2026 Donald W. Brown: 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	60	7007	6772	1761	1637	334	13949

Overview

Donald W. Brown is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within engineering and materials science. The main fields of study include:

Engineering
Materials Science

Within these domains, their work extends into several subfields such as:

Materials Chemistry
Mechanical Engineering
Geophysics
Metals and Alloys
Automotive Engineering

The scientist's research interests cover a variety of topics. Prominent themes include:

Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties
Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
Nuclear Materials and Properties
High Entropy Alloys Studies
High-pressure Geophysics and Materials

Among their recent publications are:

Effect of the scanning strategy on the formation of residual stresses in additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V, 2021, Additive Manufacturing
Perspectives on Quenching and Tempering 4340 Steel, 2020, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
Deformation, dislocation evolution and the non-Schmid effect in body-centered-cubic single- and polycrystal tantalum, 2023, International Journal of Plasticity
Predicting deformation behavior of α-uranium during tension, compression, load reversal, rolling, and sheet forming using elasto-plastic, multi-level crystal plasticity coupled with finite elements, 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
In-situ high-energy X-ray diffraction and crystal plasticity modeling to predict the evolution of texture, twinning, lattice strains and strength during loading and reloading of beryllium, 2022, International Journal of Plasticity

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
Additive Manufacturing
SSRN Electronic Journal
International Journal of Plasticity
Journal of Nuclear Materials

Co-authorship is a significant aspect of their research activity. Frequent collaborators include:

B. Clausen
Reeju Pokharel
Sven C. Vogel
Maria Strantza
Daniel J. Savage

Best Publications

An Experimental Investigation into Additive Manufacturing-Induced Residual Stresses in 316L Stainless Steel

Amanda S. Wu;Donald W. Brown;Mukul Kumar;Gilbert F. Gallegos

735
Citations
Enhanced ductility in strongly textured magnesium produced by equal channel angular processing

S.R. Agnew;J.A. Horton;T.M. Lillo;D.W. Brown

720
Citations
Study of slip mechanisms in a magnesium alloy by neutron diffraction and modeling

S.R. Agnew;C.N. Tomé;D.W. Brown;T.M. Holden

712
Citations
Twinning–detwinning behavior during the strain-controlled low-cycle fatigue testing of a wrought magnesium alloy, ZK60A

L. Wu;A. Jain;D.W. Brown;G.M. Stoica

586
Citations
Internal strain and texture evolution during deformation twinning in magnesium

D.W. Brown;S.R. Agnew;M.A.M. Bourke;T.M. Holden

540
Citations
Reorientation and stress relaxation due to twinning: Modeling and experimental characterization for Mg

B. Clausen;C.N. Tomé;D.W. Brown;S.R. Agnew

521
Citations
Validating a polycrystal model for the elastoplastic response of magnesium alloy AZ31 using in situ neutron diffraction

S.R. Agnew;D.W. Brown;C.N. Tomé

504
Citations
Grain size effects on the tensile properties and deformation mechanisms of a magnesium alloy, AZ31B, sheet

A. Jain;O. Duygulu;D.W. Brown;C.N. Tomé

460
Citations
Internal stress relaxation and load redistribution during the twinning–detwinning-dominated cyclic deformation of a wrought magnesium alloy, ZK60A

L. Wu;S.R. Agnew;D.W. Brown;G.M. Stoica

322
Citations
Texture variation and its influence on the tensile behavior of a friction-stir processed magnesium alloy

W. Woo;W. Woo;H. Choo;H. Choo;D.W. Brown;P.K. Liaw

308
Citations
The effects of texture and extension twinning on the low-cycle fatigue behavior of a rolled magnesium alloy, AZ31B

L. Wu;S.R. Agnew;Y. Ren;D.W. Brown

220
Citations
Evolution of stress in individual grains and twins in a magnesium alloy aggregate.

C. C. Aydıner;J. V. Bernier;B. Clausen;U. Lienert

195
Citations
Evaluation of a thermomechanical model for prediction of residual stress during laser powder bed fusion of Ti-6Al-4V

R.K. Ganeriwala;M. Strantza;W.E. King;B. Clausen

193
Citations
Role of twinning in the hardening response of zirconium during temperature reloads

G.C. Kaschner;C.N. Tomé;I.J. Beyerlein;S.C. Vogel

184
Citations
A polycrystal plasticity model for predicting mechanical response and texture evolution during strain-path changes: Application to beryllium

Marko Knezevic;Marko Knezevic;Irene J. Beyerlein;Donald W. Brown;Thomas A. Sisneros

173
Citations
Micromechanical quantification of elastic, twinning, and slip strain partitioning exhibited by polycrystalline, monoclinic nickel-titanium during large uniaxial deformations measured via in-situ neutron diffraction

A.P. Stebner;S.C. Vogel;R.D. Noebe;T.A. Sisneros

158
Citations
Elastic moduli inheritance and the weakest link in bulk metallic glasses.

D. Ma;A. D. Stoica;X.-L. Wang;Z. P. Lu

143
Citations
Structural representation of additively manufactured 316L austenitic stainless steel

C.A. Bronkhorst;J.R. Mayeur;V. Livescu;R. Pokharel

139
Citations
MOVPE growth of InP using isobutylphosphine and tert-butylphosphine

C.H. Chen;C.A. Larsen;G.B. Stringfellow;D.W. Brown

132
Citations
Role of twinning and slip during compressive deformation of beryllium as a function of strain rate

D.W. Brown;I.J. Beyerlein;T.A. Sisneros;B. Clausen

130
Citations
Monitoring evolution of stress in individual grains and twins in a magnesium alloy aggregate

Bjorn Clausen;Cahit C Aydiner;Carlos N Tome;Donald W Brown

0
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