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D-Index
75
Citations
18851
World Ranking
3485
National Ranking
960

Sanjay Sampath 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 Sanjay Sampath sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 419 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sanjay Sampath 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 Sanjay Sampath sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% 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

  • 2005 - ASM Fellow "For seminal contributions to the materials science and processing science of thermal spray protective and functional coatings and for the linkage of science to practice in coatings technologies."

Overview

Sanjay Sampath is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research focuses on several subfields including aerospace engineering, materials chemistry, ceramics and composites, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

Their main topics of work encompass:

  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Metal and Thin Film Mechanics
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications

Sampath has published extensively in specialized journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

  • Journal of the European Ceramic Society
  • Journal of Thermal Spray Technology
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Surface and Coatings Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their research collaborations have included multiple works with frequent co-authors such as Edward J. Gildersleeve, Eugenio García, John Saputo, Bruce A. Pint, and Michael J. Lance.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sampath include:

  • "Characterization of Yb2Si2O7-Yb2SiO5 composite environmental barrier coatings resultant from in situ plasma spray processing" (2020, Ceramics International)
  • "Crystallization behavior of air-plasma-sprayed ytterbium-silicate-based environmental barrier coatings" (2021, Journal of the European Ceramic Society)
  • "Steam oxidation of ytterbium disilicate environmental barrier coatings with and without a silicon bond coat" (2020, Journal of the American Ceramic Society)
  • "Evaluating steam oxidation kinetics of environmental barrier coatings" (2021, Journal of the American Ceramic Society)
  • "A comprehensive experimental investigation of low-temperature combustion with thick thermal barrier coatings" (2021, Energy)

Sampath's contributions have been recognized with the ASM Fellow award in 2005 for seminal work in materials science and processing science related to thermal spray protective and functional coatings, highlighting the connection between science and practical applications in coatings technology.

Best Publications

  • Process maps for plasma spraying of yttria-stabilized zirconia: An integrated approach to design, optimization and reliability

    A. Vaidya;V. Srinivasan;T. Streibl;M. Friis

  • Impact of high velocity cold spray particles

    R. C. Dykhuizen;M. F. Smith;D. L. Gilmore;R. A. Neiser

  • Thermal Spray: Current Status and Future Trends

    Herbert Herman;Sanjay Sampath;Robert McCune

  • Role of thermal spray processing method on the microstructure, residual stress and properties of coatings: an integrated study for Ni–5 wt.%Al bond coats

    S Sampath;X.Y Jiang;J Matejicek;L Prchlik

  • The 2016 Thermal Spray Roadmap

    Armelle Vardelle;Christian Moreau;Jun Akedo;Hossein Ashrafizadeh

  • Processing science of advanced thermal-barrier systems

    Sanjay Sampath;Uwe Schulz;Maria Ophelia Jarligo;Seiji Kuroda

  • Application of image analysis for characterization of porosity in thermal spray coatings and correlation with small angle neutron scattering

    S Deshpande;A Kulkarni;S Sampath;H Herman

  • Processing effects on porosity-property correlations in plasma sprayed yttria-stabilized zirconia coatings

    Anand Kulkarni;A. Vaidya;A. Goland;S. Sampath

  • Comprehensive microstructural characterization and predictive property modeling of plasma-sprayed zirconia coatings

    A. Kulkarni;Z. Wang;T. Nakamura;S. Sampath

  • Rapid Solidification and Microstructure Development during Plasma Spray Deposition

    S. Sampath;H. Herman

  • Determination of properties of graded materials by inverse analysis and instrumented indentation

    T. Nakamura;T. Wang;S. Sampath

  • Jet engine coatings for resisting volcanic ash damage.

    Julie M. Drexler;Andrew D. Gledhill;Kentaro Shinoda;Alexander L. Vasiliev

  • Mechanisms of oxidation and its role in microstructural evolution of metallic thermal spray coatings—Case study for Ni–Al

    S. Deshpande;S. Sampath;H. Zhang

  • Substrate temperature effects on splat formation, microstructure development and properties of plasma sprayed coatings Part I: Case study for partially stabilized zirconia☆

    S Sampath;X.Y Jiang;J Matejicek;A.C Leger

  • Calcia-magnesia-alumino-silicate (CMAS)-induced degradation and failure of air plasma sprayed yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coatings

    Amanda R. Krause;Hector F. Garces;Gopal Dwivedi;Angel L. Ortiz

  • In situ measurement of residual stresses and elastic moduli in thermal sprayed coatings: Part 1: apparatus and analysis

    J. Matejicek;S. Sampath

  • Air-plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coatings that are resistant to high-temperature attack by glassy deposits

    Julie M. Drexler;Kentaro Shinoda;Angel L. Ortiz;Dongsheng Li

  • Thermal Spray Processing of FGMs

    S. Sampath;H. Herman;N. Shimoda;T. Saito

  • Effect of Carbide Grain Size on the Sliding and Abrasive Wear Behavior of Thermally Sprayed WC-Co Coatings

    Saifi Usmani;Sanjay Sampath;David L. Houck;David Lee

  • Measurement of residual stress in plasma-sprayed metallic, ceramic and composite coatings

    O. Kesler;J. Matejicek;S. Sampath;S. Suresh

  • Comprehensive Microstructural Characterization and Predictive Property Modeling of Plasma-Sprayed Zirconia Coatings | NIST

    A Kulkarni;Z G. Wang;T Nakamura;S Sampath

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert Herman
Herbert Herman Stony Brook University
Christopher C. Berndt
Christopher C. Berndt Swinburne University of Technology
Nitin P. Padture
Nitin P. Padture Brown University
Vishwanath Prasad
Vishwanath Prasad University of North Texas
John B. Parise
John B. Parise Stony Brook University
Bruce A Pint
Bruce A Pint Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Qingyu Yan
Qingyu Yan Nanyang Technological University
Christian Coddet
Christian Coddet University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
Jan Ilavsky
Jan Ilavsky Argonne National Laboratory

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