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Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering Highly Cited Researchers 33.416 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025

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Total 33.416 scientists
* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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566
World Rank
Croatia
2
Country Rank
University of Split Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Ivica Puljak
University of Split Split, Croatia
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
High energy physics | Astroparticle physics | Instrumentatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    244,028
  • Last 6 Years
    105,411
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.432
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Rankings

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1,264
World Rank
United States
540
Country Rank
Columbia University New York Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
James C Hone
Columbia University New York New York, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Graphene | 2D materials | NEMS | nano-biolog

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    166,933
  • Last 6 Years
    77,696
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.465
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Rankings

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2,022
World Rank
United States
913
Country Rank
Northwestern University Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Yonggang Huang
Northwestern University Evanston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of materials | stretchable and flexible electronics | and mechanically guided | deterministic 3D assembl

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    131,477
  • Last 6 Years
    62,925
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.479
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Rankings

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2,420
World Rank
Australia
86
Country Rank
University of Melbourne Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Debadi Chakraborty
University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Fluid-structure interaction | Nano/Microfluidics | Viscoelastic flow | Multiphase flow | Chaos theor

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    119,914
  • Last 6 Years
    46,992
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.392
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Rankings

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2,564
World Rank
United States
1,197
Country Rank
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Logo
30
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Gang Chen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
heat | energy | photovoltaic | electromagnetic | desalinatio

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    116,585
  • Last 6 Years
    49,530
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.425
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Rankings

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2,935
World Rank
China
51
Country Rank
Hohai University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Wen Chen
Hohai University Nanjing, China
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Computational mechanics | Anomalous diffusion | Acoustics | Radial basis function | Fractional derivative & nonlocal statistics

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    108,812
  • Last 6 Years
    58,873
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.541
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Rankings

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3,075
World Rank
United States
1,445
Country Rank
Texas A&M University Logo
6
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
JN Reddy
Texas A&M University College Station, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Plates and shells | finite elements | computational mechanics | variational principles and methods | composite material

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    106,026
  • Last 6 Years
    33,210
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.313
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Rankings

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3,394
World Rank
China
64
Country Rank
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Dong Liu
Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Hefei, China
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
lida

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    100,621
  • Last 6 Years
    62,476
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.621
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Rankings

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3,578
World Rank
China
72
Country Rank
Harbin Institute of Technology Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Qian Zhang
Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, China
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Thermoelectri

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    98,007
  • Last 6 Years
    72,267
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.737
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Rankings

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3,600
World Rank
United States
1,682
Country Rank
Duke University Logo
26
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Adrian Bejan
Duke University Durham, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Design | Nature | Evolution | Thermodynamics | Heat Transfe

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    97,626
  • Last 6 Years
    25,296
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.259
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* Total Citation Rankings

Rankings

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3,753
World Rank
United States
1,757
Country Rank
Stanford University Logo
90
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Parviz Moin
Stanford University Stanford, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Turbulent flows | Fluid Mechanics | Turbulence | Computational Fluid Dynamic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    95,298
  • Last 6 Years
    24,637
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.259
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Rankings

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4,928
World Rank
United States
2,331
Country Rank
University of Pennsylvania Logo
40
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Vijay Kumar
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Robotic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    81,236
  • Last 6 Years
    32,421
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.399
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Rankings

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5,048
World Rank
United States
2,386
Country Rank
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Logo
69
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Jean Jacques Slotine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Dynamical Systems | Complex Systems | Control Theory | Computational Neuroscience | Robotic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    80,126
  • Last 6 Years
    18,337
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.229
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Rankings

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5,134
World Rank
United States
2,425
Country Rank
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Logo
71
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Klaus Jürgen Bathe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Computational mechanics | Finite elements | Fluid-Structure Interaction | Shells | Machine Learnin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    79,359
  • Last 6 Years
    14,828
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.187
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Rankings

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5,148
World Rank
China
129
Country Rank
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Junji Cao Or Jj Cao
Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences Xi'an, China
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Aerosol | atmospheric environment | climate chang

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    79,262
  • Last 6 Years
    49,015
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.618
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Rankings

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5,206
World Rank
Malaysia
6
Country Rank
Sunway University Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Saidur Rahman
Sunway University Selangor, Malaysia
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
MXene (Nano-Materials) | Solar Energy | Energy storage | nanofluids | Heat Transfe

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    78,752
  • Last 6 Years
    46,931
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.596
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Rankings

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5,106
World Rank
Switzerland
79
Country Rank
Paul Scherrer Institute Logo
2
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Urs Baltensperger
Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen, Switzerland
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Aeroso

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    79,639
  • Last 6 Years
    32,188
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.404
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Rankings

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5,445
World Rank
United Kingdom
452
Country Rank
University of Manchester Logo
19
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Brian Launder
University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Mechanics | heat transfer | turbulenc

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    76,764
  • Last 6 Years
    13,714
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.179
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Rankings

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5,509
World Rank
United States
2,601
Country Rank
University of Notre Dame Logo
11
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Frank Incropera
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Heat and mass transfer. Energy technology and policy

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    76,300
  • Last 6 Years
    19,234
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.252
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Rankings

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5,734
World Rank
Denmark
30
Country Rank
Technical University of Denmark Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Ole Sigmund
Technical University of Denmark Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Structural optimization | topology optimization | inverse problems | computational mechanics | solid mechanic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    74,409
  • Last 6 Years
    38,024
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.511
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Rankings

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5,872
World Rank
Taiwan
18
Country Rank
National Taiwan University Logo
8
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Lee Duu Jong
National Taiwan University Taipei, Taiwan
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Bioenergy | wastewater treatment | heat transfe

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    73,317
  • Last 6 Years
    35,761
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.488
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Rankings

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6,071
World Rank
United States
2,862
Country Rank
Northwestern University Logo
23
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Wing Kam Liu
Northwestern University Evanston, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
computational science and engineering | materials | mechanics | numerical method

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    71,958
  • Last 6 Years
    20,260
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.282
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Rankings

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6,406
World Rank
China
179
Country Rank
Xi'An Jiaotong University Logo
5
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Qiu Wang Wang
Xi'An Jiaotong University Xi'an, China
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Heat and mass transfer | High temperature and high pressure heat exchanger | Porous media | SOF

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    69,618
  • Last 6 Years
    37,492
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.539
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Rankings

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6,508
World Rank
Germany
253
Country Rank
Bauhaus Universität Weimar Logo
1
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Timon Rabczuk
Bauhaus Universität Weimar Weimar, Germany
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Computational Mechanics | Solid Mechanic

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    69,016
  • Last 6 Years
    44,030
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.638
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Rankings

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6,457
World Rank
United States
3,038
Country Rank
University of Wisconsin Madison Logo
25
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Reitz RD
University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, United States
Engineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineerin

Citation Metrics

  • Total
    69,295
  • Last 6 Years
    21,073
  • Last 6 Years / Total
    0.304
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