2026 Hugh Spikes: 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	85	2195	2121	94	89	356	22375

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Materials Science

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Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
2012 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
2004 - Mayo D. Hersey Award, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Hugh Spikes is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has made significant contributions to the field of engineering, particularly within mechanical engineering and its associated subfields. Their research focuses extensively on lubricants and their additives, tribology and wear analysis, and dynamics analysis related to gears and bearings.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Materials Chemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Research topics covered in their publications emphasize:

Lubricants and Their Additives
Tribology and Wear Analysis
Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis
Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics

Hugh Spikes has frequently published in several venues, with notable numbers of publications in:

Tribology Letters
Tribology International
Tribology Transactions
Wear
Research Square

Significant collaborations include regular co-authors such as Mao Ueda, Jie Zhang, Janet S. S. Wong, Amir Kadiric, and James P. Ewen, reflecting ongoing teamwork in advancing knowledge within the tribology and lubrication engineering fields.

Recently published papers include:

"Mechanochemistry of Zinc Dialkyldithiophosphate on Steel Surfaces under Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication Conditions," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Triboelectrochemistry: Influence of Applied Electrical Potentials on Friction and Wear of Lubricated Contacts," 2020, Tribology Letters
"Adsorption of Organic Friction Modifier Additives," 2020, Langmuir
"Tribofilm Formation, Friction and Wear-Reducing Properties of Some Phosphorus-Containing Antiwear Additives," 2020, Tribology Letters
"Boundary Friction of ZDDP Tribofilms," 2020, Tribology Letters

Hugh Spikes has been recognized within their professional community, having received distinctions such as the Mayo D. Hersey Award from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2004. They were also elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2012.

Best Publications

The History and Mechanisms of ZDDP

H. Spikes

1250
Citations
The Measurement and Study of Very Thin Lubricant Films in Concentrated Contacts

G. J. Johnston;R. Wayte;H. A. Spikes

633
Citations
Friction Modifier Additives

Hugh Spikes

599
Citations
On the Mechanism of ZDDP Antiwear Film Formation

Jie Zhang;Hugh Spikes

360
Citations
Tribological studies of potential vegetable oil-based lubricants containing environmentally friendly viscosity modifiers

L.A. Quinchia;M.A. Delgado;T. Reddyhoff;C. Gallegos

323
Citations
Entrainment and Inlet Suction: Two Mechanisms of Hydrodynamic Lubrication in Textured Bearings

M. Fowell;A. V. Olver;A. D. Gosman;H. A. Spikes

316
Citations
Mechanism of Action of Colloidal Solid Dispersions

F. Chiñas-Castillo;H. A. Spikes

307
Citations
The Development of a Spacer Layer Imaging Method (SLIM) for Mapping Elastohydrodynamic Contacts

P. M. Cann;H. A. Spikes;J. Hutchinson

283
Citations
The lubricity of diesel fuels

Wei Danping;H.A. Spikes

244
Citations
The half-wetted bearing. Part 1: Extended Reynolds equation:

H. A. Spikes

242
Citations
Equation for Slip of Simple Liquids at Smooth Solid Surfaces

Hugh Spikes;Steve Granick

234
Citations
The formation of zinc dithiophosphate antiwear films

H Fujita;H. A. Spikes

222
Citations
CFD analysis of a low friction pocketed pad bearing

P. Brajdic-Mitidieri;A. D. Gosman;E. Ioannides;H. A. Spikes

214
Citations
Soft lubrication of model hydrocolloids

J. de Vicente;J.R. Stokes;H.A. Spikes

214
Citations
The Frictional Properties of Newtonian Fluids in Rolling–Sliding soft-EHL Contact

J. de Vicente;J.R. Stokes;H.A. Spikes

212
Citations
Friction and Wear Behavior of Zinc Dialkyldithiophosphate Additive

L. Taylor;A. Dratva;H. A. Spikes

211
Citations
Friction-Enhancing Properties of ZDDP Antiwear Additive: Part I—Friction and Morphology of ZDDP Reaction Films

L. J. J. Taylor;H. A. Spikes

209
Citations
Behaviour of boundary lubricating additives on DLC coatings

Ksenija Topolovec-Miklozic;Frances Lockwood;Hugh Spikes

188
Citations
Boundary lubrication of oxide surfaces by Poly(L-lysine)-g-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL-g-PEG) in aqueous media

Seunghwan Lee;Markus Müller;Monica Ratoi-Salagean;Janos Vörös

188
Citations
Film thickness and roughness of ZDDP antiwear films

Ksenija Topolovec-Miklozic;T. Reg Forbus;Hugh A. Spikes

186
Citations
Study of Zinc Dialkydithiophosphate Antiwear Film Formation and Removal Processes, Part I: Experimental

H. Fujita;R. P. Glovnea;H. A. Spikes

179
Citations