Leonid Pechenik

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Leonid Pechenik is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonid Pechenik has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 4 papers in Materials Chemistry and 2 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Leonid Pechenik's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (4 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (4 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers). Leonid Pechenik is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (4 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (4 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (2 papers). Leonid Pechenik collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Israel. Leonid Pechenik's co-authors include J. S. Langer, Henrik Birkedal, Paul K. Hansma, Georg E. Fantner, Tue Hassenkam, Johannes H. Kindt, Galen D. Stucky, Daniel E. Morse, Geraldo A. G. Cidade and James C. Weaver and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Materials and Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids.

In The Last Decade

Leonid Pechenik

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture
    2005 738 citations Georg E. Fantner, Tue Hassenkam et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leonid Pechenik United States 7 406 334 242 202 197 9 1.1k
Julie A. Last United States 17 638 1.6× 266 0.8× 217 0.9× 80 0.4× 53 0.3× 18 1.8k
Peter Boesecke France 28 883 2.2× 578 1.7× 628 2.6× 168 0.8× 369 1.9× 67 2.6k
D. F. Gibbons United States 21 294 0.7× 193 0.6× 402 1.7× 174 0.9× 97 0.5× 64 1.5k
Laurent Corté France 16 223 0.5× 208 0.6× 283 1.2× 87 0.4× 30 0.2× 35 956
Thierry Savin United States 17 537 1.3× 171 0.5× 266 1.1× 188 0.9× 18 0.1× 30 2.2k
Koji Shigematsu Japan 18 133 0.3× 59 0.2× 231 1.0× 77 0.4× 103 0.5× 65 1.1k
Andrew Keller United Kingdom 16 283 0.7× 557 1.7× 412 1.7× 177 0.9× 217 1.1× 34 1.8k
J.C. Voegel France 30 882 2.2× 660 2.0× 346 1.4× 28 0.1× 41 0.2× 71 2.4k
C.J. Hall United Kingdom 20 405 1.0× 99 0.3× 256 1.1× 35 0.2× 34 0.2× 100 1.5k
Marcel Düggelin Switzerland 19 302 0.7× 99 0.3× 298 1.2× 82 0.4× 35 0.2× 40 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Leonid Pechenik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonid Pechenik

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All Works

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Fantner, Georg E., Tue Hassenkam, Johannes H. Kindt, et al.. (2005). A Fracture Resisting Molecular Interaction in Trabecular Bone: Sacrificial Bonds and Hidden Length Dissipate Energy as Mineralized Fibrils Separate. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2 indexed citations
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Pechenik, Leonid. (2005). Dynamics of shear-transformation zones in amorphous plasticity: Nonlinear theory at low temperatures. Physical Review E. 72(2). 21507–21507. 25 indexed citations
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Fantner, Georg E., Tue Hassenkam, Johannes H. Kindt, et al.. (2005). Sacrificial bonds and hidden length dissipate energy as mineralized fibrils separate during bone fracture. Nature Materials. 4(8). 612–616. 738 indexed citations breakdown →
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Falk, Michael L., J. S. Langer, & Leonid Pechenik. (2004). Thermal effects in the shear-transformation-zone theory of amorphous plasticity: Comparisons to metallic glass data. Physical Review E. 70(1). 11507–11507. 94 indexed citations
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Langer, J. S., et al.. (2003). Dynamics of Large-Scale Plastic Deformation and the Necking Instability in Amorphous Solids. Physical Review Letters. 90(4). 45506–45506. 44 indexed citations
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Langer, J. S. & Leonid Pechenik. (2003). Dynamics of shear-transformation zones in amorphous plasticity: Energetic constraints in a minimal theory. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 68(6). 61507–61507. 65 indexed citations
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Pechenik, Leonid, Herbert Levine, & David A. Kessler. (2002). Steady-state mode I cracks in a viscoelastic triangular lattice. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 50(3). 583–613. 22 indexed citations
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Pechenik, Leonid & Herbert Levine. (1999). Interfacial velocity corrections due to multiplicative noise. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(4). 3893–3900. 87 indexed citations
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Pechenik, Leonid & Herbert Levine. (1998). Refraction of waves in excitable media. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 58(3). 2910–2917. 4 indexed citations

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