2026 Sidney Yip: 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	82	2468	2384	716	674	334	24822

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

2468

2384

716

674

334

24822

Overview

Sidney Yip is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy. Their research spans multiple subfields, including mechanical engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, and condensed matter physics.

The main topics of their work include:

High Entropy Alloys Studies
Advanced materials and composites
Theoretical and Computational Physics
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Nuclear Physics and Applications
Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Yip has published research in various academic venues with multiple papers appearing in prestigious journals. Frequent publication venues include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
JOM
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Journal of Applied Physics

Recent publications by Sidney Yip feature collaboration with several co-authors and cover a range of topics related to materials science, physics, and computational methodologies. Notable recent papers include:

"Unlocking hidden information in sparse small-angle neutron scattering measurements," 2025, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
"Data-Driven Insights into the Structural Essence of Plasticity in High-Entropy Alloys," 2024, JOM
"Viscoelastic relaxation and topological fluctuations in glass-forming liquids," 2024, The Journal of Chemical Physics
"Observation of dynamical transformation plasticity in metallic nanocomposites through a precompiled machine-learning algorithm," 2022, Materials Research Letters
"A perspective on soft matter molecular simulations: Deformation and flow at mesoscopic timescales," 2025, Journal of Applied Physics

Frequent collaborators include:

Chi-Huan Tung
Wei-Ren Chen
Changwoo Do
Bobby G. Sumpter
Shou-Yi Chang

In addition to journal articles, Sidney Yip has authored books, such as Nuclear Radiation Interactions, published by World Scientific in 2024.

Best Publications

A realistic molecular model of cement hydrates

Roland J. M. Pellenq;Akihiro Kushima;Rouzbeh Shahsavari;Krystyn J. Van Vliet

1149
Citations
Crystal instabilities at finite strain.

Jinghan Wang;Sidney Yip;S. R. Phillpot;Dieter Wolf

1065
Citations
Ideal pure shear strength of aluminum and copper.

Shigenobu Ogata;Shigenobu Ogata;Ju Li;Ju Li;Sidney Yip

876
Citations
Atomistic mechanisms governing elastic limit and incipient plasticity in crystals

Ju Li;Krystyn J. Van Vliet;Ting Zhu;Sidney Yip

849
Citations
Mechanical instabilities of homogeneous crystals

Jinghan Wang;Ju Li;Sidney Yip;Simon Phillpot

677
Citations
Interatomic potential for silicon defects and disordered phases

João F. Justo;Martin Z. Bazant;Efthimios Kaxiras;V. V. Bulatov

598
Citations
Combinatorial molecular optimization of cement hydrates

M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi;K.J. Krakowiak;M. Bauchy;M. Bauchy;M. Bauchy;K.L. Stewart

586
Citations
Handbook of Materials Modeling

Sidney Yip

581
Citations
Quantifying the early stages of plasticity through nanoscale experiments and simulations

Krystyn J. Van Vliet;Ju Li;Ting Zhu;Sidney Yip

496
Citations
Nanocrystals: The strongest size

Sidney Yip

464
Citations
Ideal shear strain of metals and ceramics

Shigenobu Ogata;Shigenobu Ogata;Ju Li;Naoto Hirosaki;Yoji Shibutani

453
Citations
Materials interfaces : atomic-level structure and properties

Dieter Wolf;Sidney Yip

445
Citations
Connecting atomistic and mesoscale simulations of crystal plasticity

Vasily Bulatov;Farid F. Abraham;Ladislas Kubin;Benoit Devincre

416
Citations
Atomistic modeling of finite-temperature properties of crystalline β-SiC: II. Thermal conductivity and effects of point defects

Ju Li;Lisa Porter;Sidney Yip

363
Citations
Theoretical evaluation of hydrogen storage capacity in pure carbon nanostructures

Ju Li;Terumi Furuta;Hajime Goto;Toshiyuki Ohashi

353
Citations
Atomic‐level stress in an inhomogeneous system

Kin S. Cheung;Sidney Yip

333
Citations
The Classical Nature of Thermal Conduction in Nanofluids

Jacob Eapen;Roberto Rusconi;Roberto Piazza;Sidney Yip

313
Citations
Predictive modeling of nanoindentation-induced homogeneous dislocation nucleation in copper

Ting Zhu;Ju Li;Ju Li;Krystyn J. Van Vliet;Krystyn J. Van Vliet;Shigenobu Ogata

310
Citations
Molecular-dynamics study of lattice-defect-nucleated melting in metals using an embedded-atom-method potential.

James Lutsko;D. Wolf;S. Phillpot;Sidney Yip

304
Citations
Minimizing boundary reflections in coupled-domain simulations.

Wei Cai;Maurice de Koning;Maurice de Koning;Vasily V. Bulatov;Sidney Yip

291
Citations