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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 68 438 396 205 172 445 18795

Elaine S. Oran publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Elaine S. Oran between 1974 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Elaine S. Oran published across 52 years, from 1974 to 2025, averaging 9.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 35 publications in 1991. 8 of the 511 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1974 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 35. Peak 35 publications in 1991. 1974: 3 publications 1975: 2 publications 1976: 3 publications 1977: 3 publications 1978: 4 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 7 publications 1982: 10 publications 1983: 5 publications 1984: 5 publications 1985: 7 publications 1986: 6 publications 1987: 15 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 14 publications 1990: 8 publications 1991: 35 publications 1992: 15 publications 1993: 11 publications 1994: 9 publications 1995: 13 publications 1996: 16 publications 1997: 16 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 14 publications 2000: 18 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 20 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 3 publications
1974 2025

511 publications in total across all disciplines

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Elaine S. Oran: publications per year, 1974 to 2025
Year Publications
1974 3
1975 2
1976 3
1977 3
1978 4
1979 2
1980 2
1981 7
1982 10
1983 5
1984 5
1985 7
1986 6
1987 15
1988 7
1989 14
1990 8
1991 35
1992 15
1993 11
1994 9
1995 13
1996 16
1997 16
1998 11
1999 14
2000 18
2001 5
2002 9
2003 5
2004 9
2005 9
2006 20
2007 13
2008 8
2009 8
2010 15
2011 20
2012 10
2013 15
2014 4
2015 11
2016 9
2017 9
2018 8
2019 18
2020 19
2021 10
2022 6
2023 2
2024 5
2025 3
Total 511
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Elaine S. Oran 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 Elaine S. Oran 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, 437–446 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: 445 publications — 90th percentile

90% 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
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 23 445
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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Elaine S. Oran 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 Elaine S. Oran 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, 68 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: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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
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 68
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Combustion Institute for exceptional advances in the numerical modeling of large-scale complex reacting systems
  • 2013 - Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society (APS)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the simulation of reactive flows and other complex processes.
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For unifying engineering, scientific, and mathematical disciplines into a computational methodology to solve challenging aerospace combustion problems.
  • 1993 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For innovations using cutting edge computers to model and explain important physical mechanisms involving fluid dynamics, chemistry, and nonequilibrium material properties in complex reacting flows ranging from laboratory to astrophysical systems

Overview

Elaine S. Oran is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specific attention to computational mechanics, safety and risk management, aerospace engineering, mechanics of materials, and applied mathematics.

Their work encompasses a range of topics related to fire dynamics and safety research, combustion and detonation processes, energetic materials and combustion, combustion and flame dynamics, computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, gas dynamics and kinetic theory, and advanced combustion engine technologies.

Elaine S. Oran has published extensively in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Combustion and Flame
  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • Computers & Fluids

Notable recent publications include:

  • Flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transition in hydrogen-air mixture in a channel with an array of obstacles of different shapes, 2020, Combustion and Flame
  • Flame acceleration and DDT in large-scale obstructed channels filled with methane-air mixtures, 2020, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
  • A chemical-diffusive model for simulating detonative combustion with constrained detonation cell sizes, 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • Predictions of flame acceleration, transition to detonation, and detonation propagation using the Chemical-Diffusive Model, 2021, Combustion and Flame
  • Dilatational-wave-induced aerodynamic cooling in transitional hypersonic boundary layers, 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Their frequent co-authors include Carolyn Kaplan, Xiaoyi Lu, Joseph Chung, Michael J. Gollner, and Sriram Bharath Hariharan.

