D.B. Miracle

43.9k total citations · 23 hit papers
243 papers, 35.6k citations indexed

About

D.B. Miracle is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D.B. Miracle has authored 243 papers receiving a total of 35.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 130 papers in Materials Chemistry and 65 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in D.B. Miracle's work include Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (65 papers), Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (61 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (54 papers). D.B. Miracle is often cited by papers focused on Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (65 papers), Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (61 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (54 papers). D.B. Miracle collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Ukraine. D.B. Miracle's co-authors include O.N. Senkov, C. Woodward, G.B. Wilks, S.V. Senkova, J. M. Scott, Stéphane Gorsse, Peter K. Liaw, S. Tamirisakandala, Jean‐Philippe Couzinié and James M. Scott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

D.B. Miracle

240 papers receiving 34.7k citations

Hit Papers

A critical review of high... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2016 2011 2010 2011 2005 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. A critical review of high entropy alloys and related concepts
    2016 6.7k citations D.B. Miracle, O.N. Senkov Acta Materialia profile →
  2. Mechanical properties of Nb25Mo25Ta25W25 and V20Nb20Mo20Ta20W20 refractory high entropy alloys
    2011 2.5k citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. profile →
  3. Refractory high-entropy alloys
    2010 2.2k citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. profile →
  4. Microstructure and room temperature properties of a high-entropy TaNbHfZrTi alloy
    2011 1.5k citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. Journal of Alloys and Compounds profile →
  5. Metal matrix composites – From science to technological significance
    2005 1.4k citations D.B. Miracle profile →
  6. Development and exploration of refractory high entropy alloys—A review
    2018 1.2k citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources profile →
  7. A structural model for metallic glasses
    2004 1.1k citations D.B. Miracle profile →
  8. Overview No. 104 The physical and mechanical properties of NiAl
    1993 915 citations D.B. Miracle profile →
  9. Exploration and Development of High Entropy Alloys for Structural Applications
    2014 793 citations D.B. Miracle, O.N. Senkov et al. profile →
  10. Microstructure and elevated temperature properties of a refractory TaNbHfZrTi alloy
    2012 721 citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. profile →
  11. Accelerated exploration of multi-principal element alloys with solid solution phases
    2015 685 citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. Nature Communications profile →
  12. Mechanical properties of low-density, refractory multi-principal element alloys of the Cr–Nb–Ti–V–Zr system
    2012 557 citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. Materials Science and Engineering A profile →
  13. Low-density, refractory multi-principal element alloys of the Cr–Nb–Ti–V–Zr system: Microstructure and phase analysis
    2012 547 citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  14. Effect of the atomic size distribution on glass forming ability of amorphous metallic alloys
    2001 494 citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle profile →
  15. The efficient cluster packing model – An atomic structural model for metallic glasses
    2006 414 citations D.B. Miracle Acta Materialia profile →
  16. Microstructure and Properties of Aluminum-Containing Refractory High-Entropy Alloys
    2014 399 citations O.N. Senkov, D.B. Miracle et al. profile →
  17. The influence of efficient atomic packing on the constitution of metallic glasses
    2003 398 citations D.B. Miracle, O.N. Senkov et al. profile →
  18. High temperature strength of refractory complex concentrated alloys
    2019 327 citations O.N. Senkov, Stéphane Gorsse et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  19. Mapping the world of complex concentrated alloys
    2017 320 citations Stéphane Gorsse, D.B. Miracle et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  20. High entropy alloys as a bold step forward in alloy development
    2019 302 citations D.B. Miracle Nature Communications profile →
  21. Compositional variation effects on the microstructure and properties of a refractory high-entropy superalloy AlMo0.5NbTa0.5TiZr
    2017 295 citations O.N. Senkov, Jonas Kjær Jensen et al. Materials & Design profile →
  22. Database on the mechanical properties of high entropy alloys and complex concentrated alloys
    2018 251 citations Stéphane Gorsse, O.N. Senkov et al. profile →
  23. High-entropy functional materials
    2018 235 citations D.B. Miracle et al. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D.B. Miracle United States 72 33.0k 18.4k 11.9k 4.2k 3.4k 243 35.6k
O.N. Senkov United States 71 30.0k 0.9× 21.2k 1.1× 7.5k 0.6× 3.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.3× 199 32.2k
Hongbin Bei United States 71 23.1k 0.7× 15.2k 0.8× 8.9k 0.8× 3.7k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 300 26.5k
Peter K. Liaw United States 110 53.6k 1.6× 30.5k 1.7× 16.7k 1.4× 8.2k 1.9× 3.6k 1.0× 1.1k 59.2k
E.P. George United States 76 36.1k 1.1× 24.0k 1.3× 10.4k 0.9× 5.3k 1.3× 953 0.3× 268 40.2k
C.T. Liu United States 112 49.0k 1.5× 21.3k 1.2× 19.6k 1.7× 4.2k 1.0× 5.8k 1.7× 701 54.3k
