253°C. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 234(1197). 221–246. 67 indexed citations

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Hopkins, B. E.. (1956). THE PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF HIGH-PURITY IRON. 1(1). 117–155. 1 indexed citations

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Kubaschewski, O. & B. E. Hopkins. (1953). Oxidation of metals and alloys. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1171 indexed citations breakdown →

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