Michael Widom

7.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
177 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Widom is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Widom has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Materials Chemistry, 56 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 48 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Michael Widom's work include Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (48 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (32 papers) and Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (22 papers). Michael Widom is often cited by papers focused on Quasicrystal Structures and Properties (48 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (32 papers) and Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (22 papers). Michael Widom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Germany. Michael Widom's co-authors include M. Mihalkovič, Michael C. Gao, Panchapakesan Ganesh, José A. Miranda, H. Zhang, William Huhn, G. J. Shiflet, Peter K. Liaw, Rui Feng and John A. Moriarty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Michael Widom

175 papers receiving 5.7k citations

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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.

High-throughput design of high-performance lightweight high-entropy alloys

2021 216 citations Rui Feng, Chuan Zhang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Superior High‐Temperature Strength in a Supersaturated Refractory High‐Entropy Alloy

2021 183 citations Rui Feng, Michael C. Gao et al. profile →
Strength can be controlled by edge dislocations in refractory high-entropy alloys

2021 175 citations Chanho Lee, Francesco Maresca et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Widom United States	44	3.2k	2.5k	1.1k	1.0k	705	177	5.9k
Walter Steurer Switzerland	39	4.3k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	1.7k 1.5×	527 0.5×	601 0.9×	190	6.6k
D. Shechtman Israel	25	6.4k 2.0×	2.0k 0.8×	838 0.7×	678 0.7×	362 0.5×	59	7.5k
Mikhail I. Mendelev United States	40	5.7k 1.8×	3.6k 1.4×	631 0.6×	779 0.7×	437 0.6×	126	6.7k
D. Gratias France	29	8.2k 2.6×	1.6k 0.6×	759 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	393 0.6×	111	9.5k
Pengfei Guan China	42	4.0k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	538 0.5×	632 0.6×	488 0.7×	160	6.4k
A. Migliori United States	43	3.2k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	239 0.2×	2.7k 2.6×	675 1.0×	179	7.0k
U. Dahmen United States	39	4.0k 1.2×	2.3k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	301 0.3×	821 1.2×	196	6.2k
K. Scholberg Germany	37	4.3k 1.4×	1.7k 0.7×	115 0.1×	1.4k 1.3×	376 0.5×	114	5.6k
S. J. Poon United States	61	8.1k 2.5×	6.7k 2.6×	600 0.5×	2.2k 2.1×	389 0.6×	275	12.4k
J.J. Hoyt United States	42	4.7k 1.5×	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	738 0.7×	583 0.8×	135	5.8k

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Andreoli, Angelo F., Michael Widom, Piter Gargarella, et al.. (2024). The impact of chemical short-range order on the thermophysical properties of medium- and high-entropy alloys. Materials & Design. 238. 112724–112724. 12 indexed citations

Andreoli, Angelo F., Eric Marchezini Mazzer, Piter Gargarella, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive analysis of ordering in CoCrNi and CrNi2 alloys. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7815–7815. 8 indexed citations

Huang, Yang, Michael Widom, & Michael C. Gao. (2022). Ab initio free energies of liquid metal alloys: Application to the phase diagrams of Li-Na and K-Na. Physical Review Materials. 6(1). 4 indexed citations

Lee, Chanho, Francesco Maresca, Rui Feng, et al.. (2021). Strength can be controlled by edge dislocations in refractory high-entropy alloys. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5474–5474. 175 indexed citations breakdown →

Feng, Rui, Chuan Zhang, Michael C. Gao, et al.. (2021). High-throughput design of high-performance lightweight high-entropy alloys. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4329–4329. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

Fischer, Andreas, Annop Ektarawong, Aleksander Jaworski, et al.. (2019). Mysterious SiB₃: Identifying the Relation between α- and β-SiB₃. ACS Omega. 4(20). 18741–18759. 12 indexed citations

Widom, Michael & Michael C. Gao. (2019). First Principles Calculation of the Entropy of Liquid Aluminum. Entropy. 21(2). 131–131. 9 indexed citations

Widom, Michael, et al.. (2018). Folding Kinetics of Riboswitch Transcriptional Terminators and Sequesterers. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Michael C., Pan Gao, Jeffrey A. Hawk, et al.. (2017). Computational modeling of high-entropy alloys: Structures, thermodynamics and elasticity. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 32(19). 3627–3641. 67 indexed citations

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Cantwell, Patrick R., Qin Gao, Yuanyao Zhang, et al.. (2017). Segregation-induced ordered superstructures at general grain boundaries in a nickel-bismuth alloy. Science. 358(6359). 97–101. 146 indexed citations

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Hutchinson, Maxwell & Michael Widom. (2012). VASP on a GPU: Application to exact-exchange calculations of the stability of elemental boron. Computer Physics Communications. 183(7). 1422–1426. 129 indexed citations

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Fernández, J.F., Michael Widom, Fermín Cuevas, et al.. (2010). First-principles phase stability calculations and estimation of finite temperature effects on pseudo-binary Mg6(PdxNi1−x) compounds. Intermetallics. 19(4). 502–510. 10 indexed citations

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Ohodnicki, Paul R., et al.. (2008). Cr 23 C 6 およびMn 23 Th 6 原型の(Fe,Co,Ni) 23 B 6 および(Fe,Co,Ni) 23 Zr 6 構造の磁化および相安定性のab initio研究. Physical Review B. 78(14). 1–144414. 2 indexed citations

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Widom, Michael. (2008). Discussion of phasons in quasicrystals and their dynamics. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 88(13-15). 2339–2350. 24 indexed citations

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Ganesh, Panchapakesan & Michael Widom. (2008). Liquid-liquid transition in supercooled silicon determined by first-principles simulation. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Michael C., Necip Ünlü, G. J. Shiflet, M. Mihalkovič, & Michael Widom. (2005). Reassessment of Al-Ce and Al-Nd binary systems supported by critical experiments and first-principles energy calculations. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 36(12). 3269–3279. 100 indexed citations

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Mihalkovič, M., Eric Cockayne, Christopher L. Henley, et al.. (2002). Total-Energy-Based Structure Prediction for Decagonal Al-Ni-Co. Nature. 65. 1 indexed citations

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Moraes, Fernando, et al.. (2001). Saffman-Taylor problem on a sphere. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(3). 36307–36307. 18 indexed citations

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Davis, Shane W., et al.. (1999). Cluster-based Monte Carlo simulation of ferrofluids. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(2). 2424–2428. 36 indexed citations

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Widom, Michael, et al.. (1989). Transfer-matrix analysis of a two-dimensional quasicrystal. Physical Review Letters. 63(3). 310–313. 110 indexed citations

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