Othmane Benafan

2.9k total citations
107 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Othmane Benafan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Othmane Benafan has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Materials Chemistry, 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Othmane Benafan's work include Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (95 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (24 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (20 papers). Othmane Benafan is often cited by papers focused on Shape Memory Alloy Transformations (95 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (24 papers) and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials (20 papers). Othmane Benafan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Othmane Benafan's co-authors include R. Vaidyanathan, R.D. Noebe, Santo Padula, Glen S. Bigelow, Ke An, D.J. Gaydosh, R.D. Noebe, Norbert Schell, Mohammad Elahinia and Sven C. Vogel and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Othmane Benafan

104 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Othmane Benafan United States 27 2.0k 946 264 138 129 107 2.3k
Yasubumi Furuya Japan 16 1.4k 0.7× 653 0.7× 726 2.8× 180 1.3× 112 0.9× 102 1.8k
R. Santamarta Spain 31 2.6k 1.3× 915 1.0× 1.0k 3.8× 68 0.5× 49 0.4× 60 2.7k
Behnam Amin-Ahmadi United States 23 1.1k 0.6× 840 0.9× 113 0.4× 288 2.1× 141 1.1× 42 1.5k
Christian Lexcellent France 29 2.2k 1.1× 508 0.5× 295 1.1× 481 3.5× 262 2.0× 132 2.5k
V. Novák Czechia 25 1.5k 0.8× 752 0.8× 369 1.4× 289 2.1× 151 1.2× 89 1.9k
И. В. Киреева Russia 29 2.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 342 1.3× 344 2.5× 101 0.8× 131 2.8k
В. Г. Пушин Russia 24 1.8k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 226 0.9× 274 2.0× 106 0.8× 205 2.0k
Shuyong Jiang China 26 1.6k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 93 0.4× 491 3.6× 120 0.9× 137 2.1k
Zhi Yang China 14 885 0.5× 553 0.6× 552 2.1× 90 0.7× 49 0.4× 43 1.2k
Corneliu Marius Crăciunescu Romania 19 1.1k 0.6× 498 0.5× 576 2.2× 232 1.7× 48 0.4× 102 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benafan, Othmane, et al.. (2025). Inelasticity-driven and path-dependent shifts in the transformation temperatures of high-temperature shape memory alloys. Materials Science and Engineering A. 949. 149376–149376.
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Vedula, R. P., et al.. (2025). Full-field investigation of in-phase and out-of-phase thermomechanical loading paths in high-temperature shape memory alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1040. 183335–183335. 1 indexed citations
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Bigelow, Glen S., et al.. (2025). Development of Processing Maps for Hot Forging of Cast NiTiHf High-Temperature Shape Memory Alloy. Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 11(2). 193–205. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhigang, Othmane Benafan, & John W. Lawson. (2024). A first-principles study of the phase transitions in ultrahigh temperature shape memory alloy RuNb. Acta Materialia. 276. 120140–120140. 2 indexed citations
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Elliott, Amy, et al.. (2024). Process development of NiTi using binder jetting additive manufacturing: Investigation of the sintering process. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 127. 671–682. 15 indexed citations
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Bush, Thomas D., et al.. (2024). Predicting actuation strain in quaternary shape memory alloy NiTiHfX using machine learning. Computational Materials Science. 246. 113345–113345. 5 indexed citations
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Gandhi, Umesh, et al.. (2024). Manufacturing, processing, applications, and advancements of Fe-based shape memory alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 177068–177068. 13 indexed citations
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Benafan, Othmane, Glen S. Bigelow, Ke An, et al.. (2024). Ultra-High Temperature Shape Memory Behavior in Ni–Ti–Hf Alloys. Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 10(1). 55–69. 8 indexed citations
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Nematollahi, Mohammadreza, Keyvan Safaei, Luc Saint-Sulpice, et al.. (2023). Effect of Post-treatments on the Thermomechanical Behavior of NiTiHf High-Temperature Shape Memory Alloy Fabricated with Laser Powder Bed Fusion. Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 10(1). 45–54. 5 indexed citations
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Malakooti, Sadeq, Stephanie L. Vivod, Charles R. Ruggeri, et al.. (2023). Fabric reinforced polyimide aerogel matrix composites with low thermal conductivity, high flexural strength, and high sound absorption coefficient. Composites Part B Engineering. 260. 110751–110751. 28 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhigang, et al.. (2023). Predicting the martensitic transition temperatures in ternary shape memory alloys Ni0.5Ti 0 . 5 − x Hf x from first principles. Acta Materialia. 261. 119362–119362. 7 indexed citations
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Benafan, Othmane, et al.. (2023). Standardization of Shape Memory Alloys from Material to Actuator. Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 9(2). 353–363. 4 indexed citations
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Mendelev, Mikhail I., et al.. (2023). Microstructural mechanisms of hysteresis and transformation width in NiTi alloy from molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 35(49). 495404–495404. 3 indexed citations
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Benafan, Othmane, et al.. (2023). Shape Memory Materials Analysis and Research Tool (SM2ART): Finding Data Anomalies and Trends. Shape Memory and Superelasticity. 9(4). 558–584. 3 indexed citations
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Zarkevich, Nikolai A., Othmane Benafan, & John W. Lawson. (2021). Controlling properties by chemistry in doped shape memory alloys. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Calkins, Frederick T., P. M. H. W. Vijgen, Othmane Benafan, et al.. (2020). Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Vortex Generators. AM&P Technical Articles. 178(3). 60–62. 1 indexed citations
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Kaynak, Yusuf, et al.. (2019). Machinability of Ni-rich NiTiHf high temperature shape memory alloy. Smart Materials and Structures. 28(5). 55008–55008. 12 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Robert W., Othmane Benafan, Frederick T. Calkins, et al.. (2019). Engineering design tools for shape memory alloy actuators: CASMART collaborative best practices and case studies. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. 30(18-19). 2808–2830. 13 indexed citations
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Benafan, Othmane. (2017). On the Processability and Scale-Up of NiTi-20Hf High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys. 1 indexed citations
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Benafan, Othmane. (2012). Deformation and Phase Transformation Processes in Polycrystalline NiTi and NiTiHf High Temperature Shape Memory Alloys. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research. 14 indexed citations

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