Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
University of South Carolina Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Mechanical Engineering Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Fuels
Combustion
Fire Safety
Chemical Kinetics
Propulsion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,702
11,393
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
fracture mechanics
welding
DIC development and applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,084
4,084
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Friction Stir Welding and Processing
fatigue and fracture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,701
3,877
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Hydraulic Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
Hydraulic Transients
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,637
3,051
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Heat Transfer
Phonons
High-Throughput Material Discovery
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,871
6,762
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
CO2 separation
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Dielectric Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,417
5,385
0.726
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
combustion
flames
fuels
propulsion
chemical kinetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,207
3,541
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Heat transfer
Fluid mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,378
2,881
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Heat transfer
Thermal Management
Fluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,805
3,605
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Solid mechanics
finite element
modeling and simulation
manufacturing process simulation
molecular dynamics simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,926
1,172
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
3,386
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Future Factories
Process Planning
Automated Fiber Placement
Composites
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,265
3,372
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Low temperature plasma
Combustion
Thermal-fluid Science
Multi-physics Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,900
1,644
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Wave Propagation
Ultrasonics
Acoustics
Metamaterials
Biomedical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,653
1,576
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
fluid mechanics
thermal management
applied mathematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
1,024
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
fuel cell
composites
coating
durability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,362
897
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Materials Science
Engineering
Energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,065
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
biomedical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,003
1,203
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Materials
Fuel Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,171
563
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Heat transfer and energy storage liquid
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal management of microelectronics
Nanofluids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
770
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer
Two Phase Flow
Electronics Cooling
Experimental Heat Transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
732
0.728
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Thermal management of power electronics
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Nuclear energy and safeguards
Sensitivity & Uncertainty method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
480
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
nuclear fuel
fuel cycles
nuclear safeguards
modeling and simulation
space nuclear power
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
413
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Energy Conversion
Combustion
Fuels
Emission
Fire Dynamics
CFD
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
659
393
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Mechanical Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
195
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,526
6,894
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Frederick Dryer
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,702
11,393
0.294
Fuels
Combustion
Fire Safety
Chemical Kinetics
Propulsion
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,273
29,001
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
YJ Chao
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,084
4,084
0.312
fracture mechanics
welding
DIC development and applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,951
29,964
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
AP Reynolds
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,701
3,877
0.305
Friction Stir Welding and Processing
fatigue and fracture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,060
36,127
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hanif Chaudhry
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,637
3,051
0.287
Hydraulic Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
Hydraulic Transients
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,237
38,957
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ming Hu
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,871
6,762
0.685
Heat Transfer
Phonons
High-Throughput Material Discovery
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,920
51,415
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lingling Zhang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,417
5,385
0.726
CO2 separation
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Dielectric Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,083
52,746
143
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sang Hee Won
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,207
3,541
0.491
combustion
flames
fuels
propulsion
chemical kinetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,881
58,804
161
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jamil Khan
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,378
2,881
0.452
Heat transfer
Fluid mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,522
63,714
183
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chen LiÇ›
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,805
3,605
0.621
Heat transfer
Thermal Management
Fluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
202,458
72,858
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Xiaomin Deng
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,926
1,172
0.238
Solid mechanics
finite element
modeling and simulation
manufacturing process simulation
molecular dynamics simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,594
73,193
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Paul Ziehl
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
3,386
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,769
81,585
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ramy Harik
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,265
3,372
0.791
Future Factories
Process Planning
Automated Fiber Placement
Composites
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,723
108,047
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tanvir Iqbal Farouk
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,900
1,644
0.567
Low temperature plasma
Combustion
Thermal-fluid Science
Multi-physics Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,974
114,827
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sourav Banerjee
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,653
1,576
0.594
Wave Propagation
Ultrasonics
Acoustics
Metamaterials
Biomedical
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
368,602
120,599
358
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hossein Haj Hariri
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
1,024
0.416
fluid mechanics
thermal management
applied mathematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
380,812
123,939
374
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Xinyu Huang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,362
897
0.380
fuel cell
composites
coating
durability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
397,467
128,488
390
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shumin Fang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,231
1,065
0.477
Materials Science
Engineering
Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
430,244
137,522
415
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tarek Shazly
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,003
1,203
0.601
biomedical engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,855
184,933
567
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xihui Dong
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,171
563
0.481
Materials
Fuel Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
648,420
194,846
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Titan Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,051
770
0.733
Heat transfer and energy storage liquid
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal management of microelectronics
Nanofluids
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
664,054
198,767
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tamanna Alam
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,006
732
0.728
Flow Boiling Heat Transfer
Two Phase Flow
Electronics Cooling
Experimental Heat Transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
733,194
215,495
658
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ruixian Fang
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
480
0.578
Thermal management of power electronics
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
Nuclear energy and safeguards
Sensitivity & Uncertainty method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
735,752
216,106
661
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Travis W Knight
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
824
413
0.501
nuclear fuel
fuel cycles
nuclear safeguards
modeling and simulation
space nuclear power
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,128
233,746
700
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Fahd Ebna Alam
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
659
393
0.596
Energy Conversion
Combustion
Fuels
Emission
Fire Dynamics
CFD
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,615
236,010
704
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mehdi Famouri
University of South Carolina
Columbia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
195
0.305
Mechanical Engineering