2026 Sidney R. Nagel: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	100	1627	1547	862	807	421	48960

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Research.com Recognitions

1979 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Sidney R. Nagel is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Computational Mechanics.

Their main research topics cover Material Dynamics and Properties, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, Machine Learning in Materials Science, and Advanced Materials and Mechanics.

Sidney R. Nagel has contributed to a number of publications in prominent scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Science Advances
Physical review. E
Soft Matter

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Sidney R. Nagel include:

Transient learning degrees of freedom for introducing function in materials, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Effect of directed aging on nonlinear elasticity and memory formation in a material, 2020, Physical Review Research
Publisher Correction: Capillary flow as the cause of ring stains from dried liquid drops, 2021, Nature
Confinement-induced stabilization of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability and transition to the unconfined limit, 2020, Science Advances
Learning to self-fold at a bifurcation, 2023, Physical review. E

Collaboration has been a notable aspect of their research career, with frequent coauthors including:

Andrea J. Liu
Chloe W. Lindeman
Arvind Murugan
Varda F. Hagh
Nidhi Pashine

Sidney R. Nagel received the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship in 1979.

Best Publications

Granular solids, liquids, and gases

Heinrich M. Jaeger;Sidney R. Nagel;Robert P. Behringer

3911
Citations
Supercooled Liquids and Glasses

M. D. Ediger;Charles Angell;Sidney R. Nagel

2849
Citations
Contact line deposits in an evaporating drop

Robert D. Deegan;Olgica Bakajin;Todd F. Dupont;Greg Huber

2846
Citations
Jamming is not just cool any more

Andrea J. Liu;Sidney R. Nagel

2420
Citations
Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: the epitome of disorder.

Corey S. O’Hern;Corey S. O’Hern;Leonardo E. Silbert;Leonardo E. Silbert;Andrea J. Liu;Sidney R. Nagel

1874
Citations
Physics of the Granular State

H. M. Jaeger;Sidney R. Nagel

1629
Citations
Vibration-induced size separation in granular media: The convection connection.

James B. Knight;H. M. Jaeger;Sidney R. Nagel

904
Citations
The Jamming Transition and the Marginally Jammed Solid

Andrea J. Liu;Sidney R. Nagel

883
Citations
Drop splashing on a dry smooth surface.

Lei Xu;Wendy W. Zhang;Sidney R. Nagel

859
Citations
Scaling and universality in avalanches.

Leo P. Kadanoff;Sidney R. Nagel;Lei Wu;Su Min Zhou

853
Citations
Density relaxation in a vibrated granular material

James B. Knight;Christopher G. Fandrich;Chun Ning Lau;Heinrich M. Jaeger

817
Citations
FORCE DISTRIBUTION IN A GRANULAR MEDIUM

Daniel M. Mueth;Heinrich M. Jaeger;Sidney R. Nagel

800
Citations
The Physics of Granular Materials

Heinrich M. Jaeger;Sidney R. Nagel;Robert P. Behringer

795
Citations
Relaxation at the angle of repose.

H. M. Jaeger;Chu Heng Liu;Sidney R. Nagel

787
Citations
Random packings of frictionless particles.

Corey S. O'Hern;Corey S. O'Hern;Stephen A. Langer;Andrea J. Liu;Sidney R. Nagel

778
Citations
Scaling in the relaxation of supercooled liquids.

Paul K. Dixon;Lei Wu;Sidney R. Nagel;Bruce D. Williams

716
Citations
Density fluctuations in vibrated granular materials

Edmund R. Nowak;James B. Knight;Eli Ben-Naim;Heinrich M. Jaeger

677
Citations
Specific-Heat Spectroscopy of the Glass Transition

Norman O. Birge;Sidney R. Nagel

645
Citations
Nearly-Free-Electron Approach to the Theory of Metallic Glass Alloys

S. R. Nagel;J. Tauc

639
Citations
Reply to ``Comment on `Jamming at zero temperature and zero applied stress: The epitome of disorder' ''

Corey S. O’Hern;Leonardo E. Silbert;Andrea J. Liu;Sidney R. Nagel

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