2026 Kenneth F. Kelton: 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	68	4918	4758	1297	1216	375	15098

Kenneth F. Kelton 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 Kenneth F. Kelton sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 375 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kenneth F. Kelton 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 Kenneth F. Kelton sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kenneth F. Kelton is affiliated with Washington University in St. Louis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with particular attention to materials chemistry and mechanical engineering. Their work encompasses various subfields including ceramics and composites, geochemistry and petrology, as well as geophysics.

Their scholarly output includes studies related to material dynamics and properties, glass properties and applications, metallic glasses and amorphous alloys, solidification and crystal growth phenomena, and mineralogy and gemology. Additional research topics cover high-pressure geophysics and materials, along with nanoparticles nucleation and surface interactions.

Kelton has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

The Journal of Chemical Physics
SSRN Electronic Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
npj Microgravity
Physical Review B

Coauthorship is a significant aspect of Kelton's research activities. Regular collaborators are:

A. K. Gangopadhyay
D. C. Van Hoesen
Xinsheng Xia
Matthew E. McKenzie
Fangzheng Chen

Their notable recent papers include the following:

"Demonstration of the effect of stirring on nucleation from experiments on the International Space Station using the ISS-EML facility," 2021, published in npj Microgravity
"A perspective on metallic liquids and glasses," 2023, published in Journal of Applied Physics
"Low-temperature nucleation anomaly in silicate glasses shown to be artifact in a 5BaO·8SiO2 glass," 2021, published in Nature Communications
"Nucleation pathways in barium silicate glasses," 2021, published in Scientific Reports
"Electromagnetic levitation containerless processing of metallic materials in microgravity: rapid solidification," 2023, published in npj Microgravity

Best Publications

Crystal Nucleation in Liquids and Glasses

K.F. Kelton

984
Citations
Nucleation in condensed matter : applications in materials and biology

K. F. Kelton;A. L. Greer

900
Citations
First X-Ray Scattering Studies on Electrostatically Levitated Metallic Liquids: Demonstrated Influence of Local Icosahedral Order on the Nucleation Barrier

K. F. Kelton;G. W. Lee;A. K. Gangopadhyay;R. W. Hyers

727
Citations
Transient nucleation in condensed systems

K. F. Kelton;A. L. Greer;C. V. Thompson

623
Citations
The Classical Theory

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272
Citations
Heterogeneous seeded growth: a potentially general synthesis of monodisperse metallic nanoparticles.

Heng Yu;Patrick C. Gibbons;K. F. Kelton;William E. Buhro

265
Citations
Structural Aspects of Metallic Glasses

Daniel B. Miracle;Takeshi Egami;Katharine M. Flores;Kenneth F. Kelton

252
Citations
A structural signature of liquid fragility

N. A. Mauro;M. Blodgett;M. L. Johnson;A. J. Vogt

246
Citations
A stable Ti-based quasicrystal

K. F. Kelton;W. J. Kim;R. M. Stroud

241
Citations
Transient nucleation effects in glass formation

K.F. Kelton;A.L. Greer

235
Citations
Difference in icosahedral short-range order in early and late transition metal liquids.

G. W. Lee;A. K. Gangopadhyay;K. F. Kelton;R. W. Hyers

220
Citations
Connectivity of icosahedral network and a dramatically growing static length scale in Cu-Zr binary metallic glasses

Ryan Soklaski;Zohar Nussinov;Zachary Markow;K. F. Kelton

194
Citations
Icosahedral Order, Frustration, and the Glass Transition: Evidence from Time-Dependent Nucleation and Supercooled Liquid Structure Studies

Y. T. Shen;T. H. Kim;A. K. Gangopadhyay;K. F. Kelton

186
Citations
The effect of phase separation on subsequent crystallization in Al88Gd6La2Ni4

A.K Gangopadhyay;T.K Croat;K.F Kelton

183
Citations
Hydrogenation of titanium-based quasicrystals.

A. M. Viano;R. M. Stroud;P. C. Gibbons;A. F. McDowell

161
Citations
Mechanisms for nanocrystal formation in metallic glasses

K.F. Kelton;T.K. Croat;A.K. Gangopadhyay;L.-Q. Xing

153
Citations
Proposal for universality in the viscosity of metallic liquids

M. E. Blodgett;Takeshi Egami;Z. Nussinov;K. F. Kelton

153
Citations
Quasicrystals: structure and stability

K. F. Kelton

152
Citations
A new model for nucleation in bulk metallic glasses

K. F. Kelton

152
Citations
Numerical model for isothermal and non-isothermal crystallization of liquids and glasses☆

K.F. Kelton

146
Citations
Test of classical nucleation theory in a condensed system

K. F. Kelton;A. L. Greer

142
Citations