Top General Materials Science Researchers

1. 1 🇬🇧 Michael F. Ashby United Kingdom · #174 worldwide 2.6k citations · 152 works
2. 2 🇺🇸 John W. Hutchinson United States · #1,071 worldwide 3.2k citations · 110 works
3. 3 🇺🇸 A.G. Evans United States · #1,647 worldwide 3.2k citations · 161 works
4. 4 🇯🇵 Ryogo Kubo Japan · #2,978 worldwide 4.1k citations · 66 works
5. 5 🇫🇷 Alain Dufresne France · #3,187 worldwide 2.2k citations · 140 works
6. 6 🇺🇸 Alex Zunger United States · #4,092 worldwide 4.7k citations · 278 works
7. 7 🇩🇪 B. L. Mordike Germany · #4,402 worldwide 1.7k citations · 78 works
8. 8 🇺🇸 Alexander Vilenkin United States · #5,474 worldwide 2k citations · 88 works
9. 9 🇺🇸 F. Erdoğan United States · #6,440 worldwide 1.8k citations · 57 works
10. 10 🇷🇺 В. В. Соколов Russia · #6,679 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
11. 11 🇺🇸 Yuntian Zhu United States · #6,815 worldwide 2.3k citations · 140 works
12. 12 🇬🇧 Alan Cottrell United Kingdom · #7,046 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
13. 13 🇮🇹 V. Ivanchenko Italy · #8,319 worldwide 2.6k citations · 203 works
14. 14 🇯🇵 K. Ishida Japan · #9,642 worldwide 1.1k citations · 114 works
15. 15 🇺🇸 John Arthur United States · #10,333 worldwide 668 citations · 59 works
16. 16 🇺🇸 O.D. Sherby United States · #11,412 worldwide 733 citations · 66 works
17. 17 🇺🇸 R. D. Mindlin United States · #11,754 worldwide 776 citations · 62 works
18. 18 🇨🇦 Grant T. Harris Canada · #11,867 worldwide 668 citations · 53 works
19. 19 🇺🇸 A. S. Argon United States · #13,029 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
20. 20 🇬🇧 R. G. Davies United Kingdom · #13,294 worldwide 742 citations · 78 works
21. 21 🇺🇸 Mehdi S. Saiidi United States · #13,441 worldwide 819 citations · 59 works
22. 22 🇩🇪 Rainer Waser Germany · #14,645 worldwide 2.6k citations · 194 works
23. 23 🇧🇪 Jan Ivens Belgium · #14,835 worldwide 643 citations · 60 works
24. 24 🇺🇸 John Ferrante United States · #15,088 worldwide 802 citations · 45 works
25. 25 🇺🇸 Robert D. Gray United States · #16,222 worldwide 619 citations · 47 works
26. 26 🇨🇦 Marnie E. Rice Canada · #16,434 worldwide 686 citations · 46 works
27. 27 🇺🇸 Peter K. Liaw United States · #16,486 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
28. 28 🇺🇸 Devan Kansagara United States · #16,809 worldwide 402 citations · 73 works
29. 29 🇺🇸 C.T. Liu United States · #17,857 worldwide 2k citations · 187 works
30. 30 🇺🇸 K. A. Gschneidner United States · #17,980 worldwide 1.2k citations · 116 works
31. 31 🇨🇳 Shuhong Liu China · #18,299 worldwide 1.3k citations · 110 works
32. 32 🇯🇵 Yoshiaki Tanaka Japan · #18,571 worldwide 844 citations · 45 works
33. 33 🇯🇵 Takashi Shimokawabe Japan · #18,758 worldwide 791 citations · 77 works
34. 34 🇦🇺 N. Birbilis Australia · #20,899 worldwide 2k citations · 135 works
35. 35 🇺🇸 Robert M. Hazen United States · #21,117 worldwide 1.4k citations · 149 works
36. 36 🇩🇪 P. H. Dederichs Germany · #21,331 worldwide 844 citations · 55 works
37. 37 🇯🇵 Akihisa Inoue Japan · #21,354 worldwide 4.7k citations · 595 works
38. 38 🇺🇸 B. L. Averbach United States · #21,664 worldwide 644 citations · 47 works
39. 39 🇬🇧 A.L. Greer United Kingdom · #22,274 worldwide 1.1k citations · 99 works
40. 40 🇺🇸 Bo Carlsson United States · #22,777 worldwide 1k citations · 128 works
41. 41 🇺🇸 N. Panagia United States · #22,911 worldwide 1.3k citations · 129 works
42. 42 🇬🇧 Constantinos Soutis United Kingdom · #23,136 worldwide 866 citations · 112 works
43. 43 🇩🇪 Robert Vaßen Germany · #23,434 worldwide 1.2k citations · 126 works
44. 44 🇸🇪 A. V. Ruban Sweden · #23,680 worldwide 727 citations · 54 works
45. 45 🇯🇵 Hajime Yoshida Japan · #23,963 worldwide 1.6k citations · 190 works
46. 46 🇺🇸 Michael M. Coleman United States · #24,427 worldwide 598 citations · 66 works
47. 47 🇩🇪 G. Frommeyer Germany · #24,605 worldwide 698 citations · 80 works
48. 48 🇺🇸 J. N. Reddy United States · #24,731 worldwide 2.9k citations · 282 works
49. 49 🇩🇪 Eduard Arzt Germany · #25,390 worldwide 966 citations · 103 works
50. 50 🇺🇸 G. M. Stocks United States · #25,474 worldwide 1.2k citations · 115 works
51. 51 🇯🇵 A. Takeuchi Japan · #25,506 worldwide 1.5k citations · 173 works
