Dan Shechtman

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Dan Shechtman is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Shechtman has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 14 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Dan Shechtman's work include Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications (14 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (12 papers) and Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (9 papers). Dan Shechtman is often cited by papers focused on Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications (14 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (12 papers) and Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (9 papers). Dan Shechtman collaborates with scholars based in Israel, China and United States. Dan Shechtman's co-authors include Robert E. Schafrik, H. A. Lipsitt, John W. Cahn, D. Gratias, Duane A. Robinson, Ronald W. Griffith, Michael G. Conzemius, Richard B. Evans, Sergei Remennik and Chunjie Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied Physics Letters and Materials Science and Engineering A.

In The Last Decade

Dan Shechtman

30 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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 deformation and fracture of Ti3Al at elevated temperatures

1980 500 citations H. A. Lipsitt, Dan Shechtman et al. Metallurgical Transactions A profile →
Indexing of icosahedral quasiperiodic crystals

1986 440 citations Dan Shechtman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dan Shechtman Israel	14	1.2k	912	460	239	232	36	1.7k
S. Ranganathan India	26	1.9k 1.6×	1.5k 1.6×	106 0.2×	436 1.8×	182 0.8×	114	2.6k
Yingmin Wang China	22	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	53 0.1×	51 0.2×	123 0.5×	127	1.8k
D.H. Ping Japan	25	1.2k 1.0×	1.9k 2.1×	29 0.1×	66 0.3×	205 0.9×	53	2.3k
Jianbing Qiang China	22	1.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	28 0.1×	63 0.3×	81 0.3×	94	1.6k
Yoshihiko Yokoyama Japan	31	1.6k 1.3×	2.4k 2.6×	38 0.1×	244 1.0×	83 0.4×	128	2.8k
Michael Dahms Germany	22	928 0.8×	940 1.0×	238 0.5×	7 0.0×	88 0.4×	63	1.5k
Konstantinos Georgarakis France	25	838 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	44 0.1×	31 0.1×	79 0.3×	83	1.6k
P. Donnadieu France	23	1.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.9×	595 1.3×	27 0.1×	126 0.5×	94	2.2k
M. Stoica Germany	28	1.1k 0.9×	2.0k 2.2×	28 0.1×	56 0.2×	91 0.4×	80	2.3k
Y. Jirásková Czechia	18	624 0.5×	634 0.7×	62 0.1×	30 0.1×	85 0.4×	96	1.3k

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Xu, Chunjie, Shang Sui, Jun Tian, et al.. (2025). Effect of Electropulsing Current Density on the Strength–Ductility Synergy of Extruded Mg-6Al-1Zn Alloy. Materials. 18(4). 751–751.

Ma, Dong, Chunjie Xu, Shang Sui, et al.. (2025). Accelerated phase transformation in wire arc additive manufactured Mg-RE-Zn alloys via electropulsing treatment. Materials Characterization. 227. 115312–115312.

Raman, R.K. Singh, Lokesh Choudhary, & Dan Shechtman. (2024). Simulated Body Fluid-Assisted Stress Corrosion Cracking of a Rapidly Solidified Magnesium Alloy RS66. Materials. 17(16). 3967–3967.

Willbold, Elmar, Katharina Kalla, Ivonne Bartsch, et al.. (2024). Dissolving magnesium hydroxide implants enhance mainly cancellous bone formation whereas degrading RS66 implants lead to prominent periosteal bone formation in rabbits. Acta Biomaterialia. 185. 73–84. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Chunjie, Dong Ma, Zhen Zhao, et al.. (2024). Microstructure and properties of LZQT600-3 HCCDIBs for plunger pump cylinder. China Foundry. 21(2). 197–204.

Ma, Dong, Shang Sui, Yuanshen Qi, et al.. (2024). Customized heat treatment process enabled excellent mechanical properties in wire arc additively manufactured Mg-RE-Zn-Zr alloys. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. 6(4). 45006–45006. 10 indexed citations

Ma, Dong, Chunjie Xu, Yuanshen Qi, et al.. (2023). Achieving fully equiaxed grain microstructure and isotropic mechanical properties in wire arc additive-manufactured Mg-Y-Nd-Zr alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 962. 171041–171041. 30 indexed citations

Ma, Dong, Chunjie Xu, Shang Sui, et al.. (2023). Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of wire arc additively manufactured Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy by post heat treatments. Virtual and Physical Prototyping. 18(1). 27 indexed citations

Sui, Shang, Shuai Guo, Can Guo, et al.. (2023). Additive manufacturing of magnesium and its alloys: process-formability-microstructure-performance relationship and underlying mechanism. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. 5(4). 42009–42009. 51 indexed citations

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Ma, Dong, Chunjie Xu, Yuanshen Qi, et al.. (2023). Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of Mg-8.1Gd-2.6Y-0.7Zn-0.5Zr alloy by multi-layer wire arc additive manufacturing. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 27. 6974–6983. 16 indexed citations

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Shechtman, Dan. (2021). Quasi-Crystal, Not Quasi-Scientist. Frontiers for Young Minds. 8. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunjie, Zhen Zhao, Yonghui Liu, et al.. (2019). Microstructure and properties of ductile iron bars for plunger pump prepared by horizontal continuous casting process. China Foundry. 16(2). 118–125. 3 indexed citations

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Shechtman, Dan. (2014). Foreword: Focus on complex metallic phases. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 15(5). 50302–50302.

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Willbold, Elmar, Katharina Kalla, Ivonne Bartsch, et al.. (2013). Biocompatibility of rapidly solidified magnesium alloy RS66 as a temporary biodegradable metal. Acta Biomaterialia. 9(10). 8509–8517. 85 indexed citations

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Robinson, Duane A., Ronald W. Griffith, Dan Shechtman, Richard B. Evans, & Michael G. Conzemius. (2009). In vitro antibacterial properties of magnesium metal against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus☆. Acta Biomaterialia. 6(5). 1869–1877. 288 indexed citations

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Shechtman, Dan. (2006). Twin quintuplet surfaces in CVD diamond. Journal of Materials Science. 41(23). 7720–7724. 13 indexed citations

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Duckham, A., Dan Shechtman, & B. Grushko. (2000). Influence of Grain Orientation on Friction and Wear Behavior in Quasicrystalline Alloys. MRS Proceedings. 643. 2 indexed citations

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Shechtman, Dan. (1988). The Icosahedral Quasiperiodic Phase. Physica Scripta. T23. 49–53. 3 indexed citations

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Shechtman, Dan. (1987). Metallurgical Aspects of Quasicrystals. Materials science forum. 22-24. 1–10. 3 indexed citations

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Lipsitt, H. A., Dan Shechtman, & Robert E. Schafrik. (1980). The deformation and fracture of Ti3Al at elevated temperatures. Metallurgical Transactions A. 11(8). 1369–1375. 500 indexed citations breakdown →

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