Thomas Bell

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Bell is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bell has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 41 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bell's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (59 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (28 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (11 papers). Thomas Bell is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (59 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (28 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (11 papers). Thomas Bell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Thomas Bell's co-authors include Hanshan Dong, Y. Sun, A. Bloyce, Shahul Hamid Khan, M.R. Wisnom, K.D. Potter, K. Mao, Alastair King, P. A. Dearnley and Xiaoying Li and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Journal of Educational Psychology and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bell

101 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure and Corrosion Resistance of Plasma Nitrided Stainless Steel

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Bell	3.1k	2.4k	1.7k	464	368	107	4.2k
K.‐T. Rie	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	980 0.6×	447 1.0×	187 0.5×	91	2.4k
Y. Sun	4.2k 1.3×	3.6k 1.5×	2.8k 1.6×	828 1.8×	682 1.9×	219	6.2k
Helena Ronkainen	3.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	624 1.3×	215 0.6×	120	4.0k
Dong Hyuk Shin	1.9k 0.6×	5.7k 2.4×	4.8k 2.8×	408 0.9×	1.1k 2.9×	251	7.7k
Patrick Villechaise	2.5k 0.8×	3.1k 1.3×	3.5k 2.1×	223 0.5×	593 1.6×	117	5.1k
E.S. Puchi-Cabrera	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	245 0.5×	789 2.1×	120	2.8k
German Fox‐Rabinovich	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	599 1.3×	328 0.9×	110	3.6k
Bojan Podgornik	3.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	4.4k 2.6×	274 0.6×	358 1.0×	208	5.8k
R.K. Pandey	1.9k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	2.6k 1.5×	648 1.4×	192 0.5×	289	4.2k
Dongyang Li	1.7k 0.5×	3.0k 1.2×	3.3k 2.0×	713 1.5×	1.2k 3.2×	292	5.7k

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Srivastava, Swayam Prakash, Han Zhou, Begoña Lainez, et al.. (2024). Renal Angptl4 is a key fibrogenic molecule in progressive diabetic kidney disease. Science Advances. 10(49). eadn6068–eadn6068. 8 indexed citations

Bell, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Optimizing Graph Codes for Measurement-Based Loss Tolerance. PRX Quantum. 4(2). 19 indexed citations

Bell, Thomas, Jacob F. F. Bulmer, Alex E. Jones, et al.. (2021). Protocol for generation of high-dimensional entanglement from an array of non-interacting photon emitters. New Journal of Physics. 24(1). 13032–13032. 12 indexed citations

Bell, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Tb₃Pd₂, Er₃Pd₂ and Er₆Co_5–x: structural variations and bonding in rare-earth-richer binary intermetallics. Acta Crystallographica Section C Structural Chemistry. 74(9). 991–996. 2 indexed citations

Bell, Thomas, et al.. (2016). Effect of pH on the chemical stability of carotenoids in juice. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 75(OCE3). 27 indexed citations

Steinberg, Simon, et al.. (2014). ChemInform Abstract: Oligomeric Rare‐Earth Metal Cluster Complexes with Endohedral Transition Metal Atoms.. ChemInform. 45(44).

Buhagiar, Joseph, Thomas Bell, Rachel Sammons, & Hanshan Dong. (2011). Evaluation of the biocompatibility of S-phase layers on medical grade austenitic stainless steels. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 22(5). 1269–1278. 32 indexed citations

Dong, Yangchun, Xiaoying Li, Linhai Tian, et al.. (2010). Towards long-lasting antibacterial stainless steel surfaces by combining double glow plasma silvering with active screen plasma nitriding. Acta Biomaterialia. 7(1). 447–457. 87 indexed citations

Bell, Thomas, et al.. (2005). Austenitic plasma nitrocarburising of carbon steel in N2–H2 atmosphere with organic vapour additions. Surface and Coatings Technology. 200(14-15). 4397–4405. 23 indexed citations

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Dong, Hanshan, et al.. (2004). Study of the Active Screen Plasma Nitriding. 25(5). 330–333. 1 indexed citations

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Bell, Thomas, et al.. (2002). stainless steel low temperature nitriding and carburizing. AM&P Technical Articles. 160(6). 49–51. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Y., et al.. (2000). Influence of nitriding time on the notch fatigue strength of plasma nitrided 709M40 steel. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 19(20). 1793–1795. 8 indexed citations

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Harris, David, Daniel Fried, Lou Reinisch, et al.. (1999). Eyelid resurfacing. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine. 25(2). 107–122. 7 indexed citations

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Greenlees, Kevin J., et al.. (1998). Food Borne Microbial Pathogens of Cultured Aquatic Species. Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice. 14(1). 101–112. 19 indexed citations

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Bell, Thomas, Hanshan Dong, & Y. Sun. (1998). Realising the potential of duplex surface engineering. Tribology International. 31(1-3). 127–137. 156 indexed citations

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Mao, K., Thomas Bell, & Y. Sun. (1997). Effect of Sliding Friction on Contact Stresses for Multi-Layered Elastic Bodies With Rough Surfaces. Journal of Tribology. 119(3). 476–480. 30 indexed citations

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Allen, C., A. Bloyce, & Thomas Bell. (1996). Sliding wear behaviour of ion implanted ultra high molecular weight polyethylene against a surface modified titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V. Tribology International. 29(6). 527–534. 52 indexed citations

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Samandi, M., et al.. (1994). Significance of nitrogen mass transfer mechanism on the nitriding behavior of austenitic stainless steel. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing Measurement and Phenomena. 12(2). 935–939. 66 indexed citations

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Bell, Thomas. (1975). The anatomie of popish tyrannie. 2 indexed citations

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Bell, Thomas, et al.. (1970). Modelling of layered engineering surface contacts. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 7. 1 indexed citations

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