2026 Michael L. Falk: 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	42	12489	12080	2868	2668	165	9455

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental advances in our understanding of the mechanical response of amorphous solids through the use of innovative computational methods and theories that reveal the connection between local rearrangements and large scale response
2018 - MRS Impact Award, Materials Research Society “For broadened participation in STEM education in Baltimore elementary schools; for bringing attention to professional and educational climate issues faced by LGBTQ students and researchers; and for pioneered research-based methodologies for integrating computation into the Materials Science and Engineering curriculum

Overview

Michael L. Falk is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States and has a research focus primarily spanning Materials Science and Engineering. Their work deeply intersects several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Biomaterials, Condensed Matter Physics, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to multiple topics within these fields, notably including:

Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys
Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications
Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
Material Dynamics and Properties
Theoretical and Computational Physics
Microstructure and mechanical properties
Glass properties and applications

Research output includes recent papers such as:

Predicting plasticity in disordered solids from structural indicators, 2020, Physical Review Materials
LGBT+ physicists: Harassment, persistence, and uneven support, 2022, Physical Review Physics Education Research
Atomic nonaffinity as a predictor of plasticity in amorphous solids, 2021, Physical Review Materials
Predicting plastic events and quantifying the local yield surface in 3D model glasses, 2021, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
Providing students with agency to self-scaffold in a computational science and engineering course, 2020, Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research work include:

Timothy P. Weihs
Suhas Eswarappa Prameela
Peng Yi
Mitra L. Taheri
Annie K. Barnett

Michael L. Falk publishes regularly in respected venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review Materials
Acta Materialia
Mechanics of Materials
Physical Review Physics Education Research

Awards received include the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2019, recognized for advances in understanding the mechanical response of amorphous solids using computational methods. Additionally, they were honored with the Materials Research Society (MRS) Impact Award in 2018 for contributions to STEM education in Baltimore elementary schools, research-based curricular innovations, and addressing climate issues faced by LGBTQ students and researchers.

Best Publications

Dynamics of viscoplastic deformation in amorphous solids

M. L. Falk;J. S. Langer

2511
Citations
Identification of domoic acid, a neuroexcitatory amino acid, in toxic mussels from eastern Prince Edward Island

J. L. C. Wright;R. K. Boyd;A. S. W. de Freitas;M. Falk

597
Citations
Deformation of metallic glasses: Recent developments in theory, simulations, and experiments

Todd C. Hufnagel;Christopher A. Schuh;Michael L. Falk

542
Citations
Soft spots and their structural signature in a metallic glass

Jun Ding;Sylvain Patinet;Michael L. Falk;Yongqiang Cheng

466
Citations
An infrared study of water in perfluorosulfonate (Nafion) membranes

Michael Falk

435
Citations
Strain localization and percolation of stable structure in amorphous solids.

Yunfeng Shi;Michael L. Falk

362
Citations
Deformation and failure of amorphous, solidlike materials

Michael L. Falk;J.S. Langer

327
Citations
A Critical Evaluation of Cohesive Zone Models of Dynamic Fracture

Michael L. Falk;Alan Needleman;James R. Rice

262
Citations
Elastostatically induced structural disordering in amorphous alloys

Kyoung Won Park;Chang Myeon Lee;Masato Wakeda;Yoji Shibutani

252
Citations
Molecular-dynamics study of ductile and brittle fracture in model noncrystalline solids

M. L. Falk

250
Citations
Atomic-scale simulations of strain localization in three-dimensional model amorphous solids

Yunfeng Shi;Michael L. Falk

240
Citations
Evaluation of the disorder temperature and free-volume formalisms via simulations of shear banding in amorphous solids.

Yunfeng Shi;Michael B. Katz;Hui Li;Michael L. Falk

215
Citations
Connecting Local Yield Stresses with Plastic Activity in Amorphous Solids.

Sylvain Patinet;Damien Vandembroucq;Michael L. Falk

209
Citations
Stress-induced structural transformation and shear banding during simulated nanoindentation of a metallic glass

Yunfeng Shi;Michael L. Falk

188
Citations
Sliding behavior of metallic glass: Part I. Experimental investigations

Xi-Yong Fu;T Kasai;Michael L Falk;D.A Rigney

175
Citations
Infrared spectrum of HDO in water and in NaCl solution

Hans R. Wyss;Michael Falk

158
Citations
Predicting plasticity in disordered solids from structural indicators

D. Richard;D. Richard;M. Ozawa;M. Ozawa;S. Patinet;E. Stanifer

156
Citations
Dynamic precipitation and recrystallization in Mg-9wt.%Al during equal-channel angular extrusion: A comparative study to conventional aging

X.L. Ma;Suhas Eswarappa Prameela;Peng Yi;Matthew Fernandez

152
Citations
Thermal effects in the shear-transformation-zone theory of amorphous plasticity: comparisons to metallic glass data.

M. L. Falk;J. S. Langer;L. Pechenik

152
Citations
Interactions between charged spherical macroions

Mark J. Stevens;Michael L. Falk;Mark O. Robbins

149
Citations
Identification of isodomoic acid D and two new geometrical isomers of domoic acid in toxic mussels

Jeffrey L. C. Wright;Michael Falk;A. Gavin McInnes;John A. Walter

129
Citations
Sliding behavior of metallic glass: Part II. Computer simulations

Xi-Yong Fu;Michael L. Falk;D.A. Rigney

124
Citations
An energy basin finding algorithm for kinetic Monte Carlo acceleration

Brian Puchala;Michael L. Falk;Krishna Garikipati

120
Citations
Cavitation in amorphous solids.

Pengfei Guan;Shuo Lu;Michael J. B. Spector;Pavan K. Valavala

119
Citations
Examples of structural evolution during sliding and shear of ductile materials

D.A. Rigney;X.Y. Fu;J.E. Hammerberg;B.L. Holian

113
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