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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
39
Citations
6507
World Ranking
2120
National Ranking
781

Donald P. Rizzetta 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 Donald P. Rizzetta sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 161 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Donald P. Rizzetta 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 Donald P. Rizzetta sits on this spectrum.

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: 39 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Large-Eddy Simulation: Current Capabilities, Recommended Practices, and Future Research

    Nicholas J. Georgiadis;Donald P. Rizzetta;Christer Fureby

  • Large-Eddy Simulation on Curvilinear Grids Using Compact Differencing and Filtering Schemes

    M. R. Visbal;D. P. Rizzetta

  • Numerical investigation of synthetic-jet flowfields

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal;Michael J. Stanek

  • Large-Eddy Simulation of Supersonic Cavity Flowfields Including Flow Control

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Direct Numerical Simulations of Flow Past an Array of Distributed Roughness Elements

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Application of Large-Eddy Simulation to Supersonic Compression Ramps

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Large-Eddy Simulation of Supersonic Compression-Ramp Flow by High-Order Method

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal;Datta V. Gaitonde

  • Numerical simulation of supersonic flow over a three-dimensional cavity

    Unknown

  • A time‐implicit high‐order compact differencing and filtering scheme for large‐eddy simulation

    D. P. Rizzetta;D. P. Rizzetta;M. R. Visbal;G. A. Blaisdell

  • A High-Order Compact Finite-Difference Scheme for Large-Eddy Simulation of Active Flow Control

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal;Philip E. Morgan

  • Numerical Investigation of Plasma-Based Flow Control for Transitional Highly-Loaded Low-Pressure Turbine

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Large Eddy Simulation of Plasma-Based Control Strategies for Bluff Body Flow

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Numerical Investigation of Plasma-Based Control for Low-Reynolds-Number Airfoil Flows

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Numerical Simulation of Separation Control for Transitional Highly Loaded Low-Pressure Turbines

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Implementation of a fully-implicit, aeroelastic Navier-Stokes solver

    Reid Melville;Scott Morton;Donald Rizzetta

  • Triple-deck solutions for viscous supersonic and hypersonic flow past corners

    Unknown

  • Nonlinear transonic flutter analysis

    Unknown

  • Large-Eddy Simulation of Plasma-Based Turbulent Boundary-Layer Separation Control

    Donald P. Rizzetta;Miguel R. Visbal

  • Numerical Investigation of Transitional Flow Through a Low-Pressure Turbine Cascade

    Donald Rizzetta;Miguel Visbal

  • Plasma Control of a Turbulent Shock Boundary-Layer Interaction

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel R. Visbal
Miguel R. Visbal United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Helen L. Reed
Helen L. Reed Texas A&M University
William S. Saric
William S. Saric Texas A&M University
Christer Fureby
Christer Fureby Lund University
Michael Amitay
Michael Amitay Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Manoochehr Koochesfahani
Manoochehr Koochesfahani Michigan State University

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