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Materials Science

D-Index
68
Citations
14824
World Ranking
4926
National Ranking
1299

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14274
World Ranking
7000
National Ranking
2084

Richard S. Stein 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 Richard S. Stein sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 397 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard S. Stein 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 Richard S. Stein sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard S. Stein is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research contributions primarily engage with the fields of Arts and Humanities, with a focus on History and Philosophy of Science as well as History.

Their recent published work includes the paper titled "An Element of Hope: Radium and the Response to Cancer in Canada, 1900-1940", published in 2020 in the McGill Journal of Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover areas such as:

  • History of Science and Medicine
  • Medical History and Innovations
  • Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies

Publication venues for their work are predominantly within the McGill Journal of Medicine.

Frequent co-authors are not recorded for this scientist.

Best Publications

  • Photographic Light Scattering by Polyethylene Films

    Richard S. Stein;Marion B. Rhodes

  • The determination of diffuse‐boundary thicknesses of polymers by small‐angle X‐ray scattering

    J. T. Koberstein;B. Morra;R. S. Stein

  • The x‐ray diffraction, birefringence, and infrared dichroism of stretched polyethylene

    Richard S. Stein;Forrest H. Norris

  • Small‐angle X‐ray scattering studies of microdomain structure in segmented polyurethane elastomers

    Jeffrey T. Koberstein;Richard S. Stein

  • Study of miscibility and critical phenomena of deuterated polystyrene and hydrogenated poly(vinyl methyl ether) by small-angle neutron scattering

    Mitsuhiro Shibayama;Richard S. Stein;Charles C. Han

  • The X‐ray diffraction, birefringence, and infrared dichroism of stretched polyethylene. II. Generalized uniaxial crystal orientation

    Richard S. Stein

  • Scattering of Light by Polymer Films Possessing Correlated Orientation Fluctuations

    Richard S. Stein;Philip R. Wilson

  • Holographic Data Storage in Amorphous Polymers

    Stephan J. Zilker;Thomas Bieringer;Dietrich Haarer;Richard S. Stein

  • Melting studies of poly(vinylidene fluoride) and its blends with poly(methyl methacrylate)

    Bruce S. Morra;Richard S. Stein

  • Phase transformation in quenched mesomorphic isotactic polypropylene

    Zhi-Gang Wang;Benjamin S Hsiao;Srivatsan Srinivas;Gary M Brown

  • Critical Analysis of the Phase-Behavior of Poly(Epsilon-Caprolactone) (PCl)/Polycarbonate (PC) Blends

    Y. Wilson Cheung;Richard S. Stein

  • Characterization and properties of polyethylene blends I. Linear low-density polyethylene with high-density polyethylene

    Shi-Ru Hu;Thein Kyu;Richard S. Stein

  • Deuteration effects on the miscibility and phase separation kinetics of polymer blends

    Hsinjin Yang;Mitsuhiro Shibayama;Richard S. Stein;Nobuyuki Shimizu

  • The form of the enriched surface layer in polymer blends

    R. A. L. Jones;R. A. L. Jones;L. J. Norton;E. J. Kramer;R. J. Composto

  • A model for the structure of ionomers

    W. J. Macknight;W. P. Taggart;R. S. Stein

  • Scattering of light from assemblies of oriented rods

    Marion B. Rhodes;Richard S. Stein

  • Scattering of Light by Two‐Dimensional Spherulites

    S. Clough;J. J. Van Aartsen;R. S. Stein

  • X-ray and optical studies of the morphology of polymer blends

    R. S. Stein;F. B. Khambatta;F. P. Warner;T. Russell

  • Cocrystallization and phase segregation of polyethylene blends. 1. Thermal and vibrational spectroscopic study by utilizing the deuteration technique

    Kohji Tashiro;Richard S. Stein;Shaw L. Hsu

  • Small‐angle x‐ray scattering measurements of diffuse phase‐boundary thicknesses in segmented polyurethane elastomers

    Jeffrey T. Koberstein;Richard S. Stein

  • Recent developments in polymer applications of small-angle neutron, X-ray and light scattering

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Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. Russell
Thomas P. Russell University of Massachusetts Amherst
Russell J. Composto
Russell J. Composto University of Pennsylvania
H. Henning Winter
H. Henning Winter University of Massachusetts Amherst
Thein Kyu
Thein Kyu University of Akron
Kohji Tashiro
Kohji Tashiro Toyota Technological Institute
Masamichi Kobayashi
Masamichi Kobayashi Osaka University
Do Y. Yoon
Do Y. Yoon Stanford University
Roger S. Porter
Roger S. Porter University of Massachusetts Amherst
Richard A. L. Jones
Richard A. L. Jones University of Manchester
William J. MacKnight
William J. MacKnight University of Massachusetts Amherst

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