R. L. Fullman

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

R. L. Fullman is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, R. L. Fullman has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Materials Chemistry, 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in R. L. Fullman's work include Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (3 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (3 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (3 papers). R. L. Fullman is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (3 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (3 papers) and nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions (3 papers). R. L. Fullman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Israel. R. L. Fullman's co-authors include G. W. Sears, D. L. Wood, John C. Fisher, John W. Cahn, R. P. Carreker and A. U. Seybolt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Applied Physics and Scientific American.

In The Last Decade

R. L. Fullman

14 papers receiving 946 citations

Hit Papers

Measurement of Particle Sizes in Opaque Bodies 1953 2026 1977 2001 1953 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Measurement of Particle Sizes in Opaque Bodies
    1953 435 citations R. L. Fullman JOM profile →

Peers

R. L. Fullman
F. N. Rhines United States
G.B. Greenough United Kingdom
H. B. Aaron United States
F. Haeßner Germany
P. Feltham United Kingdom
S. Weissmann United States
A. A. Johnson United States
T. Imura Japan
R. J. Bayuzick United States
James L. McCall United States
F. N. Rhines United States
R. L. Fullman
Citations per year, relative to R. L. Fullman R. L. Fullman (= 1×) peers F. N. Rhines

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. L. Fullman

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Fullman, R. L.. (1957). The equilibrium form of crystalline bodies. Acta Metallurgica. 5(11). 638–648. 13 indexed citations
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Cahn, John W. & R. L. Fullman. (1956). ON THE USE OF LINEAL ANALYSIS FOR OBTAINING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS IN OPAQUE SAMPLES. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 30 indexed citations
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Fullman, R. L., et al.. (1956). General Electric Research Laboratory, Schenectady: New Metals and Ceramics Building. Nature. 177(4498). 71–71. 1 indexed citations
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Fullman, R. L.. (1955). The Growth of Crystals. Scientific American. 192(3). 74–80. 4 indexed citations
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Seybolt, A. U. & R. L. Fullman. (1954). A rationalization of the oxygen solid solubility in some transition metals. JOM. 6(5). 548–549. 1 indexed citations
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Sears, G. W., et al.. (1954). Elastic properties of iron whiskers. Acta Metallurgica. 2(5). 727–728. 30 indexed citations
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Fisher, John C., R. L. Fullman, & G. W. Sears. (1954). On the origin of screw dislocations in growing crystals. Acta Metallurgica. 2(2). 344–346. 45 indexed citations
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Fullman, R. L. & D. L. Wood. (1954). Origin of spiral eutectic structures. Acta Metallurgica. 2(2). 188–193. 34 indexed citations
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Fullman, R. L.. (1953). Measurement of Particle Sizes in Opaque Bodies. JOM. 5(3). 447–452. 435 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fullman, R. L., R. P. Carreker, & John C. Fisher. (1953). Simple Devices for Approximating Constant Stress During Tensile Creep Tests. JOM. 5(5). 657–659. 7 indexed citations
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Fullman, R. L.. (1951). Crystallography and Interfacial Free Energy of Noncoherent Twin Boundaries in Copper. Journal of Applied Physics. 22(4). 456–460. 34 indexed citations
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Fullman, R. L., et al.. (1951). Formation of Annealing Twins During Grain Growth. Journal of Applied Physics. 22(11). 1350–1355. 276 indexed citations
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Fullman, R. L.. (1951). Interfacial Free Energy of Coherent Twin Boundaries in Copper. Journal of Applied Physics. 22(4). 448–455. 84 indexed citations

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