2026 David Tabor: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	78	2901	121	229	36456

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Research.com Recognitions

1974 - Mayo D. Hersey Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

David Tabor was affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their career focused on contributing to scientific research, with recognition from the wider academic and professional community.

In 1974, David Tabor was awarded the Mayo D. Hersey Award by The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This award is notable within the engineering community, though no specific citation accompanies this recognition in the record.

Details about their recent papers, collaborations, publication venues, book publications, and specific fields or subfields of study were not provided. The absence of such data indicates that these aspects are either not documented here or were not a major part of the accessible profile.

Best Publications

The friction and lubrication of solids

Frank Philip Bowden;David Tabor

10106
Citations
Surface Forces and Surface Interactions

D Tabor

1630
Citations
The Direct Measurement of Normal and Retarded van der Waals Forces

David Tabor;R. H. S. Winterton

1261
Citations
The effect of surface roughness on the adhesion of elastic solids

K. N. G. Fuller;David Tabor

1258
Citations
The measurement of van der Waals dispersion forces in the range 1.5 to 130 nm

Jacob Nissim Israelachvili;David Tabor

1113
Citations
A Simple Theory of Static and Dynamic Hardness

David Tabor

982
Citations
Friction and lubrication

Frank Philip Bowden;David Tabor

806
Citations
The hardness of solids

D. Tabor

771
Citations
The friction and creep of polycrystalline ice

P. Barnes;David Tabor;J. C. F. Walker

619
Citations
Friction and molecular structure: the behaviour of some thermoplastics

Christine M. Pooley;David Tabor

539
Citations
Gases, Liquids and Solids and Other States of Matter

David Tabor

512
Citations
Friction—The Present State of Our Understanding

David Tabor

492
Citations
Junction Growth in Metallic Friction: The Role of Combined Stresses and Surface Contamination

David Tabor

491
Citations
An Ultrasonic Study of the Area of Contact between Stationary and Sliding Surfaces

Kevin Kendall;David Tabor

483
Citations
The Area of Contact between Stationary and between Moving Surfaces

Frank Philip Bowden;David Tabor

465
Citations
Plastic indentation in metals with cones

A.G. Atkins;D. Tabor

449
Citations
Friction: An Introduction to Tribology

Frank Philip Bowden;David Tabor

446
Citations
Elastic Recovery of Conical Indentations

N A Stilwell;D Tabor

445
Citations
The physical meaning of indentation and scratch hardness

D Tabor

394
Citations
The friction and visco-elastic properties of polymeric solids

K.C. Ludema;D. Tabor

351
Citations
Surface effects in adhesion, friction, wear and lubrication: Published, price US $107.25, by Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, PO Box 330, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-41966-7

D. Tabor

40
Citations