David Tabor

11.7k citations
64 papers · 7.1k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 30

David Tabor

61 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Hardness of Metals1.9k196920261988200750010001.5k

Peers

David Tabor
Comparison fields: 5 of 136
  • Mechanics of Materials 4.4k
  • Mechanical Engineering 2.6k
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films 429
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1.9k
  • Materials Chemistry 1.7k
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Tabor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside David Tabor, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 198213
2 198161
3 197965
4
The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic solidsbreakdown →
1975771
5 197466
6 1972243
7 1972438
8 1971270
9 1971104
10
The direct measurement of normal and retarded van der Waals forcesbreakdown →
1969540
11 196665
12 196661
13 1964140
14 1961118
15 1959264
16 195855
17 195687
18 1955117
19 195473
20 19517

About David Tabor

David Tabor is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Mechanical Engineering, having authored 64 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (23 papers), Tribology and Wear Analysis (11 papers), Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (10 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Metal Alloys Wear and Properties (4 papers), Tribology and Lubrication Engineering (4 papers), Lubricants and Their Additives (4 papers) and Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mechanics of Materials (4.4k citations), Mechanical Engineering (2.6k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (429 citations), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (1.9k citations) and Materials Chemistry (1.7k citations). David Tabor has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. Frequent co-authors include K. N. G. Fuller, R.H.S. Winterton, Jacob N. Israelachvili, Kevin Kendall, Piers R. F. Barnes, J. C. F. Walker, Frank Philip Bowden, K. Rachel Makinson, A. D. Roberts and Г. М. Бартенев. Their work appears in journals such as Tribology International, Nature, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Contemporary Physics and Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties.

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