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Materials Science

D-Index
107
Citations
50249
World Ranking
777
National Ranking
30

Robert J. Young 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 Robert J. Young sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 644 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert J. Young 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 Robert J. Young sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Robert J. Young is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with particular attention to materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, and mechanical engineering as subfields.

The scientist's body of work includes research topics such as:

  • Graphene research and applications
  • 2D materials and applications
  • MXene and MAX phase materials
  • Advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials
  • Carbon nanotubes in composites
  • Polymer nanocomposites and properties
  • Graphene and nanomaterials applications

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Ian A. Kinloch, Zheling Li, Mufeng Liu, Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou, and Mark A. Bissett.

The main publication venues for this researcher are:

  • Composites Science and Technology
  • 2D Materials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nanoscale
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Robert J. Young are:

  • "Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and their composites: Graphene, nanotubes and fibres" (2023) published in Progress in Materials Science
  • "Mechanisms of mechanical reinforcement by graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites" (2020) published in Nanoscale
  • "Mechanisms of Liquid-Phase Exfoliation for the Production of Graphene" (2020) published in ACS Nano
  • "Self-assembly of a layered two-dimensional molecularly woven fabric" (2020) published in Nature
  • "Strain engineering in monolayer WS2 and WS2 nanocomposites" (2020) published in 2D Materials

Robert J. Young was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to Polymers

    R. J. Young;Chan I. Chung

  • Mechanical properties of graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites

    Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert J. Young

  • Fracture Behaviour of Polymers

    A. J. Kinloch;Robert J. Young

  • The mechanics of graphene nanocomposites: A review

    Robert J. Young;Ian A. Kinloch;Lei Gong;Kostya S. Novoselov

  • A semiconductor source of triggered entangled photon pairs

    R. M. Stevenson;R. J. Young;R. J. Young;P. Atkinson;K. Cooper

  • Composites with carbon nanotubes and graphene: An outlook

    Ian A. Kinloch;Jonghwan Suhr;Jun Lou;Robert J. Young

  • RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF CARBON MATERIALS AND THEIR COMPOSITES: GRAPHENE, NANOTUBES AND FIBRES

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  • The real graphene oxide revealed: stripping the oxidative debris from the graphene-like sheets

    Jonathan P. Rourke;Priyanka A. Pandey;Joseph J. Moore;Matthew Bates

  • Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites

    Conor S. Boland;Umar Khan;Gavin Ryan;Sebastian Barwich

  • Graphene Oxide: Structural Analysis and Application as a Highly Transparent Support for Electron Microscopy

    Neil R. Wilson;Priyanka A. Pandey;Richard Beanland;Robert J. Young

  • Interfacial stress transfer in a graphene monolayer nanocomposite

    Lei Gong;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert J. Young;Ibtsam Riaz

  • Raman-scattering measurements and first-principles calculations of strain-induced phonon shifts in monolayer MoS2

    C. Rice;R. J. Young;R. Zan;U. Bangert

  • Crack propagation in a glass particle-filled epoxy resin

    J. Spanoudakis;R. J. Young

  • Investigation into the deformation of carbon nanotubes and their composites through the use of Raman spectroscopy

    C.A. Cooper;R.J. Young;M. Halsall

  • Deformation mechanisms in crystalline polymers

    P. B. Bowden;R. J. Young

  • Collapse of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes is Diameter Dependent

    James A. Elliott;Jan K. W. Sandler;Alan H. Windle;Robert J. Young

  • Crack propagation in a glass particle-filled epoxy resin: Part 1 Effect of particle volume fraction and size

    J. Spanoudakis;R. J. Young

  • Graphene/elastomer nanocomposites

    Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou;Ian A. Kinloch;Robert J. Young

  • Mechanisms of mechanical reinforcement by graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites

    Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou;Zheling Li;Mufeng Liu;Ian A. Kinloch

  • Electrical percolation in graphene-polymer composites

    Alexander James Marsden;Dimitrios Papageorgiou;Cristina Valles;A Liscio

  • The Young's modulus of a microcrystalline cellulose

    S.J. Eichhorn;R.J. Young

  • Improved fidelity of triggered entangled photons from single quantum dots

    Robert J Young;R Mark Stevenson;Paola Atkinson;Ken Cooper

  • Optimizing the Reinforcement of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites by Graphene

    Lei Gong;Robert J. Young;Ian A. Kinloch;Ibtsam Riaz

  • The fracture of hybrid-particulate composites

    A. J. Kinloch;D. L. Maxwell;R. J. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Kinloch
Ian A. Kinloch University of Manchester
Andrew J. Shields
Andrew J. Shields Toshiba (Japan)
Stephen J. Eichhorn
Stephen J. Eichhorn University of Bristol
David A. Ritchie
David A. Ritchie University of Cambridge
Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou
Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou Queen Mary University of London
Libo Deng
Libo Deng Shenzhen University
Utz Roedig
Utz Roedig University College Cork
Costas Galiotis
Costas Galiotis University of Patras
Neil R. Wilson
Neil R. Wilson University of Warwick
Xiao Hu
Xiao Hu Nanyang Technological University

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