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Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Materialia is 78. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2020	282
Corrigendum to ‘In situ laser-ultrasonic monitoring of Poisson's ratio and bulk sound velocities of steel plates during thermal processes’ [Acta Materialia (2022) 118097]	251
Corrigendum to Emmanuel Clouet Articles	231
Restructuring of emergent grain boundaries at free surfaces – An interplay between core stabilization and elastic stress generation	209
Coarsening of metal/ceramics bicontinuous structures enhanced by stress-induced instability under cyclic thermal stress	202
Thermodynamics and Ferroelectric Properties of Pb1-xSrxTiO3 Solid Solutions	201
Architected materials informatics: Construction and application to cellular-structured heat sink optimization	193
Simultaneous dependent transformations nucleated at vertices and faces of 3D Poisson-Voronoi tessellations	177
Solute clustering in polycrystals: Unveiling the interplay of grain boundary junction and long-range solute attraction effects	174
Introducing strain glass transition into high-entropy TiZrHfNiCuCo alloys exhibiting elastocaloric effect and quasi-linear superelasticity	172
Kawin: An open source Kampmann–Wagner Numerical (KWN) phase precipitation and coarsening model	161
Defect accumulation in β-Ga2O3 implanted with Yb	159
Passivating oxidation behavior of Ti0.12Al0.21B0.67 coatings investigated by scanning transmission electron microscopy and chemical environment dependent density functional theory simulations	158
In situ synchrotron study of sintering of gas-atomized Ti-6Al-4 V powders using concomitant micro-tomography and X-ray diffraction: Effect of particle size and interstitials on densification and phase	148
The origin of graphite morphology in cast iron	146
The toughening effect of twins on fracture in nanotwinned Cu during cyclic loading	144
Effect of external stress on hydride reorientation in zirconium	139
Scalar permeability microstructure model considering crystallographic texture and grain size for magnetic evaluation of anisotropy in steel	134
Revealing the impact of acceptor dopant type on the electrical conductivity of sodium bismuth titanate	131
Brittle and ductile deformations in uniaxial compression of Si micropillars	128
A data science approach for analysis and reconstruction of spinodal-like composition fields in irradiated FeCrAl alloys	126
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Intra-grain orientation distributions in deformed aluminium: Synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiment and crystal-plasticity finite-element simulation	118
Atomistic simulations of pipe diffusion in bcc transition metals	116
Deformation twin interactions with grain boundary particles in multi-phase magnesium alloys	116

Short-range order and its impacts on the BCC MoNbTaW multi-principal element alloy by the machine-learning potential	114
Atomistically informed mesoscale modelling of deformation behavior of bulk metallic glasses	114
Martensitic transformation during electrochemical polishing of metastable austenitic stainless steel	113
Strong interfaces: the key to high strength in nano metallic laminates	110
The Effect of Grain Boundary Facet Junctions on Segregation and Embrittlement	108
Revealing the mechanism of grain refinement and anti Si-poisoning induced by (Nb, Ti)B2 with a sandwich-like structure	108
Suppressing embrittlement and enhancing thermal resistance of bulk superlattice alloys by controllable grain-boundary segregation	105
Solid solution softening and hardening in binary BCC alloys	104
Electronic effects on the radiation damage in high-entropy alloys	104
Precipitate dissolution during deformation induced twin thickening in a CoNi-base superalloy subject to creep	104
Sudoku-inspired high-Shannon-entropy alloys	103
Superhardness Induced by Grain Boundary Vertical Sliding in (001)-textured ZrB2	103
Convective effects on columnar dendritic solidification – A multiscale dendritic needle network study	103
Ultrastrong and stress corrosion cracking-resistant martensitic steels	103
Effect of thermal ageing on the deformation behaviour of ferrite and austenite in a duplex stainless steel: Micropillar characterisation and dislocation density modelling	102
