Robert W. Cahn

10.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
220 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Robert W. Cahn is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and General Materials Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert W. Cahn has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 65 papers in Materials Chemistry and 27 papers in General Materials Science. Recurrent topics in Robert W. Cahn's work include Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (31 papers), Metallurgical and Alloy Processes (23 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (19 papers). Robert W. Cahn is often cited by papers focused on Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (31 papers), Metallurgical and Alloy Processes (23 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (19 papers). Robert W. Cahn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and France. Robert W. Cahn's co-authors include P. Haasen, E. J. Kramer, M. C. Flemings, Bernhard Ilschner, S. Mahajan, Edward J. Kramer, K.H.J. Buschow, Anita Mehta, Bert Verlinden and R. L. Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Robert W. Cahn

206 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

Encyclopedia of Materials... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2001 1993 1994 250 500 750 1000

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert W. Cahn 4.5k 4.1k 988 923 742 220 7.7k
P. Haasen 4.0k 0.9× 3.2k 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 983 1.1× 978 1.3× 210 6.4k
Jerome B. Cohen 4.4k 1.0× 3.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.9× 850 0.9× 844 1.1× 207 8.5k
K. E. Easterling 4.7k 1.0× 6.5k 1.6× 1.9k 1.9× 1.6k 1.8× 498 0.7× 97 9.8k
Alexander H. King 3.8k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 985 1.0× 970 1.1× 499 0.7× 201 5.7k
R. Boom 2.3k 0.5× 4.0k 1.0× 482 0.5× 604 0.7× 1.0k 1.4× 130 6.7k
H. M. Otte 3.8k 0.8× 2.7k 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 572 0.6× 754 1.0× 51 6.0k
J. W. Christian 8.2k 1.8× 7.2k 1.8× 2.0k 2.1× 1.3k 1.4× 665 0.9× 95 11.2k
Graeme E. Murch 3.0k 0.7× 3.2k 0.8× 528 0.5× 682 0.7× 609 0.8× 405 6.3k
D.G. Morris 4.5k 1.0× 6.5k 1.6× 1.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.8× 632 0.9× 371 8.4k
S.C. Deevi 4.6k 1.0× 4.6k 1.1× 2.0k 2.0× 1.1k 1.2× 995 1.3× 119 8.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert W. Cahn

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cahn, Robert W.. (2005). An unusual Nobel Prize. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science. 59(2). 145–153. 16 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (2004). Science as we know it. Materials Today. 7(10). 59–59. 1 indexed citations
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Papon, Pierre, Jacques Leblond, Paul H. E. Meijer, & Robert W. Cahn. (2002). The physics of phase transitions (book review). Nature. 419(6908). 1. 8 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (2002). The science of dirt. Nature Materials. 1(1). 3–4. 8 indexed citations
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Buschow, K.H.J., Robert W. Cahn, M. C. Flemings, et al.. (2001). Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology. 1082 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cahn, Robert W.. (2001). Genesis by definition. Nature. 410(6826). 307–307. 3 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (1995). Multiphase intermetallics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 351(1697). 497–509. 27 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (1994). Challenge, response and serendipity in the design of materials. Bulletin of Materials Science. 17(7). 1369–1378. 1 indexed citations
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Corish, Patrick J., Robert W. Cahn, & Michael B. Bever. (1992). Concise encyclopedia of polymer processing & applications. Pergamon Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Gialanella, Stefano, A.R. Yavari, & Robert W. Cahn. (1992). Metastable phases of the Zr-Al system obtained by mechanical attrition and rapid soldification. Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia. 26(8). 1233–1238. 21 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W., P. Haasen, & Edward J. Krämer. (1991). Phase transformations in materials. 197 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (1991). Load-Bearing Ordered Intermetallic Compounds—A Historical View. MRS Bulletin. 16(5). 18–23. 53 indexed citations
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Yang, Rui, J.A. Leake, & Robert W. Cahn. (1991). A microstructural study of a Ni2AlTi–Ni(Al, Ti)–Ni3(Al, Ti) three-phase alloy. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 6(2). 343–354. 41 indexed citations
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Moavenzadeh, Fred & Robert W. Cahn. (1990). Concise encyclopedia of building & construction materials. Pergamon Press eBooks. 11 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (1988). Keeping dispersions fine. Nature. 336(6194). 19–19. 1 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (1988). Order in disorder. Nature. 335(6190). 493–493. 2 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W., et al.. (1978). Recrystallization of porous copper. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 362(1710). 341–360. 6 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (1978). Deformation and recrystallization textures in metals and quartz. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 288(1350). 159–176. 3 indexed citations
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Bell, R. L. & Robert W. Cahn. (1957). The dynamics of twinning and the interrelation of slip and twinning in zinc crystals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 239(1219). 494–521. 167 indexed citations
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Cahn, Robert W.. (1955). MECHANICAL TWINNING IN MOLYBDENUM. 5 indexed citations

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