2026 David A. Drabold: 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	7800	7540	1933	1792	311	10141

David A. Drabold 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 David A. Drabold sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 311 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David A. Drabold 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 David A. Drabold sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David A. Drabold is affiliated with Ohio University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with specific emphasis on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. They have also contributed to mechanical engineering, ceramics and composites, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their main areas of study cover topics including graphene research and applications, machine learning in materials science, glass properties and applications, carbon nanotubes in composites, thermal properties of materials, nuclear materials and radiation effects, and thin-film transistor technologies.

Drabold's frequent co-authors include Chinonso Ugwumadu with 38 collaborations, K. Nepal with 20, Jason Trembly with 15, Rajendra Thapa with 13, and Yahya Al-Majali with 11.

Their publications have appeared most often in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
physica status solidi (b)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Carbon

Recent publications demonstrate a range of research interests and include:

Origins of structural and electronic transitions in disordered silicon, 2021, Nature
Radiation shielding properties of bismuth borate glasses doped with different concentrations of cadmium oxides, 2020, Ceramics International
Physical, structural, and shielding properties of cadmium bismuth borate-based glasses, 2020, Journal of Applied Physics
Ab Initio Simulation of Amorphous Graphite, 2022, Physical Review Letters
Electronic transport in copper-graphene composites, 2023, Applied Physics Letters

Best Publications

Origins of structural and electronic transitions in disordered silicon

Volker L. Deringer;Noam Bernstein;Gábor Csányi;Chiheb Ben Mahmoud

336
Citations
Advances and applications in the FIREBALL ab initio tight-binding molecular-dynamics formalism

James P. Lewis;Pavel Jelínek;José Ortega;Alexander A. Demkov

265
Citations
Properties of amorphous and crystalline titanium dioxide from first principles

Binay Prasai;Bin Cai;M. Kylee Underwood;James P. Lewis

263
Citations
Energetics of Large Fullerenes: Balls, Tubes, and Capsules

Gary B. Adams;Otto F. Sankey;John B. Page;Michael O'Keeffe

251
Citations
Theory of diamondlike amorphous carbon.

D. A. Drabold;P. A. Fedders;Petra Stumm

232
Citations
Molecular-dynamics determination of electronic and vibrational spectra, and equilibrium structures of small Si clusters.

Otto F. Sankey;David J. Niklewski;D. A. Drabold;John D. Dow

212
Citations
Maximum entropy approach for linear scaling in the electronic structure problem.

David A. Drabold;Otto F. Sankey

198
Citations
ATOMISTIC STRUCTURE OF BAND-TAIL STATES IN AMORPHOUS SILICON

Jianjun Dong;D. A. Drabold

186
Citations
Atomistic origin of urbach tails in amorphous silicon.

Y. Pan;F. Inam;M. Zhang;D. A. Drabold

176
Citations
Topics in the theory of amorphous materials

D. A. Drabold;D. A. Drabold;D. A. Drabold

173
Citations
Radiation shielding properties of bismuth borate glasses doped with different concentrations of cadmium oxides

Y.S. Alajerami;Y.S. Alajerami;D. Drabold;M.H.A. Mhareb;Katherine Leslee A. Cimatu

168
Citations
Ab initio study of diamond C(100) surfaces.

Sang H. Yang;David A. Drabold;James B. Adams

165
Citations
Theory of defects in semiconductors

David A. Drabold;Stefan K. Estreicher

154
Citations
Density functional studies of small platinum clusters

Sang H Yang;David A Drabold;James B Adams;Pablo Ordejón

148
Citations
AB INITIO MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS STUDY OF THE STRUCTURAL, VIBRATIONAL, AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF GLASSY GESE2

Mark Cobb;D. A. Drabold;R. L. Cappelletti

147
Citations
Reverse Monte Carlo modeling of amorphous silicon

Parthapratim Biswas;Raymond Atta-Fynn;D. A. Drabold

145
Citations
CAN AMORPHOUS GAN SERVE AS A USEFUL ELECTRONIC MATERIAL

P. Stumm;D. A. Drabold

140
Citations
Structure determination of disordered materials from diffraction data.

Matthew J. Cliffe;Martin T. Dove;D. A. Drabold;Andrew L. Goodwin;Andrew L. Goodwin

136
Citations
Order-N projection method for first-principles computations of electronic quantities and Wannier functions

Uwe Stephan;David A. Drabold

135
Citations
Finite-temperature properties of amorphous silicon.

David A. Drabold;P. A. Fedders;Stefan Klemm;Otto F. Sankey

129
Citations
Structure and physical properties of paracrystalline atomistic models of amorphous silicon

P. M. Voyles;P. M. Voyles;N. Zotov;S. M. Nakhmanson;S. M. Nakhmanson;D. A. Drabold

127
Citations