William L. Johnson

44.1k total citations · 14 hit papers
563 papers, 37.8k citations indexed

About

William L. Johnson is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, William L. Johnson has authored 563 papers receiving a total of 37.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 356 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 272 papers in Materials Chemistry and 103 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in William L. Johnson's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (327 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (156 papers) and Glass properties and applications (100 papers). William L. Johnson is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (327 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (156 papers) and Glass properties and applications (100 papers). William L. Johnson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. William L. Johnson's co-authors include Ralf Busch, A. Peker, Jan Schroers, K. Samwer, Marios D. Demetriou, Gang Duan, R.D. Conner, Haein Choi‐Yim, R. B. Schwarz and Charles Hays and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William L. Johnson

541 papers receiving 36.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A highly processable metallic glass: Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10.0Be22.5

1993 2.2k citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Bulk Glass-Forming Metallic Alloys: Science and Technology

1999 2.1k citations William L. Johnson profile →
Designing metallic glass matrix composites with high toughness and tensile ductility

2008 1.3k citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Microstructure Controlled Shear Band Pattern Formation and Enhanced Plasticity of Bulk Metallic Glasses Containingin situFormed Ductile Phase Dendrite Dispersions

2000 1.2k citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
A Universal Criterion for Plastic Yielding of Metallic Glasses with a(T/Tg)2/3Temperature Dependence

2005 1.1k citations William L. Johnson, K. Samwer profile →
Ductile Bulk Metallic Glass

2004 957 citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Formation of an Amorphous Alloy by Solid-State Reaction of the Pure Polycrystalline Metals

1983 950 citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Formation of Ti–Zr–Cu–Ni bulk metallic glasses

1995 712 citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Deformation behavior of the Zr41.2Ti13.8Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5 bulk metallic glass over a wide range of strain-rates and temperatures

2003 625 citations William L. Johnson et al. Acta Materialia profile →
A damage-tolerant glass

2011 573 citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Bulk metallic glass formation in binary Cu-rich alloy series – Cu100−xZrx (x=34, 36, 38.2, 40 at.%) and mechanical properties of bulk Cu64Zr36 glass

2004 531 citations William L. Johnson et al. Acta Materialia profile →
Nanocrystalline metals prepared by high-energy ball milling

1990 523 citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Fracture toughness and fatigue-crack propagation in a Zr–Ti–Ni–Cu–Be bulk metallic glass

1997 392 citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →
Shear bands and cracking of metallic glass plates in bending

2003 345 citations William L. Johnson et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Phase formation and phase stability for the homogenous and heterogeneous amorphous metals versus the crystalline phase 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yidi Shen, K. Samwer, William L. Johnson, William A. Goddard, Qi An	2
2	Crime, place, policy, and politics 2024 ·Aggression and Violent Behavior ·(unknown), David B. Wilson, (unknown), R. L. Hahn, William L. Johnson	1
3	Crystal-to-glass transition in multicomponent alloys under high strain rates 2023 ·Acta Materialia ·(unknown), Zifeng Guo, William L. Johnson, Mo Li	13
4	Genetic characterization of the zoonotic parasite Ancylostoma caninum in the central and eastern United States 2023 ·Journal of Helminthology ·(unknown), William L. Johnson, (unknown), D. H. Smith, (unknown), (unknown), Matthew T. Brewer, Jeba R. J. Jesudoss Chelladurai	6
5	The first order L-G phase transition in liquid Ag and Ag-Cu alloys is driven by deviatoric strain 2020 ·Scripta Materialia ·Qi An, William L. Johnson, K. Samwer, (unknown), William A. Goddard	14
6	Transcriptional profiling and metabolomic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus grown on autoclaved chicken breast 2019 ·Food Microbiology ·(unknown), William L. Johnson, Alexander Ulanov, Zhong Li, Brian J. Wilkinson, John E. Gustafson	21
7	Voltaire after 300 years 1994 ·Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science ·William L. Johnson	1
8	Organizational Productivity and the School-Based Restructuring Challenge. 1992 ·The Journal of staff development ·William L. Johnson	3
9	Estudo comparativo da digestibilidade de leguminosa forrageira com ovinos e caprinos. I. Digestibilidade in vivo do feno de cunhã 1991 ·Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William L. Johnson	2
10	Valor nutritivo do feno de juazeiro ( Zizyphus joazeiro ) para caprinos e ovinos 1991 ·Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William L. Johnson	4
11	Leadership for Productive Schools. 1990 ·Research in the schools ·William L. Johnson, (unknown), (unknown)	4
12	Utilização de energia por cordeiros Somalis alimentados com capim-elefante "ad libitum" e suplementados com diferentes níveis de energia 1990 ·Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira ·(unknown), Jorge R. Kawas, William L. Johnson, (unknown)	5
13	UPDATING SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP 1988 ·McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill ·William L. Johnson, (unknown)	1
14	Retraining Principals for Productive School Management. 1985 ·Educational research quarterly ·(unknown), William L. Johnson	5
15	Avaliacao de racoes com diferentes niveis de fibra para ovinos 1984 ·Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira ·(unknown), (unknown), William L. Johnson, (unknown)	1
16	Use of Landsat data to predict the trophic state of Minnesota lakes 1983 ·Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing ·T. M. Lillesand, William L. Johnson, (unknown), Orville M. Lindstrom, (unknown)	117
17	Selenium improves weight gain of beef calves 1979 ·California Agriculture ·William L. Johnson, Bryan A. Norman, (unknown)	11
18	ANTIGENICITY, TOXICITY AND CROSS-REACTIONS OF MALE BAT ( MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS ) REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 1971 ·Reproduction ·A.G. Hunter, (unknown), William L. Johnson, M. L. FAHNING, R. H. Schultz	7
19	BAT SEMINAL VESICLE PROTEIN: ITS CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES 1971 ·Reproduction ·A.G. Hunter, William L. Johnson, (unknown), M. L. FAHNING, R. H. Schultz	6
20	The nutritive value of Pani-cum maximum (guinea grass) for cattle and water buffaloes in the tropics. 1967 ·William L. Johnson	2

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