T.G. Nieh United States 66 15.9k 0.5× 6.4k 0.3× 7.9k 0.7× 3.1k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 244 18.2k
Zhaoping Lü China 68 18.8k 0.6× 11.2k 0.6× 5.9k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 243 20.8k
B.S. Murty India 71 15.7k 0.5× 9.2k 0.5× 7.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.4× 2.3k 0.7× 451 18.9k
W.A. Curtin United States 78 13.0k 0.4× 5.1k 0.3× 10.6k 0.9× 6.1k 1.5× 1.9k 0.6× 289 20.9k
Zenji Horita Japan 98 28.0k 0.8× 8.4k 0.5× 30.5k 2.6× 9.1k 2.2× 716 0.2× 565 35.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Miracle, D.B., Jessie Shiue, Pai‐Chia Kuo, et al.. (2025). Stability of the B2 phase in Al-Nb-Ta-Ti-Zr refractory high-entropy superalloys: Resolving identification conflicts and offering practical solutions. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1021. 179591–179591. 4 indexed citations
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Rao, S.I., D.B. Miracle, & O.N. Senkov. (2024). Solid solution strengthening of the body-centered cubic refractory complex concentrated alloy, MoNbTaW. Scripta Materialia. 246. 116068–116068. 4 indexed citations
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Andreoli, Angelo F., Eric Marchezini Mazzer, Piter Gargarella, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive analysis of ordering in CoCrNi and CrNi2 alloys. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7815–7815. 8 indexed citations
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Miracle, D.B., O.N. Senkov, Carolina Frey, S.I. Rao, & Tresa M. Pollock. (2024). Strength vs temperature for refractory complex concentrated alloys (RCCAs): A critical comparison with refractory BCC elements and dilute alloys. Acta Materialia. 266. 119692–119692. 43 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., Sebastian A. Kube, John W. Drazin, et al.. (2024). Thermal and Elastic Properties of an A2/B2 Refractory High Entropy Superalloy and Its Constituent Phases. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 55(8). 2704–2717. 8 indexed citations
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Sharma, Abhishek, Sriswaroop Dasari, Vishal Soni, et al.. (2023). B2 to ordered omega transformation during isothermal annealing of refractory high entropy alloys: Implications for high temperature phase stability. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 953. 170065–170065. 26 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., et al.. (2023). Effect of Re and Al additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Nb-18Ti-12W alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 870. 144870–144870. 8 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., S.I. Rao, Jean‐Philippe Couzinié, et al.. (2023). Mechanical properties of an Al10Nb20Ta15Ti30V5Zr20 A2/B2 refractory superalloy and its constituent phases. Acta Materialia. 254. 119017–119017. 30 indexed citations
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Miracle, D.B., et al.. (2021). Dataset of bond enthalpies (εAA, εAB, εBB) in 975 binary intermetallic compounds. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 39. 107652–107652. 2 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., Stéphane Gorsse, Robert W. Wheeler, E. J. Payton, & D.B. Miracle. (2021). Effect of Re on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of NbTiZr and TaTiZr Equiatomic Alloys. Metals. 11(11). 1819–1819. 6 indexed citations
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Borg, Christopher K. H., Carolina Frey, Tresa M. Pollock, et al.. (2020). Expanded dataset of mechanical properties and observed phases of multi-principal element alloys. Scientific Data. 7(1). 430–430. 100 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., Stéphane Gorsse, & D.B. Miracle. (2019). High temperature strength of refractory complex concentrated alloys. Acta Materialia. 175. 394–405. 327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Soni, Vishal, Bharat Gwalani, T. Alam, et al.. (2019). Phase inversion in a two-phase, BCC+B2, refractory high entropy alloy. Acta Materialia. 185. 89–97. 194 indexed citations
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Soni, Vishal, Bharat Gwalani, O.N. Senkov, et al.. (2018). Phase stability as a function of temperature in a refractory high-entropy alloy. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 33(19). 3235–3246. 100 indexed citations
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Soni, Vishal, O.N. Senkov, Bharat Gwalani, D.B. Miracle, & Rajarshi Banerjee. (2018). Microstructural Design for Improving Ductility of An Initially Brittle Refractory High Entropy Alloy. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8816–8816. 197 indexed citations
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Gorsse, Stéphane, Jean‐Philippe Couzinié, & D.B. Miracle. (2018). From high-entropy alloys to complex concentrated alloys. Comptes Rendus Physique. 19(8). 721–736. 203 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., Jonas Kjær Jensen, Adam L. Pilchak, D.B. Miracle, & Hamish L. Fraser. (2017). Compositional variation effects on the microstructure and properties of a refractory high-entropy superalloy AlMo0.5NbTa0.5TiZr. Materials & Design. 139. 498–511. 295 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Zhiying, V. Keppens, O.N. Senkov, & D.B. Miracle. (2007). Elastic properties of Ca-based bulk metallic glasses studied by resonant ultrasound. Materials Science and Engineering A. 471. 1 indexed citations
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Tamirisakandala, S., et al.. (2006). Titanium Alloyed with Boron. AM&P Technical Articles. 164(12). 41–43. 23 indexed citations

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