2026 Amit Misra: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	95	1337	1283	427	399	448	31559

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2016 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For seminal and sustained contributions to nanomechanics and deformation mechanisms of nanocomposites and leadership to the Materials Research Society and the materials community.
2011 - ASM Fellow "For significant contributions to fundamental understanding of the mechanical behavior, radiation damage, and stability of metallic materials, particularly micro and nanolayered materials."

Overview

Amit Misra is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Biomedical Engineering as subfields.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics, including:

Microstructure and mechanical properties
Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
High Entropy Alloys Studies
Nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions

Amit Misra has contributed to numerous research publications, frequently publishing in the following venues:

Materials Science and Engineering A
Acta Materialia
SSRN Electronic Journal
Scripta Materialia
MRS Bulletin

Selected recent papers include:

"Quantitative study of the effect of grain boundary parameters on the slip system level Hall-Petch slope for basal slip system in Mg-4Al" (2020, Acta Materialia)
"Hierarchical microstructures and deformation behavior of laser direct-metal-deposited Cu-Fe alloys" (2020, Materials Science and Engineering A)
"Interface-mediated plasticity of nanoscale Al-Al2Cu eutectics" (2020, Acta Materialia)
"In situ transmission electron microscopy investigation of nucleation of GP zones under natural aging in Al-Zn-Mg alloy" (2021, Scripta Materialia)
"In Situ Micro-Pillar Compression to Examine Radiation-Induced Hardening Mechanisms of FeCrAl Alloys" (2020, Acta Materialia)

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Jian Wang
Wenqian Wu
Mohsen Taheri Andani
Bibhu Prasad Sahu
Benjamin K. Derby

Amit Misra has been recognized through several awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018. They were also honored as a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2016 for contributions to nanomechanics and deformation mechanisms of nanocomposites and leadership within the materials community. Additionally, they received the ASM Fellow distinction in 2011 for contributions to understanding mechanical behavior, radiation damage, and stability of metallic materials, especially micro and nanolayered materials.

Best Publications

Length-scale-dependent deformation mechanisms in incoherent metallic multilayered composites

A. Misra;J.P. Hirth;R.G. Hoagland

1245
Citations
Consensus statement for diagnosis of obesity, abdominal obesity and the metabolic syndrome for Asian Indians and recommendations for physical activity, medical and surgical management.

A Misra;P Chowbey;B M Makkar;N K Vikram

1235
Citations
Detwinning mechanisms for growth twins in face-centered cubic metals

J. Wang;N. Li;O. Anderoglu;X. Zhang

631
Citations
Defect-interface interactions

I.J. Beyerlein;M.J. Demkowicz;A. Misra;B.P. Uberuaga

605
Citations
Radiation damage tolerant nanomaterials

I.J. Beyerlein;A. Caro;M.J. Demkowicz;N.A. Mara

591
Citations
The radiation damage tolerance of ultra-high strength nanolayered composites

A. Misra;M. J. Demkowicz;X. Zhang;R. G. Hoagland

547
Citations
An overview of interface-dominated deformation mechanisms in metallic multilayers

J. Wang;A. Misra

518
Citations
Structure and mechanical properties of Cu-X (X = Nb,Cr,Ni) nanolayered composites

A Misra;M Verdier;Y.C Lu;H Kung

488
Citations
Growth Twins and Deformation Twins in Metals

Irene J. Beyerlein;Xinghang Zhang;Amit Misra

478
Citations
Design of Radiation Tolerant Materials Via Interface Engineering

Weizhong Han;Michael J. Demkowicz;Nathan A. Mara;Engang Fu

411
Citations
Effect of grain boundary character on sink efficiency

W.Z. Han;M.J. Demkowicz;E.G. Fu;Y.Q. Wang

403
Citations
Single-dislocation-based strengthening mechanisms in nanoscale metallic multilayers

A. Misra;J. P. Hirth;H. Kung

385
Citations
Enhanced hardening in Cu/330 stainless steel multilayers by nanoscale twinning

X. Zhang;A. Misra;H. Wang;T.D. Shen

363
Citations
Deformability of ultrahigh strength 5 nm Cu/Nb nanolayered composites

N. A. Mara;D. Bhattacharyya;P. Dickerson;R. G. Hoagland

359
Citations
Atomistic modeling of the interaction of glide dislocations with “weak” interfaces

J. Wang;R.G. Hoagland;J.P. Hirth;A. Misra

345
Citations
Deformation Behavior of Nanostructured Metallic Multilayers

A. Misra;H. Krug

308
Citations
Are Nanoporous Materials Radiation Resistant

E. M. Bringa;J. D. Monk;A. Caro;A. Misra

307
Citations
Thermal stability of sputtered Cu films with nanoscale growth twins

O. Anderoglu;A. Misra;H. Wang;X. Zhang

305
Citations
High-strength sputter-deposited Cu foils with preferred orientation of nanoscale growth twins

X. Zhang;H. Wang;X. H. Chen;L. Lu

295
Citations
Nanoscale-twinning-induced strengthening in austenitic stainless steel thin films

X. Zhang;A. Misra;H. Wang;M. Nastasi

280
Citations
Materials Science and Engineering A

Gábor Csiszár;Amit Misra;Tamás Ungár

66
Citations