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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
40
Citations
6331
World Ranking
2029
National Ranking
755

Bruce K. Gale 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 Bruce K. Gale sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 158 publications — 28th percentile

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

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

Bruce K. Gale 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 Bruce K. Gale 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: 40 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Determining the optimal PDMS–PDMS bonding technique for microfluidic devices

    Mark A Eddings;Michael A Johnson;Bruce K Gale

  • A Review of Current Methods in Microfluidic Device Fabrication and Future Commercialization Prospects

    Bruce K. Gale;Alexander R. Jafek;Christopher J. Lambert;Brady L. Goenner

  • Microfluidic sample preparation: cell lysis and nucleic acid purification.

    Jungkyu Kim;Michael Johnson;Parker Hill;Bruce K. Gale

  • A critical comparison of protein microarray fabrication technologies.

    Valentin Romanov;S. Nikki Davidoff;Adam R. Miles;David W. Grainger

  • A PDMS-based gas permeation pump for on-chip fluid handling in microfluidic devices

    Mark A Eddings;Bruce K Gale

  • Spinning disk platform for microfluidic digital polymerase chain reaction.

    Scott O. Sundberg;Carl T. Wittwer;Chao Gao;Bruce K. Gale

  • Characterization of interconnects used in PDMS microfluidic systems

    Andrew M Christensen;David A Chang-Yen;Bruce K Gale

  • Effects of rectangular microchannel aspect ratio on laminar friction constant

    Ian Papautsky;Bruce K. Gale;Swomitra K. Mohanty;Timothy A. Ameel

  • Continuous-flow thermal gradient PCR.

    Niel Crews;Carl Wittwer;Bruce Gale

  • FDM 3D Printing of High-Pressure, Heat-Resistant, Transparent Microfluidic Devices

    Valentin Romanov;Raheel Samuel;Marzieh Chaharlang;Alexander R. Jafek

  • Rapid prototyping of microfluidic systems using a PDMS/polymer tape composite

    Jungkyu Kim;Rajesh Surapaneni;Bruce K. Gale

  • An integrated optical oxygen sensor fabricated using rapid-prototyping techniques

    David A. Chang-Yen;Bruce K. Gale

  • Applications, techniques, and microfluidic interfacing for nanoscale biosensing

    Jungkyu Kim;Michael Junkin;Deok Ho Kim;Seunglee Kwon

  • A Novel PDMS Microfluidic Spotter for Fabrication of Protein Chips and Microarrays

    D.A. Chang-Yen;D.G. Myszka;B.K. Gale

  • A microfabricated thermal field-flow fractionation system.

    Thayne L. Edwards;Bruce K. Gale;A. Bruno Frazier

  • Continuous-flow microfluidic printing of proteins for array-based applications including surface plasmon resonance imaging.

    Sriram Natarajan;Phini S. Katsamba;Adam Miles;Josh Eckman

  • Large-area, high-aspect-ratio SU-8 molds for the fabrication of PDMS microfluidic devices

    S Natarajan;D A Chang-Yen;B K Gale

  • Microfluidic—based sperm sorting & analysis for treatment of male infertility

    Raheel Samuel;Haidong Feng;Alex Jafek;Dillon Despain

  • Flexible, transparent, sub-100 µm microfluidic channels with fused deposition modeling 3D-printed thermoplastic polyurethane

    Matt D Nelson;Nirupama Ramkumar;Bruce K Gale

  • Improved polyvinylpyrrolidone microneedle arrays with non-stoichiometric cyclodextrin.

    Wei Chen;Chong Wang;Li Yan;Longbiao Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl T. Wittwer
Carl T. Wittwer University of Utah
David G. Myszka
David G. Myszka University of Utah
Douglas T. Carrell
Douglas T. Carrell University of Utah
William P. Johnson
William P. Johnson University of Utah
Phil Ligrani
Phil Ligrani University of Alabama in Huntsville
Shelley D. Minteer
Shelley D. Minteer University of Utah
Karin D. Caldwell
Karin D. Caldwell Uppsala University
Ian Papautsky
Ian Papautsky University of Illinois at Chicago
Michael J. McShane
Michael J. McShane Texas A&M University
Yuri Lvov
Yuri Lvov Louisiana Tech University

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