Lance L. Snead

11.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

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Lance L. Snead is a scholar working on Ceramics and Composites, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lance L. Snead has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Ceramics and Composites, 77 papers in Materials Chemistry and 50 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lance L. Snead's work include Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (92 papers), Advanced materials and composites (37 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (31 papers). Lance L. Snead is often cited by papers focused on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis (92 papers), Advanced materials and composites (37 papers) and Fusion materials and technologies (31 papers). Lance L. Snead collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Lance L. Snead's co-authors include Yutai Katoh, Takashi Nozawa, Kurt A. Terrani, Sosuke Kondo, S.J. Zinkle, A. Kohyama, Akira Hasegawa, David A. Petti, Thak‐Sang Byun and Tatsuya Hinoki and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review B and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Lance L. Snead

124 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Handbook of SiC properties for fuel performance modeling

2007 1.1k citations Lance L. Snead, Takashi Nozawa et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials profile →
Advanced oxidation-resistant iron-based alloys for LWR fuel cladding

2013 416 citations Kurt A. Terrani, S.J. Zinkle et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials profile →
Continuous SiC fiber, CVI SiC matrix composites for nuclear applications: Properties and irradiation effects

2013 403 citations Yutai Katoh, Kazumi Ozawa et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials profile →
Current status and recent research achievements in SiC/SiC composites

2014 316 citations Yutai Katoh, Lance L. Snead et al. Journal of Nuclear Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lance L. Snead United States	47	5.7k	5.2k	3.4k	2.0k	1.4k	128	8.8k
A. Kohyama Japan	42	4.3k 0.7×	3.2k 0.6×	3.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	598 0.4×	201	6.7k
N. Eustathopoulos France	51	2.8k 0.5×	2.8k 0.5×	4.2k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	185	7.4k
Eric H. Jordan United States	43	5.5k 1.0×	2.7k 0.5×	3.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	6.7k 4.8×	147	8.9k
Diletta Sciti Italy	51	4.8k 0.8×	6.8k 1.3×	6.6k 1.9×	561 0.3×	538 0.4×	255	8.7k
Amiya K. Mukherjee United States	36	4.3k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	3.6k 1.0×	810 0.4×	476 0.3×	164	6.3k
Triplicane A. Parthasarathy United States	40	3.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.4×	4.3k 1.3×	463 0.2×	974 0.7×	154	6.6k
Elizabeth J. Opila United States	39	4.1k 0.7×	4.9k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	2.2k 1.6×	153	7.2k
L. Singheiser Germany	53	6.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.2×	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	4.5k 3.2×	268	8.4k
Atul H. Chokshi India	38	4.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.3×	4.1k 1.2×	398 0.2×	938 0.7×	150	5.7k
Charles H. Henager United States	34	2.9k 0.5×	1.7k 0.3×	2.3k 0.7×	551 0.3×	508 0.4×	166	4.4k

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Zhong, Weicheng, et al.. (2025). Deuterium trapping mechanisms in reduced activation ferritic martensitic steels and their correlation with mechanical strengthening. Acta Materialia. 293. 121087–121087.

Shirvan, Koroush, et al.. (2025). Graphite waste classification and disposal cost estimation for high temperature gas and salt reactors. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 226. 111833–111833.

Huang, Y., Guozhong Zheng, David Sprouster, & Lance L. Snead. (2025). Treatment of molten fluoride salt-exposed graphite: Cleaning made simple. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 218. 111386–111386.

Fukuda, Makoto, Nitin Kumar, Takaaki Koyanagi, et al.. (2016). Neutron energy spectrum influence on irradiation hardening and microstructural development of tungsten. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 479. 249–254. 68 indexed citations

Vasudevamurthy, Gokul, et al.. (2016). Investigations of Aluminum-Doped Self-Healing Zircaloy Surfaces in Context of Accident-Tolerant Fuel Cladding Research. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 25(6). 2347–2355. 9 indexed citations

Terrani, Kurt A., S.J. Zinkle, & Lance L. Snead. (2013). Advanced oxidation-resistant iron-based alloys for LWR fuel cladding. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 448(1-3). 420–435. 416 indexed citations breakdown →

Terrani, Kurt A., et al.. (2012). Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactor (FHR) with Silicon-Carbide-Matrix Coated-Particle Fuel. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 107. 907–910. 19 indexed citations

Katoh, Yutai, Lance L. Snead, Izabela Szlufarska, & William J. Weber. (2012). Radiation effects in SiC for nuclear structural applications. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science. 16(3). 143–152. 341 indexed citations

Snead, Lance L., et al.. (2011). 完全にセラミック製マイクロカプセルに入れた燃料:現在および次世代原子炉のための変換技術―FCM燃料の特性と製造. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 104. 668–670. 17 indexed citations

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Katoh, Yutai, Takashi Nozawa, Lance L. Snead, Kazumi Ozawa, & Hiroyasu Tanigawa. (2010). Stability of SiC and its composites at high neutron fluence. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 417(1-3). 400–405. 125 indexed citations

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Snead, Lance L., et al.. (2009). Irradiation Effects on Dielectric Mirrors for Fusion Power Reactor Application. Fusion Science & Technology. 56(2). 1069–1077. 8 indexed citations

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Hong, Seong‐Gu, Thak‐Sang Byun, Lance L. Snead, & Chong Soo Lee. (2009). Evaluation methods for the hoop strength of small-sized tubular ceramic components. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 24(4). 1422–1434. 2 indexed citations

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Snead, Lance L.. (2004). Limits on irradiation-induced thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity in silicon carbide materials. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 329-333. 524–529. 62 indexed citations

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Taguchi, Tomitsugu, Eiichi Wakai, Naoki Igawa, et al.. (2002). Effect of simultaneous ion irradiation on microstructural change of SiC/SiC composites at high temperature. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 307-311. 1135–1140. 18 indexed citations

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Hinoki, Tatsuya, Lance L. Snead, Yutai Katoh, et al.. (2002). The effect of high dose/high temperature irradiation on high purity fibers and their silicon carbide composites. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 307-311. 1157–1162. 64 indexed citations

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Osborne, M.C., Jack C. Hay, Lance L. Snead, & Don Steiner. (1999). Mechanical‐ and Physical‐Property Changes of Neutron‐Irradiated Chemical‐Vapor‐Deposited Silicon Carbide. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 82(9). 2490–2496. 49 indexed citations

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Osborne, M.C., C. R. Hubbard, Lance L. Snead, & D. Steiner. (1998). Neutron irradiation effects on the density, tensile properties and microstructural changes in Hi-Nicalon™ and Sylramic™ SiC fibers. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 253(1-3). 67–77. 30 indexed citations

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Snead, Lance L., S.J. Zinkle, Jack C. Hay, & M.C. Osborne. (1998). Amorphization of SiC under ion and neutron irradiation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 141(1-4). 123–132. 177 indexed citations

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McKisson, J., P.R. Truscott, C. S. Dyer, et al.. (1994). Contribution of secondaries to the radiation environment on space missions. Advances in Space Research. 14(10). 943–946. 4 indexed citations

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Snead, Lance L.. (1992). Radiation induced microstructure and mechanical property evolution of SiC/C/SiC composite materials. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 191-194. 560–565. 29 indexed citations

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