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D-Index
42
Citations
9455
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12485
National Ranking
2865

Michael L. Falk 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 Michael L. Falk sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 165 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael L. Falk 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 Michael L. Falk sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Soft spots and their structural signature in a metallic glass

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

  • An infrared study of water in perfluorosulfonate (Nafion) membranes

    Michael Falk

  • Strain localization and percolation of stable structure in amorphous solids.

    Yunfeng Shi;Michael L. Falk

  • Deformation and failure of amorphous, solidlike materials

    Michael L. Falk;J.S. Langer

  • A Critical Evaluation of Cohesive Zone Models of Dynamic Fracture

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

  • Elastostatically induced structural disordering in amorphous alloys

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

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

    M. L. Falk

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

    Yunfeng Shi;Michael L. Falk

  • 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

  • Connecting Local Yield Stresses with Plastic Activity in Amorphous Solids.

    Sylvain Patinet;Damien Vandembroucq;Michael L. Falk

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

    Yunfeng Shi;Michael L. Falk

  • Sliding behavior of metallic glass: Part I. Experimental investigations

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

  • Infrared spectrum of HDO in water and in NaCl solution

    Hans R. Wyss;Michael Falk

  • Predicting plasticity in disordered solids from structural indicators

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Interactions between charged spherical macroions

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

  • 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

  • Sliding behavior of metallic glass: Part II. Computer simulations

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

  • An energy basin finding algorithm for kinetic Monte Carlo acceleration

    Brian Puchala;Michael L. Falk;Krishna Garikipati

  • Cavitation in amorphous solids.

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

  • Examples of structural evolution during sliding and shear of ductile materials

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy P. Weihs
Timothy P. Weihs Johns Hopkins University
Woo Kyun Kim
Woo Kyun Kim University of Georgia
Yunfeng Shi
Yunfeng Shi Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Laszlo J. Kecskes
Laszlo J. Kecskes Johns Hopkins University
T. Stanley Cameron
T. Stanley Cameron Dalhousie University
Iain D. Boyd
Iain D. Boyd University of Colorado Boulder
Anton Van der Ven
Anton Van der Ven University of California, Santa Barbara
Howard E. Katz
Howard E. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Mary Anne White
Mary Anne White Dalhousie University
Sharon C. Glotzer
Sharon C. Glotzer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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