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Ali Zolfagharian

Ali Zolfagharian

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
54
Citations
8442
World Ranking
3285
National Ranking
177

Ali Zolfagharian publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ali Zolfagharian sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 174 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Ali Zolfagharian D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Evolution of 3D printed soft actuators

    Ali Zolfagharian;Abbas Z. Kouzani;Sui Yang Khoo;Amir Ali Amiri Moghadam;Amir Ali Amiri Moghadam

  • Soft Pneumatic Actuators: A Review of Design, Fabrication, Modeling, Sensing, Control and Applications

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  • Recent progress in extrusion 3D bioprinting of hydrogel biomaterials for tissue regeneration: a comprehensive review with focus on advanced fabrication techniques

    Mohsen Askari;Mohsen Askari;Moqaddaseh Afzali Naniz;Moqaddaseh Afzali Naniz;Monireh Kouhi;Azadeh Saberi

  • 4D printing of shape memory polymer composites: A review on fabrication techniques, applications, and future perspectives

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  • Biopolymeric sustainable materials and their emerging applications

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  • Reversible energy absorbing meta-sandwiches by FDM 4D printing

    M. Bodaghi;A. Serjouei;A. Zolfagharian;M. Fotouhi

  • 4D Printing Self-Morphing Structures.

    Mahdi Bodaghi;Reza Noroozi;Ali Zolfagharian;Mohamad Fotouhi

  • Closed-loop 4D-printed soft robots

    Ali Zolfagharian;Akif Kaynak;Abbas Kouzani

  • Magneto‐/ electro‐responsive polymers toward manufacturing, characterization, and biomedical/ soft robotic applications

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  • 4D bioprinting of smart polymers for biomedical applications: recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

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  • A review on additive/subtractive hybrid manufacturing of directed energy deposition (DED) process

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  • 3D/4D-printed bending-type soft pneumatic actuators: fabrication, modelling, and control

    Ali Zolfagharian;M. A. Parvez Mahmud;Saleh Gharaie;Mahdi Bodaghi

  • 4D printing: Technological developments in robotics applications

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  • Shape-Adaptive Metastructures with Variable Bandgap Regions by 4D Printing

    Reza Noroozi;Reza Noroozi;Mahdi Bodaghi;Hamid Jafari;Ali Zolfagharian

  • 3D-printed bio-inspired zero Poisson’s ratio graded metamaterials with high energy absorption performance

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  • Engineering multifunctional dynamic hydrogel for biomedical and tissue regenerative applications

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  • A New Strategy for Achieving Shape Memory Effects in 4D Printed Two-Layer Composite Structures

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  • Pattern-driven 4D printing

    Ali Zolfagharian;Akif Kaynak;Sui Yang Khoo;Abbas Kouzani

  • 4D Printing Soft Robots Guided by Machine Learning and Finite Element Models

    Ali Zolfagharian;Lorena Durran;Saleh Gharaie;Bernard Rolfe

  • Auxetic metamaterials for bone-implanted medical devices: Recent advances and new perspectives

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Frequent Co-Authors

Akif Kaynak
Akif Kaynak Deakin University
Abbas Z. Kouzani
Abbas Z. Kouzani Deakin University
Mahdi Bodaghi
Mahdi Bodaghi Nottingham Trent University
Saeid Nahavandi
Saeid Nahavandi Swinburne University of Technology
Ian Gibson
Ian Gibson University of Twente
Mohammad Hatami
Mohammad Hatami University of Kurdistan
Russell J. Varley
Russell J. Varley Deakin University
Hossein Yousefi
Hossein Yousefi University of Tehran
Jingliang Li
Jingliang Li Deakin University
Ali Zavabeti
Ali Zavabeti RMIT University

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