Elaine S. Oran has received several awards and honors throughout their career, such as:

  • Fellow of the Combustion Institute, 2018, for exceptional advances in the numerical modeling of large-scale complex reacting systems
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018
  • Fluid Dynamics Prize, American Physical Society, 2013
  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012
  • SIAM Fellow, 2009, for contributions to the simulation of reactive flows and other complex processes
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2003, for unifying engineering, scientific, and mathematical disciplines into a computational methodology to solve challenging aerospace combustion problems
  • Fellow of American Physical Society, 1993, citation for innovations using cutting-edge computers to model and explain important physical mechanisms involving fluid dynamics, chemistry, and nonequilibrium material properties in complex reacting flows ranging from laboratory to astrophysical systems

Best Publications

  • New Insights into Large Eddy Simulation

    J P Boris;F F Grinstein;E S Oran;R L Kolbe

  • Origins of the deflagration-to-detonation transition in gas-phase combustion

    Elaine S. Oran;Vadim N. Gamezo

  • Thermonuclear Supernovae: Simulations of the Deflagration Stage and Their Implications

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Alexei M. Khokhlov;Elaine S. Oran;Almadena Y. Chtchelkanova

  • A Numerical Study of a Two-Dimensional H2-O2-Ar Detonation Using a Detailed Chemical Reaction Model

    Elaine S. Oran;James W. Weber;Eliza I. Stefaniw;Michel H. Lefebvre

  • Direct Simulation Monte Carlo: Recent Advances and Applications

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  • Flame acceleration and DDT in channels with obstacles: Effect of obstacle spacing

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Takanobu Ogawa;Elaine S. Oran

  • Numerical Simulation of Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition: The Role of Shock-Flame Interactions in Turbulent Flames

    A.M. Khokhlov;E.S. Oran;G.O. Thomas

  • LCPFCT-A Flux-Corrected Transport Algorithm for Solving Generalized Continuity Equations

    Jay P. Boris;Alexandra M. Landsberg;Elaine S. Oran;John H. Gardner

  • Detonation structures behind oblique shocks

    Chiping Li;K. Kailasanath;Elaine S. Oran

  • Numerical simulations of flame propagation and DDT in obstructed channels filled with hydrogen–air mixture

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Takanobu Ogawa;Elaine S. Oran

  • Formation and evolution of two-dimensional cellular detonations

    Vadim N. Gamezo;Daniel Desbordes;Elaine S. Oran

  • Simulations of flame acceleration and deflagration-to-detonation transitions in methane–air systems

    D.A. Kessler;V.N. Gamezo;E.S. Oran

  • The interaction of high-speed turbulence with flames: Global properties and internal flame structure

    Alexei Y. Poludnenko;Elaine S. Oran

  • Formation and evolution of distorted tulip flames

    Huahua Xiao;Ryan W. Houim;Elaine S. Oran

  • Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Thermonuclear Supernovae

    A. M. Khokhlov;E. S. Oran;John C Wheeler

  • Detailed modelling of combustion systems

    Elaine S. Oran;Jay P. Boris

  • Deflagration to Detonation Transition in Thermonuclear Supernovae

    A. M. Khokhlov;E. S. Oran;J. Craig Wheeler

  • Interactions between turbulence and flames in premixed reacting flows

    Peter E. Hamlington;Peter E. Hamlington;Alexei Y. Poludnenko;Elaine S. Oran

  • Determination of detonation cell size and the role of transverse waves in two-dimensional detonations☆

    K. Kailasanath;E.S. Oran;J.P. Boris;T.R. Young

  • Weak and strong ignition. I. Numerical simulations of shock tube experiments

    E.S. Oran;T.R. Young;J.P. Boris;A. Cohen

  • Spontaneous transition of turbulent flames to detonations in unconfined media

    Alexei Y. Poludnenko;Thomas A. Gardiner;Elaine S. Oran

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay P. Boris
Jay P. Boris United States Naval Research Laboratory
Bakhtier Farouk
Bakhtier Farouk Drexel University
David A. Kessler
David A. Kessler United States Naval Research Laboratory
Fernando F. Grinstein
Fernando F. Grinstein Los Alamos National Laboratory
John C Wheeler
John C Wheeler The University of Texas at Austin
Werner J. A. Dahm
Werner J. A. Dahm Arizona State University
Gerard M. Faeth
Gerard M. Faeth University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Frances S. Ligler
Frances S. Ligler Texas A&M University
Forman A. Williams
Forman A. Williams University of California, San Diego
Joel P. Golden
Joel P. Golden United States Naval Research Laboratory

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