Parvez Alam

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Parvez Alam is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomaterials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Parvez Alam has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 29 papers in Biomaterials and 26 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Parvez Alam's work include Silk-based biomaterials and applications (14 papers), Material Properties and Processing (14 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (10 papers). Parvez Alam is often cited by papers focused on Silk-based biomaterials and applications (14 papers), Material Properties and Processing (14 papers) and Mechanical Behavior of Composites (10 papers). Parvez Alam collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Finland and Indonesia. Parvez Alam's co-authors include Colin Robert, Conchúr M. Ó Brádaigh, Dimitrios Mamalis, Martti Toivakka, Martin P. Ansell, Catharina Alam, Diana M. Toivola, Adolfo Rivero‐Müller, Eko Agus Suyono and Naveen Kumar Gupta and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Journal of Cell Science.

In The Last Decade

Parvez Alam

95 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

The fatigue of carbon fibre reinforced plastics - A review 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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.

  1. The fatigue of carbon fibre reinforced plastics - A review
    2019 291 citations Parvez Alam, Colin Robert et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Parvez Alam United Kingdom 17 456 393 255 231 188 102 1.2k
Colin Robert United Kingdom 14 452 1.0× 403 1.0× 129 0.5× 319 1.4× 127 0.7× 38 1.1k
George Youssef United States 23 291 0.6× 461 1.2× 98 0.4× 222 1.0× 115 0.6× 129 1.6k
G. Jeronimidis United Kingdom 26 447 1.0× 611 1.6× 189 0.7× 345 1.5× 185 1.0× 51 1.6k
Xu Nie United States 19 416 0.9× 406 1.0× 125 0.5× 262 1.1× 136 0.7× 52 1.4k
Vijaya Chalivendra United States 24 706 1.5× 430 1.1× 208 0.8× 422 1.8× 104 0.6× 99 1.7k
Gerhard Sinn Austria 18 302 0.7× 297 0.8× 93 0.4× 321 1.4× 504 2.7× 41 1.1k
Nicholas A. Yaraghi United States 14 290 0.6× 399 1.0× 793 3.1× 152 0.7× 133 0.7× 19 1.5k
Alexander Reiterer Germany 23 380 0.8× 573 1.5× 330 1.3× 382 1.7× 971 5.2× 84 2.0k
Carlos Fuentes Rojas Belgium 22 288 0.6× 485 1.2× 390 1.5× 817 3.5× 113 0.6× 59 1.5k
Jin Tong China 26 561 1.2× 545 1.4× 280 1.1× 234 1.0× 32 0.2× 70 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Parvez Alam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Parvez Alam

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Parvez Alam. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Parvez Alam based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Parvez Alam. Parvez Alam is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCarthy, Edward D., et al.. (2025). Clamping parameters in full-scale tidal turbine blade tests: A case study. Ocean Engineering. 327. 120722–120722.
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Koutsos, Vasileios, et al.. (2025). The puncture resistance of Bombyx mori silk cocoons. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 198. 109122–109122.
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Patil, Pramod S., Edward D. McCarthy, & Parvez Alam. (2025). Predicting the Flexural Modulus of Variable Pitch Angle, Porous Bouligand Structured 3D Printed Polymer. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 1–1.
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Sadia, Haleema & Parvez Alam. (2025). AInsectID Version 1.1: An Insect Species Identification Software Based on the Transfer Learning of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 1(2). 1 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2024). Machine intelligence in metamaterials design: a review. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 4(1). 38 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2023). Tensile Properties of 3D‐Projected 4‐Polytopes: A New Class of Mechanical Metamaterial. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(17). 3 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2023). Tensile Properties of 3D‐Projected 4‐Polytopes: A New Class of Mechanical Metamaterial. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(17). 3 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2023). Compressive properties of parametrically optimised mechanical metamaterials based on 3D projections of 4D geometries. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 61. 102019–102019. 8 indexed citations
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Turnbull, Graham A., et al.. (2023). The influence of claw morphology on gripping efficiency. Biology Open. 12(5). 7 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2020). The water-hopping kinematics of the tree-climbing fish, Periophthalmus variabilis. Zoology. 139. 125750–125750. 7 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2017). Biological Stick-slip Mechanisms: What Impact Does This Have on Materials Mechanics and Biomimetic Design?. 5. 424–430. 1 indexed citations
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Suyono, Eko Agus, et al.. (2017). The effects of diatom pore-size on the structures and extensibilities of single mucilage molecules. Carbohydrate Research. 448. 35–42. 8 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2016). The toughest recorded spider egg case silks are woven into composites with tear-resistant architectures. Materials Science and Engineering C. 69. 195–199. 5 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2016). The significance of pelvic fin flexibility for tree climbing fish. Zoology. 119(6). 511–517. 21 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2015). Self-assembled semi-crystallinity at parallel β -sheet nanocrystal interfaces in clustered MaSp1 (spider silk) proteins. Materials Science and Engineering C. 58. 366–371. 21 indexed citations
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Toivakka, Martti, et al.. (2014). Electrostatic charges instigate ‘concertina-like’ mechanisms of molecular toughening in MaSp1 (spider silk) proteins. Materials Science and Engineering C. 41. 329–334. 8 indexed citations
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Alam, Catharina, Guo-Zhong Tao, Parvez Alam, et al.. (2013). Keratin 8 modulates β-cell stress responses and normoglycaemia. Journal of Cell Science. 126(Pt 24). 5635–44. 34 indexed citations
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Alam, Parvez, et al.. (2007). The elastic modulus of paper coating in tension and compression. 4 indexed citations

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