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D-Index
50
Citations
9379
World Ranking
10210
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293

David Rodney 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 Rodney sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 127 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Rodney 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 Rodney sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Rodney is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with a strong emphasis on materials chemistry and mechanical engineering subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of microstructure and mechanical properties, as well as high entropy alloys and high temperature alloys including creep behavior. Other notable topics in their research include advanced materials and composites, microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, machine learning applications in materials science, and nuclear materials and properties.

David Rodney's recent publications cover a range of topics related to materials behavior and modeling. Noteworthy papers include:

  • Screw dislocations in BCC transition metals: from ab initio modeling to yield criterion (2021), published in arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Microelasticity model of random alloys. Part I: mean square displacements and stresses (2021), published in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Multiscale modelling for fusion and fission materials: The M4F project (2021), published in Nuclear Materials and Energy
  • Anharmonic effect on the thermally activated migration of {1012} twin interfaces in magnesium (2021), published in Materials Research Letters
  • Microelasticity model of random alloys. Part II: displacement and stress correlations (2021), published in Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

The frequent coauthors collaborating with David Rodney include:

  • Pierre-Antoine Geslin
  • Baptiste Bienvenu
  • Emmanuel Clouet
  • Tristan Albaret
  • Jonathan Amodeo

Publications have appeared regularly in several scientific venues notable for materials science research. These include:

  • Acta Materialia
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

David Rodney's work spans both theoretical and applied aspects of materials science, engaging with experimental data and computational modeling to analyze microstructural phenomena and mechanical behavior of advanced alloy systems. Their interdisciplinary approach connects mechanical engineering principles with materials chemistry to explore challenges in material durability and performance under various conditions.

Best Publications

  • An adaptive finite element approach to atomic-scale mechanics—the quasicontinuum method

    V.B. Shenoy;R. Miller;E.b. Tadmor;D. Rodney

  • The Role of Collinear Interaction in Dislocation-Induced Hardening

    R. Madec;B. Devincre;L. Kubin;T. Hoc

  • Modeling the mechanics of amorphous solids at different length scale and time scale

    D. Rodney;Arnaud Tanguy;D. Vandembroucq

  • Ab initio modeling of dislocation core properties in metals and semiconductors

    D. Rodney;L. Ventelon;E. Clouet;L. Pizzagalli

  • Phase field methods and dislocations

    D. Rodney;Y. Le Bouar;A. Finel

  • The glide of screw dislocations in bcc Fe: Atomistic static and dynamic simulations ☆

    Julien Chaussidon;Marc Fivel;David Rodney

  • Modeling the mechanics of amorphous solids at different length and time scales

    David Rodney;Anne Tanguy;Damien Vandembroucq

  • Quantum effect on thermally activated glide of dislocations.

    Laurent Proville;David Rodney;Mihai-Cosmin Marinica

  • Structure and Strength of Dislocation Junctions: An Atomic Level Analysis

    D. Rodney;R. Phillips

  • Distribution of thermally activated plastic events in a flowing glass.

    David Rodney;Christopher Schuh

  • Molecular dynamics simulation of screw dislocations interacting with interstitial frank loops in a model FCC crystal

    David Rodney

  • Dislocation locking versus easy glide in titanium and zirconium

    Emmanuel Clouet;Daniel Caillard;Nermine Chaari;Fabien Onimus

  • Chapter 88 Dislocation–Obstacle Interactions at the Atomic Level

    D.J. Bacon;Y.N. Osetsky;D. Rodney

  • Atomic-scale simulation of screw dislocation/coherent twin boundary interaction in Al, Au, Cu and Ni

    M. Chassagne;M. Chassagne;Marc Legros;D. Rodney

  • Plastic anisotropy and dislocation trajectory in BCC metals

    Lucile Dezerald;David Rodney;Emmanuel Clouet;Lisa Ventelon

  • On the importance of prismatic/basal interfaces in the growth of (1¯012) twins in hexagonal close packed crystals

    B. Xu;B. Xu;L. Capolungo;D. Rodney

  • Dislocation pinning by glissile interstitial loops in a nickel crystal: A molecular-dynamics study

    D. Rodney;G. Martin

  • Ab initio investigation of the Peierls potential of screw dislocations in bcc Fe and W

    Lisa Ventelon;F. Willaime;E. Clouet;D. Rodney

  • Atomic-scale study of dislocation–stacking fault tetrahedron interactions. Part I: mechanisms

    Y. N. Osetsky;D. Rodney;D. J. Bacon

  • Ab initio modeling of the two-dimensional energy landscape of screw dislocations in bcc transition metals

    L. Dezerald;Lisa Ventelon;E. Clouet;C. Denoual

  • Distribution of Thermally Activated Plastic Events in a Flowing Glass

    Christopher A. Schuh;David Rodney

Frequent Co-Authors

Francois Willaime
Francois Willaime University of Paris-Saclay
Ellad B. Tadmor
Ellad B. Tadmor University of Minnesota
Michael Ortiz
Michael Ortiz California Institute of Technology
David Bacon
David Bacon University of Portsmouth
Yves Bréchet
Yves Bréchet Monash University
Hao Wang
Hao Wang Swinburne University of Technology
Olivier Bouaziz
Olivier Bouaziz University of Lorraine
Yu.N. Osetsky
Yu.N. Osetsky Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Juan J. de Pablo
Juan J. de Pablo New York University

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