Frank L. Riley

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Frank L. Riley is a scholar working on Ceramics and Composites, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank L. Riley has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Ceramics and Composites, 35 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 33 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank L. Riley's work include Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (64 papers), Advanced materials and composites (23 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (20 papers). Frank L. Riley is often cited by papers focused on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (64 papers), Advanced materials and composites (23 papers) and Semiconductor materials and devices (20 papers). Frank L. Riley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovakia and Türkiye. Frank L. Riley's co-authors include B. Rand, Cemail Aksel, María Carmen Blanco‐López, R. W. Davidge, R.J. Fordham, P.D. Warren, R. J. Brook, Peter Twigg, G. Fourlaris and Donald R. Messier and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Journal of Materials Chemistry and Journal of the American Ceramic Society.

In The Last Decade

Frank L. Riley

92 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Silicon Nitride and Related Materials 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 400 800 1.2k
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. Silicon Nitride and Related Materials
    2000 1.3k citations Frank L. Riley Journal of the American Ceramic Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank L. Riley United Kingdom 28 2.6k 2.3k 1.5k 902 509 93 3.7k
Keizo Uematsu Japan 32 1.6k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 829 0.9× 364 0.7× 241 3.9k
R. Chaim Israel 39 2.4k 0.9× 2.7k 1.2× 1.8k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 350 0.7× 121 4.2k
Patrick S. Nicholson Canada 29 1.7k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.8k 2.0× 431 0.8× 105 4.7k
Shiro Shimada Japan 30 1.1k 0.4× 2.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 759 0.8× 693 1.4× 187 3.3k
Toyohiko Yano Japan 30 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 971 1.1× 431 0.8× 249 3.4k
Michael K. Cinibulk United States 29 2.5k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 596 0.7× 396 0.8× 77 3.1k
Pavol Šajgalı́k Slovakia 33 2.1k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 723 0.8× 524 1.0× 190 3.4k
Byung‐Nam Kim Japan 36 2.2k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 279 0.5× 169 3.7k
Zhihao Jin China 34 1.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 2.0k 1.3× 447 0.5× 754 1.5× 187 4.0k
Mamoru Omori Japan 23 1.7k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 367 0.4× 405 0.8× 91 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank L. Riley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank L. Riley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank L. Riley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank L. Riley 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 Frank L. Riley. Frank L. Riley 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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Galusek, Dušan, Frank L. Riley, & Marek Liška. (2005). Determination of Fracture Toughness and Fracture Probability of LPS Aluminas by Hertzian Indentation. Key engineering materials. 290. 308–311. 1 indexed citations
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Aksel, Cemail, P.D. Warren, & Frank L. Riley. (2003). Fracture behaviour of magnesia and magnesia–spinel composites before and after thermal shock. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 24(8). 2407–2416. 38 indexed citations
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Galusek, Dušan, Frank L. Riley, & Ralf Riedel. (2001). Nanoindentation of a Polymer‐Derived Amorphous Silicon Carbonitride Ceramic. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 84(5). 1164–1166. 41 indexed citations
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Biswas, Sampad Kumar & Frank L. Riley. (2001). Gas pressure sintering of silicon nitride — current status. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 67(1-3). 175–179. 22 indexed citations
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Blanco‐López, María Carmen, B. Rand, & Frank L. Riley. (2000). The isoelectric point of BaTiO3. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 20(2). 107–118. 54 indexed citations
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Galusek, Dušan, Peter Twigg, & Frank L. Riley. (1999). Wet erosion of liquid phase sintered alumina. Wear. 233-235. 588–595. 20 indexed citations
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Brydson, Rik, et al.. (1998). Microstructure and Chemistry of Intergranular Glassy Films in Liquid‐Phase‐Sintered Alumina. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 81(2). 369–379. 100 indexed citations
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Blanco‐López, María Carmen, B. Rand, Frank L. Riley, János Szépvölgyi, & I. Bertóti. (1997). The Interaction of Barium Titanate with an Aqueous Suspending Medium. Key engineering materials. 132-136. 301–304. 2 indexed citations
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Riley, Frank L.. (1996). Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics. Key engineering materials. 122-124. 479–488. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Chongmin & Frank L. Riley. (1996). Structural nano-defects in α-silicon nitride. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 16(6). 679–683. 3 indexed citations
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Luyten, Jeroen, et al.. (1995). Transmission electron microscopy of intergranular regions of corroded silicon nitride. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 15(6). 573–579. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Chong‐Min, Frank L. Riley, Francisco Castro, & I. Iturriza. (1993). Dislocation Loops in a‐Silicon Nitride. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 76(8). 2136–2138. 16 indexed citations
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Szépvölgyi, János, et al.. (1993). Comparative sintering study on non-conventional and commercial silicon nitride powders. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 3(3). 279–286. 6 indexed citations
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Echeberrı́a, J., F. Castro, & Frank L. Riley. (1993). Grain Growth in Liquid-Sintered Alumina. Materials science forum. 113-115. 579–584. 4 indexed citations
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Riley, Frank L., et al.. (1992). Oxygen mobility in silicon dioxide and silicate glasses: a review. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 10(5). 347–367. 219 indexed citations
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Li, Wenyu & Frank L. Riley. (1991). The production of titanium nitride by the carbothermal nitridation of titanium dioxide powder. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 8(6). 345–354. 31 indexed citations
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Riley, Frank L.. (1991). Reaction Bonded Silicon Nitride. Materials science forum. 47. 70–83. 34 indexed citations
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Poorteman, Marc, et al.. (1991). Mechanical properties of silicon nitride-SiC platelet composites. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 8(5). 305–309. 9 indexed citations
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Benn, Marianne & Frank L. Riley. (1980). Observations of the reaction sintering of some ??-sialon compositions. Journal of Materials Science. 15(2). 529–532. 2 indexed citations
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Riley, Frank L., et al.. (1962). Death row chaplain. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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