2026 Andrew Alderson: 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	58	7659	7406	297	281	136	12671

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Materials Science

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Overview

Andrew Alderson is affiliated with Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science.

The subfields of study where Alderson has contributed include:

Mechanical Engineering
Materials Chemistry
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Polymers and Plastics
Mechanics of Materials

Alderson's work covers a variety of topics, with a focus on:

Cellular and Composite Structures
Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics
Polymer composites and self-healing
Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity
Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alderson include:

Manufacturing, characteristics and applications of auxetic foams: A state-of-the-art review, 2022, Composites Part B Engineering
The use of auxetic materials in tissue engineering, 2020, Biomaterials Science
Shear modulus of conventional and auxetic open-cell foam, 2021, Mechanics of Materials
Validation of a Finite Element Modeling Process for Auxetic Structures under Impact, 2020, physica status solidi (b)
Effect of steam conversion on the cellular structure, Young's modulus and negative Poisson's ratio of closed-cell foam, 2020, Smart Materials and Structures

The frequent co-authors working with Alderson include:

Olly Duncan
Tom Allen
Glen McHale
Steven Armstrong
Shruti Mandhani

Key publication venues where Alderson's research has appeared multiple times include:

physica status solidi (b)
Smart Materials and Structures
Composites Part B Engineering
Biomaterials Science
Mechanics of Materials

Best Publications

Auxetic Materials : Functional Materials and Structures from Lateral Thinking!

K. E. Evans;A. Alderson

1553
Citations
Elastic constants of 3-, 4- and 6-connected chiral and anti-chiral honeycombs subject to uniaxial in-plane loading

Andrew Alderson;K.L. Alderson;D. Attard;K.E. Evans

712
Citations
Auxetic behaviour from rotating rigid units

Joseph N. Grima;Andrew Alderson;Kenneth A. Evans

425
Citations
Auxetic materials for sports applications

Mohammad Sanami;Naveen Ravirala;Kim Alderson;Andrew Alderson

383
Citations
Do Zeolites Have Negative Poisson's Ratios?

Joseph N. Grima;Rosie Jackson;Andrew Alderson;Kenneth E. Evans

364
Citations
Double-Negative Mechanical Metamaterials Displaying Simultaneous Negative Stiffness and Negative Poisson's Ratio Properties

Trishan A. M. Hewage;Kim L. Alderson;Andrew Alderson;Fabrizio Scarpa

358
Citations
Review of Auxetic Materials for Sports Applications: Expanding Options in Comfort and Protection

Olly Duncan;Todd Shepherd;Charlotte Moroney;Leon Foster

326
Citations
An Auxetic Filter: A Tuneable Filter Displaying Enhanced Size Selectivity or Defouling Properties

Andrew Alderson;John Rasburn;Simon Ameer-Beg;Peter G. Mullarkey

300
Citations
A triumph of lateral thought.

Andrew Alderson

295
Citations
The transverse elastic properties of chiral honeycombs

A. Lorato;P. Innocenti;F. Scarpa;Andrew Alderson

278
Citations
The in-plane linear elastic constants and out-of-plane bending of 3-coordinated ligament and cylinder-ligament honeycombs

Andrew Alderson;K. L. Alderson;G T. Chirima;N. Ravirala

270
Citations
How to make auxetic fibre reinforced composites

K. L. Alderson;V. R. Simkins;V. L. Coenen;P. J. Davies

248
Citations
Auxetic two-dimensional polymer networks. An example of tailoring geometry for specific mechanical properties

Ken E. Evans;Andrew Alderson;Frances R. Christian

190
Citations
Auxetic polypropylene fibres:Part 1 - Manufacture and characterisation

K. L. Alderson;Andrew Alderson;G. Smart;V. R. Simkins

189
Citations
Negative Poisson's ratios in cellular foam materials

Joseph N. Grima;Ruben Gatt;Naveen Ravirala;Andrew Alderson

171
Citations
Negative Poisson's ratios from rotating rectangles

Joseph N. Grima;Andrew Alderson;Kenneth E. Evans

167
Citations
Auxetic warp knit textile structures

Kim Alderson;Andrew Alderson;Subhash Anand;Virginia Simkins

151
Citations
Rotation and dilation deformation mechanisms for auxetic behaviour in the α-cristobalite tetrahedral framework structure

A. Alderson;K. E. Evans

147
Citations
Natrolite: A zeolite with negative Poisson’s ratios

Joseph N. Grima;Ruben Gatt;Victor A. Zammit;Jennifer J. Williams

141
Citations
The sensitisation of thermal decomposition of ammonium polyphosphate by selected metal ions and their potential for improved cotton fabric flame retardancy

Philip J. Davies;A. Richard Horrocks;Andrew Alderson

131
Citations