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Akinobu Shibata

Akinobu Shibata

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
46
Citations
6860
World Ranking
11519
National Ranking
712

Akinobu Shibata publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akinobu Shibata sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 208 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Akinobu Shibata D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akinobu Shibata sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Akinobu Shibata is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science, with particular focus on the mechanical properties and behaviors of metals and alloys.

Their research spans main fields such as Engineering and Materials Science, and more specialized subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Metals and Alloys, Mechanics of Materials, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Akinobu Shibata's research topics cover:

  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties

Frequent publication venues for Shibata include:

  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scripta Materialia
  • ISIJ International
  • Materials Science and Engineering A

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Shibata are:

  • "Effects of local stress, strain, and hydrogen content on hydrogen-related fracture behavior in low-carbon martensitic steel", 2021, Acta Materialia
  • "Substructure and crystallography of lath martensite in as-quenched interstitial-free steel and low-carbon steel", 2023, Acta Materialia

Additional notable papers co-authored by Shibata or within the same research network include:

  • "Effect of initial dislocation density on hydrogen accumulation behavior in martensitic steel", 2020, Scripta Materialia
  • "Deformation mechanism of bimodal microstructure in Ti-6Al-4V alloy: The effects of intercritical annealing temperature and constituent hardness", 2020, Journal of Material Science and Technology
  • "Quantitatively evaluating respective contribution of austenite and deformation-induced martensite to flow stress, plastic strain, and strain hardening rate in tensile deformed TRIP steel", 2023, Acta Materialia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Shibata are:

  • Nobuhiro Tsuji
  • Kazuho Okada
  • I. Gutiérrez-Urrutia
  • Myeong-heom Park
  • Kaneaki Tsuzaki

Best Publications

  • Effect of elemental combination on friction stress and Hall-Petch relationship in face-centered cubic high / medium entropy alloys

    Shuhei Yoshida;Takuto Ikeuchi;Tilak Bhattacharjee;Yu Bai

  • Effect of strain rate on hydrogen embrittlement in low-carbon martensitic steel

    Yuji Momotani;Akinobu Shibata;Daisuke Terada;Nobuhiro Tsuji

  • Precise measurement of strain accommodation in austenite matrix surrounding martensite in ferrous alloys by electron backscatter diffraction analysis

    G. Miyamoto;A. Shibata;T. Maki;T. Furuhara

  • Evaluation of the block boundary and sub-block boundary strengths of ferrous lath martensite using a micro-bending test

    Akinobu Shibata;Takashi Nagoshi;Masato Sone;Shigekazu Morito

  • Unique deformation behavior and microstructure evolution in high temperature processing of HfNbTaTiZr refractory high entropy alloy

    Rajeshwar R. Eleti;Tilak Bhattacharjee;Akinobu Shibata;Nobuhiro Tsuji

  • Significant contribution of stacking faults to the strain hardening behavior of Cu-15%Al alloy with different grain sizes

    Y. Z. Tian;L. J. Zhao;S. Chen;A. Shibata

  • Yielding nature and Hall-Petch relationships in Ti-6Al-4V alloy with fully equiaxed and bimodal microstructures

    Yan Chong;Guanyu Deng;Si Gao;Jangho Yi

  • Unique high-temperature deformation dominated by grain boundary sliding in heterogeneous necklace structure formed by dynamic recrystallization in HfNbTaTiZr BCC refractory high entropy alloy

    Rajeshwar R. Eleti;Atul H. Chokshi;Akinobu Shibata;Nobuhiro Tsuji

  • Revealing the deformation mechanisms of Cu–Al alloys with high strength and good ductility

    Y.Z. Tian;Y.Z. Tian;L.J. Zhao;L.J. Zhao;N. Park;N. Park;R. Liu

  • Mechanism of huge Lüders-type deformation in ultrafine grained austenitic stainless steel

    Si Gao;Yu Bai;Ruixiao Zheng;Yanzhong Tian

  • Simultaneously enhanced strength and ductility of Mg-Zn-Zr-Ca alloy with fully recrystallized ultrafine grained structures

    Ruixiao Zheng;Tilak Bhattacharjee;Akinobu Shibata;Taisuke Sasaki

  • Effect of grain refinement on hydrogen embrittlement behaviors of high-Mn TWIP steel

    Y. Bai;Y. Momotani;M.C. Chen;A. Shibata

  • Effect of low temperature on tensile properties of AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high entropy alloy

    Tilak Bhattacharjee;Ruixiao Zheng;Yan Chong;Saad Sheikh

  • Substructures of lenticular martensites with different martensite start temperatures in ferrous alloys

    A. Shibata;S. Morito;T. Furuhara;T. Maki

  • Mechanical properties of fully martensite microstructure in Ti-6Al-4V alloy transformed from refined beta grains obtained by rapid heat treatment (RHT)

    Yan Chong;Tilak Bhattacharjee;Jangho Yi;Akinobu Shibata

  • Local orientation change inside lenticular martensite plate in Fe–33Ni alloy

    A. Shibata;S. Morito;T. Furuhara;T. Maki

  • A novel ultrafine-grained Fe 22Mn 0.6C TWIP steel with superior strength and ductility

    Y.Z. Tian;Y.Z. Tian;Y. Bai;L.J. Zhao;L.J. Zhao;S. Gao

  • Effect of initial dislocation density on hydrogen accumulation behavior in martensitic steel

    Yuji Momotani;Akinobu Shibata;Takashi Yonemura;Yu Bai

  • Microstructural and Crystallographic Features of Hydrogen-related Crack Propagation in Low Carbon Martensitic Steel

    Akinobu Shibata;Hiroshi Takahashi;Nobuhiro Tsuji

  • The origin of midrib in lenticular martensite

    Akinobu Shibata;Akinobu Shibata;Toshio Murakami;Toshio Murakami;Shigekazu Morito;Tadashi Furuhara

  • Bright nickel film deposited by supercritical carbon dioxide emulsion using additive-free Watts bath

    Tso-Fu Mark Chang;Masato Sone;Akinobu Shibata;Chiemi Ishiyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuhiro Tsuji
Nobuhiro Tsuji Kyoto University
Tadashi Maki
Tadashi Maki Kyoto University
Tadashi Furuhara
Tadashi Furuhara Tohoku University
Kaneaki Tsuzaki
Kaneaki Tsuzaki National Institute for Materials Science
Kazuhiro Hono
Kazuhiro Hono National Institute for Materials Science
Goro Miyamoto
Goro Miyamoto Tohoku University
Jacques Besson
Jacques Besson Mines ParisTech
Zhefeng Zhang
Zhefeng Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hidetoshi Somekawa
Hidetoshi Somekawa National Institute for Materials Science
Shigenobu Ogata
Shigenobu Ogata Osaka University

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