Jorge Alcalá

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Jorge Alcalá is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jorge Alcalá has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 21 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jorge Alcalá's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (32 papers), Advanced materials and composites (14 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers). Jorge Alcalá is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (32 papers), Advanced materials and composites (14 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (13 papers). Jorge Alcalá collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Mexico and United States. Jorge Alcalá's co-authors include M. Mata, M. Anglada, D. Esqué-de los Ojos, Haidong Lu, Gustau Catalán, Chang‐Beom Eom, Chung Wung Bark, Alexei Gruverman, S. Suresh and A.E. Giannakopoulos and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Jorge Alcalá

54 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanical Writing of Ferroelectric Polarization 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 200 400 600
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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. Mechanical Writing of Ferroelectric Polarization
    2012 678 citations D. Esqué-de los Ojos, Jorge Alcalá et al. profile →

Peers

Jorge Alcalá
Alexei Bolshakov United States
Yueguang Wei China
Éric Felder France
Takahito Ohmura Japan
J. Gil Sevillano Spain
Che-Min Cheng China
B. N. Lucas United States
S.V. Kamat India
Michal Landa Czechia
Marc Fivel France
Alexei Bolshakov United States
Jorge Alcalá
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jorge Alcalá

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jorge Alcalá. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jorge Alcalá based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jorge Alcalá. Jorge Alcalá is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Rodríguez-Tinoco, Cristian, Marta González-Silveira, J.A. Plaza, et al.. (2023). Real-time microscopy of the relaxation of a glass. Nature Physics. 19(10). 1509–1515. 11 indexed citations
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Očenášek, Jan, J. Minář, & Jorge Alcalá. (2023). Dynamics of lattice disorder in perovskite materials, polarization nanoclusters and ferroelectric domain wall structures. npj Computational Materials. 9(1). 11 indexed citations
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Očenášek, Jan, et al.. (2021). Understanding imprint formation, plastic instabilities and hardness evolutions in FCC, BCC and HCP metal surfaces. Acta Materialia. 217. 117122–117122. 58 indexed citations
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Carretero, Eduardo Martínez, et al.. (2016). Frecuencia de diferentes tamaños de material particulado en hojas de Morus alba en el arbolado urbano de Mendoza (Argentina). Americanae (AECID Library). 5–12.
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Alcalá, Jorge, et al.. (2011). MITIGACIÓN DEL IMPACTO AMBIENTAL DEL POLVO ATMOSFÉRICO A TRAVÉS DE PROSOPIS LAEVIGATA Y SCHINUS MOLLE, SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, MÉXICO. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 20(20). 83–96. 1 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge & D. Esqué-de los Ojos. (2011). Extending the contact regimes to single-crystal indentations. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 339(7-8). 458–465. 2 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge, D. Esqué-de los Ojos, & Jan Očenášek. (2010). Continuum crystal plasticity analyses of the plastic flow features underneath single-crystal indentations. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 91(7-9). 1050–1069. 7 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge & D. Esqué-de los Ojos. (2010). Reassessing spherical indentation: Contact regimes and mechanical property extractions. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 47(20). 2714–2732. 41 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, S.A., Jorge Alcalá, & Roberto Martins de Souza. (2010). Effects of elastic indenter deformation on spherical instrumented indentation tests: the reduced elastic modulus. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 91(7-9). 1370–1386. 13 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge, et al.. (2009). CONCENTRACIONES DE FE, MN Y MG EN MATERIAL FOLIAR DE CINCO ESPECIES ARBÓREAS INDICADORAS DE LA CONTAMINACIÓN URBANA EN LA CIUDAD DE CHIHUAHUA, MÉXICO. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 18(18). 37–51. 1 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge, et al.. (2009). Metales pesados en suelo urbano como un indicador de la calidad ambiental: Ciudad de Chihuahua, México. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 18(2). 53–69. 4 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge, et al.. (2008). Evaluacion de la contaminacion por metales pesados y arsenico en sedimiento en embalses del estado de chihuahua, Mexico. 4(2). 89–94. 3 indexed citations
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Vicente, Ángel Martín, et al.. (2008). Anticoncepción de emergencia en un servicio de urgencias hospitalario: la experiencia de un año de gratuidad. Emergencias: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Medicina de Urgencias y Emergencias. 20(2). 108–112. 4 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge, et al.. (2007). Percepción comunitaria de la flora y fauna urbana en la ciudad de Chihuahua, México. 3(1). 58–64. 2 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge, et al.. (2006). Community diagnosis of the environmental problematic: an example from Chihuahua City, Mexico. 2(2). 81–88. 2 indexed citations
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Mata, M., Olga Casals, & Jorge Alcalá. (2005). The plastic zone size in indentation experiments: The analogy with the expansion of a spherical cavity. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 43(20). 5994–6013. 81 indexed citations
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Mata, M., M. Anglada, & Jorge Alcalá. (2002). Contact Deformation Regimes Around Sharp Indentations and the Concept of the Characteristic Strain. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 17(5). 964–976. 111 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge & M. Anglada. (1998). Indentation precracking of Y-TZP: implications to R-curves and strength. Materials Science and Engineering A. 245(2). 267–276. 15 indexed citations
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Alcalá, Jorge, A.E. Giannakopoulos, & S. Suresh. (1998). Continuous measurements of load-penetration curves with spherical microindenters and the estimation of mechanical properties. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 13(5). 1390–1400. 86 indexed citations

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