Kenneth J. McClellan

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kenneth J. McClellan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth J. McClellan has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 19 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kenneth J. McClellan's work include Nuclear Materials and Properties (42 papers), Nuclear materials and radiation effects (25 papers) and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (24 papers). Kenneth J. McClellan is often cited by papers focused on Nuclear Materials and Properties (42 papers), Nuclear materials and radiation effects (25 papers) and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering (24 papers). Kenneth J. McClellan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Kenneth J. McClellan's co-authors include Robin W. Grimes, Kurt E. Sickafus, James A. Valdez, Licia Minervini, Fuxiang Li, Manabu Ishimaru, Thorsten Hartmann, Christopher R. Stanek, Darrin Byler and Andrew Nelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth J. McClellan

70 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Radiation Tolerance of Complex Oxides 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
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. Radiation Tolerance of Complex Oxides
    2000 878 citations Robin W. Grimes, James A. Valdez et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth J. McClellan United States 27 2.6k 701 580 504 474 76 3.1k
Christopher R. Stanek United States 35 3.2k 1.2× 587 0.8× 568 1.0× 873 1.7× 810 1.7× 87 3.6k
A. Iwase Japan 29 2.0k 0.8× 176 0.3× 453 0.8× 312 0.6× 223 0.5× 267 3.3k
Kenichi Oikawa Japan 30 1.4k 0.5× 854 1.2× 1.0k 1.8× 314 0.6× 158 0.3× 172 3.1k
L. Thomé France 37 3.9k 1.5× 205 0.3× 509 0.9× 227 0.5× 434 0.9× 268 5.3k
A. Turos Poland 26 1.5k 0.6× 226 0.3× 339 0.6× 152 0.3× 202 0.4× 193 2.5k
S. E. Donnelly United Kingdom 32 2.3k 0.9× 239 0.3× 133 0.2× 412 0.8× 89 0.2× 191 3.6k
R. C. Birtcher United States 28 1.9k 0.7× 143 0.2× 170 0.3× 289 0.6× 150 0.3× 154 2.6k
Jeffrey Doering Germany 30 1.6k 0.6× 471 0.7× 140 0.2× 291 0.6× 998 2.1× 167 3.5k
Kazuhiro Yasuda Japan 26 1.8k 0.7× 96 0.1× 189 0.3× 266 0.5× 323 0.7× 144 2.3k
F. Garrido France 30 2.2k 0.8× 80 0.1× 134 0.2× 328 0.7× 655 1.4× 124 2.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth J. McClellan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kardoulaki, Erofili, Darrin Byler, Nan Li, et al.. (2025). Assessment of the hydrogen resistance of (U0.2Zr0.8)C following exposure up to 2327 °C. Ceramics International. 51(15). 20482–20491. 1 indexed citations
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White, Joshua T., D.D. Byler, Kenneth J. McClellan, et al.. (2025). Impact of composition on the thermophysical properties of (U,Zr)C solid solution Carbide fuels. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 607. 155669–155669. 2 indexed citations
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McClellan, Kenneth J.. (2023). Crystalline rare-earth activated oxyorthosilicate phosphor. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Kardoulaki, Erofili, Joshua T. White, B. G. Taylor, et al.. (2022). Synthesis, thermal conductivity, and hydrogen compatibility of a high melt point solid solution uranium carbide, (U0.2Zr0.8)C. Nuclear Materials and Energy. 33. 101290–101290. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Kun, Erofili Kardoulaki, Dong Zhao, et al.. (2021). Cr-incorporated uranium nitride composite fuels with enhanced mechanical performance and oxidation resistance. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 559. 153486–153486. 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Kun, Erofili Kardoulaki, Dong Zhao, et al.. (2021). Uranium nitride (UN) pellets with controllable microstructure and phase – fabrication by spark plasma sintering and their thermal-mechanical and oxidation properties. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 557. 153272–153272. 27 indexed citations
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Janish, Matthew T., Matthew M. Schneider, James A. Valdez, et al.. (2020). In-situ re-crystallization of heavily-irradiated Gd2Ti2O7. Acta Materialia. 194. 403–411. 9 indexed citations
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White, Joshua T., Andrew Nelson, J. Dunwoody, et al.. (2015). Thermophysical properties of U3Si2 to 1773 K. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 464. 275–280. 161 indexed citations
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Gofryk, Krzysztof, Shiyu Du, Christopher R. Stanek, et al.. (2014). Anisotropic thermal conductivity in uranium dioxide. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4551–4551. 89 indexed citations
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Nelson, Andrew, Dylan Rittman, Joshua T. White, et al.. (2014). An Evaluation of the Thermophysical Properties of Stoichiometric CeO 2 in Comparison to UO 2 and PuO 2. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 97(11). 3652–3659. 66 indexed citations
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Pang, Judy, Aleksandr Chernatynskiy, B. C. Larson, et al.. (2014). Phonon density of states and anharmonicity ofUO2. Physical Review B. 89(11). 46 indexed citations
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McDonald, Robert E., Pedro Peralta, Patricia Dickerson, et al.. (2013). Microstructural Effects on Thermal Conductivity of Uranium Oxide: A 3D Multi-Physics Simulation. 1 indexed citations
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Nerikar, Pankaj, Tapan Desai, Darrin Byler, et al.. (2011). Grain Boundaries in Uranium Dioxide: Scanning Electron Microscopy Experiments and Atomistic Simulations. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 94(6). 1893–1900. 87 indexed citations
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McClellan, Kenneth J., et al.. (2009). The effect of processing on the thermal diffusivity of MgO–Nd2Zr2O7 composites for inert matrix materials. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 393(2). 203–211. 19 indexed citations
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Stanek, Christopher R., Kenneth J. McClellan, Mark R. Levy, & Robin W. Grimes. (2008). Site Solution Preference of $\hbox {Bi}^{3+}$ in $\hbox {RE}_{2}\hbox {O}_{3}$ Scintillators. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. 55(3). 1492–1495. 5 indexed citations
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White, B. D., C. A. M. dos Santos, J. A. Souza, Kenneth J. McClellan, & J. J. Neumeier. (2008). Crystal growth and characterization of Marokite CaMn2O4+δ. Journal of Crystal Growth. 310(14). 3325–3330. 23 indexed citations
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McClellan, Kenneth J.. (2004). Dynamic Properties of Nickel-Aluminum Alloy. AIP conference proceedings. 706. 593–596. 3 indexed citations
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Cooke, D. W., Kenneth J. McClellan, Bryan Bennett, et al.. (2000). Crystal growth and optical characterization of cerium-doped Lu1.8Y0.2SiO5. Journal of Applied Physics. 88(12). 7360–7362. 203 indexed citations
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McClellan, Kenneth J.. (1978). Whatever happened to Shakespeare. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations

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