B.S. Hickman

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

B.S. Hickman is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, B.S. Hickman has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Materials Chemistry, 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in B.S. Hickman's work include Nuclear Materials and Properties (13 papers), Nuclear materials and radiation effects (12 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (10 papers). B.S. Hickman is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Materials and Properties (13 papers), Nuclear materials and radiation effects (12 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (10 papers). B.S. Hickman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. B.S. Hickman's co-authors include Dawn Leslie, James C. Williams, H.L. Marcus, D. G. Walker, J. C. Williams, N. E. Paton, A.W. Pryor, T. M. Sabine, Rayner M. Mayer and A. Jostsons and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

B.S. Hickman

26 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The formation of omega phase in titanium and zirconium al... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 100 200 300
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. The formation of omega phase in titanium and zirconium alloys: A review
    1969 375 citations B.S. Hickman profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B.S. Hickman United States 13 1.1k 735 190 115 88 29 1.2k
A. D. McQuillan United Kingdom 12 642 0.6× 520 0.7× 191 1.0× 86 0.7× 56 0.6× 21 873
R.G. Vardiman United States 12 387 0.4× 239 0.3× 341 1.8× 40 0.3× 40 0.5× 25 565
F. Dyment Argentina 13 717 0.7× 592 0.8× 139 0.7× 22 0.2× 107 1.2× 52 894
M. Griffiths Canada 28 2.1k 2.0× 557 0.8× 175 0.9× 87 0.8× 497 5.6× 76 2.2k
M. S. Wechsler United States 15 714 0.7× 447 0.6× 110 0.6× 55 0.5× 134 1.5× 36 869
G. B. Gibbs United Kingdom 19 969 0.9× 860 1.2× 329 1.7× 90 0.8× 417 4.7× 39 1.4k
Muneyuki Imafuku Japan 19 569 0.5× 938 1.3× 115 0.6× 54 0.5× 40 0.5× 83 1.1k
Karin Frisk Sweden 22 628 0.6× 1.2k 1.6× 454 2.4× 68 0.6× 153 1.7× 76 1.5k
J. Piekoşzewski Poland 16 402 0.4× 200 0.3× 417 2.2× 38 0.3× 96 1.1× 100 859
L. Priester France 21 1.1k 1.0× 791 1.1× 280 1.5× 100 0.9× 188 2.1× 88 1.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B.S. Hickman

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Williams, James C., H.I. Aaronson, & B.S. Hickman. (1973). The eutectoid region of the ti-pd system. Metallurgical Transactions. 4(4). 1181–1183. 9 indexed citations
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Williams, J. C., B.S. Hickman, & Dawn Leslie. (1971). The effect of ternary additions on the decompositon of metastable beta-phase titanium alloys. Metallurgical Transactions. 2(2). 477–484. 170 indexed citations
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Williams, James C., B.S. Hickman, & H.L. Marcus. (1971). The effect of omega phase on the mechanical properties of titanium alloys. Metallurgical Transactions. 2(7). 1913–1919. 193 indexed citations
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Williams, James C. & B.S. Hickman. (1970). Tempering behavior of orthorhombic martensite in titanium alloys. Metallurgical Transactions. 1(9). 2648–2650. 45 indexed citations
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Jostsons, A. & B.S. Hickman. (1968). The effect of neutron irradiation on chrysoberyl. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 25(3). 278–283. 3 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S.. (1968). RADIATION EFFECTS IN BERYLLIUM AND BERYLLIUM OXIDE.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 6 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S., et al.. (1968). Effects of Irradiation on Beryllia‐Based Fuels. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 51(2). 63–69. 2 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S. & D. G. Walker. (1967). GROWTH OF CERAMIC OXIDES UNDER NEUTRON IRRADIATION.. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations
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Walker, D. G. & B.S. Hickman. (1967). X-ray studies of the radiation damage in beryllium oxide dispersion fuels. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 24(1). 60–68. 1 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S., et al.. (1966). Removal of anisotropic growth strains in neutron-irradiated beryllium oxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 20(1). 122–125. 4 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S., et al.. (1966). The behaviour of beryllium oxide-based dispersion fuels. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 20(1). 119–121. 3 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S. & D. G. Walker. (1966). The effect of neutron irradiation on aluminium oxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 18(2). 197–205. 34 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S.. (1965). A comparison of neutron damage in zinc oxide and beryllium oxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 17(3). 270–273. 3 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S., et al.. (1965). EFFECT OF IRRADIATION ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF BERYLLIUM METAL. The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Institutional Repository (The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation). 1 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S. & D. G. Walker. (1965). Growth of magnesium oxide during neutron irradiation. Philosophical magazine. 11(114). 1101–1108. 32 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S., et al.. (1964). The effects of fission product damage in BeO dispersion fuels. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 14. 473–481. 6 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S., et al.. (1964). Comparison of macroscopic and X-ray growth in irradiated beo single crystals. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 14. 167–174. 16 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S. & A.W. Pryor. (1964). The effect of neutron irradiation on beryllium oxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 14. 96–110. 42 indexed citations
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Hickman, B.S. & D. G. Walker. (1963). Effect of microstructure on the irradiation behaviour of beryllium oxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 10(3). 243–245. 12 indexed citations
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Sabine, T. M., A.W. Pryor, & B.S. Hickman. (1963). The scattering of long wavelength neutrons by irradiated beryllium oxide. Philosophical magazine. 8(85). 43–57. 27 indexed citations

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