Mukul Kumar

8.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Mukul Kumar is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Mukul Kumar has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Materials Chemistry, 63 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 27 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Mukul Kumar's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (50 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (27 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (22 papers). Mukul Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (50 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (27 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (22 papers). Mukul Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Germany. Mukul Kumar's co-authors include Adam J. Schwartz, Brent L. Adams, Wayne E. King, David P. Field, Bryan W. Reed, Christopher A. Schuh, Robert O. Ritchie, Vijay K. Vasudevan, Amanda S. Wu and Donald W. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Mukul Kumar

124 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials Science

2009 1.2k citations Adam J. Schwartz, Mukul Kumar et al. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) profile →
Probing the Active Surface Sites for CO Reduction on Oxide-Derived Copper Electrocatalysts

2015 571 citations Mukul Kumar et al. profile →
Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials Science

2000 535 citations Adam J. Schwartz, Mukul Kumar et al. profile →
An Experimental Investigation into Additive Manufacturing-Induced Residual Stresses in 316L Stainless Steel

2014 526 citations Mukul Kumar, Wayne E. King et al. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mukul Kumar United States	35	4.1k	4.0k	1.7k	977	705	128	6.9k
Shun‐Li Shang United States	59	5.7k 1.4×	7.4k 1.8×	1.4k 0.8×	212 0.2×	1.6k 2.3×	341	11.8k
Zhiwei Shan China	49	4.4k 1.1×	6.7k 1.7×	2.2k 1.3×	388 0.4×	697 1.0×	204	9.5k
Kevin J. Hemker United States	50	6.2k 1.5×	8.0k 2.0×	3.1k 1.9×	181 0.2×	1.5k 2.1×	221	11.2k
Louis G. Hector United States	53	5.3k 1.3×	5.0k 1.2×	2.7k 1.6×	299 0.3×	1.2k 1.7×	209	10.0k
David Porter Finland	36	6.5k 1.6×	5.5k 1.4×	2.3k 1.3×	949 1.0×	1.6k 2.3×	188	9.4k
Shigenobu Ogata Japan	43	4.7k 1.1×	5.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.9×	573 0.6×	864 1.2×	221	8.1k
Byeong‐Joo Lee South Korea	69	10.9k 2.7×	8.0k 2.0×	2.4k 1.4×	870 0.9×	4.4k 6.3×	385	16.5k
Gerhard Dehm Germany	60	7.4k 1.8×	8.4k 2.1×	5.0k 3.0×	549 0.6×	2.0k 2.8×	429	13.9k
Guido Schmitz Germany	37	2.1k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	593 0.4×	398 0.4×	972 1.4×	239	5.8k
Bo Sundman Sweden	55	12.5k 3.1×	8.3k 2.1×	1.5k 0.9×	638 0.7×	3.8k 5.4×	184	17.4k

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Alavilli, Hemasundar, Nouf H. Alotaibi, Graciela Dolores Ávila-Quezada, et al.. (2025). Enhancing starch properties through dual modification: Ultrasonication and acetic acid treatment of non-conventional starches. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 115. 107301–107301. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Baojun, et al.. (2025). Biomarkers in immunology: Their impact on immune function and response. 7. 95–110. 3 indexed citations

Armstrong, Michael R., et al.. (2024). Quantifying motion blur by imaging shock front propagation with broadband and narrowband X-ray sources. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 25580–25580. 2 indexed citations

Kumar, Mukul, et al.. (2024). Influence of MHD flow on forced convection in a saturated porous duct with ohmic heating. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(1).

Zimmerman, Brandon, A. M. Saunders, Jonathan Lind, et al.. (2024). Solid face sheets enable lattice metamaterials to withstand high-amplitude impulsive loading without yielding. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 195. 105130–105130. 2 indexed citations

Kaliyaperumal, Gopal, et al.. (2023). Influences of MWCNT bonding strength on Microstructure, mechanical performance of Alsi10 mg alloy composite. Materials Today Proceedings. 1 indexed citations

Sabat, R.K., et al.. (2023). Role of crystallographic orientation on the deformation behaviour of Ti-6Al-4V alloy during low cycle fatigue. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 103(7). 673–692. 2 indexed citations

Minich, Roger, et al.. (2023). Symmetry and scaling in one-dimensional compressible two-phase flow. Physics of Fluids. 35(10). 1 indexed citations

Shikari, Asif B., Mamta Sharma, Mukul Kumar, et al.. (2022). Screening Technique Based on Seed and Early Seedling Parameters for Cold Tolerance of Selected F2-Derived F3 Rice Genotypes under Controlled Conditions. Sustainability. 14(14). 8447–8447. 7 indexed citations

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Najjar, Fady, et al.. (2022). Observations on the deformation of metal microspheres in shock-driven polymer flows. Journal of Applied Physics. 131(5). 2 indexed citations

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Herbold, Eric B., et al.. (2020). A description of structured waves in shock compressed particulate composites. Journal of Applied Physics. 127(23). 9 indexed citations

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Lind, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Using Free Surface Velocity and X-Ray Imaging to Monitor the Closure of a Cylindrical Hole in Copper and Tantalum for Strength Measurements Under Pressure (symp). Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations

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Messner, Mark, et al.. (2015). Wave propagation in equivalent continuums representing truss lattice materials. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 73-74. 55–66. 44 indexed citations

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Florando, J.N., Nathan R. Barton, Bassem S. El-Dasher, J. M. McNaney, & Mukul Kumar. (2013). Analysis of deformation twinning in tantalum single crystals under shock loading conditions. Journal of Applied Physics. 113(8). 60 indexed citations

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Florando, J.N., J. M. McNaney, Mukul Kumar, et al.. (2011). Effect of strain rate and dislocation density on the twinning behavior in Tantalum. APS. 1 indexed citations

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Bechtle, Sabine, Mukul Kumar, Brian P. Somerday, Maximilien E. Launey, & Robert O. Ritchie. (2009). Grain-boundary engineering markedly reduces susceptibility to intergranular hydrogen embrittlement in metallic materials. Acta Materialia. 57(14). 4148–4157. 400 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Adam J., Mukul Kumar, Brent L. Adams, & David P. Field. (2009). Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials Science. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1208 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ritchie, Robert O., et al.. (2005). High-cycle fatigue of nickel-based superalloy ME3 at ambient and elevated temperatures: Role of grain-boundary engineering. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 36(12). 3325–3333. 126 indexed citations

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Field, David P., P. B. Trivedi, Stuart I. Wright, & Mukul Kumar. (2004). Analysis of local orientation gradients in deformed single crystals. Ultramicroscopy. 103(1). 33–39. 216 indexed citations

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Kumar, Mukul, Wayne E. King, & Adam J. Schwartz. (2000). Modifications to the microstructural topology in f.c.c. materials through thermomechanical processing. Acta Materialia. 48(9). 2081–2091. 254 indexed citations

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