2026 Bruce E. Hobbs: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	61	2058	1962	107	104	255	12959

Bruce E. Hobbs 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 Bruce E. Hobbs sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 804+

This scientist: 255 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce E. Hobbs 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 Bruce E. Hobbs sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Bruce E. Hobbs is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a focus on Environmental Engineering, Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Computational Mechanics, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, Groundwater flow and contamination studies, Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering, Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques, and Rock Mechanics and Modeling.

Bruce E. Hobbs has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Structural Geology
International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
Transport in Porous Media
Science China Technological Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hobbs are:

Alison Ord
Chongbin Zhao
Xiangtao Zhang
Yao Liu
Karel Schulmann

Recent papers by Bruce E. Hobbs include:

"Two different mathematical schemes for solving chemical dissolution-front instability problems in fluid-saturated rocks," 2021, published in Science China Technological Sciences
"Effects of mathematical transforms on theoretical analysis and computational simulation of chemical dissolution-front instability within fluid-saturated porous media," 2021, published in Journal of Hydrology
"Fragment size distributions in brittle deformed rocks," 2021, published in Journal of Structural Geology
"A semianalytical approach for solving first-order perturbation equations of dissolution-timescale reactive infiltration instability problems in fluid-saturated rocks," 2020, published in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
"Failure modes in fluid saturated rocks: deformation processes and mode-switching," 2022, published in Geological Magazine

Best Publications

An Outline of Structural Geology

Bruce Edward Hobbs;Winthrop Dickinson Means;Paul Frederick Williams

1751
Citations
The simulation of fabric development during plastic deformation and its application to quartzite: the influence of deformation history

G.S Lister;B.E Hobbs

584
Citations
Vorticity and non-coaxiality in progressive deformations

W.D Means;B.E Hobbs;G.S Lister;P.F Williams

442
Citations
The simulation of fabric development in plastic deformation and its application to quartzite: The model

G.S. Lister;M.S. Paterson;B.E. Hobbs

354
Citations
Recrystallization of single crystals of quartz

B.E. Hobbs

341
Citations
Earthquakes in the ductile regime

B. E. Hobbs;A. Ord;C. Teyssier

329
Citations
Instability, softening and localization of deformation

B. E. Hobbs;H.-B. Mühlhaus;A. Ord

260
Citations
Plastic instabilities: Implications for the origin of intermediate and deep focus earthquakes

Bruce E. Hobbs;Alison Ord

247
Citations
The strength of the continental crust, detachment zones and the development of plastic instabilities

A Ord;B.E Hobbs

220
Citations
Fundamentals of Computational Geoscience: Numerical Methods and Algorithms

Chongbin Zhao;Bruce E. Hobbs;Alison Ord

206
Citations
Mineral and Rock Deformation: Laboratory Studies

B. E. Hobbs;H. C. Heard

205
Citations
Theoretical and numerical analyses of chemical‐dissolution front instability in fluid‐saturated porous rocks

Chongbin Zhao;Chongbin Zhao;B. E. Hobbs;P. Hornby;A. Ord

186
Citations
Convective and Advective Heat Transfer in Geological Systems

Chongbin Zhao;Bruce E. Hobbs;Alison Ord

184
Citations
100th Anniversary Special Paper: Numerical Models of Extensional Deformation, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Flow across Basement-Cover Interfaces during Basin-Related Mineralization

Nicholas H.S. Oliver;John G. McLellan;Bruce E. Hobbs;James S. Cleverley

167
Citations
Chemical and deformational controls on recrystallization of mica

M. A. Etheridge;M. A. Etheridge;B. E. Hobbs

154
Citations
Geodynamic modelling of the Century deposit, Mt Isa Province, Queensland

A. Ord;B. E. Hobbs;Y. Zhang;G. C. Broadbent

141
Citations
Theoretical analyses of nonaqueous phase liquid dissolution-induced instability in two-dimensional fluid-saturated porous media

C.B. Zhao;Bruce Hobbs;Bruce Hobbs;Alison Ord;Alison Ord

140
Citations
Dislocations associated with optical features in naturally-deformed olivine

J. N. Boland;A. C. McLaren;B. E. Hobbs

129
Citations
Plasticity of single crystals of synthetic quartz

B. E. Hobbs;A. C. McLaren;M. S. Paterson

129
Citations
Mineral and rock deformation : laboratory studies : the Paterson volume

Bruce E. Hobbs;H. C. Heard

126
Citations
Advances in convective and advective heat transfer in geological systems

Chongbin Zhao;Bruce E. Hobbs;Alison Ord

10
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alison Ord University of Western Australia

Chongbin Zhao Central South University

Hans Muhlhaus University of Queensland

Klaus Regenauer-Lieb University of New South Wales

John L. Walshe Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

M. A. Etheridge Monash University

Mark Jessell University of Western Australia

Gordon S. Lister University of Queensland

Nicholas H.S. Oliver James Cook University

Ron H. Vernon Macquarie University

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