The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best researchers in the
discipline of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering relies os data
combined from various data sources including OpenAlex and
CrossRef. The bibliometric data for evaluating the citation-based metrics were
collected on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a scholar’s
D-index (Discipline H-index), which only includes
papers and citation values for an examined discipline.
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The focus of our Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering research
Research.com’s best scholars ranking is a credible
list of leading scholars from the field of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, created using a detailed
study of 166,880 scientists discovered
from various bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, as many as 5741 scientists were
analysed.
What is D-index inclusion threshold for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
The D-index threshold for approving a scientist to be
considered is set to 30 if
most of their publications are in the discipline of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The
inclusion criteria for scientists to be
considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index,
ratio of the contributions made within the selected
field of study plus the awards and achievements of the
researchers. The D-index threshold for including top
scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
scholars assessed for each
discipline whilst ensuring that the top 1% of
leading researchers are considered into the list.
We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a scholar’s
general H-index and their D-index.
Additional verification practices
Because our main aim is to make sure that only
genuine scientists are listed in
our ranking we realize that raw data are never
supposed to be an absolute means to quantify the
work of scientists. This is why
we manually inspect every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
broad range of credible sources. Even though it’s not a
metric contributing to a scientist’s position in
Research.com ranking, the number of papers published in
major journals and conference proceedings should be a
reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a
specific field of study. Position in the ranking is
determined by each scholar’s D-index
using metrics compiled from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-known bibliometric
databases of this type accessible to the research community. A
detailed definition of our research process
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our agenda
Our goal is to motivate scientists,
entrepreneurs and decision-makers
around the world to investigate where leading experts are heading
and to give an opportunity for the whole scientific community to
get to know who the leading experts in specific
areas of study, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest
number of top scientists in the world is MIT with
33 researchers affiliated with it being listed in
the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering ranking.
It is followed by University of Michigan–Ann Arbor with
28 researchers.
Ranking thirds is Georgia Institute of Technology with 27
scientists.
Prominent researchers featured in the world are associated with Northwestern University, Harvard University, The University of Texas at Austin, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Stanford University, Babeș-Bolyai University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Bauhaus University, Weimar, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Professor Ted Belytschko from Northwestern University is highlighted as the best scholar in the world in our ranking with a D-index of 153. Ranking on the second place in the world is John W. Hutchinson from Harvard University with a D-index of 150. The third position in the world is occupied by Thomas J. R. Hughes from The University of Texas at Austin with a D-index of 147.
The average D-index for the top 3% scholars is 103 against an average of 47 for all scientists included in our ranking.
The average number of published articles in the area of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for the top 10% of scientists in the ranking is 462 against an average of 252 for all researchers.
The average number of citations for the top 3% scientists is 46053 against an average of 10652 for all researchers.
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