| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | 42 | 1846 | 1708 | 133 | 119 | 178 | 6208 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Dominic Vella between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dominic Vella published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 9.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2017. 22 of the 229 publications appeared in the last two years.
229 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2015 | 20 |
| 2016 | 16 |
| 2017 | 22 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2025 | 10 |
| Total | 229 |
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 Dominic Vella sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 178 publications — 36th percentile
36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.
| 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 | |
| 167–176 | 133 | |
| 177–186 | 130 | 178 |
| 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 |
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 Dominic Vella sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 42 D-Index — 49th percentile
49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.
| D-Index | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 83 | |
| 31 | 113 | |
| 32 | 144 | |
| 33 | 153 | |
| 34 | 189 | |
| 35 | 158 | |
| 36 | 139 | |
| 37 | 127 | |
| 38 | 130 | |
| 39 | 126 | |
| 40 | 104 | |
| 41 | 100 | |
| 42 | 107 | 42 |
| 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 |
Dominic Vella is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specific expertise in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanics of materials. Additional subfields of interest include surfaces, coatings and films, as well as plant science.
The main topics addressed in their work span advanced materials and mechanics, adhesion, friction, and surface interactions, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, plant and biological electrophysiology studies, structural analysis and optimization, and modular robots and swarm intelligence.
Dominic Vella has contributed to multiple publications across several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:
Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Dominic Vella include:
The scientists frequently collaborate with several coauthors, including Mingchao Liu, K. Jimmy Hsia, Andrea Giudici, Yuzhe Wang, and Sameh Tawfick. Mingchao Liu is noted as the most frequent collaborator.
Dominic Vella;L. Mahadevan
Dominic Vella;José Bico;Arezki Boudaoud;Benoit Roman
Dominic Vella;Pascale Aussillous;L. Mahadevan
Benny Davidovitch;Robert D. Schroll;Dominic Vella;Mokhtar Adda-Bedia
Michael Gomez;Derek E. Moulton;Dominic Vella
Dominic Vella;Amin Ajdari;Ashkan Vaziri;Arezki Boudaoud
Ramin Oftadeh;Babak Haghpanah;Dominic Vella;Arezki Boudaoud
Dominic Vella;Duck-Gyu Lee;Ho-Young Kim
Anupam Pandey;Derek E. Moulton;Dominic Vella;Douglas P. Holmes
Dominic Vella
Sebastian Knoche;Dominic Vella;Elodie Aumaitre;Patrick Degen
Alpha A. Lee;Dominic Vella;Susan Perkin;Alain Goriely
Dominic Vella;Amin Ajdari;Ashkan Vaziri;Arezki Boudaoud
Michael Gomez;Derek E. Moulton;Dominic Vella
Joseph D. Paulsen;Evan Hohlfeld;Hunter King;Jiangshui Huang
Dominic Vella;Amin Ajdari;Ashkan Vaziri;Arezki Boudaoud
A. Zazzo;R. Bendrey;D. Vella;A.P. Moloney
Dominic Vella;Mokhtar Adda-Bedia;Enrique Cerda
D. Vella;D. Vella;M. Adda-Bedia;E. Cerda
Dominic Vella;Herbert E. Huppert
R. D. Schroll;M. Adda-Bedia;E. Cerda;J. Huang
Rodrigo Ledesma-Aguilar;Dominic Vella;Julia M. Yeomans
Till J. W. Wagner;Till J. W. Wagner;Peter Wadhams;Richard Bates;Pedro Elosegui
Alpha A Lee;Dominic Vella;Susan Perkin;Alain Goriely
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