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 Michael F. Ashby sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 657 publications — 94th percentile
94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.
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 Michael F. Ashby sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 135 D-Index — 98th percentile
98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.
Michael F. Ashby is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including Environmental Science, Engineering, and Business, Management and Accounting.
The scientist has contributed to subfields such as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Environmental Engineering; Strategy and Management; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering.
The main topics covered in their work include Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Vehicle Emissions and Performance, and Extraction and Separation Processes.
Michael F. Ashby has published papers in a variety of venues, notably:
Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ashby include:
Frequent collaborators in their research work include Junjun Yin, Shi Su, Xin Xiang Yu, Jun-Seok Bae, and Yonggang Jin.
Over the course of their career, they have received several awards and honors, including the Heyn Commemorative Medal (2003), the A.C. Eringen Medal (1999), and election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993).
Other distinctions include the Von Hippel Award from the Materials Research Society (1992), membership in the National Academy of Engineering (1990) for contributions to the understanding of mechanical behavior of materials and the development of design formats, membership in Academia Europaea (1989), the Acta Materialia Gold Medal (1986), and Fellowship of the Royal Society in the United Kingdom (1979).
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N.A. Fleck;G.M. Muller;M.F. Ashby;J.W. Hutchinson
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V.S. Deshpande;N.A. Fleck;M.F. Ashby
Ulrich Fred Kocks;Ali Suphi Argon;Michael Farries Ashby
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A.G. Evans;J.W. Hutchinson;N.A. Fleck;M.F. Ashby
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Julian M. Allwood;Michael F. Ashby;Timothy G. Gutowski;Ernst Worrell
N. A. Fleck;V. S. Deshpande;M. F. Ashby
G. Le Roy;J.D. Embury;G. Edwards;M.F. Ashby
Michael F Ashby;Anthony Evans;Norman A Fleck;Lorna J Gibson
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