G.M. Pharr

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

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G.M. Pharr is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, G.M. Pharr has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in G.M. Pharr's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (15 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (7 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (4 papers). G.M. Pharr is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (15 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (7 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (4 papers). G.M. Pharr collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. G.M. Pharr's co-authors include E.P. George, Hongbin Bei, Zhenggang Wu, Erik G. Herbert, W. C. Oliver, Kurt E. Johanns, Marco Sebastiani, J. Strader, Ting Y. Tsui and William Nix and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Acta Materialia and Journal of Biomechanics.

In The Last Decade

G.M. Pharr

18 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Temperature dependence of the mechanical properties of equiatomic solid solution alloys with face-centered cubic crystal structures

2014 1.7k citations Zhenggang Wu, Hongbin Bei et al. Acta Materialia profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
G.M. Pharr United States	15	2.6k	1.5k	1.5k	1.5k	449	18	3.9k
Haifeng Wang China	40	4.0k 1.5×	2.2k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	354 0.8×	191	5.4k
I. Samajdar India	41	4.1k 1.6×	3.8k 2.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	222 0.5×	285	5.6k
Shiteng Zhao United States	31	3.3k 1.3×	2.0k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	827 0.6×	367 0.8×	80	4.5k
Jae‐il Jang South Korea	50	4.9k 1.9×	3.3k 2.1×	1.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.6×	790 1.8×	191	6.6k
A. Godfrey China	42	4.2k 1.6×	4.0k 2.6×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.3×	274 0.6×	214	5.5k
Timothy J. Rupert United States	32	2.8k 1.1×	2.7k 1.7×	847 0.6×	1.0k 0.7×	329 0.7×	88	3.9k
Yueguang Wei China	32	1.4k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	821 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	310 0.7×	109	3.1k
Vijay K. Vasudevan United States	42	4.8k 1.8×	2.9k 1.9×	618 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	408 0.9×	158	5.3k
T.W. Scharf United States	37	2.7k 1.0×	2.5k 1.7×	462 0.3×	2.7k 1.9×	237 0.5×	110	4.5k
Sandra Korte‐Kerzel Germany	33	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	457 0.3×	950 0.7×	316 0.7×	137	3.2k

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18 of 18 papers shown

Sebastiani, Marco, Kurt E. Johanns, Erik G. Herbert, & G.M. Pharr. (2015). Measurement of fracture toughness by nanoindentation methods: Recent advances and future challenges. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 19(6). 324–333. 191 indexed citations

Wu, Zhenggang, Hongbin Bei, G.M. Pharr, & E.P. George. (2014). Temperature dependence of the mechanical properties of equiatomic solid solution alloys with face-centered cubic crystal structures. Acta Materialia. 81. 428–441. 1734 indexed citations breakdown →

Sebastiani, Marco, Kurt E. Johanns, Erik G. Herbert, F. Carassiti, & G.M. Pharr. (2014). A novel pillar indentation splitting test for measuring fracture toughness of thin ceramic coatings. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 95(16-18). 1928–1944. 138 indexed citations

Herbert, Erik G., Wyatt E. Tenhaeff, Nancy J. Dudney, & G.M. Pharr. (2011). Mechanical characterization of LiPON films using nanoindentation. Thin Solid Films. 520(1). 413–418. 138 indexed citations

Begau, Christoph, Alexander Hartmaier, E.P. George, & G.M. Pharr. (2010). Atomistic processes of dislocation generation and plastic deformation during nanoindentation. Acta Materialia. 59(3). 934–942. 138 indexed citations

Pharr, G.M., J. Strader, & W. C. Oliver. (2009). Critical issues in making small-depth mechanical property measurements by nanoindentation with continuous stiffness measurement. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 24(3). 653–666. 194 indexed citations

Jang, Jae‐il, et al.. (2008). Extraction of flow properties of single-crystal silicon carbide by nanoindentation and finite-element simulation. Acta Materialia. 56(15). 3824–3832. 91 indexed citations

Bei, Hongbin, Suin Shim, E.P. George, et al.. (2007). Compressive strengths of molybdenum alloy micro-pillars prepared using a new technique. Scripta Materialia. 57(5). 397–400. 250 indexed citations

Gao, Yanfei, Haodong Xu, W. C. Oliver, & G.M. Pharr. (2007). Effective elastic modulus of film-on-substrate systems under normal and tangential contact. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 56(2). 402–416. 54 indexed citations

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Gao, Yanfei & G.M. Pharr. (2007). Multidimensional contact moduli of elastically anisotropic solids. Scripta Materialia. 57(1). 13–16. 52 indexed citations

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Huang, Yonggang, et al.. (2006). A model of size effects in nano-indentation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 54(8). 1668–1686. 338 indexed citations

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Bei, Hongbin, E.P. George, Jennifer L. Hay, & G.M. Pharr. (2005). Influence of Indenter Tip Geometry on Elastic Deformation during Nanoindentation. Physical Review Letters. 95(4). 45501–45501. 197 indexed citations

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Oliver, W. C. & G.M. Pharr. (2004). Measurement of hardness and elastic modulus by instrumented indentation: Advances in understanding and refinements to methodology. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 19(1). 3–20. 125 indexed citations

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Armanios, EA, et al.. (2001). Matrix Properties of Textile Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites Measured by Nanoindentation. Journal of Composites Technology and Research. 23(2). 102–102. 4 indexed citations

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Roy, Marcel E., et al.. (2001). The distribution of osteocalcin, degree of mineralization, and mechanical properties along the length of Cyprinus carpio rib bone. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 12(8). 699–702. 9 indexed citations

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Rho, J. Y., Ting Y. Tsui, & G.M. Pharr. (1998). Elastic properties of osteon and trabecular bone measured by nanoindentation. Journal of Biomechanics. 31. 21–21. 12 indexed citations

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Doughty, C., S. M. Gorbatkin, Ting Y. Tsui, G.M. Pharr, & Douglas L. Medlin. (1997). Hard boron–suboxide-based films deposited in a sputter-sourced, high-density plasma deposition system. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 15(5). 2623–2626. 32 indexed citations

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Shen, Tongde, C.C. Koch, Ting Y. Tsui, & G.M. Pharr. (1995). On the elastic moduli of nanocrystalline Fe, Cu, Ni, and Cu–Ni alloys prepared by mechanical milling/alloying. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 10(11). 2892–2896. 197 indexed citations

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