Marvin E. Backman

960 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 665 citations indexed

About

Marvin E. Backman is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Marvin E. Backman has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 665 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Materials Chemistry, 3 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 1 paper in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Marvin E. Backman's work include High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (4 papers), Energetic Materials and Combustion (2 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (1 paper). Marvin E. Backman is often cited by papers focused on High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (4 papers), Energetic Materials and Combustion (2 papers) and Elasticity and Material Modeling (1 paper). Marvin E. Backman collaborates with scholars based in United States. Marvin E. Backman's co-authors include Werner Goldsmith and Stephen Finnegan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Physics and International Journal of Engineering Science.

In The Last Decade

Marvin E. Backman

4 papers receiving 624 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The mechanics of penetration of projectiles into targets

1978 638 citations Marvin E. Backman, Werner Goldsmith International Journal of Engineering Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Marvin E. Backman United States	4	618	394	316	147	112	4	665
L. M. Yeakley United States	6	372 0.6×	334 0.8×	177 0.6×	76 0.5×	25 0.2×	10	511
D. B. Longcope United States	8	331 0.5×	229 0.6×	186 0.6×	78 0.5×	63 0.6×	19	392
Joseph Carleone United States	7	171 0.3×	264 0.7×	143 0.5×	78 0.5×	64 0.6×	8	433
Robert A. Stryk United States	13	531 0.9×	402 1.0×	312 1.0×	94 0.6×	615 5.5×	20	897
A. Dubinsky Israel	18	821 1.3×	599 1.5×	497 1.6×	199 1.4×	77 0.7×	65	893
Manfred Held Germany	12	357 0.6×	261 0.7×	156 0.5×	184 1.3×	62 0.6×	82	456
B. Crossland United Kingdom	15	490 0.8×	475 1.2×	140 0.4×	109 0.7×	59 0.5×	45	1.0k
G.G. Corbett United Kingdom	7	411 0.7×	266 0.7×	332 1.1×	74 0.5×	61 0.5×	7	475
William K. Rule United States	8	323 0.5×	221 0.6×	178 0.6×	94 0.6×	48 0.4×	25	437
Daniel R. Scheffler United States	8	290 0.5×	157 0.4×	154 0.5×	94 0.6×	69 0.6×	15	332

Countries citing papers authored by Marvin E. Backman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marvin E. Backman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marvin E. Backman

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

All Works

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4 of 4 papers shown

1.

Backman, Marvin E. & Werner Goldsmith. (1978). The mechanics of penetration of projectiles into targets. International Journal of Engineering Science. 16(1). 1–99. 638 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Backman, Marvin E. & Stephen Finnegan. (1976). Dynamics of the Oblique Impact and Ricochet of Nondeforming Spheres against Thin Plates. 5 indexed citations

3.

Backman, Marvin E.. (1964). Form for the Relation Between Stress and Finite Elastic and Plastic Strains under Impulsive Loading. Journal of Applied Physics. 35(8). 2524–2533. 19 indexed citations

4.

Backman, Marvin E.. (1959). Elastic and Plastic Behavior in the Impact of Cylinders against Plates. Journal of Applied Physics. 30(9). 1397–1403. 3 indexed citations

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