John I. McCool

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

John I. McCool is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, John I. McCool has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 37 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 18 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in John I. McCool's work include Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (23 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (14 papers) and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (13 papers). John I. McCool is often cited by papers focused on Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis (23 papers), Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (14 papers) and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (13 papers). John I. McCool collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. John I. McCool's co-authors include George R. Baran, T. E. Tallian, Kenneth G. Boberick, Stephanie L. Wunder, T. A. Harris, Y. P. Chiu, Karl D. Shearer, Trond Storebakken, Ståle Refstie and Richard E. Barlow and has published in prestigious journals such as Technometrics, Journal of Materials Science and Aquaculture.

In The Last Decade

John I. McCool

91 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Comparison of models for the contact of rough surfaces 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Comparison of models for the contact of rough surfaces
    1986 434 citations John I. McCool Wear profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John I. McCool United States 24 1.2k 1.2k 347 331 306 94 2.8k
Amos Gilat United States 24 1.0k 0.8× 595 0.5× 26 0.1× 17 0.1× 155 0.5× 67 2.3k
Eann A. Patterson United Kingdom 35 2.1k 1.7× 1.6k 1.3× 114 0.3× 5 0.0× 203 0.7× 257 4.8k
Alaa Elwany United States 38 323 0.3× 4.2k 3.5× 245 0.7× 188 0.6× 27 0.1× 113 5.6k
Zhigang Wei United States 22 624 0.5× 529 0.4× 97 0.3× 10 0.0× 21 0.1× 145 1.4k
Bianca Maria Colosimo Italy 35 277 0.2× 2.6k 2.2× 509 1.5× 172 0.5× 9 0.0× 158 4.0k
Ramesh Kumar Garg India 29 148 0.1× 396 0.3× 20 0.1× 26 0.1× 78 0.3× 139 6.3k
Feng Niu China 27 48 0.0× 235 0.2× 45 0.1× 29 0.1× 105 0.3× 203 3.5k
Seung-Kyum Choi United States 25 366 0.3× 1.2k 1.0× 775 2.2× 15 0.0× 14 0.0× 98 2.8k
Mohd Hamdi Malaysia 20 201 0.2× 881 0.7× 40 0.1× 6 0.0× 45 0.1× 40 3.4k
Stefan Dimov United Kingdom 37 875 0.7× 2.6k 2.1× 8 0.0× 9 0.0× 82 0.3× 271 5.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCool, John I.. (2012). Using the Weibull Distribution. Wiley series in probability and statistics. 83 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (2011). Software for Weibull Inference. Quality Engineering. 23(3). 253–264. 4 indexed citations
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McCool, John I., et al.. (2009). Evaluating the Validity of Rolling Contact Fatigue Test Results. Tribology Transactions. 52(2). 223–230. 2 indexed citations
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Wan, Quan, Joel B. Sheffield, John I. McCool, & George R. Baran. (2008). Light curable dental composites designed with colloidal crystal reinforcement. Dental Materials. 24(12). 1694–1701. 21 indexed citations
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Wunder, Stephanie L., et al.. (2004). Interface effects on mechanical properties of particle-reinforced composites. Dental Materials. 20(7). 677–686. 84 indexed citations
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McCool, John I., et al.. (2002). Strength and fatigue of polyacid-modified restorative materials (compomers). Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 13(6). 613–620. 1 indexed citations
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McCool, John I., Kenneth G. Boberick, & George R. Baran. (2001). Lifetime predictions for resin-based composites using cyclic and dynamic fatigue. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 58(3). 247–253. 12 indexed citations
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Boberick, Kenneth G. & John I. McCool. (1998). Dimensional stability of record bases fabricated from light-polymerized composite using two methods. Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry. 79(4). 399–403. 13 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1996). The analysis of a two way factorial design with weibull response. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 25(1). 263–286. 4 indexed citations
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Harris, T. A. & John I. McCool. (1995). On the accuracy of rolling bearing fatigue life prediction. 1 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1986). RELATING PROFILE INSTRUMENT MEASUREMENTS TO THE FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF ROUGH SURFACES.. 2 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1983). ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF STYLUS TIP RADIUS AND FLIGHT ON SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENTS.. Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States). 1 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1982). Finite difference spectral moment estimation for profiles the effect of sample spacing and quantization error. Precision Engineering. 4(4). 181–184. 12 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1975). Multiple Comparison for Weibull Parameters. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. R-24(3). 186–192. 18 indexed citations
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Chiu, Y. P., et al.. (1974). Surface Interactions and Lubrication Response of Silicon Nitride Bearing Elements.. 1 indexed citations
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Tallian, T. E., et al.. (1974). DEPENDENCE OF BEARING FATIGUE LIFE ON FILM THICKNESS TO SURFACE ROUGHNESS RATIO.. 2 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1974). Analysis of Sudden Death Tests of Bearing Endurance. A S L E Transactions. 17(1). 8–13. 4 indexed citations
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Tallian, T. E. & John I. McCool. (1971). An engineering model of spalling fatigue failure in rolling contact. Wear. 17(5-6). 447–461. 49 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1970). Evaluating Weibull Endurance Data by the Method of Maximum Likelihood. A S L E Transactions. 13(3). 189–202. 21 indexed citations
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McCool, John I.. (1969). Graphical Determination and Uses of Order Statistic Quantiles. Journal of Quality Technology. 1(4). 237–241. 1 indexed citations

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