V. Vítek

18.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
281 papers, 14.6k citations indexed

About

V. Vítek is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Vítek has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 14.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 221 papers in Materials Chemistry, 163 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 73 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in V. Vítek's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (147 papers), Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (60 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (48 papers). V. Vítek is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (147 papers), Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (60 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (48 papers). V. Vítek collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Czechia. V. Vítek's co-authors include D. P. Pope, T. Egami, Adrian P. Sutton, David J. Srolovitz, Roman Gröger, V. Paidar, Graeme J. Ackland, M. S. Duesbery, R.C. Pond and Koji Maeda and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

V. Vítek

276 papers receiving 13.9k citations

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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.

Intrinsic stacking faults in body-centred cubic crystals

1968 874 citations V. Vítek profile →
A theory of the anomalous yield behavior in L12 ordered alloys

1984 540 citations D. P. Pope, V. Vítek et al. Acta Metallurgica profile →
SimpleN-body potentials for the noble metals and nickel

1987 494 citations G. Tichy, V. Vítek et al. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties profile →
On the structure of tilt grain boundaries in cubic metals I. Symmetrical tilt boundaries

1983 450 citations Adrian P. Sutton, V. Vítek Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences profile →
The core structure of ½(111) screw dislocations in b.c.c. crystals

1970 399 citations V. Vítek et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
V. Vítek	11.0k	8.1k	3.3k	2.5k	1.3k	281	14.6k
Y. Mishin	11.6k 1.0×	7.6k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	160	14.4k
R. W. Balluffi	8.0k 0.7×	4.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	193	11.5k
Michael W. Finnis	8.0k 0.7×	3.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	3.0k 1.2×	978 0.7×	163	11.3k
Mats Hillert	7.6k 0.7×	9.7k 1.2×	2.1k 0.6×	774 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	241	13.9k
R. S. Averback	8.2k 0.7×	3.4k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	308	11.8k
Karsten Albe	10.3k 0.9×	4.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	238	13.9k
R. Birringer	7.8k 0.7×	4.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.7k 1.2×	163	10.7k
F. R. N. Nabarro	5.7k 0.5×	4.3k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	861 0.6×	118	8.9k
P. M. Derlet	7.8k 0.7×	4.8k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	657 0.5×	163	9.8k
H. Van Swygenhoven	13.2k 1.2×	9.8k 1.2×	5.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	235	15.9k

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Gröger, Roman, V. Vítek, & A. Dlouhý. (2020). Effective pair potential for random fcc CoCrFeMnNi alloys. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 28(7). 75006–75006. 26 indexed citations

Han, Jian, V. Vítek, & David J. Srolovitz. (2017). The grain-boundary structural unit model redux. Acta Materialia. 133. 186–199. 68 indexed citations

Han, Jian, V. Vítek, & David J. Srolovitz. (2015). Grain-boundary metastability and its statistical properties. Acta Materialia. 104. 259–273. 142 indexed citations

Hammerschmidt, Thomas, et al.. (2014). Analytic bond-order potentials for the bcc refractory metals Nb, Ta, Mo and W. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 26(19). 195501–195501. 25 indexed citations

Gröger, Roman & V. Vítek. (2012). Constrained nudged elastic band calculation of the Peierls barrier with atomic relaxations. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 20(3). 35019–35019. 19 indexed citations

Nguyen-Manh, D., D. G. Pettifor, & V. Vítek. (2000). Analytic Environment-Dependent Tight-Binding Bond Integrals: Application toMoSi2. Physical Review Letters. 85(19). 4136–4139. 61 indexed citations

Möbus, G., et al.. (1999). Structure of misfit dislocations in niobium–sapphire interfaces and strength of interfacial bonding: an atomistic study. Acta Materialia. 47(15-16). 4143–4152. 20 indexed citations

Wu, Zhiyuan, D. P. Pope, & V. Vítek. (1995). Ti2NAI in L12 AI3Ti- base alloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 26(3). 521–524. 5 indexed citations

Bassani, J.L., et al.. (1992). Grain boundaries as heterogeneous systems: atomic and continuum elastic properties. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Physical and Engineering Sciences. 339(1655). 555–586. 78 indexed citations

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Hosson, J. Th. M. De & V. Vítek. (1990). Atomic structure of (111) twist grain boundaries in f.c.c metals. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 61(2). 305–327. 24 indexed citations

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Tersoff, J., et al.. (1989). Atomic scale calculations in materials science. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 51(1). 112–7. 64 indexed citations

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Sutton, Adrian P. & V. Vítek. (1983). On the structure of tilt grain boundaries in cubic metals II. Asymmetrical tilt boundaries. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 309(1506). 37–54. 132 indexed citations

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Sutton, Adrian P. & V. Vítek. (1983). On the structure of tilt grain boundaries in cubic metals. III. Generalizations of the structural study and implications for the properties of grain boundaries. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 309(1506). 55–68. 105 indexed citations

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Sutton, Adrian P. & V. Vítek. (1983). On the structure of tilt grain boundaries in cubic metals I. Symmetrical tilt boundaries. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 309(1506). 1–36. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vítek, V.. (1983). Amorphous materials : modeling of structure and properties : proceedings of symposium. 2 indexed citations

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Wilkinson, David S. & V. Vítek. (1982). The propagation of cracks by cavitation: A general theory. Acta Metallurgica. 30(9). 1723–1732. 80 indexed citations

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Chell, G. G., J.R. Haigh, & V. Vítek. (1981). A theory of warm prestressing: experimental validation and the implications for elastic plastic failure criteria. International Journal of Fracture. 17(1). 61–81. 66 indexed citations

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Pond, R.C. & V. Vítek. (1977). Periodic grain boundary structures in aluminium I. A combined experimental and theoretical investigation of coincidence grain boundary structure in aluminium. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 357(1691). 453–470. 138 indexed citations

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Vítek, V.. (1976). Computer simulation of the screw dislocation motion in b. c. c. metals under the effect of the external shear and uniaxial stresses. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 352(1668). 109–124. 56 indexed citations

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Duesbery, M. S., V. Vítek, & D. Keith Bowen. (1973). The effect of shear stress on the screw dislocation core structure in body-centred cubic lattices. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 332(1588). 85–111. 112 indexed citations

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