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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 36 2538 2376 107 101 163 5018

David Z. Zhu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David Z. Zhu between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David Z. Zhu published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 12.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 49 publications in 2024. 42 of the 380 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 49. Peak 49 publications in 2024. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 3 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 4 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 13 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 27 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 36 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 49 publications 2025: 41 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

380 publications in total across all disciplines

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David Z. Zhu: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 1
1999 0
2000 3
2001 3
2002 4
2003 1
2004 3
2005 1
2006 4
2007 2
2008 8
2009 4
2010 6
2011 13
2012 6
2013 12
2014 16
2015 14
2016 16
2017 18
2018 20
2019 16
2020 27
2021 24
2022 36
2023 30
2024 49
2025 41
2026 1
Total 380
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David Z. Zhu 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 Z. Zhu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 157–166 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 163 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132 163
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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David Z. Zhu 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 Z. Zhu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 36 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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: 36 D-Index — 28th percentile

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

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

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139 36
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Overview

David Z. Zhu is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has an extensive publication record spanning the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work focuses particularly on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Computational Mechanics, with notable contributions to Ecology and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research addresses a broad range of environmental and hydraulic engineering topics. Key areas of work include Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Hydraulic Flow and Structures, Water Systems and Optimization, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Odor and Emission Control Technologies, and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions.

Frequent publication venues where David Z. Zhu's research appears include the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Water Science & Technology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Environmental Engineering, and The Science of The Total Environment.

David Z. Zhu has collaborated extensively, with frequent coauthors such as Biao Huang, Bert van Duin, Wenming Zhang, Dingnan Lu, and Zhiyuan Yao.

Among recent publications are:

  • Lake Water Temperature Modeling in an Era of Climate Change: Data Sources, Models, and Future Prospects (2024), published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • An ultra-sensitive molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) and gold nanostars (AuNS) modified voltammetric sensor for facile detection of perfluorooctance sulfonate (PFOS) in drinking water (2021), published in Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • Multi-objective optimization for green-grey infrastructures in response to external uncertainties (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Impact analysis of hydraulic loading rate on constructed wetland: Insight into the response of bulk substrate and root-associated microbiota (2022), published in Water Research
  • Constructed wetlands as hotspots of antibiotic resistance genes and pathogens: Evidence from metagenomic analysis in Chinese rural areas (2023), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice

    Ana T. Silva;Martyn C. Lucas;Theodore Castro-Santos;Christos Katopodis

  • Effects of carbon coating and iron phosphides on the electrochemical properties of LiFePO4/C

    Y. Lin;M.X. Gao;D. Zhu;Y.F. Liu

  • Turbulence Structure of Hydraulic Jumps of Low Froude Numbers

    Minnan Liu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam;David Z. Zhu

  • Mean Flow and Turbulence Structure in Vertical Slot Fishways

    Minnan Liu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam;David Z. Zhu

  • Bubbly jets in stagnant water

    Iran E. Lima Neto;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • The hydraulics of a vertical slot fishway: A case study on the multi-species Vianney-Legendre fishway in Quebec, Canada

    Bryan A. Marriner;Abul B.M. Baki;David Z. Zhu;Steven J. Cooke

  • Influence of sea level rise on saline water intrusion in the Yangtze River Estuary, China

    Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Kuo Chen;Cuiping Kuang;David Z. Zhu

  • Field and numerical assessment of turning pool hydraulics in a vertical slot fishway

    Bryan A. Marriner;Abul Basar M. Baki;David Z. Zhu;Jason D. Thiem

  • Mean Flow Characteristics in a Rock-Ramp-Type Fish Pass

    Abul Basar M. Baki;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • Bubble characteristics of air–water bubbly jets in crossflow

    Wenming Zhang;David Z. Zhu;David Z. Zhu

  • Shallow slope stability evolution during rainwater infiltration considering soil cracking state

    Jian Zhang;David Zhu;David Zhu;Shihua Zhang

  • Holmboe's instability in exchange flows

    David Z. Zhu;Gregory A. Lawrence

  • Turbulence Characteristics in a Rock-Ramp-Type Fish Pass

    Abul Basar M. Baki;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • Flow Upstream of Orifices and Sluice Gates

    Yaser Shammaa;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • Air Injection in Water with Different Nozzles

    Iran E. Lima Neto;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • Experimental Study of Sand and Slurry Jets in Water

    Neil Hall;Mohammed Elenany;David Z. Zhu;N. Rajaratnam

  • Multi-objective optimization for green-grey infrastructures in response to external uncertainties

    Linyuan Leng;Haifeng Jia;Albert S. Chen;David Z. Zhu

  • Horizontal Injection of Gas–Liquid Mixtures in a Water Tank

    Iran E. Lima Neto;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • A coupled discrete element model for the simulation of soil and water flow through an orifice

    Yao Tang;Dave H. Chan;David Z. Zhu

  • Kernel Density–Based Algorithm for Despiking ADV Data

    Rashedul Islam;David Z. Zhu

  • Non-hydrostatic effects in layered shallow water flows

    David Z. Zhu;Gregory A. Lawrence

  • Experimental Study of Flow in a Vortex Drop Shaft

    Can-Hua Zhao;David Z. Zhu;Shuang-Ke Sun;Zhi-Ping Liu

  • Air Entrainment in a Tall Plunging Flow Dropshaft

    Yiyi Ma;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • Computational investigation of vertical slurry jets in water

    Amir Hossein Azimi;David Z. Zhu;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam

  • Submerged Flows over Rectangular Weirs of Finite Crest Length

    Amir Hossein Azimi;Nallamuthu Rajaratnam;David Z. Zhu

  • Secondary currents induced mixing at channel confluences

    Xue Chen;David Z. Zhu;Peter M. Steffler

Frequent Co-Authors

Nallamuthu Rajaratnam
Nallamuthu Rajaratnam University of Alberta
Steven J. Cooke
Steven J. Cooke Carleton University
William M. Tonn
William M. Tonn University of Alberta
Michael Power
Michael Power University of Waterloo
David A. Patterson
David A. Patterson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Gerhard H. Jirka
Gerhard H. Jirka Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Scott G. Hinch
Scott G. Hinch University of British Columbia
Hanchang Shi
Hanchang Shi Tsinghua University
Zhiguo Yuan
Zhiguo Yuan City University of Hong Kong
Mingxia Gao
Mingxia Gao Zhejiang University

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