D. W. Saunders

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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D. W. Saunders is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, D. W. Saunders has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 10 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 5 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in D. W. Saunders's work include Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (6 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (5 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (5 papers). D. W. Saunders is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (6 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (5 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (5 papers). D. W. Saunders collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. D. W. Saunders's co-authors include R. S. Rivlin, M. W. Darlington, C. G. Cannon, A. Kaye, Peter Cullen, N. J. Mills, B. G. Thom, Tim Flannery, John Williams and Mike Young and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Polymer and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

D. W. Saunders

29 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.

Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials VII. Experiments on the deformation of rubber

1951 1.0k citations R. S. Rivlin, D. W. Saunders Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. W. Saunders United Kingdom	13	970	645	569	345	268	30	1.7k
P. Mott United States	18	393 0.4×	524 0.8×	337 0.6×	313 0.9×	131 0.5×	35	1.6k
Thomas J. Pence United States	26	1.2k 1.3×	172 0.3×	855 1.5×	361 1.0×	138 0.5×	107	2.2k
Philip Rae United States	21	397 0.4×	659 1.0×	1.2k 2.1×	324 0.9×	42 0.2×	61	2.1k
Saeed Sohrabpour Iran	22	473 0.5×	257 0.4×	793 1.4×	416 1.2×	43 0.2×	69	1.8k
A. Schallamach United Kingdom	16	200 0.2×	283 0.4×	1.2k 2.1×	665 1.9×	34 0.1×	36	1.6k
Denis Favier France	26	453 0.5×	162 0.3×	714 1.3×	879 2.5×	129 0.5×	81	2.3k
Tatsuya Tanaka Japan	20	171 0.2×	541 0.8×	317 0.6×	486 1.4×	61 0.2×	121	1.8k
Martin Kroon Sweden	21	561 0.6×	157 0.2×	377 0.7×	260 0.8×	82 0.3×	73	1.2k
Gal deBotton Israel	26	1.3k 1.4×	130 0.2×	726 1.3×	314 0.9×	69 0.3×	65	2.0k
M. Barquins France	25	438 0.5×	122 0.2×	1.8k 3.1×	544 1.6×	37 0.1×	71	2.6k

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Bamford, M F, et al.. (2021). Tribute to Dr Stephen Davies: ornithologist, conservation biologist and mentor (26 April 1935–29 October 2020). Pacific Conservation Biology. 27(1). iv–vi. 1 indexed citations

Walton, Marc, et al.. (2013). Compositional Characteristics of Athenian Black Gloss Slips (5th c. B.C.). Microscopy and Microanalysis. 19(S2). 1400–1401. 3 indexed citations

Cullen, Peter, et al.. (2003). A new model for landscape conservation in New South Wales / the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists report to Premier Carr. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 11 indexed citations

Cullen, Peter, Tim Flannery, D. W. Saunders, et al.. (2002). Blueprint for a living continent : A way forward from the Wentworth group of concerned scientists. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 29 indexed citations

Saunders, D. W. & M.J. Hampshire. (1984). Teaching company scheme: a unique style of postgraduate activity with industry. IEE Proceedings A Physical Science, Measurement and Instrumentation, Management and Education, Reviews. 131(9). 728–733. 1 indexed citations

Saunders, D. W. & M.J. Hampshire. (1984). Teaching company scheme: a unique style of postgraduate activity with industry. IEE Proceedings A Physical Science Measurement and Instrumentation Management and Education Reviews. 131(9). 728–728. 1 indexed citations

Darlington, M. W., et al.. (1971). Mechanical and structural studies of low density polyethylene. Journal of Materials Science. 6(12). 1447–1464. 1 indexed citations

Darlington, M. W., et al.. (1971). Mechanical and structural studies of low density polyethylene. Journal of Materials Science. 6(12). 1447–1464. 2 indexed citations

Darlington, M. W., et al.. (1971). Mechanical and structural studies of low density polyethylene. Journal of Materials Science. 6(6). 572–581. 18 indexed citations

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Darlington, M. W. & D. W. Saunders. (1970). An apparatus for the measurement of tensile creep and contraction ratios in small non-rigid specimens. Journal of Physics E Scientific Instruments. 3(7). 511–514. 21 indexed citations

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Darlington, M. W. & D. W. Saunders. (1970). The tensile creep behaviour of cold-drawn low-density polyethylene. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 3(4). 535–549. 13 indexed citations

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Mills, N. J. & D. W. Saunders. (1968). The photoelastic properties of polydimethylsiloxane rubbers. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part B. 2(3). 369–390. 7 indexed citations

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Saunders, D. W., et al.. (1967). Engineering with polymeric materials. Contemporary Physics. 8(6). 529–560. 1 indexed citations

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Kaye, A. & D. W. Saunders. (1964). Creep in an anisotropic medium. British Journal of Applied Physics. 15(9). 1103–1109. 4 indexed citations

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Kaye, A. & D. W. Saunders. (1964). A concentric cylinder viscometer for the measurement of flow birefringence and viscosity in concentrated polymer solutions. Journal of Scientific Instruments. 41(3). 139–144. 6 indexed citations

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Saunders, D. W., et al.. (1961). The Anisotropy of Young's Modulus in Drawn Polyethylene. Proceedings of the Physical Society. 77(5). 1028–1037. 69 indexed citations

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Saunders, D. W.. (1956). The photo-elastic properties of cross-linked amorphous polymers. Part 1.—Natural rubber and gutta-percha. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 52(0). 1414–1425. 65 indexed citations

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Rivlin, R. S. & D. W. Saunders. (1952). The free energy of deformation for vulcanized rubber. Transactions of the Faraday Society. 48. 200–200. 25 indexed citations

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Rivlin, R. S. & D. W. Saunders. (1951). Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials VII. Experiments on the deformation of rubber. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 243(865). 251–288. 1035 indexed citations breakdown →

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Saunders, D. W.. (1951). Birefringence of Rubbers. Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 24(1). 182–183. 1 indexed citations

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