2026 Yaniv Gelbstein: 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	53	9375	9052	41	41	143	7018

Overview

Yaniv Gelbstein is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on Materials Science and Engineering, contributing to a substantial number of publications in these fields.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

The main topics of research addressed by Yaniv Gelbstein are:

Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
Semiconductor materials and interfaces
Phase-change materials and chalcogenides

They have published research in several frequent venues, with a number of papers featured in:

Journal of Alloys and Compounds
SSRN Electronic Journal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Materials
Intermetallics

Some selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Yaniv Gelbstein include:

Hydrogen embrittlement of electron beam melted Ti-6Al-4V, 2020, Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Effect of additives on hydrogen release reactivity of magnesium hydride composites, 2022, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Phase Stability of Nanocrystalline Grains of Rare-Earth Oxides (Sm2O3 and Eu2O3) Confined in Magnesia (MgO) Matrix, 2020, Materials
n-type (Zr,Ti)NiSn half Heusler materials via mechanical alloying: Structure, Sb-doping and thermoelectric properties, 2022, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
High entropy alloy on single sub-lattice in MNiSn compound: Stability and thermoelectric properties, 2021, Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Yaniv Gelbstein has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

Yatir Sadia
Hagay Hayun
David Fuks
Meital Cahana
S. Haroush

Best Publications

Origin of the high performance in GeTe-based thermoelectric materials upon Bi2Te3 doping.

Di Wu;Li Dong Zhao;Shiqiang Hao;Qike Jiang

406
Citations
High performance n-type PbTe-based materials for thermoelectric applications

Y. Gelbstein;Z. Dashevsky;M.P. Dariel

359
Citations
Controlling Metallurgical Phase Separation Reactions of the Ge0.87Pb0.13Te Alloy for High Thermoelectric Performance

Yaniv Gelbstein;Joseph Davidow;Steven N. Girard;Duck Young Chung

248
Citations
Mechanical properties of PbTe-based thermoelectric semiconductors

Y. Gelbstein;G. Gotesman;Y. Lishzinker;Z. Dashevsky

209
Citations
Phase separation and antisite defects in the thermoelectric TiNiSn half-Heusler alloys

K. Kirievsky;Y. Gelbstein;D. Fuks

177
Citations
Highly efficient functional GexPb1-xTe based thermoelectric alloys.

Yaniv Gelbstein;Joseph Davidow

162
Citations
A Comparison Between the Mechanical and Thermoelectric Properties of Three Highly Efficient p -Type GeTe-Rich Compositions: TAGS-80, TAGS-85, and 3% Bi 2 Te 3 -Doped Ge 0.87 Pb 0.13 Te

Joseph Davidow;Yaniv Gelbstein

160
Citations
Functional Graded Germanium–Lead Chalcogenide-Based Thermoelectric Module for Renewable Energy Applications

Eden Hazan;Ohad Ben-Yehuda;Naor Madar;Yaniv Gelbstein

150
Citations
Hybrid photovoltaic-thermoelectric system for concentrated solar energy conversion: Experimental realization and modeling

Ofer Beeri;Oded Rotem;Eden Hazan;Eugene A. Katz

145
Citations
Physical, Mechanical, and Structural Properties of Highly Efficient Nanostructured n- and p-Silicides for Practical Thermoelectric Applications

Yaniv Gelbstein;Jonathan Tunbridge;Richard Dixon;Mike J. Reece

141
Citations
Highly textured Bi2Te3-based materials for thermoelectric energy conversion

O. Ben-Yehuda;R. Shuker;Y. Gelbstein;Z. Dashevsky

137
Citations
Thermoelectric power and structural properties in two-phase Sn/SnTe alloys

Yaniv Gelbstein

137
Citations
Effective Electronic Mechanisms for Optimizing the Thermoelectric Properties of GeTe-Rich Alloys

Eden Hazan;Naor Madar;Maya Parag;Vladimir Casian

133
Citations
A Comparison Between the Effects of Sb and Bi Doping on the Thermoelectric Properties of the Ti0.3Zr0.35Hf0.35NiSn Half-Heusler Alloy

O. Appel;Y. Gelbstein

128
Citations
An ab initio study of the thermoelectric enhancement potential in nano-grained TiNiSn

K. Kirievsky;M. Shlimovich;D. Fuks;Y. Gelbstein

128
Citations
Enhancement of the thermoelectric properties of n-type PbTe by Na and Cl co-doping

I. Cohen;M. Kaller;G. Komisarchik;D. Fuks

123
Citations
High thermoelectric potential of Bi2Te3 alloyed GeTe-rich phases

Naor Madar;Tom Givon;Dmitry Mogilyansky;Yaniv Gelbstein

121
Citations
Texture anisotropy of higher manganese silicide following arc-melting and hot-pressing

Yatir Sadia;Zeev Aminov;Dmitry Mogilyansky;Yaniv Gelbstein

119
Citations
Significant lattice thermal conductivity reduction following phase separation of the highly efficient GexPb1-xTe thermoelectric alloys

Yaniv Gelbstein;Joseph Davidow;Ehud Leshem;Oren Pinshow

114
Citations
Electronic tuning of the transport properties of off-stoichiometric PbxSn1−xTe thermoelectric alloys by Bi2Te3 doping

Gilad M. Guttmann;David Dadon;Yaniv Gelbstein

114
Citations