Martin van Hecke

10.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
133 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Martin van Hecke is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin van Hecke has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Computational Mechanics, 47 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Martin van Hecke's work include Granular flow and fluidized beds (44 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (41 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (28 papers). Martin van Hecke is often cited by papers focused on Granular flow and fluidized beds (44 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (41 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (28 papers). Martin van Hecke collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and France. Martin van Hecke's co-authors include Corentin Coulais, Vincenzo Vitelli, Katia Bertoldi, Johan Christensen, Wim van Saarloos, Martin Wegener, Graeme W. Milton, Muamer Kadic, Bastiaan Florijn and Denis Fenistein and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Martin van Hecke

128 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

Flexible mechanical metam... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2017 2019 2014 2016 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin van Hecke Netherlands 46 3.1k 2.2k 2.2k 2.1k 1.4k 133 8.2k
Stephan Herminghaus Germany 56 1.7k 0.6× 4.7k 2.1× 4.8k 2.2× 3.6k 1.7× 349 0.2× 223 13.9k
Corey S. O’Hern United States 40 758 0.2× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 3.9k 1.8× 314 0.2× 158 7.0k
Chiara Daraio United States 64 4.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.6× 6.4k 3.0× 2.4k 1.1× 2.0k 1.4× 262 13.8k
Igor S. Aranson United States 55 1.6k 0.5× 2.1k 0.9× 3.2k 1.5× 2.2k 1.1× 273 0.2× 243 11.7k
V. F. Nesterenko United States 39 1.4k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 929 0.4× 2.7k 1.3× 734 0.5× 173 6.2k
Zhen Chen China 38 836 0.3× 2.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 2.3k 1.1× 927 0.7× 305 6.8k
Dietrich E. Wolf Germany 45 513 0.2× 2.2k 1.0× 660 0.3× 1.9k 0.9× 910 0.7× 219 8.4k
Klaus Mecke Germany 45 1.3k 0.4× 1.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.7× 2.5k 1.2× 248 0.2× 137 7.1k
Jay Fineberg Israel 45 730 0.2× 1.5k 0.7× 715 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 540 0.4× 113 7.0k
Arshad Kudrolli United States 36 632 0.2× 1.9k 0.9× 584 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 453 0.3× 97 4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin van Hecke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin van Hecke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin van Hecke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin van Hecke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin van Hecke 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 Martin van Hecke. Martin van Hecke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hecke, Martin van, et al.. (2026). Aging of amorphous materials under cyclic strain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(8). e2515075123–e2515075123.
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Hecke, Martin van, et al.. (2026). Pivoting colloidal assemblies exhibit mechanical metamaterial behaviour. Nature. 651(8106). 632–636.
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Hecke, Martin van, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Self-Loops in Networks of Passive and Active Binary Elements. Physical Review Letters. 135(20). 207402–207402. 1 indexed citations
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Jin, Lishuai & Martin van Hecke. (2025). Dynamic Avalanches: Rate-Controlled Switching and Race Conditions. Physical Review Letters. 135(21). 218201–218201.
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Hecke, Martin van, et al.. (2025). Geometric Control and Memory in Networks of Hysteretic Elements. Physical Review Letters. 134(18). 188201–188201. 4 indexed citations
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Holmes, Douglas P., et al.. (2024). The collective snapping of a pair of bumping buckled beams. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 69. 102160–102160. 1 indexed citations
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Hecke, Martin van, et al.. (2023). Counting and Sequential Information Processing in Mechanical Metamaterials. Physical Review Letters. 130(26). 268204–268204. 41 indexed citations
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Hecke, Martin van, et al.. (2022). Sequential snapping and pathways in a mechanical metamaterial. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 156(20). 204902–204902. 22 indexed citations
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Hecke, Martin van. (2021). Profusion of transition pathways for interacting hysterons. AMOLF Institutional Repository (AMOLF). 27 indexed citations
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Morse, Peter K., et al.. (2020). Differences in plasticity between hard and soft spheres. Physical Review Research. 2(2). 18 indexed citations
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Kadic, Muamer, Graeme W. Milton, Martin van Hecke, & Martin Wegener. (2019). 3D metamaterials. Nature Reviews Physics. 1(3). 198–210. 800 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bertoldi, Katia, Vincenzo Vitelli, Johan Christensen, & Martin van Hecke. (2017). Flexible mechanical metamaterials. Nature Reviews Materials. 2(11). 1295 indexed citations breakdown →
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Waitukaitis, Scott, et al.. (2017). Coupling the Leidenfrost effect and elastic deformations to power sustained bouncing. Nature Physics. 13(11). 1095–1099. 45 indexed citations
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Reis, Pedro M., Heinrich M. Jaeger, & Martin van Hecke. (2015). Designer Matter: A perspective. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 5. 25–29. 70 indexed citations
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Florijn, Bastiaan, Corentin Coulais, & Martin van Hecke. (2014). Programmable Mechanical Metamaterials. Physical Review Letters. 113(17). 175503–175503. 495 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dagois-Bohy, Simon, Brian P. Tighe, Ellák Somfai, & Martin van Hecke. (2013). Oscillatory Rheology near Jamming. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Gómez, Leopoldo R., et al.. (2011). Shock Waves in Jammed Solids. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Somfai, Ellák, Martin van Hecke, Wouter G. Ellenbroek, & Wim van Saarloos. (2006). Emergence of a critical scale in jamming of frictional grains. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Saarloos, Wim van, Ellák Somfai, Jean-Noël Roux, Jacobus Hendrikus Snoeijer, & Martin van Hecke. (2005). Wave propagation in confined granular systems. Physical Review E. 72. 21301. 14 indexed citations
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Bohr, Tomas, Martin van Hecke, René Mikkelsen, & Mads Ipsen. (2000). On universality in transitions to spatio-temporal chaos. arXiv (Cornell University).

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