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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
Liehui Ge;Sunny Sethi;Lijie Ci;Pulickel M. Ajayan
Azar Alizadeh;Masako Yamada;Ri Li;Wen Shang
Betul Yurdumakan;Nachiket R. Raravikar;Pulickel M. Ajayan;Ali Dhinojwala
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Wei Cao;Xuhao Zhou;Naneki C McCallum;Ziying Hu
Ming Xiao;Yiwen Li;Michael C. Allen;Dimitri D. Deheyn
Sunny Sethi;Liehui Ge;Lijie Ci;P. M. Ajayan
Ming Xiao;Ziying Hu;Ziying Hu;Zhao Wang;Yiwen Li
Ali Dhinojwala;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson
Ingi Agnarsson;Ali Dhinojwala;Vasav Sahni;Todd A. Blackledge
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Alyssa Y. Stark;Ila Badge;Nicholas A. Wucinich;Timothy W. Sullivan
David B. Hall;Ali Dhinojwala;John M. Torkelson
Amal Narayanan;Ali Dhinojwala;Abraham Joy
Sunny Sethi;Ali Dhinojwala
Peter H. Niewiarowski;Stephanie Lopez;Liehui Ge;Emily Hagan
Todd A Blackledge;Cecilia Boutry;Shing Chung Josh Wong;Avinash Baji
Azar Alizadeh;Vaibhav Bahadur;Sheng Zhong;Wen Shang
Ali Dhinojwala;George K. Wong;John M. Torkelson
Alexander D. Schwab;Dena Mae G. Agra;Jae-Hoon Kim;Satyendra Kumar
Ali Dhinojwala
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