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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 59 7421 7173 1842 1707 320 11639

Ali Dhinojwala publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ali Dhinojwala between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ali Dhinojwala published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 10.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 29 publications in 2021. 24 of the 365 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 29. Peak 29 publications in 2021. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 3 publications 1994: 6 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 7 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 29 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 13 publications 2025: 11 publications
1992 2025

365 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ali Dhinojwala: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 3
1994 6
1995 2
1996 7
1997 8
1998 1
1999 1
2000 7
2001 4
2002 7
2003 6
2004 6
2005 10
2006 6
2007 3
2008 9
2009 15
2010 9
2011 9
2012 17
2013 14
2014 21
2015 20
2016 18
2017 17
2018 16
2019 21
2020 22
2021 29
2022 18
2023 8
2024 13
2025 11
Total 365
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Ali Dhinojwala publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali Dhinojwala sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 310–329 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 320 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537 320
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Ali Dhinojwala D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali Dhinojwala sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 58–59 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610 59
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation Development of surface sensitive techniques to study polymeric surfaces and interfaces to understand properties such as adhesion, friction, and wetting

Overview

Ali Dhinojwala is affiliated with the University of Akron in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Cell Biology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics including Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Polymer Surface Interaction Studies, melanin and skin pigmentation, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity, Silk-based biomaterials and applications, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Notable recent publications by Dhinojwala include:

  • Unraveling the Structure and Function of Melanin through Synthesis, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Design principles for creating synthetic underwater adhesives, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Bioinspired Melanin-Based Optically Active Materials, 2020, Advanced Optical Materials
  • Lower Critical Solution Temperature-Driven Self-Coacervation of Nonionic Polyester Underwater Adhesives, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Selenomelanin: An Abiotic Selenium Analogue of Pheomelanin, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Dhinojwala has frequently published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Science Advances, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Collaborative work has been common in their career, with frequent coauthors including Saranshu Singla, Matthew D. Shawkey, Anvay Patil, Nathan C. Gianneschi, and Peter H. Niewiarowski.

Among their recognitions, Dhinojwala was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2010 for contributions to the development of surface sensitive techniques aimed at studying polymeric surfaces and interfaces to understand properties such as adhesion, friction, and wetting.

Best Publications

  • Carbon nanotube-based synthetic gecko tapes

    Liehui Ge;Sunny Sethi;Lijie Ci;Pulickel M. Ajayan

  • Dynamics of Ice Nucleation on Water Repellent Surfaces

    Azar Alizadeh;Masako Yamada;Ri Li;Wen Shang

  • Synthetic gecko foot-hairs from multiwalled carbon nanotubes

    Betul Yurdumakan;Nachiket R. Raravikar;Pulickel M. Ajayan;Ali Dhinojwala

  • Molecular Structure of Polystyrene at Air/Polymer and Solid/Polymer Interfaces

    K. S. Gautam;Alexander D. Schwab;Ali Dhinojwala;D. Zhang

  • Unraveling the Structure and Function of Melanin through Synthesis.

    Wei Cao;Xuhao Zhou;Naneki C McCallum;Ziying Hu

  • Bio-Inspired Structural Colors Produced via Self-Assembly of Synthetic Melanin Nanoparticles

    Ming Xiao;Yiwen Li;Michael C. Allen;Dimitri D. Deheyn

  • Gecko-inspired carbon nanotube-based self-cleaning adhesives.

    Sunny Sethi;Liehui Ge;Lijie Ci;P. M. Ajayan

  • Bioinspired bright noniridescent photonic melanin supraballs.

    Ming Xiao;Ziying Hu;Ziying Hu;Zhao Wang;Yiwen Li

  • Rotational reorientation dynamics of disperse red 1 in polystyrene: α ‐relaxation dynamics probed by second harmonic generation and dielectric relaxation

    Ali Dhinojwala;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson

  • Spider silk as a novel high performance biomimetic muscle driven by humidity

    Ingi Agnarsson;Ali Dhinojwala;Vasav Sahni;Todd A. Blackledge

  • Viscoelastic solids explain spider web stickiness.

    Vasav Sahni;Todd A. Blackledge;Ali Dhinojwala

  • Surface wettability plays a significant role in gecko adhesion underwater

    Alyssa Y. Stark;Ila Badge;Nicholas A. Wucinich;Timothy W. Sullivan

  • Translation-Rotation Paradox for Diffusion in Glass-Forming Polymers: The Role of the Temperature Dependence of the Relaxation Time Distribution

    David B. Hall;Ali Dhinojwala;John M. Torkelson

  • Design principles for creating synthetic underwater adhesives.

    Amal Narayanan;Ali Dhinojwala;Abraham Joy

  • Superhydrophobic conductive carbon nanotube coatings for steel.

    Sunny Sethi;Ali Dhinojwala

  • Sticky Gecko Feet: the Role of Temperature and Humidity

    Peter H. Niewiarowski;Stephanie Lopez;Liehui Ge;Emily Hagan

  • How Super is Supercontraction? Persistent Versus Cyclic Responses to Humidity in Spider Dragline Silk

    Todd A Blackledge;Cecilia Boutry;Shing Chung Josh Wong;Avinash Baji

  • Temperature dependent droplet impact dynamics on flat and textured surfaces

    Azar Alizadeh;Vaibhav Bahadur;Sheng Zhong;Wen Shang

  • Rotational reorientation dynamics of nonlinear optical chromophores in rubbery and glassy polymers: .alpha.-relaxation dynamics probed by second harmonic generation and dielectric relaxation

    Ali Dhinojwala;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson

  • Surface Dynamics in Rubbed Polymer Thin Films Probed with Optical Birefringence Measurements

    Alexander D. Schwab;Dena Mae G. Agra;Jae-Hoon Kim;Satyendra Kumar

  • Synthetic Gecko Foot-hairs from Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

    Ali Dhinojwala

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan C. Gianneschi
Nathan C. Gianneschi Northwestern University
Steve Granick
Steve Granick University of Massachusetts Amherst
John M. Torkelson
John M. Torkelson Northwestern University
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Satyendra Kumar
Satyendra Kumar University at Albany, State University of New York
Ingi Agnarsson
Ingi Agnarsson University of Iceland
Lijie Ci
Lijie Ci Harbin Institute of Technology
Yiwen Li
Yiwen Li Sichuan University
George K. Wong
George K. Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento

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