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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.

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50 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.

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.

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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.

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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