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D-Index
36
Citations
6304
World Ranking
2492
National Ranking
889

Ashok Saxena publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ashok Saxena sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 189 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Ashok Saxena D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ashok Saxena is affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a notable emphasis on mechanical engineering and the mechanics of materials. Additional subfields of study include food science, statistics, probability and uncertainty, as well as civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple specialized topics including fatigue and fracture mechanics, high temperature alloys and creep, probabilistic and robust engineering design, fire effects on concrete materials, food composition and properties, food drying and modeling, and microencapsulation and drying processes.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Zephania R. Odek, T. J. Siebenmorgen, Frans Palmert, P. Almroth, and David Gustafsson.

Saxena's recent papers include:

  • Modelling the crack growth behaviour of a single crystal nickel base superalloy under TMF loading with long dwell times, 2020, International Journal of Fatigue
  • Fissuring Kinetics of Rough Rice during the Drying Process, 2020, Applied Engineering in Agriculture
  • A Phenomenological Model for Creep and Creep-fatigue Crack Growth Behavior in Ferritic Steels, 2023, Preprints.org
  • Creep crack growth in alloy 247LC-DS, 2024, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
  • A Phenomenological Model for Creep and Creep-Fatigue Crack Growth Rate Behavior in Ferritic Steels, 2023, Metals

The scientist's frequent publication venues reflect a broad dissemination of research across engineering and materials science journals, including:

  • Applied Engineering in Agriculture
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Preprints.org
  • Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
  • Metals

Best Publications

  • Review and extension of compliance information for common crack growth specimens

    Ashok Saxena;S. J. Hudak

  • The Science and Design of Engineering Materials

    James P. Schaffer;Ashok Saxena;Stephen D. Antolovich;Thomas H. Sanders

  • Nonlinear Fracture Mechanics for Engineers

    Ashok Saxena

  • Stabilizing nanocrystalline materials with dopants

    Paul C. Millett;R. Panneer Selvam;Ashok Saxena

  • Low cycle fatigue, fatigue crack propagation and substructures in a series of polycrystalline Cu-Al alloys

    Ashok Saxena;Stephen D. Antolovich

  • Nickel-titanium instruments : applications in endodontics

    Thomas P. Serene;David J. Adams;A. Saxena

  • Computer-Controlled Decreasing Stress Intensity Technique for Low Rate Fatigue Crack Growth Testing

    RT Horstman;KC Lieb;RL Meltzer;IC Moore

  • A model for fatigue crack propagation

    Stephen D. Antolovich;A. Saxena;Govind R. Chanani

  • Development of Standard Methods of Testing and Analyzing Fatigue Crack Growth Rate Data

    S J Hudak;A Saxena;R J Bucci;R C Malcolm

  • Molecular dynamics simulations of grain size stabilization in nanocrystalline materials by addition of dopants

    Paul C. Millett;R. Panneer Selvam;Ashok Saxena

  • Creep crack growth under non-steady-state conditions

    Ashok Saxena

  • AFM characterization of the evolution of surface deformation during fatigue in polycrystalline copper

    L. Cretegny;A. Saxena

  • Atomistic simulation of grain boundary energetics - Effects of dopants

    Paul C. Millett;R. Panneer Selvam;Shubhra Bansal;Ashok Saxena

  • Crack growth behavior of 9Cr−1Mo (P91) steel under creep–fatigue conditions

    S.B. Narasimhachary;A. Saxena;A. Saxena

  • Increased fracture toughness in a 300 grade maraging steel as a result of thermal cycling

    Stephen D. Antolovich;Ashok Saxena;G. R. Chanani

  • Enhanced surface hardness by boron implantation in nitinol alloy

    Deok-Hyung Lee;Byungwoo Park;Ashok Saxena;Thomas P. Serene

  • Creep crack growth in high temperature ductile materials

    Ashok Saxena

  • Characterization of creep-fatigue crack growth behavior under trapezoidal waveshape using C t -parameter

    Kee Bong Yoon;Ashok Saxena;Peter K. Liaw

  • Effects of load ratio and temperature on the near-threshold fatigue crack propagation behavior in a CrMoV steel

    P. K. Liaw;A. Saxena;V. P. Swaminathan;T. T. Shih

  • Evaluation of the Ct Parameter for Characterizing Creep Crack Growth Rate in the Transient Regime

    JL Bassani;DE Hawk;A Saxena

  • Artificial Neural Network and Finite Element Modeling of Nanoindentation Tests

    Anastasia Muliana;Rami M. Haj-Ali;Rejanah Steward;Ashok Saxena

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter K. Liaw
Peter K. Liaw University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David L. McDowell
David L. McDowell Georgia Institute of Technology
Rao Tummala
Rao Tummala Georgia Institute of Technology
Alberto Carpinteri
Alberto Carpinteri Shantou University
James C. Newman
James C. Newman Mississippi State University
Karren L. More
Karren L. More Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Harry M. Meyer
Harry M. Meyer Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rami Haj-Ali
Rami Haj-Ali Tel Aviv University
William W Gerberich
William W Gerberich University of Minnesota
Jianmin Qu
Jianmin Qu Tufts University

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