David Brandon

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

David Brandon is a scholar working on Ceramics and Composites, Materials Chemistry and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, David Brandon has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ceramics and Composites, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in David Brandon's work include Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (9 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (4 papers) and Climate variability and models (4 papers). David Brandon is often cited by papers focused on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (9 papers), Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials (4 papers) and Climate variability and models (4 papers). David Brandon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. David Brandon's co-authors include Igor Levin, Wayne D. Kaplan, Kevin Werner, Martyn Clark, Subhrendu Gangopadhyay, Levi Schächter, Andrew McVicar, Helen M. Chan, Balaji Rajagopalan and Ming Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and Materials Science and Engineering A.

In The Last Decade

David Brandon

33 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Metastable Alumina Polymorphs: Crystal Structures and Tra... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Metastable Alumina Polymorphs: Crystal Structures and Transition Sequences
    1998 1.2k citations Igor Levin, David Brandon Journal of the American Ceramic Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Brandon United States 16 1.1k 648 511 411 266 40 2.1k
Robert J. Stokes United States 27 898 0.8× 258 0.4× 503 1.0× 164 0.4× 360 1.4× 81 2.4k
Cristian Pantea United States 26 1.1k 1.0× 175 0.3× 501 1.0× 254 0.6× 360 1.4× 119 2.3k
Mingjun Peng China 33 2.1k 2.0× 365 0.6× 1.5k 3.0× 359 0.9× 621 2.3× 157 3.0k
Liming Lü Australia 31 1.1k 1.1× 140 0.2× 2.2k 4.3× 316 0.8× 331 1.2× 129 3.9k
P. Villares Spain 23 1.6k 1.5× 797 1.2× 251 0.5× 556 1.4× 39 0.1× 127 2.0k
Yin Liu China 29 1.2k 1.1× 227 0.4× 164 0.3× 752 1.8× 87 0.3× 107 2.6k
Stephen Doyle Germany 21 869 0.8× 53 0.1× 370 0.7× 340 0.8× 162 0.6× 68 1.7k
Charlene M. Smith United States 25 1.0k 0.9× 397 0.6× 328 0.6× 783 1.9× 142 0.5× 88 2.6k
Michael I. Ojovan United Kingdom 33 2.8k 2.6× 1.5k 2.3× 354 0.7× 208 0.5× 102 0.4× 202 3.6k
Xinghua Yang China 32 958 0.9× 171 0.3× 251 0.5× 1.7k 4.1× 101 0.4× 188 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by David Brandon

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Brandon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Brandon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Brandon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Brandon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Brandon. David Brandon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brandon, David. (2016). Zen in the Art of Helping. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Brandon, David & Wayne D. Kaplan. (2008). Microstructural Characterization of Materials. 198 indexed citations
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Brandon, David. (2007). A friend to alleged lunatics.. PubMed. 37–9. 2 indexed citations
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Brandon, David, et al.. (2006). Engineering performance in applied EPD: problems and solutions. Journal of Materials Science. 41(24). 8115–8122. 13 indexed citations
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Brandon, David, et al.. (2006). Engineering Tolerances & Performance in Applied EPD. Key engineering materials. 314. 245–250. 1 indexed citations
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Brandon, David, et al.. (2006). EPD of Metallic Silver Particles: Problems and Solutions. Key engineering materials. 314. 95–100. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Ming, Dan Zhi, & David Brandon. (2005). Microstructure and texture evolution in gel-cast α-alumina/alumina platelet ceramic composites. Scripta Materialia. 53(12). 1327–1332. 27 indexed citations
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Werner, Kevin, David Brandon, Martyn Clark, & Subhrendu Gangopadhyay. (2004). Climate Index Weighting Schemes for NWS ESP-Based Seasonal Volume Forecasts. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 5(6). 1076–1090. 64 indexed citations
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Brandon, David, et al.. (2000). European snapshot homeless survey: Results of questions asked of passers‐by in 11 European cities. International Journal of Nursing Practice. 6(1). 39–45. 6 indexed citations
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Brandon, David. (1999). Wounded healers. Nursing Standard. 13(28). 17–18. 4 indexed citations
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Levin, Igor & David Brandon. (1998). Metastable Alumina Polymorphs: Crystal Structures and Transition Sequences. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 81(8). 1995–2012. 1222 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brandon, David & Wayne D. Kaplan. (1997). Joining Processes: An Introduction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 29 indexed citations
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Brandon, David. (1996). mind dancing: humour and psychotherapy. 14(4). 259–267. 1 indexed citations
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Levin, Igor, et al.. (1995). Effect of SiC Submicrometer Particle Size and Content on Fracture Toughness of Alumina–SiC “Nanocomposites”. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 78(1). 254–256. 103 indexed citations
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Brandon, David. (1991). Innovation without Change?: Consumer Power in Psychiatric Services. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 15 indexed citations
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Gutman, M., et al.. (1990). Ceramic Piston-Cup: Design and Testing. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1.
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Chaim, R., et al.. (1989). Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Whisker‐Reinforced Alumina–30 vol% Glass Matrix Composite. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 72(9). 1636–1642. 14 indexed citations
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Brandon, David. (1984). Buddhism and Psychotherapy. Dramatherapy. 8(1). 19–23.
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Brandon, David. (1980). The survivors : a study of homeless young newcomers to London and the responses made to them . . . [et al.]. Routledge eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Jordan, Bill & David Brandon. (1979). Creative social work. Blackwell eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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