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Roumen Petrov

Roumen Petrov

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
56
Citations
9894
World Ranking
8346
National Ranking
97

Roumen Petrov 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 Roumen Petrov sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 357 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roumen Petrov 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 Roumen Petrov sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Roumen Petrov is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans mechanical engineering and materials chemistry, with notable activity in subfields such as mechanics of materials, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and metals and alloys.

The scientist's main research topics include microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, metal alloys wear and properties, metallurgy and material forming, microstructure and mechanical properties, magnetic properties and applications, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, and aluminum alloys composites properties.

Petrov's frequent publication venues are diverse, with repeated contributions to:

  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Materials Characterization
  • Metals
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A

Among recent papers illustrating the scope of their research are:

  • Continuous and pulsed selective laser melting of Ti6Al4V lattice structures: Effect of post-processing on microstructural anisotropy and fatigue behaviour, 2020, Additive Manufacturing
  • Ductile to brittle transition temperature of advanced tungsten alloys for nuclear fusion applications deduced by miniaturized three-point bending tests, 2020, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials
  • Influence of M23C6 carbides on the heterogeneous strain development in annealed 420 stainless steel, 2020, Acta Materialia
  • Controlling microstructure evolution and phase transformation behavior in additive manufacturing of nitinol shape memory alloys by tuning hatch distance, 2022, Journal of Materials Science
  • Microstructural evolution and strengthening mechanisms in Al7075/ graphene nano-plates/ carbon nano-tubes composite processed through accumulative roll bonding, 2021, Materials Science and Engineering A

Petrov has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, highlighted by frequent joint publications with:

  • Jilt Sietsma
  • I. Sabirov
  • Florian Vercruysse
  • Felipe Castro Cerda
  • Alexandros Banis

The combination of research topics, prolific publication record across specialized journals, and a wide network of collaborators positions Roumen Petrov as an active contributor to advancing knowledge in engineering and materials science, especially regarding the behavior and properties of metallic materials and composites.

Best Publications

  • Microstructural development during the quenching and partitioning process in a newly designed low-carbon steel

    MJ Santofimia;L Zhao;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;C Kwakernaak

  • Effect of fresh martensite on the stability of retained austenite in quenching and partitioning steel

    Dorien De Knijf;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;Cecilia Föjer;Leo A.I. Kestens;Leo A.I. Kestens

  • EBSD investigation of the crack initiation and TEM/FIB analyses of the microstructural changes around the cracks formed under Rolling Contact Fatigue (RCF)

    A Grabulov;Roumen Petrov;HW Zandbergen

  • Microstructure and texture of a lightly deformed TRIP-assisted steel characterized by means of the EBSD technique

    Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;Leo Kestens;Leo Kestens;Anna Wasilkowska;Yvan Houbaert

  • Microstructure evolution and mechanical properties of AA1100 aluminum sheet processed by accumulative roll bonding

    Hadi Pirgazi;A Akbarzadeh;Roumen Petrov;Leo Kestens

  • New low carbon Q&P steels containing film-like intercritical ferrite

    M.J. Santofimia;T. Nguyen-Minh;L. Zhao;R. Petrov;R. Petrov

  • Microstructural and crystallographic aspects of conventional and asymmetric rolling processes

    Jurij Sidor;Alexis Miroux;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;Leo Kestens

  • Nucleation and variant selection of secondary α plates in a β Ti alloy

    S.M.C. van Bohemen;A. Kamp;R.H. Petrov;R.H. Petrov;L.A.I. Kestens

  • Characterization of the microstructure obtained by the quenching and partitioning process in a low-carbon steel

    MJ Santofimia;L Zhao;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;J Sietsma

  • The effect of tensile deformation by in situ ultrasonic treatment on the microstructure of low-carbon steel

    R.K. Dutta;R.H. Petrov;R.H. Petrov;R. Delhez;M.J.M. Hermans

  • Factors influencing the austenite stability during tensile testing of Quenching and Partitioning steel determined via in-situ electron backscatter diffraction

    Dorien De Knijf;Cecilia Föjer;Leo A.I. Kestens;Leo A.I. Kestens;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov

  • Microstructural characterization of hydrogen induced cracking in TRIP-assisted steel by EBSD

    Aurélie Laureys;Tom Depover;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;Kim Verbeken

  • Effect of deformation and charging conditions on crack and blister formation during electrochemical hydrogen charging

    A. Laureys;E. Van den Eeckhout;R. Petrov;R. Petrov;K. Verbeken

  • Occurrence of shear bands in rotated Goss ({1 1 0}〈1 1 0〉) orientations of metals with bcc crystal structure

    T. Nguyen-Minh;J.J. Sidor;R.H. Petrov;R.H. Petrov;L.A.I. Kestens;L.A.I. Kestens

  • Microstructural analysis of martensite constituents in quenching and partitioning steels

    M.J. Santofimia;R.H. Petrov;R.H. Petrov;L. Zhao;J. Sietsma;J. Sietsma

  • From microstructural design to surface engineering: A tailored approach for improving fatigue life of additively manufactured meta-biomaterials.

    S.M. Ahmadi;R. Kumar;E.V. Borisov;R. Petrov

  • Microstructural evolution of white and brown etching layers in pearlitic rail steels

    Ankit Kumar;Ankit Kumar;Gautam Agarwal;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;Shoji Goto

  • Fatigue crack growth in TRIP steel under positive R-ratios

    Xu Cheng;Roumen Petrov;Roumen Petrov;Lie Zhao;Michael Janssen

  • Continuous and pulsed selective laser melting of Ti6Al4V lattice structures: Effect of post-processing on microstructural anisotropy and fatigue behaviour

    K. Karami;A. Blok;L. Weber;S.M. Ahmadi

  • Deformation, recrystallization and plastic anisotropy of asymmetrically rolled aluminum sheets

    Jurij Sidor;Roumen H. Petrov;Leo A.I. Kestens

  • Modeling the crystallographic texture changes in aluminum alloys during recrystallization

    Jurij J. Sidor;Roumen H. Petrov;Roumen H. Petrov;Leo A.I. Kestens;Leo A.I. Kestens

Frequent Co-Authors

Leo Kestens
Leo Kestens Ghent University
Jilt Sietsma
Jilt Sietsma Delft University of Technology
Kim Verbeken
Kim Verbeken Ghent University
Zili Li
Zili Li Delft University of Technology
Rolf Dollevoet
Rolf Dollevoet Delft University of Technology
Jon M. Molina-Aldareguia
Jon M. Molina-Aldareguia Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies
Jan Melkebeek
Jan Melkebeek Ghent University
Indradev Samajdar
Indradev Samajdar Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Thomas Pardoen
Thomas Pardoen Université Catholique de Louvain
H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia
H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia Queen Mary University of London

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