S.I. Rao

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
117 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

S.I. Rao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, S.I. Rao has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 76 papers in Materials Chemistry and 31 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in S.I. Rao's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (50 papers), Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (42 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (29 papers). S.I. Rao is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (50 papers), Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (42 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (29 papers). S.I. Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. S.I. Rao's co-authors include C. Woodward, Triplicane A. Parthasarathy, Dennis M. Dimiduk, Michael D. Uchic, O.N. Senkov, P. M. Hazzledine, Brahim Akdim, Jaafar A. El‐Awady, E. Antillon and Dallas R. Trinkle and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

S.I. Rao

115 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Contribution to size effect of yield strength from the st... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2024 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. Contribution to size effect of yield strength from the stochastics of dislocation source lengths in finite samples
    2006 461 citations Triplicane A. Parthasarathy, S.I. Rao et al. Scripta Materialia profile →
  2. Intrinsic factors responsible for brittle versus ductile nature of refractory high-entropy alloys
    2024 51 citations Tomohito Tsuru, Zhenghao Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
S.I. Rao United States 36 3.3k 2.8k 1.3k 1.3k 539 117 4.7k
J.H. Schneibel United States 41 4.7k 1.4× 2.7k 0.9× 717 0.6× 608 0.5× 413 0.8× 145 5.5k
Timothy J. Rupert United States 32 2.8k 0.9× 2.7k 0.9× 847 0.7× 1.0k 0.8× 221 0.4× 88 3.9k
P. M. Hazzledine United States 35 2.7k 0.8× 2.7k 1.0× 550 0.4× 1.0k 0.8× 504 0.9× 103 3.8k
J.A. Horton United States 31 4.2k 1.3× 2.6k 0.9× 630 0.5× 685 0.5× 388 0.7× 77 5.0k
Emmanuel Clouet France 32 1.9k 0.6× 3.1k 1.1× 807 0.6× 538 0.4× 252 0.5× 71 3.7k
G.R. Purdy Canada 43 4.4k 1.3× 4.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 175 0.3× 179 5.9k
Takayuki Takasugi Japan 45 6.0k 1.8× 3.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 945 0.8× 822 1.5× 324 6.8k
Christopher R. Weinberger United States 39 2.7k 0.8× 3.7k 1.3× 379 0.3× 1.9k 1.5× 526 1.0× 119 4.9k
Seiji Miura Japan 28 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 0.7× 431 0.3× 574 0.5× 377 0.7× 217 3.2k
Laurent Capolungo United States 42 3.8k 1.1× 5.1k 1.8× 930 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 126 0.2× 173 6.4k

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All Works

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Rao, S.I., W.L. Wang, Mark Asta, Robert O. Ritchie, & Mingwei Zhang. (2025). Rationalization of the tensile creep behavior of the Nb45Ta25Ti15Hf15 bcc refractory complex concentrated alloy using Rao-Suzuki screw dislocation glide model. Scripta Materialia. 265. 116752–116752. 1 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., et al.. (2024). Exceptional high-temperature strength of a Mo-11%Hf binary alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 922. 147625–147625. 3 indexed citations
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Rao, S.I., D.B. Miracle, & O.N. Senkov. (2024). Solid solution strengthening of the body-centered cubic refractory complex concentrated alloy, MoNbTaW. Scripta Materialia. 246. 116068–116068. 4 indexed citations
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Miracle, D.B., O.N. Senkov, Carolina Frey, S.I. Rao, & Tresa M. Pollock. (2024). Strength vs temperature for refractory complex concentrated alloys (RCCAs): A critical comparison with refractory BCC elements and dilute alloys. Acta Materialia. 266. 119692–119692. 43 indexed citations
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Tsuru, Tomohito, Zhenghao Chen, Kyosuke Kishida, et al.. (2024). Intrinsic factors responsible for brittle versus ductile nature of refractory high-entropy alloys. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1706–1706. 51 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rao, S.I., et al.. (2023). Interaction of 〈 a 〉 prismatic screw dislocations with the α − β interface side face in α − β Ti alloys. Acta Materialia. 260. 119337–119337. 12 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., S.I. Rao, Glenn H. Balbus, Robert W. Wheeler, & E. J. Payton. (2023). Microstructure and deformation behavior of MoReW in the temperature range from 25°C to 1500°C. Materialia. 27. 101688–101688. 8 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., et al.. (2023). Effect of Re and Al additions on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Nb-18Ti-12W alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 870. 144870–144870. 8 indexed citations
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Balbus, Glenn H., S.I. Rao, O.N. Senkov, & E. J. Payton. (2023). Orientation dependent plasticity of the refractory multi-principal element alloy MoNbTi investigated via micropillar compression. Acta Materialia. 262. 119401–119401. 7 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., S.I. Rao, Jean‐Philippe Couzinié, et al.. (2023). Mechanical properties of an Al10Nb20Ta15Ti30V5Zr20 A2/B2 refractory superalloy and its constituent phases. Acta Materialia. 254. 119017–119017. 30 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., Jean‐Philippe Couzinié, S.I. Rao, Vishal Soni, & Rajarshi Banerjee. (2020). Temperature dependent deformation behavior and strengthening mechanisms in a low density refractory high entropy alloy Al10Nb15Ta5Ti30Zr40. Materialia. 9. 100627–100627. 70 indexed citations
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Rao, S.I., C. Woodward, Brahim Akdim, & O.N. Senkov. (2020). A model for interstitial solid solution strengthening of body centered cubic metals. Materialia. 9. 100611–100611. 32 indexed citations
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Rao, S.I., Brahim Akdim, E. Antillon, et al.. (2019). Modeling solution hardening in BCC refractory complex concentrated alloys: NbTiZr, Nb1.5TiZr0.5 and Nb0.5TiZr1.5. Acta Materialia. 168. 222–236. 132 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., S.I. Rao, T.M. Butler, & K.J. Chaput. (2019). Ductile Nb alloys with reduced density and cost. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 808. 151685–151685. 79 indexed citations
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Senkov, O.N., S.I. Rao, K.J. Chaput, & C. Woodward. (2018). Compositional effect on microstructure and properties of NbTiZr-based complex concentrated alloys. Acta Materialia. 151. 201–215. 194 indexed citations
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Rao, S.I., et al.. (2017). Cast aluminium single crystals cross the threshold from bulk to size-dependent stochastic plasticity. Nature Materials. 16(7). 730–736. 22 indexed citations
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Woodward, C. & S.I. Rao. (2002). FlexibleAb InitioBoundary Conditions: Simulating Isolated Dislocations in bcc Mo and Ta. Physical Review Letters. 88(21). 216402–216402. 212 indexed citations

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