52. 52 🇺🇸 N. W. Ashcroft United States · #25,780 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
53. 53 🇺🇸 Gerald L. Thompson United States · #26,546 worldwide 447 citations · 63 works
54. 54 🇺🇸 Terence G. Langdon United States · #27,009 worldwide 3k citations · 279 works
55. 55 🇬🇧 Zhengxiao Guo United Kingdom · #27,258 worldwide 1.2k citations · 98 works
56. 56 🇩🇪 Franz Roters Germany · #27,321 worldwide 1.2k citations · 112 works
57. 57 🇺🇸 S.C. Deevi United States · #27,322 worldwide 657 citations · 39 works
58. 58 🇸🇪 Mats Hillert Sweden · #28,033 worldwide 784 citations · 79 works
59. 59 🇨🇦 Paul Amyotte Canada · #28,245 worldwide 553 citations · 79 works
60. 60 🇦🇺 Xinhua Wu Australia · #28,889 worldwide 777 citations · 67 works
61. 61 🇵🇱 В. А. Коротков Poland · #29,574 worldwide 567 citations · 49 works
62. 62 🇭🇰 Jang‐Kyo Kim Hong Kong · #30,144 worldwide 1.8k citations · 181 works
63. 63 🇩🇪 R. Zeller Germany · #30,836 worldwide 827 citations · 78 works
64. 64 🇩🇪 Karl Schulte Germany · #31,994 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
65. 65 🇨🇦 Arthur D. Pelton Canada · #34,067 worldwide 507 citations · 51 works
66. 66 🇵🇹 M.G.S. Ferreira Portugal · #35,010 worldwide 1.1k citations · 111 works
67. 67 🇬🇧 J. E. Field United Kingdom · #35,286 worldwide 723 citations · 116 works
68. 68 🇺🇸 Chris Wolverton United States · #35,750 worldwide 1.1k citations · 101 works
69. 69 🇯🇵 Hiroshi Ohtani Japan · #38,354 worldwide 270 citations · 47 works
70. 70 🇸🇪 Jan‐Erik Svensson Sweden · #38,873 worldwide 607 citations · 43 works
71. 71 🇨🇿 Bohdan Schneider Czechia · #39,450 worldwide 511 citations · 52 works
72. 72 🇧🇪 Ignace Verpoest Belgium · #39,907 worldwide 1.7k citations · 286 works
73. 73 🇬🇧 John Hoffman United Kingdom · #39,970 worldwide 449 citations · 35 works
74. 74 🇺🇸 C.M. Wayman United States · #40,011 worldwide 505 citations · 63 works
75. 75 🇸🇪 Bo Sundman Sweden · #40,330 worldwide 621 citations · 63 works
76. 76 🇺🇸 J. M. Sánchez United States · #40,451 worldwide 545 citations · 40 works
77. 77 🇯🇵 Ryosuke Kainuma Japan · #40,805 worldwide 1.1k citations · 149 works
78. 78 🇺🇸 A. J. Freeman United States · #40,977 worldwide 2.1k citations · 234 works
79. 79 🇬🇧 John Summerscales United Kingdom · #41,891 worldwide 432 citations · 50 works
80. 80 🇺🇸 Robert V. Kohn United States · #42,018 worldwide 492 citations · 40 works
81. 81 🇺🇸 Tracy Dana United States · #42,093 worldwide 503 citations · 101 works
82. 82 🇦🇹 Reinhard Pıppan Austria · #42,770 worldwide 1.2k citations · 132 works
83. 83 🇳🇴 V.A. Yartys Norway · #43,506 worldwide 878 citations · 67 works
84. 84 🇺🇸 Pradeep K. Rohatgi United States · #44,252 worldwide 652 citations · 68 works
85. 85 🇺🇸 J. C. Williams United States · #44,427 worldwide 1.3k citations · 95 works
86. 86 🇺🇸 Huajian Gao United States · #45,568 worldwide 1.8k citations · 169 works
87. 87 🇨🇳 Huiqiu Deng China · #46,212 worldwide 1.1k citations · 106 works
88. 88 🇨🇿 J. Vlček Czechia · #46,615 worldwide 426 citations · 54 works
89. 89 🇺🇸 Xianming Shi United States · #46,808 worldwide 824 citations · 99 works
90. 90 🇯🇵 Ikuo Ohnuma Japan · #47,266 worldwide 431 citations · 44 works
91. 91 🇺🇸 W. D. Kingery United States · #47,801 worldwide 436 citations · 63 works
92. 92 🇺🇸 A. V. Hamza United States · #47,977 worldwide 546 citations · 61 works
93. 93 🇺🇸 John A. Moriarty United States · #48,155 worldwide 482 citations · 40 works
94. 94 🇷🇺 В. П. Дружинин Russia · #48,292 worldwide 1.4k citations · 133 works
95. 95 🇺🇸 L. M. Keer United States · #48,436 worldwide 948 citations · 131 works
96. 96 🇩🇪 Dierk Raabe Germany · #49,567 worldwide 4.5k citations · 514 works
97. 97 🇯🇵 Koji Hagihara Japan · #49,795 worldwide 568 citations · 53 works
98. 98 🇩🇪 Bodo Fiedler Germany · #50,316 worldwide 602 citations · 50 works
99. 99 🇺🇸 R. J. Wilson United States · #50,913 worldwide 4.2k citations · 442 works
100. 100 🇺🇸 K. N. Tu United States · #50,960 worldwide 756 citations · 105 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in General Materials Science, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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