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D-Index
76
Citations
28602
World Ranking
265
National Ranking
12

David Owen 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 Owen sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 330 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Owen 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 Owen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to computational solid mechanics and industrial application of finite and discrete element methods.
  • 2004 - IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal)
  • 2003 - Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 1998 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)

Overview

David Owen was affiliated with Swansea University in the United Kingdom. Their research spanned several fields and topics, with a significant focus on crystallography, molecular biology, and computational methods related to structural biology and drug discovery.

Their recent papers included work on the SARS-CoV-2 main protease and enzyme inhibitors, reflecting involvement in infectious diseases and computational drug discovery methods. Notable publications were:

  • Crystallographic and electrophilic fragment screening of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Discovery of SARS-CoV-2 M pro peptide inhibitors from modelling substrate and ligand binding, 2021, Chemical Science
  • An automatic pipeline for the design of irreversible derivatives identifies a potent SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitor, 2021, Cell chemical biology
  • Crystallographic and electrophilic fragment screening of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • xia2.multiplex: a multi-crystal data-analysis pipeline, 2022, Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology

Their coauthors frequently included:

  • Martin Walsh
  • Petra Lukacik
  • Claire Strain-Damerell
  • D. Fearon
  • F. von Delft

David Owen published extensively in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Their work covered a range of subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Infectious Diseases.

Major topics of research included:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Throughout their career, David Owen received several awards recognizing their contributions to engineering and mechanics:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2011, for contributions to computational solid mechanics and industrial application of finite and discrete element methods
  • IACM Congress Medal (Gauss-Newton Medal), 2004
  • Warner T. Koiter Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2003
  • Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM), 1998
  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), 1996

Best Publications

  • Finite elements in plasticity : theory and practice

    D. R. J. Owen;Ernest Hinton

  • Computational methods for plasticity : theory and applications

    E. A. de Souza Neto;Djordje Perić;D. R. J. Owen

  • A combined finite‐discrete element method in transient dynamics of fracturing solids

    A. Munjiza;D.R.J. Owen;N. Bicanic

  • Finite Elements in Plasticity

    D. R. J. Owen;E. Hinton

  • Finite element programming

    Ernest Hinton;David Roger Jones Owen

  • Finite element software for plates and shells

    Ernest Hinton;D. R. J. Owen

  • Computational methods for plasticity

    E. A. de Souza Neto;D. Peri;D. R. J. Owen

  • Design of simple low order finite elements for large strain analysis of nearly incompressible solids

    E.A. de Souza Neto;D. Perić;M. Dutko;D.R.J. Owen

  • An elastic-plastic stress analysis for a notched bar in plane strain bending

    J.R. Griffiths;D.R.J. Owen

  • Engineering fracture mechanics : numerical methods and applications

    D. R. J. Owen;A. J. Fawkes

  • An introduction to finite element computations

    Ernest Hinton;David Roger Jones Owen

  • Computational model for 3‐D contact problems with friction based on the penalty method

    Djordje Perić;D. R. J. Owen

  • A mathematical foundation for thermodynamics

    Bernard D. Coleman;David R. Owen

  • Coupled lattice Boltzmann method and discrete element modelling of particle transport in turbulent fluid flows: Computational issues

    Y. T. Feng;K. Han;D. R. J. Owen

  • A model for finite strain elasto-plasticity based on logarithmic strains: computational issues

    Djordje Peric;D. R. J. Owen;M. E. Honnor

  • The mathematical Theory of Plasticity

    E. A. de Souza Neto;D. Perić;D. R. J. Owen

  • F‐bar‐based linear triangles and tetrahedra for finite strain analysis of nearly incompressible solids. Part I: formulation and benchmarking

    E. A.de Souza Neto;F. M. Andrade Pires;D. R. J. Owen

  • An efficient framework for fluid–structure interaction using the lattice Boltzmann method and immersed moving boundaries

    D. R. J. Owen;C. R. Leonardi;Y. T. Feng

  • On the thermodynamics of second sound in dielectric crystals

    Bernard D. Coleman;Mauro Fabrizio;David R. Owen

  • A refined higher-order C° plate bending element

    Tarun Kant;D.R.J. Owen;O.C. Zienkiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Y.T. Feng
Y.T. Feng Swansea University
Djordje Perić
Djordje Perić Swansea University
E. A. de Souza Neto
E. A. de Souza Neto Swansea University
Bernard D. Coleman
Bernard D. Coleman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
O.C. Zienkiewicz
O.C. Zienkiewicz Swansea University
Graham Smith
Graham Smith University of Westminster
Eugenio Oñate
Eugenio Oñate Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Andrew R. Barron
Andrew R. Barron Swansea University
Xiangyu Wang
Xiangyu Wang Curtin University
Roland W. Lewis
Roland W. Lewis Swansea University

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