Benjamin E. MacDonald

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

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Benjamin E. MacDonald is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin E. MacDonald has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 5 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benjamin E. MacDonald's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (25 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (19 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (13 papers). Benjamin E. MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (25 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (19 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (13 papers). Benjamin E. MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Benjamin E. MacDonald's co-authors include Enrique J. Lavernia, Julie M. Schoenung, Zhiqiang Fu, Weiping Chen, Yizhang Zhou, Umberto Scipioni Bertoli, Timothy J. Rupert, Horst Hahn, Dalong Zhang and Haiming Wen and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Acta Materialia and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin E. MacDonald

33 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

A high-entropy alloy with hierarchical nanoprecipitates and ultrahigh strength

2018 327 citations Zhiqiang Fu, Lin Jiang et al. Science Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin E. MacDonald United States	19	1.5k	958	278	140	134	34	1.6k
Shahrzad Esmaeili Canada	20	936 0.6×	629 0.7×	594 2.1×	164 1.2×	99 0.7×	34	1.2k
Xiaohu Hao China	22	1.2k 0.8×	424 0.4×	313 1.1×	121 0.9×	41 0.3×	49	1.3k
Liming Tan China	20	933 0.6×	358 0.4×	404 1.5×	367 2.6×	76 0.6×	65	1.1k
Girolamo Costanza Italy	16	457 0.3×	166 0.2×	416 1.5×	118 0.8×	89 0.7×	77	817
Jianxin Zhou China	17	714 0.5×	142 0.1×	324 1.2×	226 1.6×	58 0.4×	41	909
Jun Wei China	9	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	300 1.1×	118 0.8×	91 0.7×	17	2.1k
Shiwei Wu China	21	1.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	339 1.2×	172 1.2×	55 0.4×	53	1.9k
Joël Voyer Austria	16	449 0.3×	487 0.5×	298 1.1×	259 1.9×	26 0.2×	43	785
Markus Benjamin Wilms Germany	18	1.5k 1.0×	302 0.3×	400 1.4×	134 1.0×	557 4.2×	31	1.7k
Haojie Kong Hong Kong	19	1.2k 0.8×	488 0.5×	458 1.6×	130 0.9×	125 0.9×	34	1.4k

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Wang, Xin, Baolong Zheng, Benjamin E. MacDonald, et al.. (2025). Phase evolution and interface characteristics in Inconel/TiC and Haynes/TiC composites fabricated via directed energy deposition. Materials Science and Engineering A. 927. 147938–147938. 1 indexed citations

MacDonald, Benjamin E., et al.. (2024). High-Pressure Die Casting of Al–Ce–La–Ni–Fe Alloys. International Journal of Metalcasting. 18(4). 3263–3276. 3 indexed citations

Boll, Torben, et al.. (2024). The origin and control of interstitial impurities in refractory complex concentrated alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 177520–177520. 4 indexed citations

Amiri, Mahsa, et al.. (2023). Investigation of an additively manufactured modified aluminum 7068 alloy: Processing, microstructure, and mechanical properties. Materials Science and Engineering A. 891. 145901–145901. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Cheng, Xinyi Wang, Yuanbo T. Tang, et al.. (2022). Strong and ductile refractory high-entropy alloys with super formability. Acta Materialia. 245. 118602–118602. 77 indexed citations

Zhang, Cheng, Qin Yu, Yuanbo T. Tang, et al.. (2022). Strong and ductile FeNiCoAl-based high-entropy alloys for cryogenic to elevated temperature multifunctional applications. Acta Materialia. 242. 118449–118449. 116 indexed citations

MacDonald, Benjamin E., Baolong Zheng, Xin Wang, et al.. (2022). Influence of co-deposition strategy on the mechanical behavior of additively manufactured functionally integrated materials. Additive manufacturing. 61. 103328–103328. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Cheng, Xin Wang, Mingjie Xu, et al.. (2021). Orientation-dependent superelasticity of a metastable high-entropy alloy. Applied Physics Letters. 119(16). 6 indexed citations

MacDonald, Benjamin E., Xiaoke Mu, Andrey Mazilkin, et al.. (2021). Grain boundary segregation induced precipitation in a non equiatomic nanocrystalline CoCuFeMnNi compositionally complex alloy. Acta Materialia. 220. 117281–117281. 34 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Benjamin E., et al.. (2021). High entropy silicides: CALPHAD-guided prediction and thin film fabrication. Scripta Materialia. 201. 113914–113914. 30 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cheng, Benjamin E. MacDonald, Haoren Wang, et al.. (2020). Cold-workable refractory complex concentrated alloys with tunable microstructure and good room-temperature tensile behavior. Scripta Materialia. 188. 16–20. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cheng, Chaoyi Zhu, Penghui Cao, et al.. (2020). Aged metastable high-entropy alloys with heterogeneous lamella structure for superior strength-ductility synergy. Acta Materialia. 199. 602–612. 125 indexed citations

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Derimow, Nicholas, et al.. (2019). In-Situ Imaging of Molten High-Entropy Alloys Using Cold Neutrons. Journal of Imaging. 5(2). 29–29. 5 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Benjamin E., Zhiqiang Fu, Xin Wang, et al.. (2019). Influence of phase decomposition on mechanical behavior of an equiatomic CoCuFeMnNi high entropy alloy. Acta Materialia. 181. 25–35. 64 indexed citations

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Fu, Zhiqiang, Benjamin E. MacDonald, Todd Monson, et al.. (2018). Influence of heat treatment on microstructure, mechanical behavior, and soft magnetic properties in an fcc-based Fe₂₉Co₂₈Ni₂₉Cu₇Ti₇ high-entropy alloy. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 33(15). 2214–2222. 26 indexed citations

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Fu, Zhiqiang, Lin Jiang, Jenna L. Wardini, et al.. (2018). A high-entropy alloy with hierarchical nanoprecipitates and ultrahigh strength. Science Advances. 4(10). eaat8712–eaat8712. 327 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fu, Zhiqiang, Benjamin E. MacDonald, Zhiming Li, et al.. (2018). Engineering heterostructured grains to enhance strength in a single-phase high-entropy alloy with maintained ductility. Materials Research Letters. 6(11). 634–640. 84 indexed citations

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Bertoli, Umberto Scipioni, Benjamin E. MacDonald, & Julie M. Schoenung. (2018). Stability of cellular microstructure in laser powder bed fusion of 316L stainless steel. Materials Science and Engineering A. 739. 109–117. 131 indexed citations

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Fu, Zhiqiang, Benjamin E. MacDonald, Dalong Zhang, et al.. (2017). Fcc nanostructured TiFeCoNi alloy with multi-scale grains and enhanced plasticity. Scripta Materialia. 143. 108–112. 58 indexed citations

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Cory, Julia, Michele R. Schaeffer, Sabrina S. Wilkie, et al.. (2015). Sex differences in the intensity and qualitative dimensions of exertional dyspnea in physically active young adults. Journal of Applied Physiology. 119(9). 998–1006. 50 indexed citations

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