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Ali S. Argon

Ali S. Argon

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
90
Citations
32280
World Ranking
112
National Ranking
59

Materials Science

D-Index
95
Citations
34696
World Ranking
1321
National Ranking
422

Ali S. Argon publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali S. Argon sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 304 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Ali S. Argon D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali S. Argon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Heyn Commemorative Medal
  • 1998 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
  • 1986 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to understanding of plastic deformation of polymer glasses
  • 1976 - Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Ali S. Argon was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their career encompassed research linked to the understanding of materials, particularly focusing on plastic deformation and polymer glasses.

No recent papers, coauthors, publication venues, or specific topics are listed for this scientist.

Throughout their career, Ali S. Argon received several awards recognizing contributions to the field of mechanical engineering and physics.

  • Heyn Commemorative Medal, 2004
  • Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1998
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 1986, awarded for fundamental contributions to understanding of plastic deformation of polymer glasses
  • Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1976

Ali S. Argon's work was associated with mechanical engineering and materials science, although specific fields of study, subfields, and main research topics were not detailed in the available information.

Best Publications

  • Plastic deformation in metallic glasses

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  • Large inelastic deformation of glassy polymers. part I: rate dependent constitutive model

    Mary C. Boyce;David M. Parks;Ali S. Argon

  • Creep resistance of CMSX-3 nickel base superalloy single crystals

    T.M. Pollock;A.S. Argon

  • Strengthening Mechanisms in Crystal Plasticity

    A. S. Argon

  • A theory for the low-temperature plastic deformation of glassy polymers

    A. S. Argon

  • Structure and plastic deformation of polyethylene

    L. Lin;A. S. Argon

  • Nanocrystallization During Nanoindentation of a Bulk Amorphous Metal Alloy at Room Temperature

    J.-J. Kim;Y. Choi;S. Suresh;A. S. Argon

  • Toughness mechanism in semi-crystalline polymer blends: II. High-density polyethylene toughened with calcium carbonate filler particles

    Z Bartczak;A.S Argon;R.E Cohen;M Weinberg

  • Mechanical Behavior of Materials

    Frank A. McClintock;Ali S. Argon;H. M. Otte

  • Directional coarsening in nickel-base single crystals with high volume fractions of coherent precipitates

    T.M. Pollock;A.S. Argon

  • TOUGHENING OF ISOTACTIC POLYPROPYLENE WITH CACO3 PARTICLES

    Y.S. Thio;Ali S. Argon;Robert Cohen;M. Weinberg

  • Steady-state creep of single-phase crystalline matter at high temperature

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  • Plastic flow in a disordered bubble raft (an analog of a metallic glass)

    A.S. Argon;H.Y. Kuo

  • Constitutive Equations in Plasticity

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  • Separation of second phase particles in spheroidized 1045 steel, Cu-0.6pct Cr alloy, and maraging steel in plastic straining

    A. S. Argon;J. Im

  • Fracture of Composites

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  • Toughenability of polymers

    A.S. Argon;R.E. Cohen

  • Toughness mechanism in semi-crystalline polymer blends: I. High-density polyethylene toughened with rubbers

    Z. Bartczak;A.S. Argon;R.E. Cohen;M. Weinberg

  • Towards the understanding of mechanical properties of super- and ultrahard nanocomposites

    Stan Veprek;Ali S. Argon

  • The Physics of Deformation and Fracture of Polymers

    Ali S. Argon

  • Toughening mechanism of rubber-modified polyamides

    O.K. Muratoglu;A.S. Argon;R.E. Cohen;M. Weinberg

  • Morphological alterations during texture-producing plastic plane strain compression of high-density polyethylene

    A. Galeski;Z. Bartczak;A. S. Argon;R. E. Cohen

  • Initiation of crazes in polystyrene

    A. S. Argon;J. G. Hannoosh

  • A stochastic model for continuum elasto-plastic behavior. I. Numerical approach and strain localization

    V V Bulatov;A S Argon

Frequent Co-Authors

Stan Veprek
Stan Veprek Technical University of Munich
Ruifeng Zhang
Ruifeng Zhang Beihang University
Vasily V. Bulatov
Vasily V. Bulatov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mary C. Boyce
Mary C. Boyce Columbia University
Andrzej Galeski
Andrzej Galeski Polish Academy of Sciences
Wei Cai
Wei Cai Stanford University

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