Kelly E. Nygren

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kelly E. Nygren is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Metals and Alloys. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelly E. Nygren has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 17 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Metals and Alloys. Recurrent topics in Kelly E. Nygren's work include Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (13 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (7 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (6 papers). Kelly E. Nygren is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (13 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (7 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (6 papers). Kelly E. Nygren collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and China. Kelly E. Nygren's co-authors include Akihide Nagao, I.M. Robertson, Shuai Wang, Petros Sofronis, David Gross, May L. Martin, Darren C. Pagan, Hongbin Bei, K.M. Bertsch and Matthew P. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Scientific Reports and Corrosion Science.

In The Last Decade

Kelly E. Nygren

28 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Hydrogen Embrittlement Understood

2015 644 citations I.M. Robertson, Petros Sofronis et al. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A profile →
Hydrogen Embrittlement Understood

2015 442 citations I.M. Robertson, Petros Sofronis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kelly E. Nygren United States	14	1.2k	1.1k	794	346	269	29	1.6k
Takumi Terachi Japan	20	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	716 0.9×	241 0.7×	505 1.9×	50	1.7k
Qunjia Peng China	22	874 0.7×	864 0.8×	801 1.0×	287 0.8×	296 1.1×	65	1.4k
Koji Arioka Japan	23	965 0.8×	992 0.9×	694 0.9×	238 0.7×	360 1.3×	50	1.4k
Takuyo Yamada Japan	20	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	734 0.9×	219 0.6×	395 1.5×	40	1.5k
Ronald Lesley Plaut Brazil	14	790 0.7×	601 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	385 1.1×	210 0.8×	45	1.4k
Yu‐ichi Komizo Japan	24	887 0.8×	525 0.5×	1.7k 2.1×	336 1.0×	273 1.0×	149	1.8k
Akihide Nagao Japan	22	2.8k 2.4×	3.1k 2.7×	1.8k 2.2×	784 2.3×	338 1.3×	38	3.6k
K. Chandra India	16	508 0.4×	516 0.5×	639 0.8×	162 0.5×	225 0.8×	45	950
Yuriy Yagodzinskyy Finland	18	669 0.6×	588 0.5×	589 0.7×	300 0.9×	73 0.3×	60	1.1k
T. Magnin France	22	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	983 1.2×	586 1.7×	310 1.2×	65	1.7k

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Woll, Arthur R., et al.. (2025). The Toroidal Slit Energy-Dispersive Diffractometer at CHESS. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 3010(1). 12132–12132. 1 indexed citations

Nygren, Kelly E., Paul A. Shade, J. Y. Peter Ko, et al.. (2025). The Structural Materials Beamline at CHESS. MRS Communications. 15(5). 969–979.

Stinville, Jean‐Charles, Kelly E. Nygren, M. Arul Kumar, et al.. (2024). Role of microstructure on the development of local orientation gradients in polycrystals. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 168–179. 2 indexed citations

Stinville, Jean‐Charles, Marie‐Agathe Charpagne, Andrew Polonsky, et al.. (2022). Multi-modal Dataset of a Polycrystalline Metallic Material: 3D Microstructure and Deformation Fields. Scientific Data. 9(1). 460–460. 28 indexed citations

Beaudoin, A.J., Kelly E. Nygren, Yujie Wang, et al.. (2022). Residual elastic strain evolution due to thermal cycling of a ceramic-metal composite (WC-Cu) via high energy X-ray diffraction and analytical modeling. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 110. 106018–106018. 6 indexed citations

Miller, Matthew P., et al.. (2022). Using real-time data analysis to conduct next-generation synchrotron fatigue studies. International Journal of Fatigue. 164. 107113–107113. 4 indexed citations

Nygren, Kelly E., Akihide Nagao, Shuai Wang, Petros Sofronis, & I.M. Robertson. (2021). Influence of internal hydrogen content on the evolved microstructure beneath fatigue striations in 316L austenitic stainless steel. Acta Materialia. 213. 116957–116957. 24 indexed citations

Bertsch, K.M., Kelly E. Nygren, Shuai Wang, Hongbin Bei, & Akihide Nagao. (2021). Hydrogen-enhanced compatibility constraint for intergranular failure in FCC FeNiCoCrMn high-entropy alloy. Corrosion Science. 184. 109407–109407. 24 indexed citations

Fisher, Charles R., Kelly E. Nygren, & A.J. Beaudoin. (2021). Validation of materials-informed digital twin: Mapping residual strains in HSLA steel weldment using high energy X-rays. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 74. 75–87. 6 indexed citations

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Miller, Matthew P., et al.. (2020). Understanding Micromechanical Material Behavior Using Synchrotron X-rays and In Situ Loading. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 51(9). 4360–4376. 35 indexed citations

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Nygren, Kelly E., Darren C. Pagan, Jacob P. C. Ruff, Elke Arenholz, & J. D. Brock. (2020). “Cartography” in 7-Dimensions at CHESS: Mapping of Structure in Real Space, Reciprocal Space, and Time Using High-Energy X-rays. Synchrotron Radiation News. 33(6). 11–16. 5 indexed citations

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Nygren, Kelly E., Akihide Nagao, Petros Sofronis, & I.M. Robertson. (2020). The Role of Microstructure in Hydrogen-Induced Fatigue Failure of 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 51(11). 5704–5714. 12 indexed citations

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Nygren, Kelly E., Darren C. Pagan, Joel V. Bernier, & Matthew P. Miller. (2020). An algorithm for resolving intragranular orientation fields using coupled far-field and near-field high energy X-ray diffraction microscopy. Materials Characterization. 165. 110366–110366. 37 indexed citations

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Yu, Zefeng, Chenyu Zhang, Paul M. Voyles, et al.. (2019). Microstructure and microchemistry study of irradiation-induced precipitates in proton irradiated ZrNb alloys. Acta Materialia. 178. 228–240. 35 indexed citations

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Nair, Sriramya, Kelly E. Nygren, & Darren C. Pagan. (2019). Micromechanical Response of Crystalline Phases in Alternate Cementitious Materials using 3-Dimensional X-ray Techniques. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 18456–18456. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuai, Kelly E. Nygren, Akihide Nagao, Petros Sofronis, & I.M. Robertson. (2019). On the failure of surface damage to assess the hydrogen-enhanced deformation ahead of crack tip in a cyclically loaded austenitic stainless steel. Scripta Materialia. 166. 102–106. 20 indexed citations

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Nygren, Kelly E., Darren C. Pagan, & Matthew P. Miller. (2019). Sub-grain orientation resolution during continuous loading using only far-field HEDM. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 580(1). 12018–12018. 5 indexed citations

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Nygren, Kelly E., Shuai Wang, K.M. Bertsch, et al.. (2018). Hydrogen embrittlement of the equi-molar FeNiCoCr alloy. Acta Materialia. 157. 218–227. 63 indexed citations

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Nygren, Kelly E., K.M. Bertsch, Shuai Wang, et al.. (2017). Hydrogen embrittlement in compositionally complex FeNiCoCrMn FCC solid solution alloy. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 22(1). 1–7. 91 indexed citations

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Nygren, Kelly E.. (2016). The influence of hydrogen on the evolving microstructure during fatigue crack growth in metastable and stable austenitic stainless steels. IDEALS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). 5 indexed citations

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