I posted this survey in Applied Mechanics Research and Researchers on 16 April 2006, based on a survey of Web of Science. A paper making the list satisfied the following conditions:

• It is in the areas of solid mechanics, mechanics of materials, or computational mechanics, and
• It has at least 1000 citations.

This list may not be complete. If anyone finds a missing entry, please leave a comment below.

The cited number has been updated up to 18 Dec. 2006.

1. ESHELBY JD, The determination of the elastic field of an ellipsoidal inclusion, and related problems. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES 241 (1226): 376-396, 1957. Times Cited: 3945
2. WILLIAMS ML, Mechanical properties of substances of high molecular weight .19. The temperature dependence of relaxation mechanism in amorphous polymers and other glass-forming liquids. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 77(14), 3701-3707, 1955. Times Cited: 3180
3. GRIFFITH AA, The phenomena of rupture and flow in solids. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Sereis A, 221:163-198, 1921. Times Cited: 2646
4. MATTHEWS JW and BLAKESLEE AE, Defects and epitaxial multilayers: 1. Misfit dislocations. JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH 27 (DEC): 118-125, 1974. Times Cited 2486
5. RICE JR, A path independent integral and approximate analysis of strain concentration by notches and cracks, JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS 35 (2): 379-386, 1968. Times Cited: 2089
6. JOHNSON KL, KENDALL K, ROBERTS AD
   SURFACE ENERGY AND CONTACT OF ELASTIC SOLIDS
   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES 324 (1558): 301& 1971 Times Cited: 1877
7. Taylor GI, Plastic strain in metals. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF METALS 62: 307-324, 1938. Times Cited: 1817
8. DUGDALE DS, Yielding of steel sheets containing slits. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 8 (2): 100-104, 1960. Times Cited: 1746
9. BIOT MA, Theory of propagation of elastic waves in a fluid-saturated porous solid. 1. Low-frequency range. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 28 (2): 168-178, 1956. Times Cited: 1737
10. MINDLIN RD, Influence of rotatory inertia and shear on flexural motions of isotropic elastic plates. JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 18 (1): 31-38, 1951. Times Cited: 1437
11. Biot MA, General theory of three-dimensional consolidation. Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 12 (2): 155-164, FEB 1941. Times Cited: 1447

12. GREENWOO.JA, WILLIAMS.JB
    CONTACT OF NOMINALLY FLAT SURFACES
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES 295 (1442): 300& 1966 ,Times Cited: 1321

13. ESHELBY JD, The continuum theory of lattice defects. SOLID STATE PHYSICS-ADVANCES IN RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS 3: 79-144, 1956. Times Cited: 1223

14. RICE JR, ROSENGRE GF, Plane strain deformation near a crack tip in a power-law hardening material. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 16 (1): 1-12, 1968. Times Cited: 1224

15. HUTCHINSON JW, Singular behavior at end of a tensile crack in a hardening material. JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS 16 (1): 13-31, 1968. Times Cited: 1220

16. MORI T, TANAKA K, Average stress in matrx and average elastic energy of materials with misfitting inclusions. ACTA METALLURGICA 21 (5): 571-574, 1973. Times Cited: 1270

17. BROOKS AN, HUGHES TJR, Streamline upwind Petrov-Galerkin formulations for convection dominated flows with particular emphasis on the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. COMPUTER METHODS IN APPLIED MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING 32 (1-3): 199-259, 1982. Times Cited: 1180

18. GURSON AL, Continuum theory of ductile rupture by void nucleation and growth, 1. Yield criteria and flow rules for porous ductile media. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME 99 (1): 2-15, 1977. Times Cited: 1109