M.D. Thouless

11.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

M.D. Thouless is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, M.D. Thouless has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 33 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in M.D. Thouless's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (55 papers), Fatigue and fracture mechanics (40 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (35 papers). M.D. Thouless is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (55 papers), Fatigue and fracture mechanics (40 papers) and Numerical methods in engineering (35 papers). M.D. Thouless collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and South Korea. M.D. Thouless's co-authors include A.G. Evans, Anthony M. Waas, Shuichi Takayama, John W. Hutchinson, Ellen M. Arruda, Pablo Zavattieri, Shaozhi Li, E. Liniger, Qing Yang and Henrik Myhre Jensen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

M.D. Thouless

165 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Dispersions of Aramid Nanofibers: A New Nanoscale Building Block

2011 713 citations Anthony M. Waas, Ellen M. Arruda et al. profile →
Low–interfacial toughness materials for effective large-scale deicing

2019 461 citations Kevin Golovin, Abhishek Dhyani et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
M.D. Thouless United States	49	4.7k	2.4k	2.1k	1.8k	1.6k	168	9.3k
Harish C. Barshilia India	54	3.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	4.4k 2.4×	3.2k 2.1×	281	9.1k
Steven Nutt United States	63	3.4k 0.7×	7.0k 2.9×	3.2k 1.5×	5.2k 2.8×	1.3k 0.8×	313	15.9k
Ian M. Hutchings United Kingdom	52	3.5k 0.7×	4.7k 2.0×	1.8k 0.8×	3.2k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	188	10.3k
Anthony M. Waas United States	57	9.3k 2.0×	4.5k 1.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.5×	725 0.5×	518	14.4k
Fuqian Yang United States	41	2.2k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.3×	3.1k 2.0×	466	8.0k
Robert M. McMeeking United States	70	9.0k 1.9×	7.8k 3.3×	3.3k 1.6×	5.0k 2.7×	1.8k 1.1×	296	18.3k
S. A. Meguid Canada	57	5.4k 1.1×	3.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.0×	4.6k 2.5×	560 0.4×	348	11.1k
S.J. Bull United Kingdom	45	5.9k 1.3×	3.0k 1.3×	1.5k 0.7×	5.1k 2.8×	1.3k 0.9×	240	9.0k
Minhao Zhu China	58	7.2k 1.5×	7.7k 3.2×	2.1k 1.0×	5.5k 3.0×	1.2k 0.8×	415	13.7k
Chun‐Hway Hsueh Taiwan	39	1.8k 0.4×	2.5k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	222	5.8k

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Bassis, J. N., et al.. (2024). High Basal Melt Rates and High Strain Rates Lead to More Fractured Ice. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 129(4). 3 indexed citations

LePage, William S., et al.. (2022). Sodium mechanics: effects of temperature, strain rate, and grain rotation and implications for sodium metal batteries. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 52. 101644–101644. 9 indexed citations

Bassis, J. N., et al.. (2021). Roughness of Ice Shelves Is Correlated With Basal Melt Rates. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(21). 19 indexed citations

Barber, J. R., et al.. (2020). Influence of the Turing instability on the motion of domain boundaries. Physical review. E. 102(1). 12802–12802.

Golovin, Kevin, Abhishek Dhyani, M.D. Thouless, & Anish Tuteja. (2019). Low–interfacial toughness materials for effective large-scale deicing. Science. 364(6438). 371–375. 461 indexed citations breakdown →

Kim, Byoung Choul, et al.. (2015). Fracture fabrication of a multi-scale channel device that efficiently captures and linearizes DNA from dilute solutions. Lab on a Chip. 15(5). 1329–1334. 5 indexed citations

Arruda, Ellen M., et al.. (2015). Design of armor for protection against blast and impact. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 85. 98–111. 56 indexed citations

Sills, Ryan B. & M.D. Thouless. (2014). Cohesive-length scales for damage and toughening mechanisms. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 55. 32–43. 46 indexed citations

Moraes, Christopher, et al.. (2013). One‐dimensional patterning of cells in silicone wells via compression‐induced fracture. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 102(5). 1361–1369. 6 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D., et al.. (2013). Healing kinetics of microneedle-formed pores in PLGA films. Journal of Controlled Release. 171(2). 172–177. 33 indexed citations

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Sun, Ce, M.D. Thouless, Anthony M. Waas, J.A. Schroeder, & Pablo Zavattieri. (2008). Ductile–brittle transitions in the fracture of plastically-deforming, adhesively-bonded structures. Part I: Experimental studies. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 45(10). 3059–3073. 37 indexed citations

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Mills, Kristen L., Xiaoyue Zhu, Shuichi Takayama, & M.D. Thouless. (2008). The mechanical properties of a surface-modified layer on polydimethylsiloxane. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 23(1). 37–48. 95 indexed citations

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Nichols, Mark E., et al.. (1998). Fracture energy of automotive clearcoats—I. Experimental methods and mechanics. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 60(2-3). 291–299. 22 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D., Henrik Myhre Jensen, & E. Liniger. (1994). Delamination from edge flaws. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 447(1930). 271–279. 27 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D. & Henrik Myhre Jensen. (1994). The effect of residual stresses on adhesion measurements. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology. 8(6). 579–586. 24 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D.. (1993). Effect of surface diffusion on the creep of thin films and sintered arrays of particles. Acta Metallurgica et Materialia. 41(4). 1057–1064. 97 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D.. (1988). The Role of Fracture Mechanics in Adhesion. MRS Proceedings. 119. 9 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D., A.G. Evans, Michael F. Ashby, & John W. Hutchinson. (1987). The edge cracking and spalling of brittle plates. Acta Metallurgica. 35(6). 1333–1341. 224 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D. & A.G. Evans. (1986). On creep rupture in materials containing an amorphous phase. Acta Metallurgica. 34(1). 23–31. 21 indexed citations

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Thouless, M.D. & A.G. Evans. (1984). Nucleation of Cavities During Creep of Liquid‐Phase‐Sintered Materials. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 67(11). 721–727. 21 indexed citations

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