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 Ralph H. Colby sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 373 publications — 74th percentile
74% 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 Ralph H. Colby sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 85 D-Index — 84th percentile
84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.
Ralph H. Colby is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their work involves significant contributions to subfields including Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes.
Their research topics cover a range of areas related to polymer science and materials technologies. Main themes include:
Colby has published extensively in several prominent journals. These frequent publication venues are:
Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Colby are:
They frequently collaborate with several co-authors, including:
Pinar Akcora;Hongjun Liu;Sanat K. Kumar;Joseph Moll
Andrey V. Dobrynin;Ralph H. Colby;Michael Rubinstein
Matthew G. McKee;Garth L. Wilkes;Ralph H. Colby;Timothy Edward Long
Ludwik Leibler;Ludwik Leibler;J Michael Rubinstein;Ralph H. Colby;Ralph H. Colby
Ralph H. Colby
Robert J. Klein;Shihai Zhang;Shichen Dou;Brad H. Jones
Ralph H. Colby;Lewis J. Fetters;William W. Graessley
Kurt A. Koppi;Matthew Tirrell;Frank S. Bates;Kristoffer Almdal
Ralph H. Colby;Michael Rubinstein
L. J. Fetters;D. J. Lohse;R. H. Colby
Suman K. Patel;Shawn Malone;Claude Cohen;Jeffrey R. Gillmor
Michael Rubinstein;Ralph H. Colby;Andrey V. Dobrynin;Jean Francois Joanny
J. Janzen;R.H. Colby
Sergei P. Obukhov;Michael Rubinstein;Ralph H. Colby
F Bordi;C Cametti;R H Colby
Ralph H. Colby
T. A. Witten;M. Rubinstein;R. H. Colby
Michael Rubinstein;Ralph H. Colby
Jean Louis Viovy;Michael Rubinstein;Ralph H. Colby
Ralph H. Colby;Lewis J. Fetters;Walter G. Funk;William W. Graessley;William W. Graessley
Sanat K. Kumar;Ralph H. Colby;Spiros H. Anastasiadis;George Fytas
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