Gary S. Was

22.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
395 papers, 16.7k citations indexed

About

Gary S. Was is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Metals and Alloys and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary S. Was has authored 395 papers receiving a total of 16.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 308 papers in Materials Chemistry, 139 papers in Metals and Alloys and 99 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gary S. Was's work include Nuclear Materials and Properties (206 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (206 papers) and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (139 papers). Gary S. Was is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Materials and Properties (206 papers), Fusion materials and technologies (206 papers) and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (139 papers). Gary S. Was collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Gary S. Was's co-authors include S.J. Zinkle, Zhijie Jiao, Jeremy T. Busby, Todd R. Allen, Shyam Dwaraknath, S.M. Bruemmer, R.E. Stoller, F.А. Garner, A. Certain and Wenjun Kuang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical review. B, Condensed matter and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Gary S. Was

386 papers receiving 16.2k 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.

Materials challenges in nuclear energy

2013 2.0k citations S.J. Zinkle, Gary S. Was profile →
On the use of SRIM for computing radiation damage exposure

2013 1.3k citations Gary S. Was, F.А. Garner et al. profile →
Fundamentals of Radiation Materials Science

2016 459 citations Gary S. Was profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary S. Was United States	63	13.4k	5.8k	4.1k	3.4k	2.6k	395	16.7k
I.M. Robertson United States	64	11.4k 0.9×	7.2k 1.2×	6.8k 1.7×	2.0k 0.6×	828 0.3×	258	15.0k
S.J. Zinkle United States	71	18.1k 1.4×	7.4k 1.3×	1.4k 0.3×	4.8k 1.4×	3.5k 1.4×	374	22.0k
Todd R. Allen United States	50	6.0k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	3.6k 1.1×	933 0.4×	244	8.9k
Akihiko Kimura Japan	52	8.5k 0.6×	3.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	980 0.4×	376	10.4k
Baptiste Gault Germany	75	10.1k 0.8×	12.3k 2.1×	3.5k 0.8×	5.2k 1.5×	538 0.2×	468	20.6k
R.E. Stoller United States	48	8.1k 0.6×	2.8k 0.5×	910 0.2×	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	179	9.5k
Julie M. Cairney Australia	58	7.7k 0.6×	4.6k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	413 0.2×	315	12.6k
T. Muroga Japan	44	8.1k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	955 0.2×	1.8k 0.5×	933 0.4×	537	9.9k
T. Ungár Hungary	62	11.5k 0.9×	10.7k 1.8×	1.1k 0.3×	3.1k 0.9×	358 0.1×	268	15.8k
Gregory S. Rohrer United States	67	10.1k 0.8×	5.5k 0.9×	941 0.2×	1.4k 0.4×	460 0.2×	332	14.3k

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Was, Gary S., C. Cabet, M. Hernández‐Mayoral, et al.. (2025). International round robin on ion irradiation of alloy T91 and comparison with neutron irradiation. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 616. 156065–156065. 1 indexed citations

Du, Donghai, Tiesong Lin, Mi Wang, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the role of irradiation in stress corrosion cracking of alloy 690. Corrosion Science. 257. 113303–113303.

Garner, F.А., Maxim N. Gussev, Miao Song, & Gary S. Was. (2025). A potential emerging issue concerning repair welding of out-of-core PWR components involving tritium exposure and 3He retention. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 610. 155774–155774.

Chen, Wei‐Ying, Mark R. Daymond, Santhana Eswara, et al.. (2025). Transmission electron microscopy with in-situ ion irradiation: Facilities and community. Vacuum. 240. 114525–114525.

Was, Gary S., et al.. (2024). The effect of hydrogen co-injection on the microstructure of triple ion irradiated F82H. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 601. 155331–155331. 7 indexed citations

Song, Miao, Kevin G. Field, Kai Sun, & Gary S. Was. (2024). Extending damage accumulation of commercial reactor irradiated 316 stainless steel with ion irradiation. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 593. 154989–154989. 4 indexed citations

Was, Gary S., et al.. (2024). Corrosion of 316L stainless steel in high temperature water and steam: Mechanisms of corrosion. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 599. 155180–155180. 7 indexed citations

Dong, Lijin, et al.. (2023). Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking of 347 stainless steel in simulated PWR primary water containing lithium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 586. 154676–154676. 4 indexed citations

Pareige, C., Zhijie Jiao, Philip D. Edmondson, et al.. (2022). Data on Cu- and Ni-Si-Mn-rich solute clustering in a neutron irradiated austenitic stainless steel. Data in Brief. 42. 108263–108263. 2 indexed citations

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Christian, Matthew S., Gregory Morrison, Theodore M. Besmann, et al.. (2022). Investigation of Rare Earth-Containing Double Phosphates of the Type A₃Ln(PO₄)₂ (Ln = Y, La, Pr, Nd, and Sm–Lu) as Potential Nuclear Waste Forms. Chemistry of Materials. 34(8). 3819–3830. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, et al.. (2020). Effect of radiation damage and water radiolysis on corrosion of FeCrAl alloys in hydrogenated water. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 533. 152108–152108. 35 indexed citations

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Smith, Richard W., et al.. (2019). Atomistic simulation of the obstacle strengths of radiation-induced defects in an Fe–Ni–Cr austenitic stainless steel. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 27(8). 85004–85004. 19 indexed citations

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Jiao, Zhijie, Stephen Taller, Kevin G. Field, et al.. (2018). Microstructure evolution of T91 irradiated in the BOR60 fast reactor. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 504. 122–134. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng & Gary S. Was. (2015). Oxidation of Zircaloy-4 during in situ proton irradiation and corrosion in PWR primary water. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 30(9). 1335–1348. 38 indexed citations

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Was, Gary S., et al.. (2011). Irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking. Corrosion Reviews. 29(1-2). 7–49. 59 indexed citations

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Guérin, Yannick, Gary S. Was, & S.J. Zinkle. (2009). Materials Challenges for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. MRS Bulletin. 34(1). 10–19. 135 indexed citations

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Gupta, Gaurav & Gary S. Was. (2007). Improved Creep Behavior of Ferritic-Martensitic Alloy T91 by Subgrain Boundary Density Enhancement. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 39(1). 150–164. 35 indexed citations

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Motta, Arthur T., Aylin Yilmazbayhan, Marcelo José Gomes da Silva, et al.. (2007). Zirconium alloys for supercritical water reactor applications: Challenges and possibilities. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 371(1-3). 61–75. 127 indexed citations

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Jeong, Yoon Hee, Jeremy T. Busby, M. Atzmon, et al.. (2005). Corrosion of zirconium-based fuel cladding alloys in supercritical water. Chemistry & Biology. 16(9). 1369–1378. 8 indexed citations

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Was, Gary S., et al.. (1988). A quantitative model for the intergranular precipitation of M7X3 and M23,X6 in Ni-16Cr-9Fe-C-B. Acta Metallurgica. 36(12). 3163–3176. 20 indexed citations

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