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Jaroslav Polák 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 Jaroslav Polák sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 264 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jaroslav Polák 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 Jaroslav Polák sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jaroslav Polák is affiliated with the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic. The research work undertaken primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields including Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Metals and Alloys, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's research topics encompass the following areas:

  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • High Entropy Alloys Studies

Jaroslav Polák has contributed to multiple recent scientific papers, including:

  • Role of Persistent Slip Bands and Persistent Slip Markings in Fatigue Crack Initiation in Polycrystals, 2023, published in Crystals
  • On the mechanism of fatigue crack initiation in high-angle grain boundaries, 2022, published in International Journal of Fatigue
  • Intergranular fatigue crack initiation in polycrystalline copper, 2022, published in Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Role of deformation twinning in fatigue of CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy at room temperature, 2021, published in Scripta Materialia
  • Surface relief evolution and fatigue crack initiation in René 41 superalloy cycled at room temperature, 2021, published in Materials Science and Engineering A

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Jaroslav Polák include:

  • Tomáš Kruml
  • Ivo Šulák
  • Tomáš Babinský
  • Ivo Kuběna
  • Alice Chlupová

Key publication venues for Jaroslav Polák's work are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Acta Materialia

Best Publications

  • Cyclic Plasticity and Low Cycle Fatigue Life of Metals

    Jaroslav Polák

  • Extrusions and intrusions in fatigued metals. Part 1. State of the art and history

    Jiri Man;Karel Obrtlik;Jaroslav Polak

  • On the role of point defects in fatigue crack initiation

    J. Polák

  • Atomic force microscopy of surface relief in individual grains of fatigued 316L austenitic stainless steel

    J. Man;K. Obrtlík;C. Blochwitz;J. Polák

  • Study of surface relief evolution in fatigued 316L austenitic stainless steel by AFM

    J Man;K Obrtlı́k;J Polák

  • Dislocation structures in 316L stainless steel cycled with plastic strain amplitudes over a wide interval

    Karel Obrtlík;Tomásš Kruml;Jaroslav Polák

  • Genetic engineering of Plum pox virus resistance: ‘HoneySweet’ plum—from concept to product

    Ralph Scorza;Ann Callahan;Chris Dardick;Michel Ravelonandro

  • Mechanisms of extrusion and intrusion formation in fatigued crystalline materials

    J. Polák;J. Man

  • AFM evidence of surface relief formation and models of fatigue crack nucleation

    J. Polák;J. Man;K. Obrtlík

  • Electrical resistivity of cyclically deformed copper

    J. Polák

  • High cycle fatigue life of metals

    P. Lukáš;M. Klesnil;J. Polák

  • Extrusions and intrusions in fatigued metals. Part 2. AFM and EBSD study of the early growth of extrusions and intrusions in 316L steel fatigued at room temperature

    Jiri Man;Petr Klapetek;Ondrej Man;Anja Weidner

  • Short fatigue crack behaviour in 316L stainless steel

    K. Obrtlı́k;J. Polák;M. Hájek;A. Vašek

  • Study of cyclic strain localization and fatigue crack initiation using FIB technique

    J. Man;T. Vystavěl;A. Weidner;I. Kuběna

  • Short crack growth and fatigue life in austenitic‐ferritic duplex stainless steel

    J. Polák;P. Zezulka

  • Surface topography and crack initiation in emerging persistent slip bands in copper single crystals

    J. Polák;T. Lepistö;P. Kettunen

  • Cyclic stress-strain response and dislocation structures in polycrystalline copper

    J. Polák;M. Klesnil

  • AFM and TEM study of cyclic slip localization in fatigued ferritic X10CrAl24 stainless steel

    J. Man;M. Petrenec;K. Obrtlík;J. Polák

  • Inhomogeneous dislocation structure in fatigued INCONEL 713 LC superalloy at room and elevated temperatures

    Martin Petrenec;Karel Obrtlík;Jaroslav Polák

  • NUCLEATION AND SHORT CRACK GROWTH IN FATIGUED POLYCRYSTALLINE COPPER

    J. Polák;P. Liškutían

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Mills
Michael J. Mills The Ohio State University
Horst Biermann
Horst Biermann TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Easo P George
Easo P George Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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