| On the microstructural origin of certain inelastic models EC Aifantis | 1699 | 1984 |
| On the role of gradients in the localization of deformation and fracture EC Aifantis International Journal of Engineering Science 30 (10), 1279-1299, 1992 | 1249 | 1992 |
| The physics of plastic deformation EC Aifantis International journal of plasticity 3 (3), 211-247, 1987 | 1228 | 1987 |
| Gradient elasticity in statics and dynamics: an overview of formulations, length scale identification procedures, finite element implementations and new results H Askes, EC Aifantis International Journal of Solids and Structures 48 (13), 1962-1990, 2011 | 872 | 2011 |
| Strain gradient interpretation of size effects EC Aifantis Fracture scaling, 299-314, 1999 | 768 | 1999 |
| Update on a class of gradient theories EC Aifantis Mechanics of materials 35 (3-6), 259-280, 2003 | 548 | 2003 |
| On the theory of consolidation with double porosity RK Wilson, EC Aifantis International Journal of Engineering Science 20 (9), 1009-1035, 1982 | 542 | 1982 |
| A simple approach to solve boundary-value problems in gradient elasticity CQ Ru, EC Aifantis Acta Mechanica 101 (1), 59-68, 1993 | 502 | 1993 |
| On some aspects in the special theory of gradient elasticity BS Altan, EC Aifantis Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Materials 8 (3), 231-282, 1997 | 478 | 1997 |
| A gradient approach to localization of deformation. I. Hyperelastic materials N Triantafyllidis, EC Aifantis Journal of Elasticity 16 (3), 225-237, 1986 | 463 | 1986 |
| On the structure of the mode III crack-tip in gradient elasticity SB Altan, EC Aifantis Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia 26 (2), 319-324, 1992 | 396 | 1992 |
| A gradient flow theory of plasticity for granular materials I Vardoulakis, EC Aifantis Acta mechanica 87 (3), 197-217, 1991 | 352 | 1991 |
| On the localization and postlocalization behavior of plastic deformation. I: On the initiation of shear bands HM Zbib, EC Aifantis Res Mechanica 23 (2-3), 261-277, 1988 | 342 | 1988 |
| Observation and measurement of grain rotation and plastic strain in nanostructured metal thin films M Ke, SA Hackney, WW Milligan, EC Aifantis Nanostructured Materials 5 (6), 689-697, 1995 | 322 | 1995 |
| Gradient deformation models at nano, micro, and macro scales EC Aifantis | 313 | 1999 |
| Dislocation patterning in fatigued metals as a result of dynamical instabilities D Walgraef, EC Aifantis Journal of applied physics 58 (2), 688-691, 1985 | 293 | 1985 |
| On the gradient approach–relation to Eringen’s nonlocal theory EC Aifantis International Journal of Engineering Science 49 (12), 1367-1377, 2011 | 261 | 2011 |
| Mechanical behavior of a bulk nanostructured iron alloy JE Carsley, A Fisher, WW Milligan, EC Aifantis Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 29, 2261-2271, 1998 | 235 | 1998 |
| A simple, mixtures-based model for the grain size dependence of strength in nanophase metals JE Carsley, J Ning, WW Milligan, SA Hackney, EC Aifantis Nanostructured Materials 5 (4), 441-448, 1995 | 230 | 1995 |
| Gradient elasticity and flexural wave dispersion in carbon nanotubes H Askes, EC Aifantis Physical Review B 80 (19), 195412, 2009 | 225 | 2009 |
