Sam McFadden

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sam McFadden is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam McFadden has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Materials Chemistry, 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Sam McFadden's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (13 papers), Advanced materials and composites (6 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (5 papers). Sam McFadden is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (13 papers), Advanced materials and composites (6 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (5 papers). Sam McFadden collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Switzerland. Sam McFadden's co-authors include A.K. Mukherjee, Rajiv S. Mishra, Р. З. Валиев, Nathan A. Mara, M. W. Mahoney, Alexander P. Zhilyaev, Rinat K. Islamgaliev, A.V. Sergueeva, Chengyu Song and Tomáš Kruml and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Materials Science and Engineering A and Scripta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Sam McFadden

15 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

High strain rate superplasticity in a friction stir proce... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 1999 200 400 600
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. High strain rate superplasticity in a friction stir processed 7075 Al alloy
    1999 673 citations Rajiv S. Mishra, M. W. Mahoney et al. Scripta Materialia profile →
  2. Low-temperature superplasticity in nanostructured nickel and metal alloys
    1999 507 citations Sam McFadden, Rajiv S. Mishra et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sam McFadden United States 11 1.4k 1.1k 302 266 156 15 1.6k
Y.B. Wang Australia 13 1.0k 0.7× 952 0.9× 324 1.1× 254 1.0× 110 0.7× 16 1.2k
М. M. Myshlyaev Russia 17 824 0.6× 772 0.7× 361 1.2× 415 1.6× 300 1.9× 85 1.2k
Yinong Shi China 12 1.2k 0.9× 994 0.9× 254 0.8× 489 1.8× 352 2.3× 25 1.5k
V. U. Kazykhanov Russia 13 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.2× 357 1.2× 331 1.2× 64 0.4× 34 1.5k
Tiehui Fang China 7 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 180 0.6× 498 1.9× 78 0.5× 20 1.7k
Kenji Miwa Japan 20 877 0.6× 524 0.5× 687 2.3× 112 0.4× 225 1.4× 75 1.1k
Gencang Yang China 24 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 945 3.1× 224 0.8× 293 1.9× 127 1.9k
In‐Chul Choi South Korea 17 1000 0.7× 785 0.7× 210 0.7× 451 1.7× 58 0.4× 37 1.3k
Young Won Chang South Korea 23 1.4k 1.0× 886 0.8× 249 0.8× 375 1.4× 235 1.5× 84 1.5k
Z. Horita Japan 12 1.4k 1.0× 1.5k 1.4× 484 1.6× 497 1.9× 228 1.5× 60 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam McFadden

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Mara, Nathan A., et al.. (2007). Superplasticity and cooperative grain boundary sliding in nanocrystalline Ni3Al. Materials Science and Engineering A. 463(1-2). 238–244. 35 indexed citations
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McFadden, Sam & A.K. Mukherjee. (2005). Sulfur and superplasticity in electrodeposited ultrafine-grained Ni. Materials Science and Engineering A. 395(1-2). 265–268. 40 indexed citations
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McFadden, Sam. (2001). Superplasticity of nanocrystalline nickel aluminide alloy and nanocrystalline nickel. PhDT. 1 indexed citations
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McFadden, Sam, Р. З. Валиев, & A.K. Mukherjee. (2001). Superplasticity in nanocrystalline Ni3Al. Materials Science and Engineering A. 319-321. 849–853. 19 indexed citations
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Mishra, Rajiv S., Р. З. Валиев, Sam McFadden, Rinat K. Islamgaliev, & A.K. Mukherjee. (2001). High-strain-rate superplasticity from nanocrystalline Al alloy 1420 at low temperatures. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 81(1). 37–48. 82 indexed citations
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Валиев, Р. З., Chengyu Song, Sam McFadden, A.K. Mukherjee, & Rajiv S. Mishra. (2001). TEM/HREM observations of nanostructured superplastic Ni3AI. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 81(1). 25–36. 43 indexed citations
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McFadden, Sam, A.V. Sergueeva, Rajiv S. Mishra, & A.K. Mukherjee. (2000). High strain rate superplasticity in microcrystalline and nanocrystalline materials. Materials Science and Technology. 16(11-12). 1340–1344. 4 indexed citations
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McFadden, Sam, Alexander P. Zhilyaev, Rajiv S. Mishra, & A.K. Mukherjee. (2000). Observations of low-temperature superplasticity in electrodeposited ultrafine grained nickel. Materials Letters. 45(6). 345–349. 47 indexed citations
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McFadden, Sam, A.V. Sergueeva, Tomáš Kruml, Jean‐Luc Martin, & Amiya K. Mukherjee. (2000). Superplasticity in Nanocrystalline Ni3Al and Ti Alloys. MRS Proceedings. 634. 8 indexed citations
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McFadden, Sam, Rajiv S. Mishra, & A.K. Mukherjee. (1999). Recent Developments in Superplasticity. MRS Proceedings. 601. 2 indexed citations
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Mishra, Rajiv S., Р. З. Валиев, Sam McFadden, Rinat K. Islamgaliev, & A.K. Mukherjee. (1999). Severe plastic deformation processing and high strain rate superplasticity in an aluminum matrix composite. Scripta Materialia. 40(10). 1151–1155. 28 indexed citations
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Mishra, Rajiv S., M. W. Mahoney, Sam McFadden, Nathan A. Mara, & A.K. Mukherjee. (1999). High strain rate superplasticity in a friction stir processed 7075 Al alloy. Scripta Materialia. 42(2). 163–168. 673 indexed citations breakdown →
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McFadden, Sam, Rajiv S. Mishra, Р. З. Валиев, Alexander P. Zhilyaev, & A.K. Mukherjee. (1999). Low-temperature superplasticity in nanostructured nickel and metal alloys. Nature. 398(6729). 684–686. 507 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mishra, Rajiv S., Sam McFadden, Р. З. Валиев, & A.K. Mukherjee. (1999). Deformation mechanisms and tensile superplasticity in nanocrystalline materials. JOM. 51(1). 37–40. 37 indexed citations
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Mishra, Rajiv S., Р. З. Валиев, Sam McFadden, & A.K. Mukherjee. (1998). Tensile superplasticity in a nanocrystalline nickel aluminide. Materials Science and Engineering A. 252(2). 174–178. 75 indexed citations

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