C. M. Scala

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

C. M. Scala is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C. M. Scala has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in C. M. Scala's work include Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (19 papers), Non-Destructive Testing Techniques (14 papers) and Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (7 papers). C. M. Scala is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (19 papers), Non-Destructive Testing Techniques (14 papers) and Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (7 papers). C. M. Scala collaborates with scholars based in Australia and United States. C. M. Scala's co-authors include M. H. Cohen, Parongama Sen, P. A. Doyle, David Linton Johnson, Thomas J. Plona, H. Kojima, S. K. Burke, R. J. Ditchburn, D. R. Hutton and A. C. McLaren and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

C. M. Scala

26 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.

A self-similar model for sedimentary rocks with application to the dielectric constant of fused glass beads

1981 818 citations Parongama Sen, C. M. Scala et al. Geophysics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. M. Scala Australia	11	559	538	402	327	275	28	1.5k
Thomas J. Plona United States	22	1.2k 2.2×	832 1.5×	749 1.9×	354 1.1×	280 1.0×	65	2.2k
J.G. Berryman United States	21	1.1k 2.0×	841 1.6×	756 1.9×	566 1.7×	244 0.9×	45	2.3k
K. R. McCall United States	15	425 0.8×	798 1.5×	295 0.7×	162 0.5×	253 0.9×	24	1.2k
Lukas M. Keller Switzerland	22	479 0.9×	476 0.9×	263 0.7×	290 0.9×	226 0.8×	36	1.3k
Yoshito Nakashima Japan	20	238 0.4×	283 0.5×	185 0.5×	176 0.5×	309 1.1×	79	1.2k
P. M. Halleck United States	20	401 0.7×	549 1.0×	453 1.1×	523 1.6×	87 0.3×	51	1.4k
David Smeulders Netherlands	27	939 1.7×	515 1.0×	546 1.4×	553 1.7×	317 1.2×	152	2.2k
A. H. Thompson United States	18	448 0.8×	209 0.4×	327 0.8×	116 0.4×	109 0.4×	36	1.3k
J. T. Fredrich United States	25	965 1.7×	1.4k 2.6×	1.0k 2.6×	747 2.3×	494 1.8×	48	2.7k
Yann Guéguen France	25	692 1.2×	685 1.3×	349 0.9×	350 1.1×	125 0.5×	63	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. M. Scala

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Scala, C. M.. (2000). Laser ultrasonics for surface-crack depth measurement using transmitted near-field Rayleigh waves. AIP conference proceedings. 509. 327–334. 15 indexed citations

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Ditchburn, R. J., S. K. Burke, & C. M. Scala. (1996). NDT of welds: state of the art. NDT & E International. 29(2). 111–117. 61 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M. & P. A. Doyle. (1995). Ultrasonic leaky interface waves for composite-metal adhesive bond characterization. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation. 14(2). 49–59. 3 indexed citations

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Burke, S. K., L.R.F. Rose, & C. M. Scala. (1994). Novel approach for detecting distributed surface-breaking cracks. Applied Physics Letters. 65(11). 1349–1351. 6 indexed citations

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Doyle, P. A. & C. M. Scala. (1993). Toward laser-ultrasonic characterization of an orthotropic–isotropic interface. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 93(3). 1385–1392. 4 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M., et al.. (1992). Acoustic emission monitoring of a fatigue test of an F/A-18 bulkhead. Journal of Agricultural Education. 10. 49–60. 1 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M., et al.. (1992). Acoustic emission waveform analysis to identify fatigue crack propagation in a mirage aircraft. NDT & E International. 25(6). 304–304.

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Doyle, P. A. & C. M. Scala. (1990). Depth measurement for corner cracks of arbitrary angle using Rayleigh waves. Ultrasonics. 28(2). 77–82. 4 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M. & P. A. Doyle. (1989). Time- and frequency-domain characteristics of laser-generated ultrasonic surface waves. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 85(4). 1569–1576. 25 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M., et al.. (1985). Acoustic emission during fatigue of aluminium alloy 2024: the effect of an overload. Materials Science and Engineering. 76. 83–88. 4 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M., et al.. (1984). Acoustic emission from the aluminium alloy 6061-T651. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 3(3). 268–270. 7 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M., et al.. (1983). Acoustic emission during the plastic deformation of aluminium alloys 2024 and 2124. Materials Science and Engineering. 57(1). 23–29. 32 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M., et al.. (1983). Acoustic emission during fatigue crack propagation in the aluminium alloys 2024 and 2124. Materials Science and Engineering. 61(3). 211–218. 25 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M., et al.. (1982). A review of non-destructive testing of composite materials. NDT International. 15(2). 75–86. 137 indexed citations

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Sen, Parongama, C. M. Scala, & M. H. Cohen. (1981). A self-similar model for sedimentary rocks with application to the dielectric constant of fused glass beads. Geophysics. 46(5). 781–795. 818 indexed citations breakdown →

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Doyle, P. A. & C. M. Scala. (1979). Review of Crack Depth Measurement by Ultrasonics. Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University). 1 indexed citations

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Doyle, P. A. & C. M. Scala. (1978). Crack depth measurement by ultrasonics: a review. Ultrasonics. 16(4). 164–170. 60 indexed citations

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Doyle, P. A. & C. M. Scala. (1977). Crack Depth Measurement by Ultrasonics.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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Hutton, D. R. & C. M. Scala. (1976). An EPR Study of Fe³⁺ in Scolecite. physica status solidi (b). 75(2). 3 indexed citations

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Scala, C. M. & D. R. Hutton. (1976). Site Assignment of Fe³⁺ in α‐Quartz. physica status solidi (b). 73(2). 8 indexed citations

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