J. Lothe

17.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
97 papers, 14.7k citations indexed

About

J. Lothe is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Lothe has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 14.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in J. Lothe's work include Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (28 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (19 papers) and Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena (18 papers). J. Lothe is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (28 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (19 papers) and Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena (18 papers). J. Lothe collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Russia. J. Lothe's co-authors include J. P. Hirth, D. M. Barnett, T. Mura, G. M. Pound, V. I. Alshits, J. Feder, K.C. Russell, A. N. Darinskii, V. L. Indenbom and R.C. Pond and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

J. Lothe

95 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

Theory of Dislocations 1966 2026 1986 2006 1968 1983 1966 1975 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Theory of Dislocations
    1968 8.5k citations J. P. Hirth, J. Lothe profile →
  2. Theory of Dislocations (2nd ed.)
    1983 1.7k citations J. P. Hirth, J. Lothe et al. profile →
  3. Homogeneous nucleation and growth of droplets in vapours
    1966 515 citations J. Lothe et al. profile →
  4. Dislocations and line charges in anisotropic piezoelectric insulators
    1975 405 citations D. M. Barnett, J. Lothe physica status solidi (b) profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
J. Lothe 8.7k 5.4k 4.9k 2.7k 2.1k 97 14.7k
Sidney Yip 11.8k 1.4× 3.0k 0.6× 4.2k 0.9× 3.8k 1.4× 2.7k 1.3× 322 17.9k
D. Wolf 11.4k 1.3× 2.7k 0.5× 5.1k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 231 14.7k
R. W. Balluffi 8.0k 0.9× 1.9k 0.4× 4.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 193 11.5k
V. Vítek 11.0k 1.3× 3.3k 0.6× 8.1k 1.7× 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 281 14.6k
Stephen M. Foiles 10.7k 1.2× 2.8k 0.5× 4.5k 0.9× 4.4k 1.6× 2.4k 1.1× 168 15.1k
Peter Gumbsch 10.0k 1.2× 5.1k 0.9× 6.4k 1.3× 2.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.0× 306 15.2k
Murray S. Daw 10.8k 1.2× 2.9k 0.5× 4.2k 0.9× 5.8k 2.1× 2.3k 1.1× 111 16.6k
F. Spaepen 10.8k 1.3× 2.2k 0.4× 8.6k 1.8× 1.9k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 246 17.1k
John R. Smith 5.5k 0.6× 1.9k 0.4× 2.6k 0.5× 3.9k 1.4× 853 0.4× 219 12.0k
F. C. Frank 7.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.3× 2.7k 0.6× 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 91 13.5k

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All Works

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Lothe, J.. (2025). Memory and Narrative Ethics.
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Darinskii, A. N., V. I. Alshits, & J. Lothe. (1999). Simple reflection and leaky waves in the vicinity of a line of exceptional bulk waves. Wave Motion. 30(3). 253–274. 8 indexed citations
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Lothe, J. & Litian Wang. (1995). Self-orthogonal sextic formalism for anisotropic elastic media: spaces of simple reflection and two component surface waves. Wave Motion. 21(2). 163–181. 13 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M., Peter Chadwick, & J. Lothe. (1991). The behaviour of elastic surface waves polarized in a plane of material symmetry. I. Addendum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 433(1889). 699–710. 43 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M., S.D. Gavazza, & J. Lothe. (1988). Slip waves along the interface between two anisotropic elastic half-spaces in sliding contact. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 415(1849). 389–419. 60 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M., et al.. (1987). On the existence of type-6 transonic states in linear elastic media of cubic symmetry. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 411(1840). 251–263. 6 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M. & J. Lothe. (1985). Free surface (Rayleigh) waves in anisotropic elastic half-spaces: the surface impedance method. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 402(1822). 135–152. 178 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M., J. Lothe, S.D. Gavazza, & Michael Musgrave. (1985). Considerations of the existence of interfacial (Stoneley) waves in bonded anisotropic elastic half-spaces. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 402(1822). 153–166. 99 indexed citations
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Belov, A. Yu., et al.. (1983). Elastic fields of dislocations piercing the interface of an anisotropic bicrystal. physica status solidi (b). 119(2). 565–578. 15 indexed citations
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Holm, Paul Martin & J. Lothe. (1980). The topological nature of the polarization field for body waves in anisotropic elastic media. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 370(1742). 331–350. 11 indexed citations
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Lothe, J. & D. M. Barnett. (1976). On the existence of surface-wave solutions for anisotropic elastic half-spaces with free surface. Journal of Applied Physics. 47(2). 428–433. 165 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M. & J. Lothe. (1975). Dislocations and line charges in anisotropic piezoelectric insulators. physica status solidi (b). 67(1). 105–111. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lothe, J., R.J. Asaro, D. M. Barnett, & J. P. Hirth. (1974). Comments on the Indenbom‐Alshits Theory for Dislocations in Anisotropic Media. physica status solidi (b). 66(2). 1 indexed citations
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Hirth, J. P. & J. Lothe. (1973). Anisotropic elastic solutions for line defects in high-symmetry cases. Journal of Applied Physics. 44(3). 1029–1032. 27 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M., J. Lothe, K. Nishioka, & R.J. Asaro. (1973). Elastic surface waves in anisotropic crystals: a simplified method for calculating Rayleigh velocities using dislocation theory. Journal of Physics F Metal Physics. 3(6). 1083–1096. 46 indexed citations
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Barnett, D. M., K. Nishioka, & J. Lothe. (1973). Surface Waves in Anisotropic Media. A Formulation for the Purpose of Rapid Numerical Calculations. physica status solidi (b). 55(2). 4 indexed citations
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Shukla, Madhulata & J. Lothe. (1969). A formula for the orientational derivative of dislocation energy factor. Scripta Metallurgica. 3(5). 317–320. 2 indexed citations
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Lothe, J., et al.. (1966). Theory of size effects in electrical conductivity. Philosophical magazine. 14(130). 759–773. 62 indexed citations
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Jøssang, Torstein, et al.. (1965). Explicit expressions for the energy of dislocation configuration made up of piecewise straight segments. Acta Metallurgica. 13(3). 271–278. 40 indexed citations

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