C.M. Gourlay

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

C.M. Gourlay is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, C.M. Gourlay has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 92 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 73 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in C.M. Gourlay's work include Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (91 papers), Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies (72 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (40 papers). C.M. Gourlay is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (91 papers), Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies (72 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (40 papers). C.M. Gourlay collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Japan. C.M. Gourlay's co-authors include A. K. Dahle, S. Belyakov, Kazuhiro Nogita, Jingwei Xian, H.I. Laukli, Hideyuki Yasuda, Zhaolong Ma, Paul A. Hooper, Alessandro Piglione and Minh‐Son Pham and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

C.M. Gourlay

142 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

The role of side-branching in microstructure development in laser powder-bed fusion

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C.M. Gourlay United Kingdom	42	3.4k	2.1k	1.8k	1.3k	547	148	4.5k
José Eduardo Spinelli Brazil	39	3.4k 1.0×	2.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.9×	378 0.7×	230	4.4k
Stéphane Gorsse France	42	5.1k 1.5×	2.8k 1.3×	842 0.5×	2.7k 2.1×	523 1.0×	117	6.9k
Nele Moelans Belgium	30	2.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	487 0.3×	2.6k 2.1×	757 1.4×	137	3.8k
L. Katgerman Netherlands	43	5.0k 1.4×	4.4k 2.1×	490 0.3×	3.1k 2.4×	1.5k 2.7×	181	6.3k
Ying Yang United States	37	4.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	303 0.2×	2.7k 2.1×	495 0.9×	187	6.1k
Wenjun Lu China	46	5.5k 1.6×	2.8k 1.4×	442 0.2×	2.5k 1.9×	924 1.7×	145	6.6k
Yu. F. Ivanov Russia	30	2.5k 0.7×	730 0.3×	1.0k 0.6×	2.2k 1.7×	1.7k 3.2×	656	4.8k
Jianzhong Cui China	41	5.1k 1.5×	3.4k 1.6×	516 0.3×	3.3k 2.6×	1.0k 1.9×	420	6.4k
Bharat Gwalani United States	46	5.5k 1.6×	4.1k 2.0×	482 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	504 0.9×	147	6.3k
N. Frage Israel	44	4.9k 1.4×	815 0.4×	768 0.4×	2.8k 2.2×	662 1.2×	203	6.4k

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Hsieh, Chen-Lin, Richard Coyle, & C.M. Gourlay. (2025). Time-Lapse Imaging of Bismuth Precipitation and Coarsening on the Surface of Sn-Ag-Cu-Bi Solder Joints After Thermal Cycling. Journal of Electronic Materials. 54(4). 2657–2671. 3 indexed citations

Li, Ao, et al.. (2025). Effects of Ag and melt undercooling on the microstructure of Sn–Ag solder balls. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 36(16). 942–942.

Shen, Xu, et al.. (2025). Eutectic orientation relationships in Sn-Bi solder. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1035. 181339–181339. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Siyang, et al.. (2025). In-situ investigation of discontinuous precipitation in Sn-Bi low temperature solders. Materialia. 43. 102524–102524.

Sun, Shengjun & C.M. Gourlay. (2024). Dendrite Growth in Single-Grain and Cyclic-Twinned Sn–3Ag–0.5Cu Solder Joints. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 55(11). 4342–4353. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Yilun, et al.. (2024). Understanding the deformation creep and role of intermetallic compound-microstructure in Sn-Ag-Cu solders. Materials Science and Engineering A. 918. 147429–147429. 4 indexed citations

Xian, Jingwei, et al.. (2024). Misorientations and Subgrains in Sn-Ag and Sn-Ag-Cu Solder Balls After Solidification. Journal of Electronic Materials. 53(12). 8024–8038. 1 indexed citations

Xian, Jingwei, Yilun Xu, Stoyan Stoyanov, et al.. (2024). The role of microstructure in the thermal fatigue of solder joints. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4258–4258. 22 indexed citations

Yang, Yang, et al.. (2023). Influence of β-Mg17Al12 and Al-Mn intermetallic compounds on the corrosion behaviour of cast and solution treated Mg-Al-Zn-Mn alloys. Corrosion Science. 222. 111363–111363. 28 indexed citations

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Gourlay, C.M., et al.. (2023). Carbides in AZ91 and their role in the grain refinement of magnesium. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 971. 172655–172655. 5 indexed citations

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Xian, Jingwei, et al.. (2023). Ag3Sn Morphology Transitions During Eutectic Growth in Sn–Ag Alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 54(3). 909–927. 15 indexed citations

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O’Sullivan, Catherine, et al.. (2020). Rheological transitions in semi-solid alloys: In-situ imaging and LBM-DEM simulations. Acta Materialia. 191. 24–42. 18 indexed citations

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Tong, Vivian, et al.. (2020). In-situ study of creep in Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu solder. Acta Materialia. 196. 31–43. 20 indexed citations

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Gourlay, C.M., et al.. (2018). Evaluating Creep Deformation in Controlled Microstructures of Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu Solder. Journal of Electronic Materials. 48(1). 107–121. 7 indexed citations

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Ollivier, M., Robert M. Harker, & C.M. Gourlay. (2016). Reaction-induced surface reconstruction of silver in contact with zirconium. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 691. 624–633. 1 indexed citations

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Nogita, Kazuhiro, Xuan Quy Tran, Tomokazu Yamamoto, et al.. (2015). Evidence of the hydrogen release mechanism in bulk MgH2. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 8450–8450. 70 indexed citations

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Yasuda, Hideyuki, Kazuhiro Nogita, C.M. Gourlay, Masato Yoshiya, & Tomoya Nagira. (2009). In-situ Observation of Sn alloy solidification at SPring-8. JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN WELDING SOCIETY. 78(7). 600–603. 4 indexed citations

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Gourlay, C.M., Kazuhiro Nogita, J. Read, & A. K. Dahle. (2009). Intermetallic Formation and Fluidity in Sn-Rich Sn-Cu-Ni Alloys. Journal of Electronic Materials. 39(1). 56–69. 48 indexed citations

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Gourlay, C.M., Somboon Otarawanna, H.I. Laukli, & A. K. Dahle. (2008). An overview of defect bands in high pressure die castings. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 52(1). 32–35. 4 indexed citations

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Gourlay, C.M. & A. K. Dahle. (2007). Dilatant shear bands in solidifying metals. Nature. 445(7123). 70–73. 194 indexed citations

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