F.A. Nichols

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

F.A. Nichols is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, F.A. Nichols has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in F.A. Nichols's work include Nuclear Materials and Properties (21 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (10 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (9 papers). F.A. Nichols is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Materials and Properties (21 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (10 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (9 papers). F.A. Nichols collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Germany. F.A. Nichols's co-authors include W. W. Mullins, Ali Erdemir, C.C. Dollins, G.R. Fenske, W. J. Duffin, Ronghua Wei, Xianzheng Pan, Paul J. Wilbur, R.A. Erck and M. D. Norenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

F.A. Nichols

66 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

Morphological Changes of a Surface of Revolution due to Capillarity-Induced Surface Diffusion

1965 531 citations F.A. Nichols et al. Journal of Applied Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
F.A. Nichols United States	22	1.4k	777	385	378	356	67	2.1k
P.G. Shewmon United States	28	1.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	413 1.1×	549 1.5×	200 0.6×	93	2.5k
G. W. Greenwood United Kingdom	24	1.8k 1.3×	1.6k 2.0×	563 1.5×	556 1.5×	187 0.5×	88	2.6k
Richard W. Smith Canada	29	1.4k 1.0×	931 1.2×	383 1.0×	748 2.0×	428 1.2×	154	2.6k
Paul C. Nordine United States	26	1.3k 0.9×	659 0.8×	253 0.7×	348 0.9×	200 0.6×	90	2.2k
J. Philibert France	23	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	220 0.6×	375 1.0×	126 0.4×	73	2.3k
Jan Burke Germany	25	1.7k 1.2×	1.7k 2.2×	514 1.3×	498 1.3×	356 1.0×	99	3.4k
R.W. Powell United Kingdom	23	1.2k 0.8×	766 1.0×	425 1.1×	278 0.7×	225 0.6×	54	2.4k
P. D. Desai United States	14	740 0.5×	745 1.0×	261 0.7×	230 0.6×	134 0.4×	17	1.7k
K.C. Russell United States	30	2.1k 1.5×	1.8k 2.3×	374 1.0×	780 2.1×	328 0.9×	90	3.5k
W. G. Johnston United States	19	2.1k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	819 2.1×	255 0.7×	289 0.8×	27	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F.A. Nichols

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All Works

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Erck, R.A., et al.. (1994). Weibull Analysis Applied to the Pull Adhesion Test and Fracture of a Metal-Ceramic Interface. Tribology Transactions. 37(2). 299–304. 2 indexed citations

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Ajayi, O. O., et al.. (1992). Tribological behavior of oil-lubricated TiN-coated steel. Surface and Coatings Technology. 54-55. 496–501. 19 indexed citations

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Fenske, G.R., et al.. (1991). Ion-assisted deposition of high-temperature lubricous surfaces. Lubrication engineering. 47(2). 104–111. 2 indexed citations

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Ajayi, O. O., Ali Erdemir, R.A. Erck, G.R. Fenske, & F.A. Nichols. (1991). The role of soft (metallic) films in the tribological behavior of ceramic materials. Wear. 149(1-2). 221–232. 9 indexed citations

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Fenske, G.R., Rui Hu, P. M. Baldo, et al.. (1990). Ion-beam mixing of Fe/B layers for tribological applications. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 47(9). 779–786. 1 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1985). Kinetics of interfacial motion and bubble movement by vapor transport for a two-component solid solution. Journal of Applied Physics. 58(1). 287–291. 2 indexed citations

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Shack, W. J., T.F. Kassner, P.S. Maiya, et al.. (1985). Evaluation of stainless steel pipe cracking: Causes and fixes. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 86(1). 57–67. 3 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A. & C. Ronchi. (1985). Mobility of fission gas bubbles. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A., et al.. (1982). Biased diffusion of radiation-produced point defects to interactive sinks. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 108-109. 252–261. 6 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1979). On the bias factor for irradiation-induced swelling in metals. Scripta Metallurgica. 13(8). 717–721. 3 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1978). On the estimation of sink-absorption terms in reaction-rate-theory analysis of radiation damage. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 75(1). 32–41. 85 indexed citations

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Kearns, J.J., et al.. (1976). Effect of alpha/beta phase constitution on superplasticity and strength of Zircaloy-4. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 61(2). 169–184. 14 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1976). On the spheroidization of rod-shaped particles of finite length. Journal of Materials Science. 11(6). 1077–1082. 140 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1972). On the diffusional mobilities of particles, pores and loops. Acta Metallurgica. 20(2). 207–214. 23 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1971). On the stress dependence and activation area for creep. Materials Science and Engineering. 8(2). 108–120. 33 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1969). Movement of pores in solids. JOM. 21(1). 19–27. 4 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1969). Theory of the creep of zircaloy during neutron irradiation. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 30(3). 249–270. 55 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A. & H. R. Warner. (1968). INTERACTION OF FISSION-GAS BUBBLES WITH STRUCTURAL DEFECTS AND RELEASE FROM NUCLEAR FUELS.. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society.

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Nichols, F.A.. (1968). Pore migration in ceramic fuel elements. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 27(2). 137–146. 33 indexed citations

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Nichols, F.A.. (1966). Coalescence of Two Spheres by Surface Diffusion. Journal of Applied Physics. 37(7). 2805–2808. 111 indexed citations

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