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D-Index
43
Citations
7262
World Ranking
1719
National Ranking
125

David M. Heyes 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 David M. Heyes sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 183 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David M. Heyes 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 David M. Heyes sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David M. Heyes is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their work spans several fields, including Engineering, Materials Science, and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Catalysis, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Their research covers a range of topics with extensive publications related to Material Dynamics and Properties, Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics, Ionic Liquids Properties and Applications, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Theoretical and Computational Physics, and Thermodynamic Properties of Mixtures.

David M. Heyes has contributed to a variety of scientific papers published primarily in well-established venues. These include:

  • Shadow Hamiltonian in classical NVE molecular dynamics simulations: A path to long time stability, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • A comprehensive study of the thermal conductivity of the hard sphere fluid and solid by molecular dynamics simulation, 2020, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Shadow Hamiltonian in classical NVE molecular dynamics simulations involving Coulomb interactions, 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Single trajectory transport coefficients and the energy landscape by molecular dynamics simulations, 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Viscuit and the fluctuation theorem investigation of shear viscosity by molecular dynamics simulations: The information and the noise, 2021, The Journal of Chemical Physics

Their frequent publication venues are diverse but mainly centered on:

  • The Journal of Chemical Physics (14 publications)
  • Physical Review E (3 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2 publications)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (1 publication)
  • Communications Physics (1 publication)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research activity. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniele Dini (15 joint publications)
  • S. Pieprzyk (8 joint publications)
  • A. C. Brańka (8 joint publications)
  • Edward R. Smith (7 joint publications)
  • Kenton D. Hammonds (4 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Discrete element simulation of granular flow in 2D and 3D hoppers: Dependence of discharge rate and wall stress on particle interactions

    P.A. Langston;U. Tüzün;D.M. Heyes

  • Pressure tensor of partial-charge and point-dipole lattices with bulk and surface geometries.

    D. M. Heyes

  • Electrostatic potentials and fields in infinite point charge lattices

    D. M. Heyes

  • Brownian dynamics simulations of model hard-sphere suspensions

    D.M. Heyes;J.R. Melrose

  • Modelling and measuring of cohesion in wet granular materials

    Torsten Gröger;Ugur Tüzün;David M Heyes

  • The Liquid State: Applications of Molecular Simulations

    David M. Heyes

  • Transport coefficients of Lennard-Jones fluids: A molecular-dynamics and effective-hard-sphere treatment

    David M. Heyes

  • Continuous potential discrete particle simulations of stress and velocity fields in hoppers: transition from fluid to granular flow

    P.A. Langston;U. Tüzün;D.M. Heyes

  • Advances in nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of lubricants and additives

    J. P. Ewen;D. M. Heyes;D. Dini

  • Time dependent nonlinear shear stress effects in simple liquids: A molecular dynamics study

    D. M. Heyes;J. J. Kim;C. J. Montrose;T. A. Litovitz

  • Discrete element simulation of internal stress and flow fields in funnel flow hoppers

    P.A. Langston;U. Tüzün;D.M. Heyes

  • Auxeticity of cubic materials

    A. C. Brańka;D. M. Heyes;K. W. Wojciechowski

  • Self-diffusion and shear viscosity of simple fluids. A molecular-dynamics study

    David M. Heyes

  • Shear thinning and thickening of the Lennard-Jones liquid. A molecular dynamics study

    David M. Heyes

  • Transport coefficients of hard sphere fluids

    H. Sigurgeirsson;D. M. Heyes

  • Self-diffusion coefficient of the hard-sphere fluid: system size dependence and empirical correlations.

    D M Heyes;M J Cass;J G Powles;W A B Evans

  • Combined shear and elongational flow by non-equilibrium molecular dynamics

    M.W. Evans;D.M. Heyes

  • Stratification in poured granular heaps

    John Baxter;Ugur Tüzün;David Heyes;Igan Hayati

  • Simulations of electrorheological and particle mixture suspensions: Agglomerate and layer structures

    J. R. Melrose;D. M. Heyes

  • Temperatures: old, new and middle aged

    J. G. Powles;G. Rickayzen;D. M. Heyes

  • Thermal conductivity and bulk viscosity of simple fluids. A molecular-dynamics study

    David M. Heyes

  • The electrostatic potential and field in the surface region of lamina and semi‐infinite point charge lattices

    David M. Heyes;Frank van Swol

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Kendall
Kevin Kendall Hydrogen United
Keith Richards
Keith Richards University of Cambridge
Paul W. Cleary
Paul W. Cleary Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
William A. P. Smith
William A. P. Smith University of York
Martin T. Dove
Martin T. Dove Sichuan University
Ronald H. Ottewill
Ronald H. Ottewill University of Bristol
Thomas J. Spencer
Thomas J. Spencer Massachusetts General Hospital

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