2026 Niels Hansen: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	83	2330	9	410	29965

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Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development of the science and technology of the strengthening of polycrystalline materials and for leadership of metallurgical research in Denmark.
1993 - Member of Academia Europaea
1956 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Niels Hansen is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering, and Aerospace Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several key topics, including:

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
Microstructure and mechanical properties
Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
High Temperature Alloys and Creep
Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
Metallurgy and Material Forming

Hansen has contributed publications to notable venues, particularly:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Acta Materialia
arXiv (Cornell University)
Communications Materials
Journal of Material Science and Technology

Recent papers authored by Hansen include:

Cryogenic toughness in a low-cost austenitic steel, 2021, Communications Materials
In-situ synchrotron X-ray micro-diffraction investigation of ultra-low-strain deformation microstructure in laminated Ti-Al composites, 2020, Acta Materialia
Microstructure and strength of a tantalum-tungsten alloy after cold rolling from small to large strains, 2021, Journal of Material Science and Technology
Segregation and precipitation stabilizing an ultrafine lamellar-structured Al-0.3%Cu alloy, 2020, Acta Materialia
Microstructure and strengthening mechanisms of nanolamellar structures in ultrastrong drawn iron wires, 2021, Scripta Materialia

Frequent co-authors associated with Hansen's work include:

Xiaoxu Huang
Yubin Zhang
A. Godfrey
Yan Peng
Tiansheng Wang

Throughout the career, Hansen's contributions have been recognized with several awards, including:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 1995, for development of the science and technology of the strengthening of polycrystalline materials and for leadership of metallurgical research in Denmark
Member of Academia Europaea, 1993
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1956

Best Publications

Hall-Petch relation and boundary strengthening

Niels Hansen

4043
Citations
Overview no. 96: Evolution of F.C.C. deformation structures in polyslip

B. Bay;N. Hansen;D.A. Hughes;D. Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf

1160
Citations
Microstructure and strength of nickel at large strains

D.A Hughes;N Hansen

1122
Citations
The morphology and crystallography of lath martensite in alloy steels

S. Morito;X. Huang;T. Furuhara;T. Maki

934
Citations
Hardening by Annealing and Softening by Deformation in Nanostructured Metals

Xiaoxu Huang;Niels Hansen;Nobuhiro Tsuji

843
Citations
Strengthening mechanisms in nanostructured high-purity aluminium deformed to high strain and annealed

Naoya Kamikawa;Xiaoxu Huang;Nobuhiro Tsuji;Niels Hansen

717
Citations
Effect of grain orientation on deformation structure in cold-rolled polycrystalline aluminium

Q. Liu;D. Juul Jensen;N. Hansen

686
Citations
New discoveries in deformed metals

Niels Hansen;Robert F. Mehl;Award Medalist

673
Citations
The Effect of Grain Size and Strain on the Tensile Flow Stress of Aluminium at Room Temperature

Niels Hansen

664
Citations
Geometrically necessary, incidental and subgrain boundaries

D. Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf;Niels Hansen

594
Citations
Microstructure and flow stress of polycrystals and single crystals

N. Hansen;X. Huang

495
Citations
Scaling of microstructural parameters: Misorientations of deformation induced boundaries

D.A. Hughes;Q. Liu;D.C. Chrzan;N. Hansen

444
Citations
Microstructure and strengthening mechanisms in cold-drawn pearlitic steel wire

Xiaodan Zhang;Xiaodan Zhang;Andy Godfrey;Xiaoxu Huang;Niels Hansen

428
Citations
Microstructure and strength of commercial purity aluminium (AA 1200) cold-rolled to large strains

Q. Liu;X. Huang;D.J. Lloyd;N. Hansen

420
Citations
The Strain and Grain Size Dependence of the Flow Stress of Copper

Niels Hansen;B. Ralph

404
Citations
Development of microstructure in FCC metals during cold work

Niels Hansen;Dorte Juul Jensen

403
Citations
Microstructural evolution during accumulative roll-bonding of commercial purity aluminum

X Huang;N Tsuji;N Hansen;Y Minamino

391
Citations
Low energy dislocation structures due to unidirectional deformation at low temperatures

Niels Hansen;D. Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf

387
Citations
Microstructural evolution of IF-steel during cold rolling

B.L Li;A Godfrey;Q.C Meng;Q Liu

279
Citations
Deformation structures in lightly rolled pure aluminium

B. Bay;N. Hansen;D. Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf

267
Citations