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D-Index
75
Citations
19494
World Ranking
754
National Ranking
49

David White 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 David White sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 587 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David White 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 David White sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David White is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the broader field of Engineering, with a particular focus on Civil and Structural Engineering. Their contributions also extend to Ocean Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Mechanical Engineering, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, including several specialized areas such as Soil Stabilization, Analysis, and Underground Structures. Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies as well as Coastal and Marine Dynamics also constitute part of their research themes, alongside aspects of mechanical stress and fatigue analysis.

David White has published research articles in several prominent venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Géotechnique
  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Applied Ocean Research

Recent scholarly articles by David White include:

  • "A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Anchor geotechnics for floating offshore wind: Current technologies and future innovations," 2023, Ocean Engineering
  • "Effects of screw pile installation on installation requirements and in-service performance using the discrete element method," 2020, Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • "An efficient and locking-free material point method for three-dimensional analysis with simplex elements," 2021, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  • "A cyclic p-y model for the whole-life response of piles in soft clay," 2021, Computers and Geotechnics

Collaboration plays a notable role in their career, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Susan Gourvenec
  • Benjamin Cerfontaine
  • Katherine Kwa
  • P. Watson
  • Andrea Diambra

Best Publications

  • Soil deformation measurement using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and photogrammetry

    David White;W.A. Take;Malcolm D. Bolton

  • Improved image-based deformation measurement for geotechnical applications

    Samuel Stanier;J Blaber;WA Take;DJ White

  • Displacement and strain paths during plane-strain model pile installation in sand

    D. J. White;M. D. Bolton

  • Inhibitory Feedback Loop Between Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells and Regulatory T Cells in Transplant Tolerance

    Wei-Ping Min;Dejun Zhou;Thomas E. Ichim;Gill H. Strejan

  • Life-supporting pig-to-primate renal xenotransplantation using genetically modified donors.

    Afzal Zaidi;Michael Schmoeckel;Farah Bhatti;Paul Waterworth

  • Recent advances in offshore geotechnics for deep water oil and gas developments

    Mark F. Randolph;Christophe Gaudin;Susan M. Gourvenec;David J. White

  • Orthotopic heart transplantation in a transgenic pig-to-primate model.

    M Schmoeckel;F N Bhatti;A Zaidi;E Cozzi

  • GeoPIV: particle image velocimetry (PIV) software for use in geotechnical testing

    DJ White;WA Take

  • Uplift Mechanisms of Pipes Buried in Sand

    C Y Cheuk;C Y Cheuk;C Y Cheuk;D J White;D J White;D J White;Malcolm D Bolton;Malcolm D Bolton;Malcolm D Bolton

  • Damage to porcine islets of Langerhans after exposure to human blood in vitro, or after intraportal transplantation to cynomologus monkeys: protective effects of sCR1 and heparin.

    William Bennet;Berit Sundberg;Torbj rn Lundgren;Annika Tibell

  • Friction fatigue on displacement piles in sand

    David White;Barry Lehane

  • Limiting cavity depth for spudcan foundations penetrating clay

    M.S. Hossain;Yuxia Hu;Mark Randolph;D.J. White

  • Interpretation of T-bar penetrometer tests at shallow embedment and in very soft soils

    David White;Christophe Gaudin;Noel Boylan;Hongjie Zhou

  • Microscale observation and modeling of soil-structure interface behavior using particle image velocimetry

    Jason T. Dejong;David J. White;Mark F. Randolph

  • Measuring soil deformation in geotechnical models using digital images and PIV analysis

    David White;W.A. Take;M.D. Bolton

  • Life-supporting human complement regulator decay accelerating factor transgenic pig liver xenograft maintains the metabolic function and coagulation in the nonhuman primate for up to 8 days.

    Ramirez P;Chavez R;Majado M;Munitiz

  • The uplift resistance of pipes and plate anchors buried in sand.

    D. J. White;C. Y. Cheuk;M. D. Bolton

  • Mechanisms of pipe embedment and lateral breakout on soft clay

    H.R.C. Dingle;David White;Christophe Gaudin

  • Large-deformation finite element analysis of pipe penetration and large-amplitude lateral displacement

    Dong WangD. Wang;David J. WhiteD.J. White;Mark F. RandolphM.F. Randolph

  • Interface load transfer degradation during cyclic loading: a microscale investigation

    Jason T. Dejong;Mark F. Randolph;David J. White

  • Pipe/Soil Interaction Behavior During Lateral Buckling, Including Large-Amplitude Cyclic Displacement Tests by the Safebuck JIP

    D. Bruton;D. White;C. Cheuk;M. Bolton

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Randolph
Mark Randolph University of Western Australia
Malcolm D. Bolton
Malcolm D. Bolton University of Cambridge
Conleth O'Loughlin
Conleth O'Loughlin University of Western Australia
Susan Gourvenec
Susan Gourvenec University of Southampton
Peter Bower
Peter Bower University of Manchester
Ricardo Araya
Ricardo Araya King's College London
David Kessler
David Kessler University of Bristol
Glenys Parry
Glenys Parry University of Sheffield
Michael Barkham
Michael Barkham University of Sheffield
Linda Gask
Linda Gask University of Manchester

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