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William J. Weber 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 William J. Weber sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 725 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William J. Weber 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 William J. Weber sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% 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

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society

Overview

William J. Weber is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects
  • Advanced materials and composites

William J. Weber's publication record includes articles in several frequent venues, reflecting an active contribution to materials science and nuclear materials research. Key publication venues are:

  • Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • Acta Materialia
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scripta Materialia
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their recent papers include the following:

  • "Ion irradiation and modification: The role of coupled electronic and nuclear energy dissipation and subsequent nonequilibrium processes in materials," 2020, Applied Physics Reviews
  • "Tunable Chemical Disorder in Concentrated Alloys: Defect Physics and Radiation Performance," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Segregation of Ni at early stages of radiation damage in NiCoFeCr solid solution alloys," 2020, Acta Materialia
  • "Irradiation performance of high entropy ceramics: A comprehensive comparison with conventional ceramics and high entropy alloys," 2024, Progress in Materials Science
  • "Effects of Fe atoms on hardening of a nickel matrix: Nanoindentation experiments and atom-scale numerical modeling," 2022, Materials & Design

Frequent collaborators of William J. Weber include:

  • Yanwen Zhang
  • Miguel L. Crespillo
  • Gihan Velişa
  • Hongbin Bei
  • Eva Zarkadoula

Among awards, Weber was named Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Radiation effects in crystalline ceramics for the immobilization of high-level nuclear waste and plutonium

    W. J. Weber;R. C. Ewing;C. R. A. Catlow;T. Diaz de la Rubia

  • Nuclear waste disposal—pyrochlore (A2B2O7): Nuclear waste form for the immobilization of plutonium and “minor” actinides

    Rodney C. Ewing;William J. Weber;Jie Lian

  • Radiation effects in nuclear waste forms for high-level radioactive waste

    R.C. Ewing;W.J. Weber;F.W. Clinard

  • Enhancing radiation tolerance by controlling defect mobility and migration pathways in multicomponent single-phase alloys

    Chenyang Lu;Liangliang Niu;Nanjun Chen;Ke Jin

  • Electrochemical Properties of Mixed Conducting Perovskites La1 − x M x Co1 − y Fe y O 3 − δ (M = Sr, Ba, Ca)

    J. W. Stevenson;T. R. Armstrong;R. D. Carneim;L. R. Pederson

  • Influence of chemical disorder on energy dissipation and defect evolution in concentrated solid solution alloys.

    Yanwen Zhang;G. Malcolm Stocks;Ke Jin;Ke Jin;Chenyang Lu

  • Primary radiation damage: A review of current understanding and models

    Kai Nordlund;Steven J. Zinkle;Steven J. Zinkle;Andrea E. Sand;Fredric Granberg

  • Alpha-decay event damage in zircon

    Takashi Murakami;Bryan C. Chakoumakos;Rodney C. Ewing;Gregory R. Lumpkin

  • Radiation effects in glasses used for immobilization of high-level waste and plutonium disposition

    William J. Weber;Rodney C. Ewing;C. Austen Angell;George W. Arnold

  • Models and mechanisms of irradiation-induced amorphization in ceramics

    W.J Weber

  • Radiation stability of gadolinium zirconate: A waste form for plutonium disposition

    S. X. Wang;B. D. Begg;L. M. Wang;R. C. Ewing

  • Mechanism of Radiation Damage Reduction in Equiatomic Multicomponent Single Phase Alloys

    Fredric Gustaf Granberg;Kai Henrik Nordlund;Mohammad Wali Ullah;K Jin

  • Radiation effects in SiC for nuclear structural applications

    Yutai Katoh;Lance Lewis Snead;Izabela Szlufarska;William J. Weber;William J. Weber

  • Radiation damage in zircon and monazite

    A. Meldrum;L.A. Boatner;W.J. Weber;R.C. Ewing

  • The radiation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous transition in zircon

    William J. Weber;Rodney C. Ewing;Lu-Min Wang

  • Local Structure and Short-Range Order in a NiCoCr Solid Solution Alloy.

    F. X. Zhang;Shijun Zhao;Ke Jin;H. Xue

  • Zircon: A host-phase for the disposal of weapons plutonium

    R.C. Ewing;Werner Lutze;William J. Weber

  • Materials Science of High-Level Nuclear Waste Immobilization

    William J. Weber;Alexandra Navrotsky;Sergey Stefanovsky;Eric R. Vance

  • Radiation Detector Materials: An Overview

    Brian D. Milbrath;Anthony J. Peurrung;Mary Bliss;William J. Weber

  • Radiation Effects in Zircon

    Rodney C. Ewing;Alkiviathes Meldrum;LuMin Wang;William J. Weber

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanwen Zhang
Yanwen Zhang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Fei Gao
Fei Gao University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Suntharampillai Thevuthasan
Suntharampillai Thevuthasan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Rodney C. Ewing
Rodney C. Ewing Stanford University
Hongbin Bei
Hongbin Bei Zhejiang University
Ke Jin
Ke Jin Beijing Institute of Technology
Lumin Wang
Lumin Wang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Xiaotao Zu
Xiaotao Zu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Zhiguo Wang
Zhiguo Wang University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bin Liu
Bin Liu Shanghai University

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