2026 Rodney J. McCabe: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	56	8400	8118	2064	1914	154	9007

Overview

Rodney J. McCabe is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with notable contributions in materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, biomaterials, electrical and electronic engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's major topics of work cover a range of subjects, including:

Microstructure and mechanical properties
Magnesium alloys: properties and applications
Aluminum alloys composites properties
Metal and thin film mechanics
Ferroelectric and negative capacitance devices
Titanium alloys microstructure and properties
High-velocity impact and material behavior

Rodney J. McCabe has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

Acta Materialia
Microscopy and Microanalysis
Materials Characterization
Scripta Materialia
Materialia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McCabe are:

Laurent Capolungo
C.N. Tomé
Matthew M. Schneider
M. Arul Kumar
Thomas J. Nizolek

Among recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by McCabe are the following:

"Deformation behavior of CP-titanium under strain path changes: Experiment and crystal plasticity modeling," 2021, International Journal of Plasticity
"Predicting deformation behavior of α-uranium during tension, compression, load reversal, rolling, and sheet forming using elasto-plastic, multi-level crystal plasticity coupled with finite elements," 2020, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
"Characteristic boundaries associated with three-dimensional twins in hexagonal metals," 2020, Science Advances
"Revealing the effect of local stresses on twin growth mechanisms in titanium using synchrotron X-ray diffraction," 2021, Acta Materialia
"Tensile and failure behaviors of Cu/Nb nanolaminates: the effects of loading direction, layer thickness, and annealing," 2022, Acta Materialia

Best Publications

Statistical analyses of deformation twinning in magnesium

I.J. Beyerlein;L. Capolungo;P.E. Marshall;R.J. McCabe

591
Citations
Effect of microstructure on the nucleation of deformation twins in polycrystalline high-purity magnesium: A multi-scale modeling study

I.J. Beyerlein;R.J. McCabe;C.N. Tomé

363
Citations
Twin-twin interactions in magnesium

Qin Yu;Qin Yu;Jian Wang;Yanyao Jiang;Rodney J. McCabe

340
Citations
Nucleation and growth of twins in Zr: A statistical study

L. Capolungo;P.E. Marshall;R.J. McCabe;I.J. Beyerlein

338
Citations
Strain rate and temperature effects on the selection of primary and secondary slip and twinning systems in HCP Zr

Marko Knezevic;Milovan Zecevic;Irene J. Beyerlein;John F. Bingert

295
Citations
Grain neighbour effects on twin transmission in hexagonal close-packed materials

M. Arul Kumar;I. J. Beyerlein;R. J. McCabe;C. N. Tomé

218
Citations
A strain-rate and temperature dependent constitutive model for BCC metals incorporating non-Schmid effects: Application to tantalum–tungsten alloys

Marko Knezevic;Irene J. Beyerlein;Manuel L. Lovato;Carlos N. Tomé

192
Citations
Quantitative analysis of deformation twinning in zirconium

Rodney J. McCabe;Gwénaëlle Proust;Gwénaëlle Proust;Ellen K. Cerreta;Amit Misra

192
Citations
Interface-driven microstructure development and ultra high strength of bulk nanostructured Cu-Nb multilayers fabricated by severe plastic deformation

Irene J. Beyerlein;Nathan A. Mara;John S. Carpenter;Thomas Nizolek

187
Citations
Role of twinning in the hardening response of zirconium during temperature reloads

G.C. Kaschner;C.N. Tomé;I.J. Beyerlein;S.C. Vogel

184
Citations
Integration of self-consistent polycrystal plasticity with dislocation density based hardening laws within an implicit finite element framework: Application to low-symmetry metals

Marko Knezevic;Marko Knezevic;Rodney J. McCabe;Ricardo A. Lebensohn;Carlos N. Tomé

183
Citations
Explicit incorporation of deformation twins into crystal plasticity finite element models

Milan Ardeljan;Rodney J. McCabe;Irene J. Beyerlein;Marko Knezevic

165
Citations
Modeling mechanical response and texture evolution of α-uranium as a function of strain rate and temperature using polycrystal plasticity

Marko Knezevic;Rodney J. McCabe;Carlos N. Tomé;Ricardo A. Lebensohn

153
Citations
Effects of texture, temperature and strain on the deformation modes of zirconium

R. J. McCabe;E. K. Cerreta;A. Misra;G. C. Kaschner

145
Citations
Anisotropic stress–strain response and microstructure evolution of textured α-uranium

Marko Knezevic;Laurent Capolungo;Carlos N. Tomé;Ricardo A. Lebensohn

142
Citations
Role of microstructure on twin nucleation and growth in HCP titanium: A statistical study

M. Arul Kumar;M. Wroński;R.J. McCabe;L. Capolungo

135
Citations
Creep of tin, Sb-solution-strengthened tin, and SbSn-precipitate-strengthened tin

Rodney J. McCabe;Morris E. Fine

134
Citations
Co-zone {1¯012} Twin Interaction in Magnesium Single Crystal

Qin Yu;Jian Wang;Yanyao Jiang;Rodney J. McCabe

125
Citations
Dislocation induced twin growth and formation of basal stacking faults in {101¯2} twins in pure Mg

Fulin Wang;Christopher D. Barrett;Rodney J. McCabe;Haitham El Kadiri

124
Citations
Experimentally quantifying critical stresses associated with basal slip and twinning in magnesium using micropillars

Y. Liu;N. Li;M. Arul Kumar;S. Pathak;S. Pathak

115
Citations
Deformation behavior of the cobalt-based superalloy Haynes 25: Experimental characterization and crystal plasticity modeling

Marko Knezevic;John S. Carpenter;Manuel L. Lovato;Rodney J. McCabe

105
Citations