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2026

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Materials Science

D-Index
92
Citations
34583
World Ranking
1505
National Ranking
474

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
93
Citations
35658
World Ranking
220
National Ranking
82

Roderic S. Lakes publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roderic S. Lakes sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 347 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Roderic S. Lakes D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Roderic S. Lakes sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 128 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 349 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 425 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 94 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 24 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Roderic S. Lakes is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans engineering and materials science, with a focus on mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and polymers and plastics.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Cellular and Composite Structures
  • Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Composite Material Mechanics
  • Elasticity and Material Modeling
  • Thermoelastic and Magnetoelastic Phenomena
  • Polymer composites and self-healing

Roderic S. Lakes has published extensively in several venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • physica status solidi (b)
  • Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik
  • Journal of mechanics of materials and structures
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Composites Part B Engineering

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Roderic S. Lakes include:

  • Nonclassical Chiral Elasticity of the Gyroid Lattice, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Large stiffness thermoformed open cell foams with auxeticity, 2020, Applied Materials Today
  • Bending of kerf chiral fractal lattice metamaterials, 2023, Composite Structures
  • Poisson's Ratio and Modulus of Gyroid Lattices, 2021, physica status solidi (b)
  • The shear performance of uniaxially thermoformed auxetic polymer foams, 2024, Composites Part B Engineering

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Donald S. Stone
  • Fabrizio Scarpa
  • Karan Goyal
  • Qicheng Zhang
  • Dayi Zhang

Roderic S. Lakes received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Foam structures with a negative poisson's ratio

    Roderic Lakes

  • Poisson's ratio and modern materials

    George Neville Greaves;George Neville Greaves;A. L. Greer;R. S. Lakes;T. Rouxel

  • Materials with structural hierarchy

    Roderic Lakes

  • Properties of a chiral honeycomb with a poisson's ratio of — 1

    D. Prall;R.S. Lakes

  • Extreme damping in composite materials with negative-stiffness inclusions

    R. S. Lakes;T. Lee;A. Bersie;Y. C. Wang

  • Advances in negative Poisson's ratio materials

    Roderic Lakes

  • Deformation mechanisms in negative Poisson's ratio materials : structural aspects

    R. Lakes

  • Indentability of Conventional and Negative Poisson's Ratio Foams

    R.S. Lakes;K. Elms

  • Experimental microelasticity of two porous solids

    R.S. Lakes

  • Negative Poisson's ratio polymeric and metallic foams

    E. A. Friis;R. S. Lakes;J. B. Park

  • Fracture toughness of re-entrant foam materials with a negative Poisson's ratio: experiment and analysis

    J. B. Choi;R. S. Lakes

  • Negative-Poisson's-Ratio Materials: Auxetic Solids

    Roderic S. Lakes

  • Non-linear properties of metallic cellular materials with a negative Poisson's ratio

    J. B. Choi;R. S. Lakes

  • Experimental study of micropolar and couple stress elasticity in compact bone in bending

    J.F.C. Yang;Roderic S. Lakes

  • Nonlinear ligament viscoelasticity.

    Paolo Provenzano;Roderic Lakes;Thomas Keenan;Ray Vanderby

  • EXPERIMENTAL METHODS FOR STUDY OF COSSERAT ELASTIC SOLIDS AND OTHER GENERALIZED ELASTIC CONTINUA

    Roderic Lakes

  • Extreme Damping in Composite Materials with a Negative Stiffness Phase

    R. S. Lakes

  • Cellular solid structures with unbounded thermal expansion

    R. Lakes

  • Dramatically stiffer elastic composite materials due to a negative stiffness phase

    R.S. Lakes;W.J. Drugan

  • Subfailure damage in ligament: a structural and cellular evaluation.

    Paolo P. Provenzano;Dennis Heisey;Kei Hayashi;Roderic Lakes

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaochun Li
Xiaochun Li University of California, Los Angeles
Sindo Kou
Sindo Kou University of Wisconsin–Madison
A.L. Greer
A.L. Greer University of Cambridge
Vijay K. Goel
Vijay K. Goel University of Toledo
Robert W. Carpick
Robert W. Carpick University of Pennsylvania
William Bonfield
William Bonfield University of Cambridge
Sundaram Gunasekaran
Sundaram Gunasekaran University of Wisconsin–Madison
Judd M. Aiken
Judd M. Aiken University of Alberta
John H. Perepezko
John H. Perepezko University of Wisconsin–Madison

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