L. Rapoport

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

L. Rapoport is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Rapoport has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 68 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 57 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in L. Rapoport's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (54 papers), Tribology and Wear Analysis (36 papers) and Lubricants and Their Additives (36 papers). L. Rapoport is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (54 papers), Tribology and Wear Analysis (36 papers) and Lubricants and Their Additives (36 papers). L. Rapoport collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. L. Rapoport's co-authors include Reshef Tenne, I. Lapsker, Yishay Feldman, Alexey Moshkovich, N. Fleischer, Μ. Homyonfer, Sidney Cohen, Yu. Bilik, V. Perfilyev and Yishay Feldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

L. Rapoport

104 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Hollow nanoparticles of WS2 as potential solid-state lubr... 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 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. Hollow nanoparticles of WS2 as potential solid-state lubricants
    1997 743 citations L. Rapoport, Yu. Bilik 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
L. Rapoport Israel 37 2.9k 2.8k 2.6k 705 474 107 5.0k
Jibin Pu China 45 2.9k 1.0× 2.7k 1.0× 4.0k 1.5× 814 1.2× 555 1.2× 191 6.2k
N. Kumar India 33 2.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 559 0.8× 453 1.0× 165 3.5k
Huidi Zhou China 44 3.2k 1.1× 3.2k 1.1× 3.1k 1.2× 356 0.5× 285 0.6× 177 5.5k
Guangan Zhang China 41 3.8k 1.3× 2.8k 1.0× 4.2k 1.6× 799 1.1× 322 0.7× 271 5.7k
Litian Hu China 36 2.4k 0.8× 3.0k 1.1× 1.8k 0.7× 451 0.6× 483 1.0× 165 4.6k
V.J. Trava-Airoldi Brazil 31 1.8k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 2.8k 1.1× 652 0.9× 669 1.4× 167 3.6k
S. Dash India 38 2.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 3.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.5× 643 1.4× 239 4.7k
Diana Berman United States 33 3.5k 1.2× 3.7k 1.3× 4.0k 1.5× 765 1.1× 628 1.3× 101 6.4k
Zhibin Lu China 31 2.1k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 2.8k 1.1× 520 0.7× 288 0.6× 213 3.8k
M.S. Donley United States 37 1.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 3.2k 1.2× 536 0.8× 222 0.5× 68 3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of L. Rapoport

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Moshkovich, Alexey, Inna Popov, Sergei Remennik, & L. Rapoport. (2025). Microstructural Stability and Transition to Unstable Friction for FCC Metals: Ag and Ni. Materials. 18(17). 4123–4123.
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Moshkovich, Alexey, V. Perfilyev, & L. Rapoport. (2019). Effect of Plastic Deformation and Damage Development during Friction of fcc Metals in the Conditions of Boundary Lubrication. Lubricants. 7(5). 45–45. 11 indexed citations
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Popov, Inna, Alexey Moshkovich, Tatyana Bendikov, & L. Rapoport. (2018). Deformation Microstructure and Chemical Composition of Surface Layers of Cu and Al Under Friction in Lubricated Conditions. Tribology Letters. 66(3). 8 indexed citations
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Popov, Inna, et al.. (2018). Microstructure and nanohardness of Ag and Ni under friction in boundary lubrication. Wear. 404-405. 62–70. 14 indexed citations
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Cohen, Sidney, et al.. (2013). The effect of hydration on mechanical anisotropy, topography and fibril organization of the osteonal lamellae. Journal of Biomechanics. 47(2). 367–372. 30 indexed citations
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Bilik, Yu., et al.. (2011). Roughness Measurement Parameters by the Eddy Current Technique. Materials Evaluation. 69(6). 794–802.
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Laikhtman, A., L. Rapoport, V. Perfilyev, et al.. (2011). Optimization of Chemical Vapor Deposition Diamond Films Growth on Steel: Correlation Between Mechanical Properties, Structure, and Composition. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 11(9). 8251–8258. 2 indexed citations
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Yadgarov, Lena, Rita Rosentsveig, Gregory Leitus, et al.. (2011). Controlled Doping of MS2 (M=W, Mo) Nanotubes and Fullerene‐like Nanoparticles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(5). 1148–1151. 67 indexed citations
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Moshkovich, Alexey, et al.. (2011). The effect of Cu grain size on transition from EHL to BL regime (Stribeck curve). Wear. 271(9-10). 1726–1732. 19 indexed citations
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Laikhtman, A., L. Rapoport, V. Perfilyev, et al.. (2009). Tribological and Adhesion Properties of CVD Diamond Films Grown on Steel with a Cr‐N Interlayer. AIP conference proceedings. 157–161. 3 indexed citations
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Redlich, Meir, Amnon Katz, L. Rapoport, et al.. (2008). Improved orthodontic stainless steel wires coated with inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles of WS2 impregnated in electroless nickel–phosphorous film. Dental Materials. 24(12). 1640–1646. 95 indexed citations
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Späth, Bettina, Hagai Cohen, Alla Zak, et al.. (2008). X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and tribology studies of annealed fullerene‐like WS2 nanoparticles. physica status solidi (b). 245(9). 1779–1784. 26 indexed citations
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Rapoport, L., et al.. (2008). Friction and Wear of MoS2 Films on Laser Textured Steel Surfaces. 353–359. 3 indexed citations
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Brostow, Witold, et al.. (2007). Grooves in scratch testing. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 22(9). 2483–2487. 37 indexed citations
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Margolin, A., Ronit Popovitz‐Biro, Ana Albu‐Yaron, L. Rapoport, & Reshef Tenne. (2005). Inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles of TiS2. Chemical Physics Letters. 411(1-3). 162–166. 32 indexed citations
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Soǐfer, Ya. M., A. Verdyan, & L. Rapoport. (2002). Imaging and Measurement of Local Mechanical Properties of Alkali Halide Single Crystals by Atomic Force Microscopy. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials. 13(2). 135–147. 1 indexed citations
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Rapoport, L., et al.. (2002). Friction and wear of powdered composites impregnated with WS2 inorganic fullerene-like nanoparticles. Wear. 252(5-6). 518–527. 58 indexed citations
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Zhitomirsky, V.N., I. Grimberg, L. Rapoport, et al.. (1999). Vacuum arc deposition of TiN, NbN and TiN/NbN multi-layer coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 120-121. 219–225. 26 indexed citations
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Salganik, R. L., et al.. (1997). Effect of Structure on Environmentally Assisted Subcritical Crack Growth in Brittle Materials. International Journal of Fracture. 87(1). 21–46. 14 indexed citations
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