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Nikolas Provatas

Nikolas Provatas

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 41 12691 12276 220 208 159 7078

Nikolas Provatas publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Nikolas Provatas between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Nikolas Provatas published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2021. 13 of the 183 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2021. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 3 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 3 publications
1995 2025

183 publications in total across all disciplines

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Nikolas Provatas: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 1
1997 0
1998 3
1999 4
2000 1
2001 3
2002 3
2003 2
2004 6
2005 3
2006 5
2007 2
2008 5
2009 3
2010 19
2011 6
2012 8
2013 6
2014 10
2015 6
2016 7
2017 9
2018 5
2019 5
2020 8
2021 23
2022 7
2023 9
2024 10
2025 3
Total 183
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Nikolas Provatas 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 Nikolas Provatas sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 150–169 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 159 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835 159
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Nikolas Provatas 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 Nikolas Provatas sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 40–41 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211 41
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Nikolas Provatas is affiliated with McGill University in Canada, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans key subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's main research topics include Solidification and crystal growth phenomena, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, and Metallurgy and Material Forming.

Provatas has contributed to numerous publications across several frequent venues, notably:

  • Physical Review Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Representative recent papers include:

  • Characterizing the microstructural effect of build direction during solidification of laser-powder bed fusion of Al-Si alloys in the dilute limit: A phase-field study (2021, Acta Materialia)
  • Controlling solid-liquid interfacial energy anisotropy through the isotropic liquid (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Dislocation density in cellular rapid solidification using phase field modeling and crystal plasticity (2021, International Journal of Plasticity)
  • Solute trapping in rapid solidification (2020, MRS Bulletin)
  • Orientation gradients in rapidly solidified pure aluminum thin films: comparison of experiments and phase-field crystal simulations (2021, arXiv (Cornell University))

Provatas frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Tatu Pinomaa
  • Anssi Laukkanen
  • Duncan Burns
  • Nana Ofori-Opoku
  • Michael Greenwood

Best Publications

  • Phase-Field Methods in Materials Science and Engineering

    Nikolas Provatas;Ken Elder

  • Phase-field crystal modeling and classical density functional theory of freezing

    K. R. Elder;Nikolas Provatas;Joel Berry;Joel Berry;Peter Stefanovic

  • Phase-Field Methods in Materials Science and Engineering: PROVATAS:PHASE-FIELD O-BK

    Nikolas Provatas;Ken Elder

  • Efficient Computation of Dendritic Microstructures Using Adaptive Mesh Refinement

    Nikolas Provatas;Nigel Goldenfeld;Jonathan Dantzig

  • Phase-field crystals with elastic interactions.

    Peter Stefanovic;Mikko Haataja;Nikolas Provatas

  • Phase field crystal study of deformation and plasticity in nanocrystalline materials.

    Peter Stefanovic;Mikko Haataja;Nikolas Provatas

  • Phase-field simulation of solidification morphology in laser powder deposition of Ti-Nb alloys

    V. Fallah;V. Fallah;M. Amoorezaei;N. Provatas;S.F. Corbin

  • Cluster evolution mechanisms during aging in Al–Mg–Si alloys

    Vahid Fallah;Brian Langelier;Nana Ofori-Opoku;Babak Raeisinia

  • Using the phase-field crystal method in the multi-scale modeling of microstructure evolution

    N. Provatas;J. A. Dantzig;B. Athreya;P. Chan

  • Amplitude expansion of the binary phase-field-crystal model.

    K. R. Elder;Zhi Feng Huang;Nikolas Provatas

  • The significance of spatial length scales and solute segregation in strengthening rapid solidification microstructures of 316L stainless steel

    Tatu Pinomaa;Tatu Pinomaa;Matti Lindroos;Martin Walbrühl;Nikolas Provatas

  • Modeling structural transformations in binary alloys with phase field crystals

    Michael Greenwood;Michael Greenwood;Nana Ofori-Opoku;Jörg Rottler;Nikolas Provatas

  • Phase-field-crystal dynamics for binary systems: Derivation from dynamical density functional theory, amplitude equation formalism, and applications to alloy heterostructures.

    Zhi Feng Huang;K. R. Elder;Nikolas Provatas

  • Atomic-scale pathway of early-stage precipitation in Al–Mg–Si alloys

    Vahid Fallah;Andreas Korinek;Nana Ofori-Opoku;Babak Raeisinia

  • A quantitative multi-phase field model of polycrystalline alloy solidification

    Nana Ofori-Opoku;Nikolas Provatas

  • Solidification microstructure simulation of Ti-6Al-4V in metal additive manufacturing: A review

    Jinghao Li;Xianglin Zhou;Mathieu Brochu;Nikolas Provatas

  • Liquid channel segregation and morphology and their relation with hot cracking susceptibility during columnar growth in binary alloys

    Lei Wang;Lei Wang;Nan Wang;Nikolas Provatas

  • Orientation selection in solidification patterning

    Morteza Amoorezaei;Sebastian Gurevich;Nikolas Provatas

  • Quantitative phase field modeling of solute trapping and continuous growth kinetics in quasi-rapid solidification

    Tatu Pinomaa;Tatu Pinomaa;Nikolas Provatas

  • Multiscale modeling of polycrystalline graphene: A comparison of structure and defect energies of realistic samples from phase field crystal models

    Petri Hirvonen;Mikko M. Ervasti;Zheyong Fan;Morteza Jalalvand;Morteza Jalalvand

  • Structural phase field crystal approach for modeling graphene and other two-dimensional structures

    Matthew Seymour;Nikolas Provatas

  • Kinetics of scrap melting in liquid steel

    Jianghua Li;Geoffrey Brooks;Nikolas Provatas

  • Defect stability in phase-field crystal models: Stacking faults and partial dislocations

    Joel Berry;Joel Berry;Nikolas Provatas;Nikolas Provatas;Jörg Rottler;Chad W. Sinclair

Frequent Co-Authors

Tapio Ala-Nissila
Tapio Ala-Nissila Aalto University
Jeffrey J. Hoyt
Jeffrey J. Hoyt McMaster University
Mohsen Mohammadi
Mohsen Mohammadi University of New Brunswick
Mikko Karttunen
Mikko Karttunen University of Western Ontario
Tomislav Friščić
Tomislav Friščić University of Birmingham
Jussi Timonen
Jussi Timonen University of Jyväskylä
Samuel Forest
Samuel Forest Mines ParisTech
Matthias Militzer
Matthias Militzer University of British Columbia
Y. Zhou
Y. Zhou University of Waterloo
François Léonard
François Léonard Sandia National Laboratories

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