Mahmod Samman

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Mahmod Samman is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mahmod Samman has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 8 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mahmod Samman's work include Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (6 papers), Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (5 papers) and Engineering Structural Analysis Methods (5 papers). Mahmod Samman is often cited by papers focused on Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (6 papers), Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (5 papers) and Engineering Structural Analysis Methods (5 papers). Mahmod Samman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Mahmod Samman's co-authors include M. Biswas and Ashok Kumar Pandey and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Sound and Vibration, Building and Environment and Journal of Structural Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Mahmod Samman

10 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Damage detection from changes in curvature mode shapes 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 500 1000 1.5k
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. Damage detection from changes in curvature mode shapes
    1991 1.6k citations Ashok Kumar Pandey, M. Biswas et al. Journal of Sound and Vibration profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mahmod Samman United States 5 1.7k 1.0k 311 260 121 12 1.7k
O. S. Salawu United Kingdom 5 1.8k 1.1× 880 0.9× 371 1.2× 154 0.6× 135 1.1× 7 1.8k
M. Biswas United States 4 2.4k 1.5× 1.4k 1.4× 405 1.3× 354 1.4× 201 1.7× 4 2.5k
Johan Maeck Belgium 14 1.3k 0.8× 448 0.4× 252 0.8× 83 0.3× 138 1.1× 31 1.3k
Colin P. Ratcliffe United States 10 857 0.5× 630 0.6× 217 0.7× 219 0.8× 43 0.4× 23 924
R.P.C. Sampaio Portugal 9 828 0.5× 524 0.5× 150 0.5× 89 0.3× 77 0.6× 15 864
John T. DeWolf United States 22 1.3k 0.8× 377 0.4× 297 1.0× 39 0.1× 74 0.6× 72 1.4k
E. Douka Greece 13 1.0k 0.6× 798 0.8× 283 0.9× 271 1.0× 41 0.3× 16 1.1k
A. Trochidis Greece 13 776 0.5× 667 0.7× 240 0.8× 224 0.9× 24 0.2× 28 960

Countries citing papers authored by Mahmod Samman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mahmod Samman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mahmod Samman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mahmod Samman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mahmod Samman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mahmod Samman. Mahmod Samman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Samman, Mahmod, et al.. (2017). A Successful Strategy for Managing the Mechanical Integrity of Coke Drums. 1 indexed citations
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Samman, Mahmod. (2016). Bulging Patterns of Coke Drums. 1 indexed citations
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Samman, Mahmod. (2016). Anchor Bolt Failures in Coke Drums.
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Samman, Mahmod, et al.. (2014). Stress Analysis of Bulges in Cylindrical and Oval Pressure Vessels. 1 indexed citations
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Samman, Mahmod. (1997). Structural Damage Detection Using the Modal Correlation Coefficient (MCC). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering. 3089. 627–630. 4 indexed citations
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Samman, Mahmod. (1996). A Modal Correlation Coefficient for Detection of Kinks in Mode Shapes. Journal of vibration and acoustics. 118(2). 271–272.
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Samman, Mahmod, et al.. (1995). Steel ratios for cost optimum reinforced concrete beams. Building and Environment. 30(4). 545–551. 3 indexed citations
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Samman, Mahmod, et al.. (1994). Vibration Testing for Nondestructive Evaluation of Bridges. II: Results. Journal of Structural Engineering. 120(1). 290–306. 45 indexed citations
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Samman, Mahmod, et al.. (1994). Vibration Testing for Nondestructive Evaluation of Bridges. I: Theory. Journal of Structural Engineering. 120(1). 269–289. 54 indexed citations
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Biswas, M., et al.. (1994). Modified Chain-code Computer Vision Techniques For Interrogation Of Vibration Signatures For Structural Fault Detection. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 175(1). 89–104. 17 indexed citations
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Pandey, Ashok Kumar, M. Biswas, & Mahmod Samman. (1991). Damage detection from changes in curvature mode shapes. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 145(2). 321–332. 1572 indexed citations breakdown →

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