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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 56 8293 8017 2041 1895 292 10614

Timothy C. Germann publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Timothy C. Germann between 1991 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Timothy C. Germann published across 36 years, from 1991 to 2026, averaging 11.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2011. 15 of the 422 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2011. 1991: 3 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 4 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 14 publications 2006: 17 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 18 publications 2009: 23 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 30 publications 2012: 23 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 18 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 11 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 1 publication
1991 2026

422 publications in total across all disciplines

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Timothy C. Germann: publications per year, 1991 to 2026
Year Publications
1991 3
1992 4
1993 4
1994 3
1995 3
1996 5
1997 3
1998 8
1999 3
2000 3
2001 8
2002 12
2003 3
2004 14
2005 14
2006 17
2007 18
2008 18
2009 23
2010 18
2011 30
2012 23
2013 13
2014 17
2015 12
2016 10
2017 14
2018 14
2019 13
2020 20
2021 18
2022 14
2023 11
2024 14
2025 14
2026 1
Total 422
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Timothy C. Germann publications per year - data summary

  • Timothy C. Germann, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has 422 publications recorded across 36 years, from 1991 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1991 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2011, with 30 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2026, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 11.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.7 per year counting only the 36 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 54 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1991-2002: 59 publications (4.9 per year); 2003-2014: 208 publications (17.3 per year); 2015-2026: 155 publications (12.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Timothy C. Germann 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 Timothy C. Germann sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 290–309 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 292 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593 292
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Timothy C. Germann publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Timothy C. Germann, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 292 publications - the 58th percentile of the discipline.
  • 58% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Timothy C. Germann, and about 42% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Timothy C. Germann ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Timothy C. Germann 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 Timothy C. Germann sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 56–57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 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.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597 56
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Timothy C. Germann D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Timothy C. Germann, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 56 D-Index - the 37th percentile of the discipline.
  • 37% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Timothy C. Germann, and about 63% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Timothy C. Germann ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to the application of largescale molecular dynamics simulations to the study of shockinduced plasticity and phase transitions in metals, as well as applications of these techniques in the development of largescale agentbased models in computational epidemiology

Overview

Timothy C. Germann is affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with notable work in several specialized subfields. These subfields include Materials Chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, Modeling and Simulation, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work spans multiple main topics, including COVID-19 epidemiological studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, methane hydrates and related phenomena, CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, energetic materials and combustion, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Sara Y. Del Valle, Mohamed Mehana, Michael R. Gross, Brenden W. Hamilton, and Nicholas Lubbers.

Timothy C. Germann has published regularly in a variety of academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • The International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • "Rational Design of Highly Stable and Active MXene-Based Bifunctional ORR/OER Double-Atom Catalysts," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "Exascale applications: skin in the game," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "On the grain size dependence of shock responses in nanocrystalline sic ceramics at high strain rates," 2020, Acta Materialia
  • "Modeling and scale-bridging using machine learning: nanoconfinement effects in porous media," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "COVID-19 reopening strategies at the county level in the face of uncertainty: Multiple Models for Outbreak Decision Support," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Timothy C. Germann was awarded the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) distinction in 2011. The citation recognized their contributions to the application of large-scale molecular dynamics simulations for studying shock-induced plasticity and phase transitions in metals, as well as the development of large-scale agent-based models in computational epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • Extending the Time Scale in Atomistic Simulation of Materials

    Arthur F. Voter;Francesco Montalenti;Timothy C. Germann

  • Microscopic View of Structural Phase Transitions Induced by Shock Waves

    Kai Kadau;Timothy C. Germann;Peter S. Lomdahl;Brad Lee Holian

  • Direct Observation of the alpha-epsilon Transition in Shock-compressed Iron via Nanosecond X-ray Diffraction

    D. H. Kalantar;J. F. Belak;G. W. Collins;J. D. Colvin

  • Rational Design of Flexible Two-Dimensional MXenes with Multiple Functionalities

