John E. Dolbow

14.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
91 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

John E. Dolbow is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Computational Mechanics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, John E. Dolbow has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 44 papers in Computational Mechanics and 13 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in John E. Dolbow's work include Numerical methods in engineering (59 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (29 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (16 papers). John E. Dolbow is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (59 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (29 papers) and Fatigue and fracture mechanics (16 papers). John E. Dolbow collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Israel. John E. Dolbow's co-authors include Ted Belytschko, Nicolas Moës, Isaac Harari, M. Gosz, Huidi Ji, N. Sukumar, Eliot Fried, Chandrasekhar Annavarapu, Martin Hautefeuille and Tianchen Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Langmuir, Journal of Computational Physics and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

John E. Dolbow

85 papers receiving 11.3k 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.

A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing

1999 4.9k citations John E. Dolbow, Ted Belytschko et al. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering profile →
Arbitrary branched and intersecting cracks with the extended finite element method

2000 796 citations John E. Dolbow, Ted Belytschko et al. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering profile →
An extended finite element method for modeling crack growth with frictional contact

2001 439 citations John E. Dolbow, Nicolas Moës et al. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John E. Dolbow United States	42	9.3k	4.3k	2.9k	1.9k	1.1k	91	11.7k
K.Y. Lam Singapore	62	9.8k 1.1×	3.0k 0.7×	5.6k 1.9×	2.4k 1.3×	198 0.2×	347	13.9k
Christian Miehé Germany	59	12.3k 1.3×	3.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	3.8k 2.0×	1.7k 1.5×	172	15.8k
Chad M. Landis United States	39	4.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	959 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	300 0.3×	110	6.9k
Laura De Lorenzis Germany	55	5.6k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	4.8k 1.6×	2.0k 1.1×	790 0.7×	187	11.1k
Jean‐Jacques Marigo France	33	10.3k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	126	11.8k
Nicolas Moës France	36	7.5k 0.8×	3.0k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	990 0.9×	101	8.6k
D. R. J. Owen United Kingdom	54	6.2k 0.7×	2.7k 0.6×	3.4k 1.2×	3.0k 1.6×	770 0.7×	262	11.2k
Blaise Bourdin United States	24	6.7k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	38	7.8k
Gilles A. Francfort France	25	7.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 1.6×	74	8.7k
K. L. Johnson United Kingdom	48	10.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	7.2k 3.9×	297 0.3×	88	14.3k

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Dolbow, John E., et al.. (2025). Nine circles of elastic brittle fracture: A series of challenge problems to assess fracture models. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 448. 118449–118449.

Hu, Tianchen, et al.. (2024). A variational phase-field framework for thermal softening and dynamic ductile fracture. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 433. 117452–117452.

Dolbow, John E., et al.. (2024). Nucleation of Fracture: The First-Octant Evidence Against Classical Variational Phase-Field Models. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 92(1). 7 indexed citations

Larsen, Christopher J., John E. Dolbow, & Oscar Lopez‐Pamies. (2024). A variational formulation of Griffith phase-field fracture with material strength. International Journal of Fracture. 247(3). 319–327. 10 indexed citations

Lopez‐Pamies, Oscar, John E. Dolbow, Gilles A. Francfort, & Christopher J. Larsen. (2024). Classical variational phase-field models cannot predict fracture nucleation. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 433. 117520–117520. 21 indexed citations

Dolbow, John E., et al.. (2024). A Griffith description of fracture for non-monotonic loading with application to fatigue. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 191. 105754–105754.

Hu, Tianchen, et al.. (2023). On formulations for modeling pressurized cracks within phase-field methods for fracture. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 127. 104040–104040. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Aditya, et al.. (2023). The strength of the Brazilian fracture test. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 182. 105473–105473. 17 indexed citations

Fei, Fan, et al.. (2023). A phase‐field model for hydraulic fracture nucleation and propagation in porous media. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 47(16). 3065–3089. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hao, John E. Dolbow, & Johann Guilleminot. (2023). Representing model uncertainties in brittle fracture simulations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 418. 116575–116575. 4 indexed citations

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Xiang, Gaoming, Junqin Chen, Derek Ho, et al.. (2023). Shock waves generated by toroidal bubble collapse are imperative for kidney stone dusting during Holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 101. 106649–106649. 14 indexed citations

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Claus, Susanne, et al.. (2023). Model-based simulations of pulsed laser ablation using an embedded finite element method. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 204. 123843–123843. 9 indexed citations

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Peco, Christian, Wei Chen, Yingjie Liu, et al.. (2017). Influence of surface tension in the surfactant-driven fracture of closely-packed particulate monolayers. Soft Matter. 13(35). 5832–5841. 18 indexed citations

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Dolbow, John E., Charbel Farhat, Isaac Harari, & Adrián J. Lew. (2015). Special Issue: Advances in Embedded Interface Methods. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 104(7). 469–471. 2 indexed citations

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Dolbow, John E. & L.P. Franca. (2008). Residual-free bubbles for embedded Dirichlet problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 197(45-48). 3751–3759. 43 indexed citations

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Dolbow, John E., et al.. (2006). A theory of amorphous viscoelastic solids undergoing finite deformations with application to hydrogels. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 44(11-12). 3973–3997. 16 indexed citations

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Ji, Huidi, Hashem M. Mourad, Eliot Fried, & John E. Dolbow. (2005). Kinetics of thermally induced swelling of hydrogels. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 43(7-8). 1878–1907. 79 indexed citations

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Dolbow, John E., Eliot Fried, & Huidi Ji. (2005). A numerical strategy for investigating the kinetic response of stimulus-responsive hydrogels. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 194(42-44). 4447–4480. 70 indexed citations

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Dolbow, John E., Nicolas Moës, & Ted Belytschko. (2000). Modeling fracture in Mindlin–Reissner plates with the extended finite element method. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 37(48-50). 7161–7183. 235 indexed citations

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Dolbow, John E., et al.. (1999). A finite element method for crack growth without remeshing. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 46(1). 131–150. 4910 indexed citations breakdown →

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