2026 Elisabeth Smela: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	43	12209	11806	2810	2610	160	11057

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

12209

11806

2810

2610

160

11057

Elisabeth Smela publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elisabeth Smela sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 160 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Elisabeth Smela D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Elisabeth Smela sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Elisabeth Smela is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research spans several areas within engineering, with a focus on analytical chemistry and sensors, electrical and bioimpedance tomography, flow measurement and analysis, and non-destructive testing techniques.

The main fields of study for Smela include engineering, with subfields comprising mechanics of materials, biomedical engineering, bioengineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and mechanical engineering. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in their research outputs and collaborations.

Recent publications by Elisabeth Smela feature works in a variety of reputable venues. Notable papers include:

"Fabrication, characterization, and repair of nanocarbon-loaded aircraft paint-based sensors for real-world SHM: studies at the laboratory scale," 2023, Structural Health Monitoring
"EIT for tactile sensing: considering artefacts in hyperparameter selection," 2022, Engineering Research Express
"Handheld fluorometer for detection of blue/green fluorescence," 2022, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
"Adaptive Tracking Control of Soft Robots using Integrated Sensing Skin and Recurrent Neural Networks," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
"EIT for tactile sensing: considerations regarding the injection-measurement pattern," 2022, Engineering Research Express

The topics frequently addressed in their work include:

Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography
Flow Measurement and Analysis
Non-Destructive Testing Techniques
Smart Materials for Construction
Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Frequent coauthors include Pamela Abshire, Roy M. Anderson, Carlos Cuellar, Kaitlyn E. Watson, and Kang Choi.

Smela has published predominantly in venues such as:

Engineering Research Express
Structural Health Monitoring
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
arXiv (Cornell University)
Scientific Reports

Best Publications

Use of Ionic Liquids for π-Conjugated Polymer Electrochemical Devices

Wen Lu;Andrei G. Fadeev;Baohua Qi;Elisabeth Smela

1463
Citations
Conjugated Polymer Actuators for Biomedical Applications

Elisabeth Smela

1450
Citations
Microfabricating Conjugated Polymer Actuators

Edwin W. H. Jager;Elisabeth Smela;Olle Inganäs

1180
Citations
Controlled folding of micrometer-size structures.

Elisabeth Smela;Olle Inganäs;Ingemar Lundström

731
Citations
Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators

Federico Carpi;Elisabeth Smela

409
Citations
Microfabrication of PPy microactuators and other conjugated polymer devices

Elisabeth Smela

409
Citations
Surprising Volume Change in PPy(DBS): An Atomic Force Microscopy Study

Elisabeth Smela;Nikolaj Gadegaard

256
Citations
Electrochemically driven polypyrrole bilayers for moving and positioning bulk micromachined silicon plates

E. Smela;M. Kallenbach;J. Holdenried

215
Citations
Optical filtering technologies for integrated fluorescence sensors

Marc Dandin;Pamela Abshire;Elisabeth Smela

212
Citations
Electrochemical Muscles : Micromachining Fingers and Corkscrews

Elisabeth Smela;Olle Inganäs;Qibing Pei;Ingemar Lundström

199
Citations
Polyaniline actuators: Part 1. PANI(AMPS) in HCl

Elisabeth Smela;Wen Lu;Benjamin R. Mattes

191
Citations
Edge effects determine the direction of bilayer bending.

Silas Alben;Bavani Balakrisnan;Elisabeth Smela

190
Citations
Elastomers filled with exfoliated graphite as compliant electrodes

M. Kujawski;J.D. Pearse;E. Smela

182
Citations
Cell canaries for biochemical pathogen detection

Benjamin Shapiro;Pamela Abshire;Elisabeth Smela;Denis Wirtz

176
Citations
Characterization and modeling of PPy bilayer microactuators Part 1. Curvature

Marc Christophersen;Benjamin Shapiro;Elisabeth Smela

150
Citations
Wearable effect-emitting strain gauge device

Elisabeth Smela

147
Citations
Conjugated Polymer Actuators

Elisabeth Smela

123
Citations
Development of solid-in-hollow electrochemical linear actuators using highly conductive polyaniline

Wen Lu;Elisabeth Smela;Philip Adams;Guido Zuccarello

121
Citations
The effect of pH on polymerization and volume change in PPy(DBS)

Satoru Shimoda;Elisabeth Smela

120
Citations
Patterning PDMS using a combination of wet and dry etching

B Balakrisnan;S Patil;E Smela

117
Citations