David Rodney

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

David Rodney is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Rodney has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Materials Chemistry, 55 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David Rodney's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (56 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (18 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (16 papers). David Rodney is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (56 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (18 papers) and Material Dynamics and Properties (16 papers). David Rodney collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and China. David Rodney's co-authors include Emmanuel Clouet, Lisa Ventelon, Laurent Proville, F. Willaime, Rob Phillips, Christopher A. Schuh, Marc Fivel, G. Martin, Ronald E. Miller and Anne Tanguy and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

David Rodney

109 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

An adaptive finite element approach to atomic-scale mecha... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400
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. An adaptive finite element approach to atomic-scale mechanics—the quasicontinuum method
    1999 478 citations David Rodney et al. 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 Rodney France 43 4.7k 2.8k 1.3k 574 561 110 6.0k
V. Yamakov United States 30 4.6k 1.0× 3.0k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 467 0.8× 471 0.8× 67 5.4k
A. Arsenlis United States 26 4.9k 1.0× 3.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.6× 398 0.7× 487 0.9× 62 6.0k
D. C. Chrzan United States 40 4.5k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.9× 1.2k 2.1× 169 6.3k
L.S. Shvindlerman Germany 44 4.8k 1.0× 3.0k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 517 0.9× 303 0.5× 174 5.8k
Michael J. Demkowicz United States 40 5.6k 1.2× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 346 0.6× 389 0.7× 143 6.5k
Diana Farkas United States 52 7.2k 1.5× 5.4k 1.9× 2.2k 1.7× 874 1.5× 656 1.2× 224 9.2k
Mukul Kumar United States 35 4.0k 0.9× 4.1k 1.4× 1.7k 1.3× 321 0.6× 415 0.7× 128 6.9k
W. Gust Germany 39 3.5k 0.8× 3.1k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 736 1.3× 412 0.7× 242 6.0k
J.J. Hoyt United States 42 4.7k 1.0× 2.1k 0.7× 502 0.4× 518 0.9× 583 1.0× 135 5.8k
Nasr M. Ghoniem United States 40 4.8k 1.0× 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 465 0.8× 375 0.7× 316 6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by David Rodney

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Rodney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Rodney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Rodney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Rodney 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 Rodney. David Rodney 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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Swinburne, Thomas D., Alexandra M. Goryaeva, Fabienne Ribeiro, et al.. (2025). Activation entropy of dislocation glide in body-centered cubic metals from atomistic simulations. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8367–8367. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinyu, et al.. (2024). Transformation-induced plasticity in CeO2-ZrO2 ceramics: Atomic-scale insights using a deep neural network potential. Acta Materialia. 285. 120661–120661. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Yandong, Jinyu Zhang, Tian‐Ran Wei, et al.. (2024). Van der Waals semiconductor InSe plastifies by martensitic transformation. Science Advances. 10(42). eado9593–eado9593. 9 indexed citations
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Dupuy, L., et al.. (2023). Interaction between 1/2<110>{001} dislocations and {110} prismatic loops in uranium dioxide: Implications for strain-hardening under irradiation. International Journal of Plasticity. 168. 103702–103702. 15 indexed citations
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Ventelon, Lisa, et al.. (2023). Mobility of carbon-decorated screw dislocations in bcc iron. Acta Materialia. 247. 118716–118716. 15 indexed citations
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Ghazisaeidi, Maryam, et al.. (2023). Equilibrium versus non-equilibrium stacking fault widths in NiCoCr. Scripta Materialia. 235. 115536–115536. 9 indexed citations
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Freyss, Michel, et al.. (2022). Atomic-scale modeling of 12〈110〉{001} edge dislocations in UO2: Core properties and mobility. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 574. 154157–154157. 8 indexed citations
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Martínez, Enrique, et al.. (2022). Influence of stress correlations on dislocation glide in random alloys. Physical Review Materials. 6(3). 15 indexed citations
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Amodeo, Jonathan, Émile Maras, & David Rodney. (2021). Site dependence of surface dislocation nucleation in ceramic nanoparticles. npj Computational Materials. 7(1). 12 indexed citations
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Qiao, J.C., Yao Yao, Yun-Jiang Wang, et al.. (2021). Microstructural effects on the dynamical relaxation of glasses and glass composites: A molecular dynamics study. Acta Materialia. 220. 117293–117293. 17 indexed citations
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Berthier, F., et al.. (2019). Ab initio thermodynamics of carbon segregation on dislocation cores in bcc iron. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 27(7). 74002–74002. 16 indexed citations
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Clouet, Emmanuel, et al.. (2019). Non-glide effects and dislocation core fields in BCC metals. npj Computational Materials. 5(1). 42 indexed citations
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Molnár, Gergely, David Rodney, Florian Martoïa, et al.. (2018). Cellulose crystals plastify by localized shear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(28). 7260–7265. 47 indexed citations
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Lüthi, B., Lisa Ventelon, David Rodney, & F. Willaime. (2018). Attractive interaction between interstitial solutes and screw dislocations in bcc iron from first principles. Computational Materials Science. 148. 21–26. 43 indexed citations
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Boioli, Francesca, Tristan Albaret, & David Rodney. (2017). Shear transformation distribution and activation in glasses at the atomic scale. Physical review. E. 95(3). 33005–33005. 32 indexed citations
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Dézerald, Lucile, David Rodney, Emmanuel Clouet, Lisa Ventelon, & F. Willaime. (2016). Plastic anisotropy and dislocation trajectory in BCC metals. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11695–11695. 124 indexed citations
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Tanguy, Anne, et al.. (2016). Numerical study of the structural and vibrational properties of amorphous Ta2O5 and TiO2-doped Ta2O5. Journal of Applied Physics. 119(17). 22 indexed citations
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Barbier, Carine, Rémy Dendievel, & David Rodney. (2009). Role of friction in the mechanics of nonbonded fibrous materials. Physical Review E. 80(1). 34 indexed citations
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Rodney, David, Marc Fivel, & Rémy Dendievel. (2005). Discrete Modeling of the Mechanics of Entangled Materials. Physical Review Letters. 95(10). 108004–108004. 70 indexed citations
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Rodney, David, et al.. (2004). Dislocation glide in modelNi(Al)solid solutions by molecular dynamics. Physical Review B. 70(5). 72 indexed citations

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