2026 William J. Clegg: 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	46	11469	11084	475	456	194	7641

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Overview

William J. Clegg is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a substantial focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Boron Compounds in Chemistry
Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis
Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
Organoboron and Organosilicon Chemistry

William J. Clegg's publications are distributed across various scholarly venues. They have produced the highest number of publications in The Cambridge Structural Database, followed by Inorganic Chemistry, Preprints.org, Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, and Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

"Antiureolytic activity of new water-soluble thiadiazole derivatives: Spectroscopic, DFT, and molecular docking studies," 2022, Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy
"A Series of Ultra-Efficient Blue Borane Fluorophores," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
"Swollen Polyhedral Volume of the anti-B₁₈H₂₂ Cluster via Extensive Methylation: anti-B₁₈H₈Cl₂Me₁₂," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
"A regioselectively 1,1',3,3'-tetrazincated ferrocene complex displaying core and peripheral reactivity," 2020, Chemical Science
"Distortions, deviations and alternative facts: reliability in crystallography," 2020, IUCrJ

Their frequent co-authors encompass a range of collaborators, including:

Jonathan Bould
Michael G. S. Londesborough
Paul G. Waddell
Ross W. Harrington
R.W. Harrington

Best Publications

A simple way to make tough ceramics

W. J. Clegg;K. Kendall;N. McN. Alford;T. W. Button

1102
Citations
The fabrication and failure of laminar ceramic composites

W.J. Clegg

267
Citations
Discussion of the dependence of the effect of size on the yield stress in hard materials studied by microcompression of MgO

S. Korte;W.J. Clegg

172
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Micropillar compression of ceramics at elevated temperatures

S. Korte;W.J. Clegg

162
Citations
Evolution of mud-crack patterns during repeated drying cycles

Lucas Goehring;Rebecca Conroy;Asad Akhter;William J. Clegg

160
Citations
Ductile–brittle transition in micropillar compression of GaAs at room temperature

Fredrik Östlund;Philip R. Howie;Rudy Ghisleni;Sandra Korte

159
Citations
Fabrication and Crack Deflection in Ceramic Laminates with Porous Interlayers

Janet B. Davis;Annika Kristoffersson;Elis Carlström;William J. Clegg

159
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Role of Carbon in the Sintering of Boron‐Doped Silicon Carbide

William J. Clegg

156
Citations
Deformation of silicon – Insights from microcompression testing at 25–500 °C

S. Korte;J.S. Barnard;R.J. Stearn;W.J. Clegg

144
Citations
Physical and mechanical properties of YBa2Cu3O7-δ superconductors

N. McN. Alford;J. D. Birchall;W. J. Clegg;M. A. Harmer

142
Citations
The hardness of silicon and germanium

L.J. Vandeperre;F. Giuliani;S.J. Lloyd;W.J. Clegg

140
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Fracture behaviour of ceramic laminates in bending—I. Modelling of crack propagation

A.J. Phillipps;W.J. Clegg;T.W. Clyne

140
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A Bimetallic Aluminum(salen) Complex for the Synthesis of 1,3-Oxathiolane-2-thiones and 1,3-Dithiolane-2-thiones

William Clegg;Ross W. Harrington;Michael North;Pedro Villuendas

123
Citations
Predicting whether a material is ductile or brittle

Rob Thompson;William Clegg

122
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The effect of density on critical current and oxygen stoichiometry of YBa2Cu3Ox superconductors

N. McN. Alford;W. J. Clegg;M. A. Harmer;J. D. Birchall

113
Citations
Solidification and ordering during directional drying of a colloidal dispersion.

Lucas Goehring;William J. Clegg;Alexander F. Routh

111
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Controlling Cracks in Ceramics

William J. Clegg

110
Citations
Crack Deflection in Ceramic Laminates Using Porous Interlayers

K.S. Blanks;A. Kristoffersson;E. Carlström;W.J. Clegg

109
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Measuring the fracture resistance of hard coatings

S. Liu;J. M. Wheeler;P. R. Howie;X. T. Zeng

106
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Observations of nanoindents via cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy: a survey of deformation mechanisms

S.J Lloyd;A Castellero;F Giuliani;Y Long

103
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Fracture behaviour of ceramic laminates in bending—II. Comparison of model predictions with experimental data

A.J. Phillipps;W.J. Clegg;T.W. Clyne

101
Citations
Structural defects in electrically degraded 4H-SiC p+/n−/n+ diodes

P. O. Å. Persson;L. Hultman;H. Jacobson;J. P. Bergman

99
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