O.D. Sherby

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
236 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

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O.D. Sherby is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, O.D. Sherby has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 161 papers in Materials Chemistry and 68 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in O.D. Sherby's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (74 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (73 papers) and Metal Alloys Wear and Properties (69 papers). O.D. Sherby is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (74 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (73 papers) and Metal Alloys Wear and Properties (69 papers). O.D. Sherby collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Australia. O.D. Sherby's co-authors include J. Wadsworth, O.A. Ruano, P. Burke, Alan K. Miller, C.K. Syn, D.R. Lesuer, J. Wolfenstine, J.E. Dorn, John E. Hockett and Bruno Walser and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

O.D. Sherby

231 papers receiving 8.8k citations

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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.

Mechanical behavior of crystalline solids at elevated temperature

1968 784 citations O.D. Sherby et al. profile →
Superplasticity—Recent advances and future directions

1989 592 citations O.D. Sherby, J. Wadsworth profile →
Flow stress, subgrain size, and subgrain stability at elevated temperature

1977 383 citations O.D. Sherby, Alan K. Miller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
O.D. Sherby United States	50	7.9k	5.9k	2.9k	2.0k	897	236	9.5k
J. Wadsworth United States	47	6.8k 0.9×	5.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	603 0.7×	207	8.2k
A.K. Mukherjee United States	45	6.8k 0.9×	7.0k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	539 0.6×	215	9.0k
J.D. Embury Canada	56	8.5k 1.1×	7.0k 1.2×	4.2k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	969 1.1×	243	10.9k
O.A. Ruano Spain	44	6.6k 0.8×	4.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	2.3k 1.2×	3.5k 3.9×	258	7.9k
Mark R. Daymond Canada	54	5.5k 0.7×	7.2k 1.2×	2.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	361	10.0k
G. J. Shiflet United States	54	8.3k 1.1×	6.0k 1.0×	623 0.2×	2.1k 1.1×	297 0.3×	225	9.6k
N. J. Petch United Kingdom	22	4.3k 0.5×	4.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	881 0.4×	445 0.5×	31	5.8k
U.F. Kocks United States	45	10.6k 1.3×	11.3k 1.9×	7.1k 2.5×	2.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	90	14.8k
K. Lücke Germany	42	5.3k 0.7×	5.8k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	599 0.7×	156	8.3k
E.O. Hall Australia	13	5.8k 0.7×	5.4k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	511 0.6×	23	7.8k

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Ruano, O.A., J.A. Jiménez, T. Oyama, & O.D. Sherby. (2009). Enhancement of Superplastic Properties in Ultrahigh Carbon Steel through Silicon Addition. steel research international. 80(1). 78–83. 5 indexed citations

Sherby, O.D., J. Wadsworth, Donald R. Lesuer, & Chol K. Syn. (2008). Revisiting the Structure of Martensite in Iron-Carbon Steels. MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS. 49(9). 2016–2027. 120 indexed citations

Syn, C.K., et al.. (2007). Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Ultra-High Carbon Steel Containing Aluminum. Materials science forum. 539-543. 4844–4849.

Lesuer, Donald R., Chol K. Syn, & O.D. Sherby. (2006). Influence of Iron Oxide Particles on the Strength of Ball-Milled Iron. MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS. 47(6). 1508–1517. 23 indexed citations

Syn, C.K., D.R. Lesuer, & O.D. Sherby. (2005). Microstructure in adiabatic shear bands in a pearlitic ultrahigh carbon steel. Materials Science and Technology. 21(3). 317–324. 27 indexed citations

McQueen, H.J., Clément Imbert, & O.D. Sherby. (2003). Hot Deformation of Hypereutectoid Steels. Materials science forum. 426-432. 865–870. 4 indexed citations

Wadsworth, J. & O.D. Sherby. (2001). Response to Verhoeven comments on Damascus steel. Materials Characterization. 47(2). 163–165. 10 indexed citations

Sherby, O.D. & J. Wadsworth. (2001). Ancient blacksmiths, the Iron Age, Damascus steels, and modern metallurgy. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 117(3). 347–353. 2 indexed citations

Lesuer, D.R., et al.. (1996). Thermomechanical processing and mechanical properties of hypereutectoid steels and cast irons : proceedings of the Symposium sponsored by the Structural Materials Committee of the Structural Materials Division of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, held at the 1997 TMS-ASM Materials Week in Indianapolis, Indiana, September 14-18, 1997. 8 indexed citations

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Syn, C.K., D.R. Lesuer, & O.D. Sherby. (1994). Influence of microstructure on tensile properties of spheroidized ultrahigh-carbon (1.8 Pct C steel. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 25(7). 1481–1493. 81 indexed citations

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Wolfenstine, J., et al.. (1989). Superplastic behavior of iron carbide. Scripta Metallurgica. 23(9). 1515–1520. 30 indexed citations

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Ruano, O.A., J. Wadsworth, & O.D. Sherby. (1988). Harrer-Dorn and power law creep in Fe3wt%Si. Scripta Metallurgica. 22(12). 1907–1910. 20 indexed citations

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Wadsworth, J., et al.. (1986). Welded damascus steels and a new breed of laminated composites. 129(7). 61–67. 10 indexed citations

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Ruano, O.A., Alan K. Miller, & O.D. Sherby. (1981). The influence of pipe diffusion on the creep of fine-grained materials. Materials Science and Engineering. 51(1). 9–16. 83 indexed citations

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Cannon, W. Roger & O.D. Sherby. (1977). Creep Behavior and Grain‐Boundary Sliding in Polycrystalline A1 ₂ O ₃. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 60(1-2). 44–47. 49 indexed citations

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Armstrong, P.E., et al.. (1973). Generation of vacancies in tungsten by rapid-rate deformation at elevated temperature. Acta Metallurgica. 21(9). 1319–1326. 18 indexed citations

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Shyne, J. C., et al.. (1965). Dispersion-softened Zinc Alloys. Nature. 208(5010). 579–580. 7 indexed citations

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Sherby, O.D., et al.. (1957). Effect of Stress on Creep at High Temperatures. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 24(2). 207–213. 29 indexed citations

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Sherby, O.D., Raymond L. Orr, & J.E. Dorn. (1953). CREEP CORRELATIONS OF METALS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES: TECHNICAL REPORT. Technical Report 25. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Sherby, O.D. & J.E. Dorn. (1951). ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CREEP AND TENSILE PROPERTIES OF DILUTE ALPHA SOLID SOLUTIONS OF ALUMINUM. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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