2026 W. Craig Carter: 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	64	5790	5602	1487	1391	246	19117

W. Craig Carter 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 W. Craig Carter sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 246 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. Craig Carter 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 W. Craig Carter sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

W. Craig Carter is a researcher affiliated with MIT in the United States, specializing in engineering and materials science. Their work spans several subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, automotive engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and computational mechanics.

The main topics of their research focus on advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, advanced battery technologies research, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, fuel cells and related materials, semiconductor materials and interfaces, and nanowire synthesis and applications.

Among their recent publications are:

"Semi-solid alkali metal electrodes enabling high critical current densities in solid electrolyte batteries", 2021, Nature Energy
"Controlling dendrite propagation in solid-state batteries with engineered stress", 2022, Joule
"Operando measurements of dendrite-induced stresses in ceramic electrolytes using photoelasticity", 2023, Matter
"Lithium Metal Penetration Induced by Electrodeposition through Solid Electrolytes: Example in Single-Crystal Li₆La₃ZrTaO₁₂ Garnet", 2023, Technischen Universität Darmstadt
"Mesoscale Model for Ostwald Ripening of Catalyst Nanoparticles", 2021, Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Frequent coauthors with whom W. Craig Carter has collaborated include:

Yet-Ming Chiang (13 joint publications)
Cole D. Fincher (12 joint publications)
Brian W. Sheldon (12 joint publications)
Colin Gilgenbach (6 joint publications)
Richard J.-Y. Park (5 joint publications)

Their research outputs have appeared in multiple venues, most frequently in ECS Meeting Abstracts (7 publications), Nature Energy (2 publications), ACS Nano (2 publications), Joule (1 publication), and Matter (1 publication).

Best Publications

Kinetics of materials

R. W. Balluffi;Samuel M. Allen;W. Craig Carter;Rachel A. Kemper

1091
Citations
Mechanism of Lithium Metal Penetration through Inorganic Solid Electrolytes

Lukas Porz;Lukas Porz;Tushar Swamy;Brian W. Sheldon;Daniel Rettenwander

1076
Citations
Mechanism and Kinetics of Li2S Precipitation in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

Frank Y. Fan;W. Craig Carter;Yet-Ming Chiang

937
Citations
Semi‐Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery

Mihai Duduta;Bryan Ho;Vanessa C. Wood;Pimpa Limthongkul

761
Citations
Kinetics of Materials: Balluffi/Kinetics

Robert W. Balluffi;Samuel M. Allen;W. Craig Carter

713
Citations
Complexion: A new concept for kinetic engineering in materials science

Shen J. Dillon;Ming Tang;W. Craig Carter;Martin P. Harmer

687
Citations
Size-Dependent Lithium Miscibility Gap in Nanoscale Li1 − x FePO4

Nonglak Meethong;Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang;W. Craig Carter;Yet-Ming Chiang

587
Citations
Strain Accommodation during Phase Transformations in Olivine-Based Cathodes as a Materials Selection Criterion for High-Power Rechargeable Batteries**

N. Meethong;H.-Y. S. Huang;S. A. Speakman;W. C. Carter

520
Citations
Towards High Power High Energy Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries: The NaTi2(PO4)3/Na0.44MnO2 System

Zheng Li;David Young;Kai Xiang;W. Craig Carter

510
Citations
A continuum model of grain boundaries

Ryo Kobayashi;James A. Warren;W. Craig Carter

455
Citations
Extending Phase Field Models of Solidification to Polycrystalline Materials

James A. Warren;Ryo Kobayashi;Alexander E. Lobkovsky;W. Craig Carter

406
Citations
Microstructural Modeling and Design of Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries

R. Edwin Garcı́a;Yet-Ming Chiang;W. Craig Carter;Pimpa Limthongkul

395
Citations
“Electrochemical Shock” of Intercalation Electrodes: A Fracture Mechanics Analysis

William H. Woodford;Yet-Ming Chiang;W. Craig Carter

365
Citations
A review of wetting versus adsorption, complexions, and related phenomena: the rosetta stone of wetting

Wayne D. Kaplan;Dominique Chatain;Paul Wynblatt;W. Craig Carter

328
Citations
High energy density redox flow device

Yet-Ming Chiang;W. Craig Carter;Bryan Y. Ho;Mihai Duduta

301
Citations
Simulations of microstructural evolution: anisotropic growth and coarsening

Andrew R. Roosen;W.Craig Carter

296
Citations
Diffuse interface model for structural transitions of grain boundaries

Ming Tang;W. Craig Carter;Rowland M. Cannon

291
Citations
A binary model of textile composites—I. Formulation

B.N. Cox;W.C. Carter;N.A. Fleck

284
Citations
Modeling of internal mechanical failure of all-solid-state batteries during electrochemical cycling, and implications for battery design

Giovanna Bucci;Tushar Swamy;Yet-Ming Chiang;W. Craig Carter

268
Citations
Polysulfide flow batteries enabled by percolating nanoscale conductor networks.

Frank Y. Fan;William H. Woodford;Zheng Li;Nir Baram

265
Citations
A review of wetting versus adsorption, complexions, and related phenomena: the rosetta stone of wetting

Dominique Chatain;Paul Wynblatt;Wayne D. Kaplan;W. Craig Carter

0
Citations