D. Shechtman

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

D. Shechtman is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Shechtman has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Materials Chemistry, 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 19 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. Shechtman's work include Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (18 papers), Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (15 papers) and Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (12 papers). D. Shechtman is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (18 papers), Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (15 papers) and Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (12 papers). D. Shechtman collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and South Africa. D. Shechtman's co-authors include I. A. Blech, John W. Cahn, D. Gratias, F.S. Biancaniello, Robert Schaefer, M. J. Blackburn, H. A. Lipsitt, W. J. Boettinger, D. Josell and D. Van Heerden and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

D. Shechtman

58 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Metallic Phase with Long-Range Orientational Order and No Translational Symmetry

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Shechtman Israel	25	6.4k	2.0k	1.8k	935	838	59	7.5k
D. Gratias France	29	8.2k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.4×	759 0.9×	111	9.5k
Walter Steurer Switzerland	39	4.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.6×	486 0.5×	1.7k 2.0×	190	6.6k
I. A. Blech Israel	25	5.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	531 0.6×	55	9.1k
Michael Widom United States	44	3.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	360 0.2×	533 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	177	5.9k
S. J. Poon United States	61	8.1k 1.3×	6.7k 3.4×	870 0.5×	1.4k 1.5×	600 0.7×	275	12.4k
Mikhail I. Mendelev United States	40	5.7k 0.9×	3.6k 1.8×	35 0.0×	570 0.6×	631 0.8×	126	6.7k
Michael O. Thompson United States	36	3.2k 0.5×	722 0.4×	53 0.0×	625 0.7×	317 0.4×	231	5.7k
K. Scholberg Germany	37	4.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	63 0.0×	1.1k 1.2×	115 0.1×	114	5.6k
P. S. Peercy United States	34	3.0k 0.5×	463 0.2×	62 0.0×	964 1.0×	163 0.2×	138	4.9k
T. Dı́az de la Rubia United States	53	7.2k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	26 0.0×	1.2k 1.3×	509 0.6×	188	10.0k

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All Works

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Shechtman, D.. (2012). Quasi-periodic materials discovery – the role of TEM. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 68(a1). s1–s1. 5 indexed citations

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Anderson, I. E., et al.. (2009). MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION OF GAS ATOMIZED IRON BASED ODS ALLOYS. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Guanghui, D. Shechtman, Dongmei Wu, et al.. (2007). Determination of slip systems and their relation to the high ductility and fracture toughness of the B2 DyCu intermetallic compound. Acta Materialia. 55(11). 3765–3770. 31 indexed citations

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Lang, Candace, et al.. (2000). Quasicrystalline coatings: Thermal evolution of structure and properties. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 15(9). 1894–1904. 18 indexed citations

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Lang, Candace, et al.. (1999). Friction and wear properties of quasi-periodic material coatings. Bulletin of Materials Science. 22(3). 189–192. 16 indexed citations

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Heerden, D. Van, D. Josell, & D. Shechtman. (1996). The formation of f.c.c. titanium in titanium-aluminum multilayers. Acta Materialia. 44(1). 297–306. 75 indexed citations

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Josell, D., D. Shechtman, & D. Van Heerden. (1995). fcc titanium in Ti/Ni multilayers. Materials Letters. 22(5-6). 275–279. 34 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D., D. Van Heerden, & D. Josell. (1994). fcc titanium in Ti-Al multilayers. Materials Letters. 20(5-6). 329–334. 45 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D., A. Feldman, & J. L. Hutchison. (1993). High-order twin boundaries in CVD diamond films. Materials Letters. 17(5). 211–216. 36 indexed citations

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Zolotoyabko, E., et al.. (1993). X-ray diffraction study of surface acoustic wave device under acoustic excitation. Journal of Applied Physics. 73(12). 8647–8649. 8 indexed citations

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Goldfarb, I., E. Zolotoyabko, & D. Shechtman. (1993). X-ray diffraction characterization of ternary artificial superlattices. Journal of Applied Physics. 74(4). 2501–2506. 9 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D., et al.. (1992). Effects of Reactive Sputtering Parameters on the Growth and Properties of Acoustooptic ZnO Films. MRS Proceedings. 242. 4 indexed citations

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Grushko, B. & D. Shechtman. (1990). On the model of metastable phase formation by a diffusion process. Journal of Applied Physics. 67(6). 2904–2907. 3 indexed citations

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Rotem, A., D. Shechtman, & A. Rosen. (1988). Correlation among microstructure, strength, and electrical conductivity of Cu-Ni-Be alloy. Metallurgical Transactions A. 19(9). 2279–2285. 23 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D.. (1986). QUASIPERIODIC CRYSTALS - EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE. Le Journal de Physique Colloques. 47(C3). C3–1. 3 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D. & I. A. Blech. (1985). The microstructure of rapidly solidified Al6Mn. Metallurgical Transactions A. 16(6). 1005–1012. 298 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D., et al.. (1982). The structure of rapidly solidified Al- Fe- Cr alloys. Metallurgical Transactions A. 13(11). 1891–1898. 17 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D.. (1976). Fracture-microstructure observations in the SEM. Metallurgical Transactions A. 7(1). 151–152. 5 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D. & L.A. Jacobson. (1975). Deformation modes in NbAl3. Metallurgical Transactions A. 6(7). 1325–1328. 33 indexed citations

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Shechtman, D., M. J. Blackburn, & H. A. Lipsitt. (1974). The plastic deformation of TiAl. Metallurgical Transactions. 5(6). 1373–1381. 285 indexed citations

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