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D-Index
44
Citations
7320
World Ranking
1626
National Ranking
629

Cemal Basaran 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 Cemal Basaran sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 215 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cemal Basaran 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 Cemal Basaran 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: 44 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Cemal Basaran is affiliated with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York in the United States. Their research spans multiple facets of engineering and materials science with a focus on fatigue and fracture mechanics, material behavior under high-velocity impact, and hydrogen embrittlement in metals.

The main fields of study that characterize their work are:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, Basaran's subfields of study include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Control and Systems Engineering

Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior
  • High Temperature Alloys and Creep
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms

Basaran's frequently published venues include:

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Metals
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures

Their recent significant papers are:

  • "Modeling fatigue life and hydrogen embrittlement of bcc steel with unified mechanics theory," 2023, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • "A Review of Damage, Void Evolution, and Fatigue Life Prediction Models," 2021, Metals
  • "Modeling ultrasonic vibration fatigue with unified mechanics theory," 2021, International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • "Predicting high cycle fatigue life with unified mechanics theory," 2021, Mechanics of Materials
  • "A unified mechanics theory-based model for temperature and strain rate dependent proportionality limit stress of mild steel," 2021, Mechanics of Materials

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Hsiao Wei Lee
  • Noushad Bin Jamal M
  • C. Lakshmana Rao
  • Halina Egner
  • Adam Lipski

Recognition for Basaran's contributions to the field includes becoming a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Thermomigration in Pb–Sn solder joints under joule heating during electric current stressing

    Hua Ye;Cemal Basaran;Douglas Hopkins

  • A Thermodynamic Framework for Damage Mechanics of Solder Joints

    C. Basaran;C.-Y. Yan

  • An Irreversible Thermodynamics Theory for Damage Mechanics of Solids

    Cemal Basaran;Shihua Nie

  • Failure modes and FEM analysis of power electronic packaging

    Hua Ye;Minghui Lin;Cemal Basaran

  • Moiré interferogram phase extraction: a ridge detection algorithm for continuous wavelet transforms.

    Heng Liu;Alexander N. Cartwright;Cemal Basaran

  • A thermodynamic model for electrical current induced damage

    C. Basaran;Minghui Lin;Hua Ye

  • A micromechanical model for effective elastic properties of particulate composites with imperfect interfacial bonds

    Shihua Nie;Cemal Basaran

  • Thermomechanical behavior of micron scale solder joints under dynamic loads

    Y Zhao;C Basaran;A Cartwright;T Dishongh

  • Joule heating in single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Tarek Ragab;Cemal Basaran

  • An analytical model for thermal stress analysis of multi-layered microelectronic packaging

    Yujun Wen;Cemal Basaran

  • A Damage Mechanics-Based Fatigue Life Prediction Model for Solder Joints

    Hong Tang;Cemal Basaran

  • A thermodynamics based damage mechanics model for particulate composites

    Cemal Basaran;Shihua Nie

  • The size effect in mechanical properties of finite-sized graphene nanoribbon

    Yanbiao Chu;Tarek Ragab;Tarek Ragab;Cemal Basaran

  • Damage mechanics of electromigration induced failure

    Cemal Basaran;Minghui Lin

  • Mechanics of Pb40/Sn60 near-eutectic solder alloys subjected to vibrations

    Cemal Basaran;Rumpa Chandaroy

  • Measuring intrinsic elastic modulus of Pb/Sn solder alloys

    Cemal Basaran;Jianbin Jiang

  • Damage mechanics of microelectronics solder joints under high current densities

    Hua Ye;Cemal Basaran;Douglas C. Hopkins

  • Electromigration induced stress analysis using fully coupled mechanical-diffusion equations with nonlinear material properties

    Minghui Lin;Cemal Basaran

  • Implementation of a Thermodynamic Framework for Damage Mechanics of Solder Interconnects in Microelectronics Packaging

    Cemal Basaran;Hong Tang

  • Thermomechanical Analysis of Solder Joints Under Thermal and Vibrational Loading

    Cemal Basaran;Rumpa Chandaroy

  • Damage mechanics of microelectronics solder joints under high current densities

    Hua Ye;C. Basaran;D.C. Hopkins;D. Frear

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Kofke
David A. Kofke State University of New York
Tribikram Kundu
Tribikram Kundu University of Arizona
Flavio Canavero
Flavio Canavero Polytechnic University of Turin
Michel Nakhla
Michel Nakhla Carleton University
Andreas C. Cangellaris
Andreas C. Cangellaris University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
John Hock Lye Pang
John Hock Lye Pang Nanyang Technological University
Gary F. Dargush
Gary F. Dargush University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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