2026 David Rodney: 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	50	10212	9861	293	282	127	9379

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Materials Science

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282

127

9379

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

875
Citations
The Role of Collinear Interaction in Dislocation-Induced Hardening

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

404
Citations
Modeling the mechanics of amorphous solids at different length scale and time scale

D. Rodney;Arnaud Tanguy;D. Vandembroucq

323
Citations
Ab initio modeling of dislocation core properties in metals and semiconductors

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

302
Citations
Phase field methods and dislocations

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

284
Citations
The glide of screw dislocations in bcc Fe: Atomistic static and dynamic simulations ☆

Julien Chaussidon;Marc Fivel;David Rodney

276
Citations
Modeling the mechanics of amorphous solids at different length and time scales

David Rodney;Anne Tanguy;Damien Vandembroucq

267
Citations
Quantum effect on thermally activated glide of dislocations.

Laurent Proville;David Rodney;Mihai-Cosmin Marinica

262
Citations
Structure and Strength of Dislocation Junctions: An Atomic Level Analysis

D. Rodney;R. Phillips

246
Citations
Distribution of thermally activated plastic events in a flowing glass.

David Rodney;Christopher Schuh

235
Citations
Molecular dynamics simulation of screw dislocations interacting with interstitial frank loops in a model FCC crystal

David Rodney

210
Citations
Dislocation locking versus easy glide in titanium and zirconium

Emmanuel Clouet;Daniel Caillard;Nermine Chaari;Fabien Onimus

195
Citations
Chapter 88 Dislocation–Obstacle Interactions at the Atomic Level

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

192
Citations
Atomic-scale simulation of screw dislocation/coherent twin boundary interaction in Al, Au, Cu and Ni

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

175
Citations
Plastic anisotropy and dislocation trajectory in BCC metals

Lucile Dezerald;David Rodney;Emmanuel Clouet;Lisa Ventelon

160
Citations
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

157
Citations
Dislocation pinning by glissile interstitial loops in a nickel crystal: A molecular-dynamics study

D. Rodney;G. Martin

153
Citations
Ab initio investigation of the Peierls potential of screw dislocations in bcc Fe and W

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

145
Citations
Atomic-scale study of dislocation–stacking fault tetrahedron interactions. Part I: mechanisms

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

143
Citations
Ab initio modeling of the two-dimensional energy landscape of screw dislocations in bcc transition metals

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

142
Citations
Distribution of Thermally Activated Plastic Events in a Flowing Glass

Christopher A. Schuh;David Rodney

100
Citations