Mechanical properties, failure mechanisms, and scaling laws of bicontinuous nanoporous metallic glasses	100
Super-defects in superatomic crystals	99
Mechanical behavior and size–dependent strength of small noble-metal nanoparticles	97
A spall and diffraction study of nanosecond pressure release across the iron ε-α phase boundary	96
Effect of CMAS infiltration on the optical properties of thermal barrier coatings: Study of the mechanisms supported by FDTD simulations and ALD	96
Uncovering deformation twins in intermetallic AuSn and Au5Sn	94
Bimodal structured chromium-tungsten composite as plasma-facing materials: Sinterability, mechanical properties, and deuterium retention assessment	94
Formation and self-organisation of nano-porosity in swift heavy ion irradiated amorphous Ge	92
Constrained sintering of alumina micro-ring films on stiff and compliant substrates: Constriction or dilation?	91
High-throughput microstructure and composition characterisation of microplatelet reinforced composites using directional reflectance microscopy	90
The effects of diffusional couplings on compositional trajectories and interfacial free energies during phase separation in a quaternary Ni-Al-Cr-Re model superalloy	89
A phase field crystal model for real-time grain boundary formation and motion in complex concentration alloy	87
Demonstration of Helide formation for fusion structural materials as natural lattice sinks for helium	87
Grain boundaries modification of the spinel LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 ceramic cathode towards low interfacial resistance for lithium-ion batteries with ultrahigh areal energy density	86
Influence of substrate polarity on thermal stability, grain growth and atomic interface structure of Au thin films on ZnO surfaces	86
Ion kinetic energy- and ion flux-dependent mechanical properties and thermal stability of (Ti,Al)N thin films	86
Hydrogen-assisted spinodal decomposition in a TiNbZrHfTa complex concentrated alloy	85
Hydrogen concentration and hydrides in Zircaloy-4 during cyclic thermomechanical loading	85
Chemical core-shell metastability-induced large ductility in medium-entropy maraging and reversion alloys	85
Formation and switching of chiral magnetic field textures in three-dimensional gyroid nanostructures	85
Achieving superior lithium storage performances of CoMoO4 anode for lithium-ion batteries by Si-doping dual vacancies engineering	84
Extraction of reversible hydrogen trapped on prior austenite grain boundaries and promoting intergranular fracture in the elastic region of tempered martensitic steel by utilizing frozen-in hydrogen d	83
Discovery of Guinier-Preston zone hardening in refractory nitride ceramics	83
Dynamic deformation mechanism in submicro-laminated copper with interlamellar graphene multilayers	83
Predicting path-dependent diffusion barrier spectra in vast compositional space of multi-principal element alloys via convolutional neural networks	83
Evolution of martensitic microstructures in nanocrystalline NiTi wires deformed in tension	82
Grain boundary segregation predicted by quantum-accurate segregation spectra but not by classical models	81
Microstructure evolution in ultra-high purity Fe-Cr alloys under low-PKA proton irradiation	81
Cracking mechanism in a laser powder bed fused cold-work tool steel: The role of residual stresses, microstructure and local elemental concentrations	81
A model for solute evolution in laser powder bed fused Al-Si alloys and its application to improve thermal conductivity	81
First-principles insights into complex interplays among nano-phases in an Al-Cu-Li-Zr alloy	81
Critical assessment of hydrogen pipe diffusion at dislocations in metals	80
On microstructure development during laser melting and resolidification: An experimentally validated simulation study	80
Solid solution and precipitation strengthening effects in basal slip, extension twinning and pyramidal slip in Mg-Zn alloys	80
Phase-field modelling of anisotropic solid-state dewetting on patterned substrates	79

Enhancing strengthening effect of topologically close-packed superlattices in medium-entropy alloys via enabling imperfect atomic packing	79
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Ni coarsening in Ni-yttria stabilized zirconia electrodes: Three-dimensional quantitative phase-field simulations supported by ex-situ ptychographic nano-tomography	78