Robert O. Ritchie

Robert O. Ritchie 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 O. Ritchie sits on this spectrum.

Robert O. Ritchie 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 O. Ritchie sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
• 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
• 2014 - Acta Materialia Gold Medal
• 2013 - David Turnbull Lectureship, Materials Research Society
• 2010 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society Berkeley
• 2010 - A.C. Eringen Medal
• 2004 - Nadai Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
• 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the understanding of fatigue fracture and the failure of engineering structures.

Overview

Best Publications

• A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications

  Bernd Gludovatz;Anton Hohenwarter;Dhiraj Catoor;Edwin H. Chang

  5588
  Citations

• Bioinspired structural materials

  Ulrike G. K. Wegst;Hao Bai;Eduardo Saiz;Antoni P. Tomsia

  4662
  Citations

• High-entropy alloys

  Easo P. George;Easo P. George;Dierk Raabe;Robert O. Ritchie;Robert O. Ritchie

  4277
  Citations

• The conflicts between strength and toughness

  Robert O. Ritchie

  3863
  Citations

• ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CRITICAL TENSILE STRESS AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS IN MILD STEEL

  R.O. Ritchie;J.F. Knott;J.R. Rice

  1930
  Citations

• Tough, bio-inspired hybrid materials.

  Etienne Munch;Maximimilan E. Launey;Daan H. Alsem;Daan H. Alsem;Eduardo Saiz

  1917
  Citations

• Exceptional damage-tolerance of a medium-entropy alloy CrCoNi at cryogenic temperatures

  Bernd Gludovatz;Anton Hohenwarter;Keli V. S. Thurston;Keli V. S. Thurston;Hongbin Bei

  1812
  Citations

• Direct Mechanical Measurement of the Tensile Strength and Elastic Modulus of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

  BG Demczyk;YM Wang;J Cumings;M Hetman

  1626
  Citations

• Tuning element distribution, structure and properties by composition in high-entropy alloys.

  Qingqing Ding;Yin Zhang;Xiao Chen;Xiaoqian Fu

  1467
  Citations

• Mechanisms of fatigue-crack propagation in ductile and brittle solids

  R. O. Ritchie

  1109
  Citations

• On the fracture toughness of advanced materials

  Maximilien E. Launey;Robert O. Ritchie;Robert O. Ritchie

  1107
  Citations

• Mechanical properties of high-entropy alloys with emphasis on face-centered cubic alloys

  Zezhou Li;Shiteng Zhao;Robert O. Ritchie;Marc A. Meyers

  1096
  Citations

• Mechanisms of fatigue crack propagation in metals, ceramics and composites: Role of crack tip shielding☆

  R.O. Ritchie;R.O. Ritchie

  1039
  Citations

• Heterostructured materials: superior properties from hetero-zone interaction

  Yuntian Zhu;Kei Ameyama;Peter M. Anderson;Irene J. Beyerlein

  985
  Citations

• Propagation of short fatigue cracks

  S. Suresh;R. O. Ritchie

  980
  Citations

• Functional gradients and heterogeneities in biological materials: Design principles, functions, and bioinspired applications

  Zengqian Liu;Zengqian Liu;Marc A. Meyers;Zhefeng Zhang;Robert O. Ritchie

  863
  Citations

• Mechanistic fracture criteria for the failure of human cortical bone

  Ravi K. Nalla;John H. Kinney;Robert O. Ritchie

  859
  Citations

• Nanoscale origins of the damage tolerance of the high-entropy alloy CrMnFeCoNi

  Zi Jiao Zhang;M. M. Mao;Jiangwei Wang;Bernd Gludovatz

  820
  Citations

• On the Mechanistic Origins of Toughness in Bone

  Maximilien E. Launey;Markus J. Buehler;Robert O. Ritchie

  815
  Citations

• Tunable stacking fault energies by tailoring local chemical order in CrCoNi medium-entropy alloys.

  Jun Ding;Qin Yu;Mark Asta;Robert O. Ritchie;Robert O. Ritchie

  765
  Citations

• Bioinspired Structural Materials

  Christine Ortiz;Mary C. Boyce

  537
  Citations

• Short-range order and its impact on the CrCoNi medium-entropy alloy.

  Ruopeng Zhang;Ruopeng Zhang;Shiteng Zhao;Shiteng Zhao;Jun Ding;Yan Chong;Yan Chong

  197
  Citations