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D-Index
42
Citations
10253
World Ranking
1788
National Ranking
678

David P. Field 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 David P. Field sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 191 publications — 41st percentile

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

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

David P. Field 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 David P. Field sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David P. Field is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, focusing particularly on the behavior and properties of metals and alloys under various conditions.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, their contributions extend into several subfields of study such as:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Biomedical Engineering

The topics frequently addressed in their research include:

  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

David P. Field has published extensively in various scientific venues. Among the most frequent publication venues are:

  • Materials Characterization
  • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
  • Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Progress in Materials Science

Their recent papers include:

  • "Friction stir welding/processing of metals and alloys: A comprehensive review on microstructural evolution" (2020, Progress in Materials Science)
  • "Influence of microstructural heterogeneity and plastic strain on geometrically necessary dislocation structure evolution in single-phase and two-phase alloys" (2020, Materials Characterization)
  • "Additive manufacturing of Ti-Ni bimetallic structures" (2022, Materials & Design)
  • "Benefits of using multiple Raman laser wavelengths for characterizing defects in a UO2 matrix" (2022, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy)
  • "Thermal behavior of AZ31 gradient microstructure after cold severe surface plastic deformation" (2020, Materials Characterization)

Frequent collaborators in their scientific work include:

  • Khaled F. Adam
  • Amrita Kundu
  • Natalia Soledad De Vincentis
  • Benjamin Schuessler
  • Vineet V. Joshi

Best Publications

  • Electron Backscatter Diffraction in Materials Science

    Adam J. Schwartz;Mukul Kumar;Brent L. Adams;David P. Field

  • A review of strain analysis using electron backscatter diffraction.

    Stuart I. Wright;Matthew M. Nowell;David P. Field

  • The role of annealing twins during recrystallization of Cu

    D.P. Field;L.T. Bradford;M.M. Nowell;T.M. Lillo

  • Heterogeneity of crystallographic texture in friction stir welds of aluminum

    David P. Field;Tracy W. Nelson;Yuri Hovanski;Kumar V. Jata

  • A study of the heterogeneity of plastic deformation in IF steel by EBSD

    Nathalie Allain-Bonasso;Francis Wagner;Stéphane Berbenni;David P. Field

  • Recent advances in the application of orientation imaging

    David P. Field

  • Analysis of local orientation gradients in deformed single crystals

    D.P. Field;P.B. Trivedi;S.I. Wright;M. Kumar

  • Influence of plastic deformation heterogeneity on development of geometrically necessary dislocation density in dual phase steel

    Amrita Kundu;David P. Field

  • Spall behavior of aluminum with varying microstructures

    X. Chen;J. R. Asay;S. K. Dwivedi;D. P. Field

  • A systematic comparison of static and dynamic ageing of two Al–Mg–Si alloys

    M Cai;D.P Field;G.W Lorimer

  • Mapping and Assessing Plastic Deformation Using EBSD

    Luke N. Brewer;David P. Field;Colin C. Merriman

  • The effect of predeformation on the β″ and β′ precipitates and the role of Q′ phase in an Al–Mg–Si alloy; AA6022

    Reza S. Yassar;David P. Field;Hasso Weiland

  • Present State of Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Prospective Developments

    Robert A. Schwarzer;David P. Field;Brent L. Adams;Mukul Kumar

  • Electron backscatter diffraction and orientation imaging microscopy

    D. J. Dingley;D. P. Field

  • Towards an integrated materials characterization toolbox

    Ian M. Robertson;Christopher A. Schuh;John S. Vetrano;Nigel D. Browning

  • Orientation dependence of dislocation structure evolution during cold rolling of aluminum

    C.C. Merriman;D.P. Field;P. Trivedi

  • Rodrigues parameterization for orientation and misorientation distributions

    A. Morawiec;A. Morawiec;D. P. Field

  • Deformation and fracture behavior of laser processed dense and porous Ti6Al4V alloy under static and dynamic loading

    N Biswas;J L Ding;Vamsi Krishna Balla;D P Field

  • Quantification of dislocation structure heterogeneity in deformed polycrystals by EBSD

    D P Field;C C Merriman;N Allain-Bonasso;F Wagner

  • Interface Cavitation Damage in Polycrystalline Copper

    D.P. Field;B.L. Adams

Frequent Co-Authors

Brent L. Adams
Brent L. Adams Brigham Young University
Hussein M. Zbib
Hussein M. Zbib Washington State University
Tracy W. Nelson
Tracy W. Nelson Brigham Young University
Anthony D. Rollett
Anthony D. Rollett Carnegie Mellon University
Mukul Kumar
Mukul Kumar Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
David F. Bahr
David F. Bahr Purdue University West Lafayette
Gary S. Was
Gary S. Was University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gregory S. Rohrer
Gregory S. Rohrer Carnegie Mellon University
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski
Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski Forschungszentrum Jülich
David C. Dunand
David C. Dunand Northwestern University

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