    Zhongheng Fu;Ning Wang;Dominik Legut;Chen Si

  • Shock-induced plasticity in tantalum single crystals: Interatomic potentials and large-scale molecular-dynamics simulations

    R. Ravelo;R. Ravelo;T. C. Germann;O. Guerrero;Q. An

  • Atomistic simulations of shock-induced transformations and their orientation dependence in bcc Fe single crystals

    Kai Kadau;Timothy C. Germann;Peter S. Lomdahl;Brad Lee Holian

  • Orientation dependence in molecular dynamics simulations of shocked single crystals

    Timothy C. Germann;Brad Lee Holian;Peter S. Lomdahl;Ramon Ravelo

  • Rational Design of Highly Stable and Active MXene-Based Bifunctional ORR/OER Double-Atom Catalysts

    Bo Wei;Zhongheng Fu;Dominik Legut;Timothy C Germann

  • Stabilization and strengthening effects of functional groups in two-dimensional titanium carbide

    Z. H. Fu;Q. F. Zhang;Dominik Legut;C. Si

  • Shock-induced spall in solid and liquid Cu at extreme strain rates

    Sheng-Nian Luo;Qi An;Timothy C. Germann;Li-Bo Han

  • Shock waves in polycrystalline iron.

    Kai Kadau;Timothy C. Germann;Peter S. Lomdahl;Robert C. Albers

  • Constant-stress Hugoniostat method for following the dynamical evolution of shocked matter

    R. Ravelo;R. Ravelo;B. L. Holian;T. C. Germann;P. S. Lomdahl

  • Dislocation nucleation mechanisms from fcc/bcc incoherent interfaces

    R.F. Zhang;J. Wang;I.J. Beyerlein;T.C. Germann

  • Analysis of the x-ray diffraction signal for the α − ϵ transition in shock-compressed iron: Simulation and experiment

    J. Hawreliak;J. D. Colvin;J. H. Eggert;D. H. Kalantar

  • Uniaxial Hugoniostat: A method for atomistic simulations of shocked materials

    J.-B. Maillet;Michel Mareschal;Laurent Soulard;Ramon Ravelo

  • Atomic-scale study of nucleation of dislocations from fcc-bcc interfaces

    R.F. Zhang;J. Wang;I.J. Beyerlein;A. Misra

  • Atomistic mechanism for hot spot initiation.

    Brad Lee Holian;Timothy C. Germann;Jean-Bernard Maillet;Carter T. White

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of shock-induced plasticity in tantalum

    Diego Tramontina;Paul Erhart;Paul Erhart;Timothy Germann;James Hawreliak

  • On the ultimate tensile strength of tantalum

    Eric N. Hahn;Eric N. Hahn;Timothy C. Germann;Ramon Ravelo;Ramon Ravelo;James E. Hammerberg

  • Atomistic simulations of shock-induced alloying reactions in Ni∕Al nanolaminates

    Shijin Zhao;Timothy C. Germann;Alejandro Strachan

  • Dynamic response of Cu 46 Zr 54 metallic glass to high-strain-rate shock loading: Plasticity, spall, and atomic-level structures

    Bedri Arman;Bedri Arman;Sheng-Nian Luo;Timothy C. Germann;Tahir Çağın

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruifeng Zhang
Ruifeng Zhang Beihang University
Irene J. Beyerlein
Irene J. Beyerlein University of California, Santa Barbara
Shiyu Du
Shiyu Du Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sheng-Nian Luo
Sheng-Nian Luo Southwest Jiaotong University
Joseph S. Francisco
Joseph S. Francisco University of Pennsylvania
Amit Misra
Amit Misra University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marc A. Meyers
Marc A. Meyers University of California, San Diego
George T. Gray
George T. Gray Los Alamos National Laboratory
Arthur F. Voter
Arthur F. Voter Los Alamos National Laboratory
Qianfan Zhang
Qianfan Zhang Beihang University

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