Derek Gaston

4.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Derek Gaston is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Gaston has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Derek Gaston's work include Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (27 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (18 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (9 papers). Derek Gaston is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (27 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (18 papers) and Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (9 papers). Derek Gaston collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Belarus. Derek Gaston's co-authors include Glen Hansen, Chris Newman, David Andrš, Damien Lebrun-Grandié, Michael Tonks, Cody Permann, Richard Martineau, John W. Peterson, Andrew E. Slaughter and Paul C. Millett and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Computational Physics and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Derek Gaston

51 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

MOOSE: A parallel computational framework for coupled systems of nonlinear equations

2009 601 citations Derek Gaston, Chris Newman et al. Nuclear Engineering and Design profile →
MOOSE: Enabling massively parallel multiphysics simulation

2020 458 citations Cody Permann, Derek Gaston et al. SoftwareX profile →
Multidimensional multiphysics simulation of nuclear fuel behavior

2012 339 citations R.L. Williamson, Michael Tonks et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Derek Gaston United States	19	1.6k	1.4k	535	342	327	56	2.6k
David Andrš United States	17	1.1k 0.7×	947 0.7×	355 0.7×	214 0.6×	198 0.6×	33	1.7k
Richard Martineau United States	19	999 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	262 0.5×	306 0.9×	160 0.5×	64	1.7k
Cody Permann United States	15	858 0.5×	756 0.6×	275 0.5×	144 0.4×	177 0.5×	32	1.3k
Michael Tonks United States	37	3.5k 2.2×	2.0k 1.5×	1.2k 2.3×	230 0.7×	540 1.7×	146	4.1k
L. Luzzi Italy	28	2.3k 1.5×	2.4k 1.7×	569 1.1×	331 1.0×	94 0.3×	169	3.4k
A. Minuchehr Iran	22	532 0.3×	685 0.5×	226 0.4×	219 0.6×	77 0.2×	111	1.4k
Glen Hansen United States	15	397 0.2×	405 0.3×	203 0.4×	257 0.8×	141 0.4×	44	1.1k
Andrew E. Slaughter United States	13	475 0.3×	424 0.3×	191 0.4×	119 0.3×	134 0.4×	31	980
J.W. Davis Canada	26	1.8k 1.1×	301 0.2×	178 0.3×	553 1.6×	338 1.0×	100	2.6k
Tairan Fu China	27	412 0.3×	524 0.4×	221 0.4×	306 0.9×	647 2.0×	94	1.8k

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Giudicelli, Guillaume, Fande Kong, Logan Harbour, et al.. (2025). Data transfers for nuclear reactor multiphysics studies using the MOOSE framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4.

Simon, Pierre-Clément A., Casey Icenhour, Masashi Shimada, et al.. (2024). Developing Multiphysics, Integrated, High-Fidelity, Massively Parallel Computational Capabilities for Fusion Applications Using MOOSE. 297–306. 1 indexed citations

Giudicelli, Guillaume, Robert G. Crowder, Logan Harbour, & Derek Gaston. (2024). MaCaw: Domain-Decomposed Monte Carlo Neutral Particle Transport on Unstructured Mesh in MOOSE. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 199(sup1). 1 indexed citations

Lindsay, Alexander, Guillaume Giudicelli, Péter German, et al.. (2023). MOOSE Navier–Stokes module. SoftwareX. 23. 101503–101503. 15 indexed citations

Jin, Wencheng, Logan Harbour, Fande Kong, et al.. (2023). A robust interface finite element formulation for modeling brittle material failure problems. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 124(23). 5356–5374. 1 indexed citations

Slaughter, Andrew E., Zachary M. Prince, Péter German, et al.. (2023). MOOSE Stochastic Tools: A module for performing parallel, memory-efficient in situ stochastic simulations. SoftwareX. 22. 101345–101345. 14 indexed citations

Gaston, Derek, et al.. (2021). Method of Characteristics for 3D, Full-Core Neutron Transport on Unstructured Mesh. Nuclear Technology. 207(7). 931–953. 20 indexed citations

Martineau, Richard, David Andrš, Robert Carlsen, et al.. (2020). Multiphysics for nuclear energy applications using a cohesive computational framework. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 367. 110751–110751. 18 indexed citations

Kong, Fande, Roy H. Stogner, Derek Gaston, et al.. (2018). A General-Purpose Hierarchical Mesh Partitioning Method with Node Balancing Strategies for Large-Scale Numerical Simulations. 65–72. 6 indexed citations

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Gaston, Derek, et al.. (2015). Modeling injected interstitial effects on void swelling in self-ion irradiation experiments. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaqi, et al.. (2015). Convergence study of Rattlesnake solutions for the two-dimensional C5G7 MOX benchmark. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 8 indexed citations

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Slaughter, Andrew E., Michael Tonks, Derek Gaston, et al.. (2014). Moose: A Framework to Enable Rapid Advances and Collaboration in Modeling Snow and Avalanches. 644–650.

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Andersson, David A., Philippe Garcia, Xiang-Yang Liu, et al.. (2014). Atomistic modeling of intrinsic and radiation-enhanced fission gas (Xe) diffusion in UO2±x: Implications for nuclear fuel performance modeling. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 451(1-3). 225–242. 83 indexed citations

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Gaston, Derek. (2014). MOOSE: Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 6 indexed citations

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Tonks, Michael, et al.. (2012). A quantitative comparison between and elements for solving the Cahn–Hilliard equation. Journal of Computational Physics. 236. 74–80. 36 indexed citations

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Tonks, Michael, Derek Gaston, Paul C. Millett, David Andrš, & Paul Talbot. (2011). An object-oriented finite element framework for multiphysics phase field simulations. Computational Materials Science. 51(1). 20–29. 227 indexed citations

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Podgorney, Robert, Hai Huang, & Derek Gaston. (2010). MASSIVELY PARALLEL FULLY COUPLED IMPLICIT MODELING OF COUPLED THERMAL-HYDROLOGICAL-MECHANICAL PROCESSES FOR ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM RESERVOIRS. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 9 indexed citations

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Gaston, Derek, Chris Newman, Glen Hansen, & Damien Lebrun-Grandié. (2009). MOOSE: A parallel computational framework for coupled systems of nonlinear equations. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 239(10). 1768–1778. 601 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Hai, et al.. (2009). Modeling of Calcite Precipitation Driven by Bacteria-facilitated Urea Hydrolysis in A Flow Column Using A Fully Coupled, Fully Implicit Parallel Reactive Transport Simulator. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009.

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Newman, Christopher K., Derek Gaston, & Glen Hansen. (2009). Computational foundations for reactor fuel performance modeling. 1 indexed citations

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